Harmful organisms whose introduction into, and spread within, ALL MEMBER STATES SHALL BE BANNED harmful organisms whose introduction into, and spread within, the territory of k

free from Ceratocystis fimbriata f.sp. platani Walter;

or

(b) there shall be evidence by a mark .Kiln-dried., .KD. or another

packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that is

undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed

as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved

through an appropriate time/temperature schedule.

Pseudotsuga Carr. and Tsuga Carr., intended for planting, other than seeds

Annex IV(A)(II)(4), where appropriate, official statement that no

symptoms of Melampsora medusae Thümen have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate

vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Cryphonectria

parasitica (Murrill) Barr

or

(b) no symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr have been

since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

(a) the plants originate in an area known to be free from Ceratocystis

fimbriata f.sp. platani Walter

or

(b) no symptoms of Ceratocystis fimbriata f.sp. platani Walter have been

since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

Cydonia Mill., Eriobotrya Lindl., Malus Mill., Mespilus L., Pyracantha

Roem., Pyrus L., Sorbus L.,intended for planting, other than Seeds

(a) the plants originate in zones recognised as being free from Erwinia

amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.

or

(b) that the plants in the field of production and its immediate vicinity,

et al., have been rogued out.

10. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf.,

and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

Official statement that:

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al., Phoma tracheiphila (Petri), Kanchaveli and Gikashvili, Citrus vein enation woody gall and Citrus tristeza virus (European strains);

or

derived in direct line from material which has been maintained

under appropriate conditions and has been subjected to official

individual testing for, at least, Citrus tristeza virus (European strains)

and Citrus vein enation woody gall, using appropriate indicators or

equivalent methods, approved in accordance with the procedure

laid down in Article 18 (2), and have been growing permanently in an

insectproof glasshouse or in an isolated cage on which no

symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al., Phoma tracheiphila

(Pandri) Kanchaveli and Gikashvili, Citrus tristeza virus (European

strains) and Citrus vein enation woody gall have been observed;

or

have been derived from a certification scheme requiring them

to be derived in direct line from material which has been

maintained under appropriate conditions and has been

subjected to official individual testing for, at least Citrus vein

enation woody gall and Citrus tristeza virus (European strains),

using appropriate indicators or equivalent methods, approved

in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18 (2), and

has been found in these tests, free from Citrus tristeza virus

(European strains), and certified free from at least Citrus tristeza

virus (European strains) in official individuals tests carried out

according to the methods mentioned in this indent,

and

have been inspected and no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri

Gikashvili, and of Citrus vein enation woody gall and Citrus

tristeza virus have been observed since the beginning of the

last complete cycle of vegetation.

Strelitziaceae, rooted or with growing medium attached or

Associated

(a) no contamination by Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne has been

observed at the place of production since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation;

or

(b) soil and roots from suspected plants have been subjected since the

nematological testing for at least Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne

and have been found, in these tests, free from that harmful organism.

9. 
   Plants of Fragaria L., Prunus L. and Rubus L., intended for planting, other than seeds
   

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from the relevant

harmful organisms;

or

(b) no symptoms of diseases caused by the relevant harmful organisms have been observed on plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

. on Fragaria L.:

. Phytophthora fragariae Hickman var. fragariae

. Arabis mosaic virus

. Raspberry ringspot virus

. Strawberry crinkle virus

. Strawberry latent ringspot virus

. Strawberry mild yellow edge virus

. Tomato black ring virus

. Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy and King

. on Prunus L.:

. Apricot chlorotic leafroll mycoplasm

. Xanthomonas campestris pv. pruni (Smith) Dye

. on Prunus persica (L.) Batsch:

Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier et al.) Young et al.,

. on Rubus L.:

. Arabis mosaic virus

. Raspberry ringspot virus

. Strawberry latent ringspot virus

. Tomato black ring virus.

Annex IV(A)(II)(9), official statement that:

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Pear decline mycoplasm;

or

(b) the plants at the place of production and in its immediate vicinity,

contamination by Pear decline mycoplasm, have been rogued out

at that place within the last three complete cycles of vegetation.

