Plant Quarantine (Harmful Organisms)

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,940, 26 ta’ Jannar, 2018

L.N. 27 of 2018

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT

(CAP. 433)

Plant Quarantine (Harmful Organisms)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 32 of the

Plant Quarantine Act, the Minister responsible for the Environment,

Sustainable Development and Climate Change has made the

following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Plant Quarantine Citation.

(Harmful Organisms) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Plant S.L. 433.03.

Quarantine (Harmful Organisms) Regulations, hereinafter referred to

as "the principal regulations".

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission Scope and

Implementing Directive (EU) 2017/1279 amending Annexes I to V to applicability.

Council Directive 2000/29/EC, on protective measures against the

introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or

plant products, and against their spread within the Community, and to

transpose Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2017/1920

amending Annex IV to Council Directive 2000/29/EC as regards the

movement of seeds of Solanum tuberosum L. originating in the Union.

Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes

Schedule I to

by the following new Schedule

the principal

regulations.

"SCHEDULE I

PART A

HARMFUL ORGANISMS WHOSE INTRODUCTION INTO,

AND SPREAD WITHIN, MALTA SHALL BE BANNED

Section I

HARMFUL ORGANISMS NOT KNOWN TO OCCUR IN

ANY PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND RELEVANT FOR

THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY

(a) Insects, mites and nematodes, at all stages of

their development

1. Acleris spp. (non-European)

1.1. Agrilus anxius Gory

1.2. Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire

1.3. Anthonomus eugenii Cano

2. Amauromyza maculosa (Malloch)

Anomala orientalis Waterhouse

Anoplophora chinensis (Thomson)

4.1. Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)

Arrhenodes minutus Drury

6.1 Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc.)

Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-European

populativns) vector of viruses such as

(a)Bean golden mosaic virus

(b)Cawpea mild mottle virus

(c)Lettuce infectious yellows virus

(d)Pepper mild tigré virus

(e)Squash leaf curl virus

(f)Euphorbia mosaic virus

(g)Florida tomato virus

Cicadellidae (non-European) known to be

vector of Pierce’s disease (caused by Xylella

fastidiosa), such as

(a)Carneocephala fulgida Nottingham

(b)Draeculacephala minerva Ball

(c)Gruphocephala atropunctata (Signoret)

Choristoneura spp. (non-European)

Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst)

10.0. Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetverikov

10.1. Diabrotica barberi Smith and Lawrence

10.2. Diabrotica undecimpunctuta howardi Barber

10.3. Diabrotica

undecimpunctata

undecimpunetata Mannerheim

10.4. Diabrotica virgifera zeae Krysan & Smith

10.5. Diaphorina citri Kuway

Heliothis zea (Boddie)

11.1. Hirschmanniella

spp.,

other

than

Hirschmanniella gracilis (de Man) Luc and Goodey

11.2. Keiferia lycopersicella (Walsingham)

Liriomyza sativae Blanchard

Longidorus diadecturus Eveleigh and Allen

Monochamus spp. (non-European)

Myndus crudus Van Duzee

Nacobbus aberrans (Thorne) Thorne and

Allen

16.1. Naupuctus leucoloma Boheman

Prenanotrypes spp. (non-European)

Pseudopityophthorus

minutissimus

(Zimmermann)

Pseudopityophthorus pruinosus (Eichhoff)

19.1. Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.)

19.2. Saperda candida Fabricius

Scaphoideus Iuteolus (Van Duzee)

Spodoptera eridania (Cramer)

Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith)

Spodoptera litura (Fabricus)

Thrips palmi Karny

Tephritidae (non-European) such as

(a)Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann)

(b)Anastrepha ludens (Loew)

(c)Anastrepha obliqua Macquart

(d)Anastrepha suspensa (Loew)

(e)Dacus ciliatus Loew

(f)Dacus curcurbitae Coquillet

(g)Dacus dorsalis Hendel

(h)Dacus tryoni (Froggatt)

(i)Dacus tsuneonis Miyake

(j)Dacus zonalus Saund.

(k)Epochra canadensis (Loew)

(l)Pardalaspis cyanescens Bezzi

(m)Pardalaspis quinaria Bezzi

(n)Pterandrus rosa (Karsch)

(o)Rhacochlaena japonica Ito

(p)Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew)

(q)Rhagoletis completa Cresson

(r)Rhagoletis fausta (Osten-Sacken)

(s)Rhagoletis indifferens Curran

(t)Rhagoletis mendax Curran

(u)Rhagoletis pomonella Walsh

(v)Rhagoletis ribicola Doane

(w)Rhagoletis suavis (Loew)

25.1. Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)

Xiphinema americanum Cobb sensu lato

(non-European populations)

Xiphinema californicum Lamberti and Bleve-

Zacheo

Bacteria

(b)

0.1. Candidatus Liberibacter spp., causal agent of

Huanglongbing disease of citrus/citrus greening

2. Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii

2.1. Xanthomonas citri pv. citri

Fungi

(c)

1. Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt

2. Chrysomyza arcotostaphyli Dietel

3. Cronartium spp. (non-European)

4. Endocronartium spp. (non-European)

5. Guignardia laricina (Saw.) Yamamoto and

6. Gymnosporangium spp. (non-European)

7. Inonotus weirii (Murril) Kotlaba and Pouzar

8. Melampsora farlowii (Arthur) Davis

9. (deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

10. Mycosphaerellu lurici-leptalepis Ito et al.

11. Mycosphaerella populorum G. E. Thompson

12. Phoma andina Turkensteen

12.1. Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der

Aa

13. Phyllosticta solitaria Ellis & Everhart

14. Septoria lycopensici Speg. var. malagutii

Ciccarone and Boerema

15. Thecaphora solani Barrus

15.1. Tilletia indica Mitra

16. Trechispora brinkmannii (Bresad.) Rogers

Viruses and virus-like organisms

(d)

2. Potato viruses and virus-like organisms such

(a)Andean potato latent virus

(b)Andean potato mottle virus

(c)Arracacha virus B, oca strain

(d)Potato black ringspot virus

(f)Potato virus T

(g)non-European isolates of potato viruses A,

M, S, V, X and Y (including Y o , Y n and Y c ) and

Potato leafroll virus

3. Tobacco ringspot virus

4. Tomato ringspot virus

5. Viruses and virus-like organisms of Cydonia

Mill., Fragaria L., Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L.,

Ribes L., Rubus L. and Vitis L., such as

(a)Blueberry leaf mottle virus

(b)Cherry rasp leaf virus (American)

(c)Peach mosaic virus (American)

(d)Peach phony rickettsia

(e)Peach rosette mosaic virus

(f)Peach rosette mycoplasm

(g)Peach X-discase mycoplasm

(h)Peach yellows mycoplasm

(i)Plum line pattern virus (American)

(j)Raspberry leafcurl virus (American)

(k)Strawberry latent "C" virus

(l)Strawberry vein banding virus

(m)Strawberry witches’ broom mycoplasm

(n)Non-European

viruses

and

virus-like

organisms of Cydonia Mill., Fragaria L., Malus

Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L., Ribes L., Rubus L. and

Vitis L.

6. Viruses transmitted by Bemisia tabaci Genn.,

such as

(a)Bean golden mosaic virus

(b)Cowpea mild mottle virus

(c)Lettuce infectious yellows virus

(d)Pepper mild tigre virus

(e)Squash leaf curl virus

(f)Euphorbia mosaic virus

(g)Florida tomato virus

Parasitic plants

(e)

1. Arceuthobium spp. (non-European)

Section II

HARMFUL ORGANISMS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THE

COMMUNITY

AND RELEVANT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY

(a) Insects, mites and nematodes, at all stages of

their development

0.01. Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and

Bührer) Nickle et al

1.Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens

2.Globodera

(Woltenweber)

rostochiensis

Behrens

3.(Deleted by Legal Notice 270 of 2008)

6.1.Meloidogyne chitwoodi Golden et al. (all

populations)

6.2.Meloidogyne fallax Karssen

7.Opogona sacchari (Bojer)

8.Popillia japonica Newman

8.1.Rhizoecus hibisci Kawai and Takagi

9.Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval)

10.Trioza erytreae Del Guercio

Bacteria

(b)

1. Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et

al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthof)

Davis et al.

2. Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et

3. Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.)