Annex IV(A)(II)(12) official statement that:

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie;

or

(b) no symptoms of Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie have been observed on the plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation:

(c) in the case of plants in tissue culture, the plants have been derived

from plants complying with section (b) of this item or have been

officially tested by appropriate nematological methods and have

been found free from Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie.

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Apple

proliferation mycoplasm;

or

(b) (aa) the plants, other than those raised from seed, have been:

requiring them to be derived in direct line from material

which has been maintained under appropriate conditions

and subjected to official testing for at least Apple

proliferation mycoplasm using appropriate indicators or

equivalent methods and has been found, in these tests,

free from that harmful organism,

or

under appropriate conditions and has been subjected,

within the last six complete cycles of vegetation, at least

once, to official testing for, at least, Apple proliferation

mycoplasm using appropriate indicators or equivalent

methods and has been found, in these tests, free from

that harmful organism;

(bb) no symptoms of diseases caused by Apple proliferation

mycoplasm have been observed on the plants at the place of

production, or on the susceptible plants in its immediate

vicinity, since the beginning of the last three complete cycles

of vegetation.

Prunus amygdalus Batsch,

Prunus armeniaca L.,

Prunus blireiana Andre,

Prunus brigantina Vill.,

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.,

Prunus cistena Hansen,

Prunus curdica Fenzl and Fritsch.,

Prunus domestica ssp. domestica L.,

Prunus domestica ssp. insititia (L.) C.K. Schneid,

Prunus domestica ssp. italica (Borkh.) Hegi.,

Prunus glandulosa Thunb.,

Prunus holosericea Batal.,

Prunus hortulana Bailey,

Prunus japonica Thunb.,

Prunus mandshurica (Maxim.) Koehne,

Prunus maritima Marsh.,

Prunus mume Sieb. and Zucc.,

Prunus nigra Ait.,

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch,

Prunus salicina L.,

Prunus sibirica L.,

Prunus simonii Carr.,

Prunus spinosa L.,

Prunus tomentosa Thunb., Prunus triloba Lindl.; other species of Prunus L. susceptible to

Plum pox virus

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Plum pox virus;

Or

(b) (aa) the plants, other than those raised from seed, have been:

requiring them to be derived in direct line from material

which has been maintained under appropriate conditions

and subjected to official testing for, at least, plum pox

virus using appropriate indicators or equivalent methods

and has been found, in these tests, free from that

harmful organism,

or

under appropriate conditions and has been subjected

within the last three complete cycles of vegetation, at

least once, to official testing for at least Plum pox virus

using appropriate indicators for equivalent methods and

has been found, in these tests, free from that harmful

organism;

(bb) no symptoms of disease caused by Plum pox virus have been observed on plants at the place of production or on the

susceptible plants in its immediate vicinity, since the

beginning of the last three complete cycles of vegetation;

(cc) plants at the place of production which have shown

symptoms of disease caused by other viruses or virus-like

pathogens, have been rogued out.

MLO and Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos) Willems et al. have been observed on the mother-stock plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last two complete cycles of vegetation.

(a) the EU Community provisions to combat Synchytrium endobioticum

(Schilbersky) Percival have been complied with;

and

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckermann and

Kotthoff) Davis et al. or the Community provisions to combat

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckermann and

Kotthoff) Davis et al. have been complied with;

And

rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens and Globodera pallida (Stone)

Behrens;

and

solanacearum (Smith) Smith is known not to occur; or

(bb) in areas where Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith is

known to occur, the tubers originate from a place of

production found free from Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith)

Smith, or considered to be free thereof, as a consequence of

the implementation of an appropriate procedure aiming at

eradicating Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith;

and

(e) either, the tubers originate in areas in which Meloidogyne chitwoodi

known not to occur, or in areas where Meloidogyne chitwoodi

Golden et al. (all populations) and Meloidogyne fallax Karssen are

known to occur:

. either, the tubers originate from a place of production which

has been found free freom Meloidogyne chitwoodi Golden et al.