Fungi

(c)

1. Mtelampsora medusae Thümen

2. Synchytrium

(Schilbersky)

endobioticum

Percival

Viruses and virus-like organisms

(d)

1. Apple proliferation mycoplasm

2. Apricot chlorotic leafroll mycoplasm

2.1. Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi

3. Pear decline mycoplasm

PART B

HARMFUL ORGANISMS WHOSE INTRODUCTION INTO,

AND WHOSE SPREAD WITHIN, CERTAIN PROTECTED

ZONES SHALL BE BANNED

(a) Insects, mites and nematodes, at all stages of

their development

Species

Protected zone(s)

1. Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

IRL, P (Azores, Beira Interior, Beira

populations)

Litoral, Entre Douro e Minho and Trás-

os-Montes), UK, S, FI, CY, IRL, UK

1.1 Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch)

1.2. Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu

2. Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens

FI, LV, P (Azores), SI, SK

2.1. Globodera

P (Azores)

rostochiensis

(Wollenweber) Behrens

3. Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say

E (Ibiza and Menorca), IRL, CY, M, P

(Azores and Madeira), UK, S (counties

of Blekinge, Gotland, Halland, Kalmar

and Skåne), FI (districts of Åland,

Häme, Kymi, Pirkanmaa, Satakunta,

Turku and Uusimaa)

4. Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenbach)

IRL and UK (Northern Ireland)

5. Thaumetopoea processionea L.

IRL, UK (excluding the local authority

areas of Barnet; Brent; Bromley;

Camden; City of London; City of

Westminster;

Croydon;

Ealing;

Elmbridge District; Epsom and Ewell

District;

Guildford;

Hackney;

Hammersmith & Fulham; Haringey;

Harrow;

Hillingdon;

Hounslow;

Islington; Kensington & Chelsea;

Kingston upon Thames; Lambeth;

Lewisham;

Merton;

Reading;

Richmond Upon Thames; Runnymede

District; Slough; South Oxfordshire;

Southwark; Spelthorne District; Sutton;

Tower Hamlets; Wandsworth; West

Berkshire and Woking)

Viruses and virus-like organisms

(b)

Species

Protected zone(s)

1. Beet necrotic yellow vein virus

F (Brittany), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK

(Northern Ireland)

2. Tomato spotted wilt virus

S

".

3. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be substituted

by the following new Schedule

"SCHEDULE II

PART A

HARMFUL ORGANISMS WHOSE INTRODUCTION INTO,

AND SPREAD WITHIN, MALTA SHALL BE BANNED IF

THEY ARE PRESENT ON CERTAIN PLANTS OR PLANT

PRODUCTS

Section I

HARMFUL ORGANISMS NOT KNOWN TO OCCUR IN

THE COMMUNITY AND RELEVANT FOR THE ENTIRE

COMMUNITY

(a) Insects, mites and nematodes, at all stages of

their development

Species

Subject of contamination

1. fuchsiae Plants of Fuschsia L., intended for planting, other

Aculops

Keifer

than seeds

(Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

2. Aleurocanthus spp. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

3. Plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other

Anthonomus

than seeds

bisignifer

(Schenkling)

4. Plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other

Anthonomus

signatus (Say)

than seeds

5. Aonidiella citrina Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Coquillet

Raf, and their hybrids. other than fruit and seeds

6. Seeds of Oryza spp.

Aphelenchoïdes

besseyi Christie (*)

7. Aschistonyx eppoi Plants of Juniperus L., other than truit and seeds,

Inouye

originating in non-European countries

8. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

9. Plants of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L. and

Carposina

Pyrus L., other than seeds, originating in non-

niponensis

Walsingham

European countries

10. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

11. Plants of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L. and

Enarmonia

packardi (Zeller)

Pyrus L., other than seeds, originating in non-

European countries

12. Plants of Crataegus L., Malus Mill., Photinia Ldl.,

Enarmonia

prunivora Walsh

Prunus L. and Rosa L., intended for planting, other

than seeds, and fruit of Malus Mill. and Prunus L.,

originating in non-European countries

13. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Eotetranychus

lewisi McGregor

Raf, and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

15. Plants of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L. and

Grapholita

inopinata Heinrich Pyrus L., other than seeds, originating in non-

European countries

16. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Hishomonus

Raf, and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

phycitis

17. Leucaspis japonica Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Ckll

Raf, and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

18. Seeds of Cruciferae, Gramineae and Trifolium spp.,

Listronotus

originating in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Chile,

bonariensis

(Kuschel)

New Zealand and Uruguay

19. Margarodes, non-

Plants of Vitis L., other than fruit and seeds

European species,

(a) Margarodes vitis (Phillipi)

(b) Margarodes vredendalensis de Klerk

such as

(c) Margarodes prieskaensis Jakubski

20. Plants of Pyrus L., other than seeds, originating in

Numonia

non-European countries

pyrivorella

(Matsumura)

21. Plants pf Juniperus L., other than fruit and seeds,

Oligonychus

perditus Pritchard originating in non-European countries

and Baker

22. Pissodes spp. (non- Plants of conifers (Coniferales), other than fruit and

European)

seeds, wood of conifers (Coniferales) with bark, and

isolated bark of conifers (Coniferales), originating in

non-European countries

23. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Radopholus

citrophilus Huettel Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds, and

Dickson

and Plants of Araceae, Marantaceae, Musaceae, Persea

Kaplan

spp., Strelitziaceae, rooted or with growing medium

attached or associated

24. (Deleted by Legal Notice 100 of 2009)

25. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Scirtothrips

aurantii Faure

Raf, and their hybrids, other than seeds

26. Plants of Citrus L., Forturnella Swingle, Poncirus

Scirtothrips

dorsalis Hood

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

27. citri Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Scirtothrips

(Moultex)

Raf., and their hybrids, other than seeds

spp. Plants of conifers (Coniferales), over 3m in height,

Scolytidae

(non-European)

other than fruit and seeds, wood of conifers

(Coniterales) with bark, and isolated bark of conifers

(Coniferales), originating in non-European countries

28.1. Scrobipalpopsis

Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L

solanivora Povolny

Tachypterellus

Plants of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L. and

quadigibbus Say

Pyrus L., other than seeds, originating in non-

European countries

Toxoptera citricida Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Kirk.

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

31. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

citri Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Unaspis

Comstock

Raf, and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie is not present on Oryza spp. in the

Community

Bacteria

(b)

Species

Subject of contamination

1. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

2. Citrus variegated

Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

chlorosis

Raf, and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

3. Erwinia stewartii

Seeds of Zea mays L.

(Smith) Dye

5. Xanthomonas

Seeds of Oryza spp.

campestris pv. oryzae

(Ishiyama) Dye and pv.

oryzicola (Fang. et al.)

Fungi

(c)

Species

Subject of contamination

1. Plants of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill. and Pyrus L.

Alternaria

(Fr.)

intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in

alternata

Keissler

(non-

non-European countries

European

pathogenic isolates)

Plants of Corylus L., intended for planting, other than

Anisogramma

anomaala (Peck) E.

seeds, originating in Canada and the United States of

Müller

America

2. Plants of Prunus L. intended for planting, other than

Apiosporina

seeds (Schwin.) v. Arx

morbosa

3. Atropellis spp.

Plants of Pinus L., other than fruit and seeds, isolated

bark and wood of Pinus L.

4. Plants of Acer saccharum Marsh., other than fruit and

Ceratocystis

seeds, originating in the USA and Canada, wood of

virescens

(Davidson) Moreau

Acer saccharum Marsh., including wood which has

not kept its natural round surface, originating in USA

and Canada

5. Plants of Pinus L., other than fruit and sceds, and

Cercoseptoria pini-

densiflorae (Hori

wood of Pinus L.

and

Nambu)

Deighton

6. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Cercospora

Carv

Raf, and their hybrids, other than seeds

angolensis

and Mendes

7. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

8. Diaporthe vaccinii Plants of Vaccinium spp., intended for planting, other

Shaer

than seeds

9. Elsinoe spp. Bitanc. Plants of Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf, and their

and Jenk. Mendes

hybrids, other than fruit and seeds and plants of

Citrus L. and their hybrids, other than seeds and other

than fruits, except fruits of Citrus reticulata Blanco

and of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck originating in

South America

10. Fusarium

Plants of Phoenix spp., other than fruit and seeds

oxysporum f. sp.