(all populations) and Meloidogyne fallax Karssen based on an

annual survey of host crops by visual inspection of host plants

at appropriate times and by visual inspection both externally

and by cutting of tubers after harvest from potato crops grown at the place of production, or

the tubers after harvest have been randomly sampled and,

either checked for the presence of symptoms after an

appropriate method to induce symptoms or laboratory tested,

as well as inspected visually both externally and by cutting the

tubers, at appropriate times and in all cases at the time of

closing of the packgages or containers before marketing

according to the provisions on closing in Council Directive

66/403/EEC, 14 June 1996 on trading on seeds potatous and where it has resulted that no symptoms of Meloidogyne chitwoodi

Golden et al. (all populations) and Meloidogyne fallax Karssen have been found.

listed in Annex IV(A)(II)(18.1), official statement that the tubers:

belong to advanced selections such a statement being indicated in

an appropriate way on the document accompanying the relevant

tubers,

. have been produced within the Community,

and

. have been derived in direct line from material which has been

within the Community to official quarantine testing in accordance

with appropriate methods and has been found, in these tests, free

from harmful organisms.

and other than culture maintenance material being stored in gene banks or genetic stock collections

(b) the quarantine testing referred to in (a) shall:

(ba) be supervised by the official plant protection organisation of

the Member State concerned and executed by scientifically

trained staff of that organisation or of any officially approved

body;

sufficient to contain harmful organisms and maintain the

material including indicator plants in such a way as to

eliminate any risk of spreading harmful organisms;

(bc) be executed on each unit of the material,

. by visual examination at regular intervals during the full

length of at least one vegetative cycle, having regard to

the type of material and its stage of development during

the testing programme, for symptoms caused by any

harmful organisms,

by testing, in accordance with appropriate methods to

be submitted to the Committee

(means: The committee of plant health ) referred in Article 18(2):

Andean potato latent virus,

Arracacha virus B. oca strain,

Potato black ringspot virus,

Potato spindle tuber viroid,

Potato virus T,

Andean potato mottle virus,

(including Yo, Yn und Yc) and Potato leaf roll

virus,

. Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus

. Pseudomonas solanaceanum (Smith) Smith;

. in the case of true seed potato of least for the

viruses and viroid listed above;

visual examination in order to identify the harmful organisms

having caused such symptoms;

(c) any material, which has not been found free, under the testing

specified under (b) from harmful organisms as specified under (b)

shall be immediately destroyed or subjected to procedures which

eliminate the harmful organism(s);

(d) each organisation or research body holding this material shall

inform the official service of plant protection for holding material.

hybrids, intended for planting, being stored in gene banks or

genetic stock collections

The official service of plant protection for the material held.

Annex IV(A)(II)(18.1), (18.2), (18.3) or (18.4)

or in the case of loose-loaded potatoes transported in bulk, on the

vehicle transporting the potatoes, that the potatoes have been grown by

an officially registered producer, or originate from officially registered

collective storage or dispatching centres located in the area of

production, indicating that the tubers are free from Pseudomonas

solanacearum (Smith) Smith and that

(a) the EU Community provisions to combat Synchytrium endobioticum

(Schilbersky) Percival;

and

michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthoff) Davis et

al. are complied with.

other than plants mentioned in Annex IV(A)(II)(18.4) or (18.5)

Annex IV(A)(II)(18.1), (18.2) and (18.3), where appropriate, official

statement that:

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Potato stolbur mycoplasm;

or

(b) no symptoms of Potato stolbur mycoplasm have been observed on the plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last

Karsten ex Farw., Musa L., Nicotiana L., and Solanum melongena L.,

intended for planting, other than seeds

Annex V(A)(II)(18.6) where appropriate, official statement that:

(a) the plants originate in areas which have been found free from

Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith; or

(b) no symptoms of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith have been observed on the plants at place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

and Berthold and of Verticillium dahliae Klebahn have been observed on hops at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

Pelargonium l'Hérit, ex Ait. intended for planting, other than seeds

(a) no signs of Heliothis armgera Hübner or Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.)

have been observed at the place of production since the beginning

of the last complete cycle of vegetation;

or

(b) the plants have undergone appropriate treatment to protect them

Annex IV(A)(II)(20), official statement that:

(a) the plants are no more than third generation stock derived from

material which has been found to be free from Chrysanthemum

stunt viroid during virological tests, or are directly derived from

material of which a representative sample of at least 10% has been found to be free from Chrysanthemum stunt viroid during an

official inspection carried out at the time of flowering;

(b) the plants or cuttings have come from premises:

. which have been officially inspected at least monthly, during

the three months prior to dispatch and on which no

symptoms of Puccinia horiana Hennings have been observed

during that period, and in the immediate vicinity of which no

symptoms of Puccinia horiana Hennings have been known to

have occurred during the three months prior to marketing,

or

. the consignment has undergone appropriate treatment

against Puccinia horiana Hennings;

(Baker, Dimock and Davis) v. Arx were observed either on the

cuttings or on the plants from which the cuttings were derived, or

that, in the case of rooted cuttings, no symptoms of Didymella

ligulicola (Baker, Dimock and Davis) v. Arx were observed either on

the cuttings or on the rooting bed.