(Kilian

albedinis

and Maire) Gordon

12. Guignardia

Plants of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L. and

(Nosa) Pyrus L., other than seeds, originating in non-

piricola

Yamamoto

European countries

13. Puccinia

Plants of Solanaceae, other than fruit and seeds

pittieriana

Hennings

14. Scirrhia

acicola Plants of Pinus L., other than fruit and seeds

(Dearn.) Siggers

14.1. Stegophora ulmea Plants of Ulmus L. and Zelkova L., intended for

(Sehweinitz: Fries) planting, other than seeds

Sydow & Sydow

15. Venturia nashicola Plants of Pyrus L., intended for planting, other than

Tanaka

and seeds, originating in non-European countries

Yamamoto

Virus and virus-like organisms

(d)

Species

Subject of contamination

1. Beet curly top virus

Plants of Bela vulgaris L., intended for planting, other

(non-European

than seeds

isolates)

2. Black

raspberry

Plants of Rubus L., intended for planting

latent virus

3. Blight and blight-

Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

like

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

4. Cadang-Cadang

Plants of Palmae, intended for planting, other than

viroid

seeds, originating in non-European countries

5. Cherry

leafroll

Plants of Rubus L., intended for planting

virus (*)

Chrysanthemum

Plants of Dendramhema (DC) Des Moul and

stem necrosis virus

Solanum lycopersicum L., intended for planting,

other than seeds

6. Citrus mosaic virus Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

7. Citrus tristeza virus Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

(non-European

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

isolates)

8. Leprosis

Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Raf. and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

9. Little

cherry Plants of Prunus cerasus L., Prunus avium L., Prunus

pathogen

(non- incisa Thunb., Prunus sargentii Rehd., Prunus

European isolates)

serrula Franch., Prunus serrulata Lindl., Prunus

speciosa (Koidz.) Ingram, Prunus subhirtella Miq.,

Prunus yedoensis Matsum., and hybrids and cultivars

thereof, intended for planting, other than seeds

10. Naturally spreading Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

psorosis

Raf, and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

11. Palm

lethal Plants of Palmae, intended for planting, other than

yellowing

seeds, originating in non-European countries

mycoplasm

12. Prunus

necrotic Plants of Rubus L., intended for planting

ringspot virus (**)

13. Satsuma

dwarf Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

virus

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

14. Tatter leaf virus

Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

15. Witches’

broom Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

(MLO)

Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

Cherry leaf roll virus is not present in Rubus L. in the Community.

Prunus necrotic ringspot virus is not present in Rubus L. in the Community.

Section II

HARMFUL ORGANISMS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THE

COMMUNITY

AND RELEVANT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY

(a) Insects, mites and nematodes, at all stages of

their development

Species

Subject of contamination

1. Plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other than

Aphelenchoides

besseyi Christie

seeds

2. Plants of Vitis L., other than fruit and seeds

Daktulosphaira

vitifoliae (Fitch)

3. Diylenchus destructor Flower bulbs and corms of Crocus L., miniature cultivars

Thorne

and their hybrids of the genus Gladiolus Tourn. ex L., such

as Gladiolus callianthus Marais, Gladiolus colvillei Sweet,

Gladiolus nanus hort., Gladiolus ramosus hort., Gladiolus

tubergenii hort., Hyacinthus L., Iris L., Trigridia Juss,

Tulipa L., intended for planting, and potato tubers (Solanum

tuberosum L.), intended for planting

4. Ditylenchus dipsaci Seeds and bulbs of Alliurn ascalonicum L., Allium cepa L.

(Kühn) Filipjev

and Allium schoenoprasum L., intended for planting and

plants of Allium porrum L., intended for planting, bulbs and

corms of Camassia Lindl., Chionodoxa Boiss., Crocus

flavus Weston 'Golden Yellow', Galanthus L., Galtonia

candicans (Baker) Decne, Hyacinthus L., Ismene Herbert,

Muscari Miller, Narcissus L., Ornithogalum L., Puschkinia

Adams, Scilla L., Tulipa L., intended for planting, and seeds

of Medicago sativa L.

5. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and

Circulifer

their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

haematoceps

6. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and

Circulifer tenellus

their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

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

Eutetranyehus

orientalis Klein

their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

Helicoverpa armigera Plants or Dendranthema (Dc.) Des Moul, Dianthus L.,

(Hübner)

Pelargonium l’Hérit. ex Ail. and of the family Solanaceae,

intended for planting, other than seeds

Parasaissetia nigra Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and

(Nietner)

their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

7. similis Plants of Araceae, Marantaceae, Musaceae, Persea spp.,

Radopholus

(Cobb) Thorne

Streliziaceae, rooted or with growing medium attached or

associated

8. Cut flowers, leafy vegetables of Apium graveolens L. and

Liriomyza

plants of herbaceous species, intended for planting, other

huidobrensis

(Blanchard)

than

-

bulbs,

-

corms,

-

plants of the family Gramineae,

-

rhizomes,

-

seeds

9. trifolii Cut flowers, leafy vegetables of Apium graveolens L. and

Liriomyza

(Burgess)

plants of herbaceous species, intended for planting, other

than

-

bulbs,

-

corms,

-

plants of the family Gramineae,

-

rhizomes,

-

seeds

10. Paysandisia archon Plants of Palmae, intended for planting, having a diameter

(Burmeister)

of the stem at the base of over 5 cm and belonging to the

following genera: Brahea Mart., Butia Becc., Chamaerops

L., Jubaea Kunth, Livistona R Br., Phoenix L., Sabal

Adans., Syagrus Mart., Trachycarpus H. Wendl, Trithrinax

Mart., Washingtonia Raf

Bacteria

(b)

Species

Subject of contamination

1. Seeds of Medicago sativa L.

Clavibacter

spp.

michiganensis

insidiosus

(McCulloch) Davis et

al.

2. Plants of Solanum lycopersicum L., intended for planting

Clavibacter

spp.

michiganesis

michiganensis

(Smith) Davis et al.

3. amylovora Plants of Amelanchier Med., Chaenomeles Lindl.,

Erwinia

(Burr.) Winsl. et al.

Cotoneaster Ehrh., Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill., Eriobotrya

Lindl., Malus Mill., Mespilus L., Photinia davidiana

(Dene.) Cardot, Pyracantha Roem., Pyrus L. and Sorbus L.,

intended for planting, other than seeds

4. Erwinia chrysanthemi Plants of Dianthus L., intended for planting, other than

pv.

dianthicola seeds

(Hellmers) Dickey

5. Plants of Dianthus L., intended for planting, other than

Pseudomonas

seeds

caryophylli

(Burkholder)

Starr

and Burkholder

6. Plants of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus persica var.

Pseudomonas

syringae pv. persicae nectarina (Ait.) Maxim, intended for planting, other than

(Prunier et al.) Young seeds

et al.

7. Seeds of Phaseolus L.

Xanthomonas

pv.

campestris

phaseoli (Smith) Dye

8. Plants of Prunus L., intended for planting, other than seeds

Xanthomonas

arboricola pv. pruni

(Smith) Vauterin et al.

9. Plants of Solanum lycopersicum L. and Capsicum spp.,

Xanthomonas

pv. intended for planting

campestris

vesicatoria (Doidge)

Dye

10. Plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other than

Xanthomonas

fraugariae Kennedy seeds

and King

11. Xylophilus ampelinus Plants of Vitis L., other than fruit and seeds

(Panagopoulos)

Willems et al.

Fungi

(c)

Species

Subject of contamination

1. Plants of Platanus L., intended for planting, other than

Ceratocystis platani

(J.

M.

Walter)

seeds, and wood of Platanus L., including wood which has

Engelbr. & T. C. Harr.

not kept its natural round surface

3. Plants of Castanea Mill. and Quercus L., intended for

Cryphonectria

parasitica (Murrill)

planting, other than seeds

Barr

4. Plants of Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul., intended for

Didimella ligulicola

(Baker, Dimock and

planting, other than seeds

Davis) v. Arx

5. Plants of Dianthus L., intended for planting, other than

Phialophora

seeds

cinerescens

(Wollenweber)

van

Beyma

6. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and

Phoma tracheiphila

(Petri)

Kanchaveli

their hybrids, other than seeds

and Gikashvili

7. Plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other than

Phytophthora

fragariae Hickmann

seeds

var. fragariae

8. Seeds of Helianthus annuus L.

Plasmopara halstedii

(Farlow) Berl. and de

Toni

9. Plants of Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul., intended for

Puccinia

horiana

Hennings

planting, other than seeds

10. Scirrhia pini Funk

Plants of Pinus L., intended for planting, other than seeds

and Parker

11. Plants of Humulus lupulus L., intended for planting, other

Verticillium

albo-

atrum Reinke and

than seeds

Berthold

12. Plants of Humulus lupulus L., intended for planting, other

Verticillium dahliae

Klebahn

than seeds

Viruses and virus-like organisms

(d)