Annex IV(A)(II)(20), official statement that:

. the plants have been derived in direct line from mother plants

which have been found free from Erwinia chrysanthemi pv.

dianthicola (Hellmers) Dickey, Pseudomonas caryophylli (Burkholder)

Starr and Burkholder and Phialophora cinerescens (Wollenw.) van

Beyma on officially approved tests carried out at least once within

the two previous years,

. no symptoms of the above harmful organisms have been observed

on the plants.

Filipjev have been observed on the plants since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation.

bulbs,

cereals,



plants of Graminaceae family

rhizomes,

seeds,

tubers,

appropriate, listed in Annex IV(A)(II)(20), (21.1) or (21.2), official

statement that:

(a) the plants originate in an area known to be free from Liriomyza

Huido brensis (Blanchard), and

Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess);

or

(b) either no Liriomyza

observed at the place of production, on official inspections carried

out at least monthly during the three months prior to harvesting;

or

found free from

Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard)

and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) and have been subjected to an appropriate treatment aimed at eradicating Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard)

and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess).

from Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckermann and

Kotthoff) Davis et al., Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens, Globodera

rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens and Synchytrium endobioticum

(Schilbersky) Percival.

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Beet leaf curl

virus;

or

(b) Beet leaf curl virus has not been known to occur in the area of

observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity

since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

(a) the seeds originate in areas known to be free from Plasmopara

halstedii (Farlow) Berl. and de Toni;

or

(b) the seeds, other than those seeds that have been produced on

and de Toni present in the area of production, have been subjected to an appropriate treatment against Plasmopara halstedii (Farlow)

Berl. and de Toni.

appropriate, listed in Annex IV(a)(II)(18.6) and (23) official statement

that:

(a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Tomato yellow leaf curl virus;

(b) no symptoms of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus have been observed on the plants;

and

(aa) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Bemisia

or

(bb) the place of production has been found free from Bemisia

monthly during the three months prior to export;

or

(c) no symptoms of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus have been observed

subjected to an appropriate treatment and monitoring regime to

ensure freedom from Bemisia tabaci Genn.

appropriate acid extraction method or an equivalent method approved

in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18 (2);

and

ssp. michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. or Xanthomonas campestris pv.

vesicatoria (Doidge) Dye are not known to occur;

or

been observed on the plants at the place of production during their

last complete cycle of vegetation;

or

harmful organisms, on a representative sample and using

appropriate methods, and have been found, in these tests, to be

free from those harmful organisms.

(a) no symptoms of Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev have been

observed at the place of production since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation and that no Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn)

Filipjev has been revealed by laboratory tests on a representative

sample;

(b) that fumigation has taken place prior to marketing.

Annex IV(A)(II)(28.1), official statement that:

(a) the seeds originate in areas known to be free from Clavibacter

michiganensis spp. insidiosus Davis et al.;

or

(b) . Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus Davis et al. has not been known to occur on the farm or in the immediate vicinity since

and

resistant to Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus Davis et

al.,

or

. it had not yet started its fourth complete cycle of

there was not more than one preceding seed harvest from

the crop,

or

the content of inert matter which has been determined in

seed was marketed in the Community, does not exceed

0,1% by weight,

no symptoms of Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus Davis et al. have been observed at the place of production or on any

Medicago sativa L. crop adjacent to it, during the last complete

cycle of vegetation or, where appropriate, the last two cycles

of vegetation,

. the crops has been grown on land on which no previous

Medicago sativa L. crop has been present during the last three

years prior to sowing.

(a) the seeds originate in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye;

or

(b) a representative sample of the seeds has been tested and found free from Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye in these tests.