Species

Subject of contamination

1. Arabis mosaic virus

Plants of Fragaria L. and Rubus L., intended for planting,

other than seeds

2. Beet leaf curl virus

Plants of Beta vulgaris L., intended for planting, other than

seeds

3. Chrysanthemum stunt Plants of Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul., intended for

viroid

planting other than seeds

4. Citrus tristeza virus Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf,, and

(European isolates)

their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

5. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

6. Grapevine

Plants of Vitis L., other than fruit and seeds

flavescence

dorée

MLO

7. Plum pox virus

Plants of Prunus L., intended for planting, other than seeds

Potato spindle tuber Plants for planting (including seeds) of Solanum

viroid

lycopersicum L. and its hybrids, Capsicum annuum L.,

Capsicum frutescens L. and plants of Solanum tuberosum L.

8. stolbur

Plants of Solanaceae, intended for planting, other than seeds

9. ringspot

Plants of Fragaria L. and Rubus L., intended for planting,

other than seeds

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

citri

their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

11. crinkle

Plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other than

seeds

12. latent

Plants of Fragaria L. and Rubus L., intended for planting,

ringspot virus

other than seeds

13. mild

Plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other than

yellow edge virus

seeds

14. Tomato black ring

Plants of Fragaria L. and Rubus L., intended for planting,

other than seeds

15. Tomato spotted wilt

Plants of Apium graveolens L., Capsicum annuum L.,

Cucumis melo L., Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul., all

varieties of New Guinea hybrids Impatiens, Lactuca

sativa L., Solanum lycopersicum L., Nicotiana tabacum

L,, of which there shall be evidence that they are intended

for sale to professional tobacco production. Solanum

melongena L. and Solanum tuberosum L., intended for

planting, other than seeds

16. Tomato yellow leaf Plants of Solanum lycopersicum L., intended for planting,

other than seeds

PART B

HARMFUL ORGANISMS WHOSE INTRODUCTION INTO,

AND WHOSE SPREAD WITHIN, CERTAIN PROTECTED

ZONES SHALL BE BANNED IF THEY ARE PRESENT ON

CERTAIN PLANTS OR PLANT PRODUCTS

(a) Insect mites and nematodes, at all stages of their

development

Subject of

Protected zone(s)

contamination

1. Seeds and fruits (bolls) of EL, E (Andalucia, Catalonia,

Gossypium spp. and unginned Extremadura, Murcia, Valencia)

cotton

2. Plants of Larix Mill., intended IRL, UK (Northern (reland, tsle of

for planting, other than seeds

Man and Jersey)

3. Plants of Abies Mill., Larix EL, IRL, UK (Northem Ireland,

Mill., Picea A. Dietr,, Pinus L. Isle of Man and Jersey)

and Pseudotsuga Carr., over 3m

in height, other than fruit and

seeds,

wood

of

conifers

(Coniferales) with bark, isolated

bark of conifers

4. Plants of Picea A. Dietr., EL, IRL, UK (Northern Ireland,

intended for planting, other than lsle of Man and Jersey)

seeds

5. Plants of Eucalyptus l'Herit.,

EL, P (Azores)

Gonipterus

scutellatus Gyll.

other than fruit and seeds

6. (a) Ips amitinus

Plants of Abies Mill., Larix

EL, IRL, UK

Eichhof

Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus

L., over 3m in height, other than

fruit and seeds, wood of conifers

(Coniferales) with bark, isolated

bark of conifers

(b) Ips

Plants of Abies Mill., Larix

EL, IRL, UK (Northern Ireland,

cembrae

Heer

Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus

Isle of Man)

L. and Pseudotsuga Carr., over

3m in height, other than fruit

and seeds, wood of conifers

(Coniferales) with bark, isolated

bark of conifers

(c) Ips

Plants of Abies Mill., Larix

EL, IRL, UK

duplicatus

Sahlberg

Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus

L., over 3m in height, other than

fruit and seeds, wood of conifers

(Coniferales) with bark, isolated

bark of conifers

(d) Ips sexdentatus

Plants of Abies Mill., Larix

IRL, CY, UK (Northern Ireland,

Börner

Mill., Picea A. Dietr and Pinus

IsIe of Man)

L., over 3m in height, other than

fruit and seeds, wood of conifers

(Coniferales) with bark, isolated

bark of conifers

(e) Ips typographus

Plants of Abies Mill., Larix

IRL, UK

Heer

Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L.

and Pseudotsuga Carr., over 3m

in height, other than fruit and

seeds, wood

of conifers

(Coniferales) with bark, isolated

bark of conifers

6.1. Paysandisia

IRL, MT, UK

archon

(Burmeister)

6.2. Rhynchop-horus Plants of Palmae, intended for

IRL, P (Azores), UK

planting, having a diameter of the

ferrugineus

(Olivier)

stem at the base of over 5 cm and

belonging to the following

genera: Brahea Mart., Butia

Becc., Chamaerops L., Jubaea

Kunth, Livistona R. Br., Phoenix

L., Sabal Adans., Syagrus Mart.,

H.

Wendl.,

Trachycarpus

Trithrinax Mart., Washingtonia

Raf. Plants of Palmae, intended

for planting, having a diameter of

the stem at the base of over 5 cm

and belonging to the following

taxa: Areca catechu L., Arenga

(Wurmb)

Merr.,

pinnata

Bismarckia Hildebr. & H. Wendl.,

Borassus flabellifer L., Brahea

armata S. Watson, Brahea edulis

H. Wendl., Butia capitata (Mart.)

Becc., Calamus merrillii Becc.,

Caryota maxima Blume, Caryota

Lodd.

ex Mart.,

cumingii

Chamaerops humilis L., Cocos

nucifera L., Copernicia Mart.,

Corypha utan Lam., Elaeis

Jacq.,

guineensis

Howea

Becc.,

forsteriana

Jubaea

(Molina)

Baill.,

chilensis

Livistona australis C. Martius,

Livistona decora (W. Bull) Dowe,

Livistona rotundifolia (Lam.)

Mart., Metroxylon sagu Rottb.,

Phoenix canariensis Chabaud,

Phoenix dactylifera L., Phoenix

Jacq.,

reclinata

Phoenix

O'Brien,

roebelenii

Phoenix

sylvestris (L.) Roxb., Phoenix

theophrasti Greuter, Pritchardia

Seem. & H. Wendl., Ravenea

rivularis Jum. & H. Perrier,

Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F.

Cook, Sabal palmetto (Walter)

Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.,

Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.)

Glassman, Trachycarpus fortunei

(Hook.)

H.

Wendl.

and

Washingtonia Raf.

8. (Deleted by Legal Notice 270 of 2008)

9. Seeds of Mangifera spp. E (Granada and Malaga), P

Sternochetus

originating in third countries

(Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira)

mangiferae

Fibricus

10. Thaumetopoea Plants of Pinus L., intended for UK

planting, other than fruit and

pityocampa

Denis

& seeds

Schiffermüller

Bacteria

(b)

Subject of

Species

Protected zone(s)

contamination

1. Seeds of Phaseolus EL, E,

Curtobacterium

vulgaris L. and

flaccumfuciens

pv.

Dolichos Jacq.

flaccumfaciens

(Hedges)

Collins

and

Jones

2. Parts of plants,

E (except the autonomous communities of

Erwinia

other than fruit,

Andalucia, Aragón, Castilla la Mancha,

amylovora

(Burr.) Winsl.

seeds and plants

Castilla

y

León, Extremadura, the

et al.

intended

for

autonomous community of Madrid, Murcia,

planting,

but

Navarra and La Rioja, the province of

including

live

Guipuzcoa (Basque Country), the Comarcas

pollen

for

of Garrigues, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell, Segrià

pollination

of

and Urgell in the province of Lleida

Amelanchier Med..

(Communidad autonoma de Catalunya), the

Comarcas de L'Alt Vinalopó and El Vinalopó

Chaenomeles

Lindl. Cotoneaster

Mitjà in the province of Alicante and the

Ehrh., Crataegus

municipalities of Alborache and Turís in the

L., Cydonia Mill.,

province

of

Valencia

(Comunidad

Eriobotrya Lindl.,

Valenciana)), EE, F (Corsica), IRL (except

Mill.,

Galway city), I (Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata,

Malus

L.,

Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna (the

Mespilus

provinces of Parma and Piacenza), Lazio,

Photinia davidiana

(Dcne.)

Cardot,

Liguria, Lombardy (except the provinces of

Pracantha Roem.,

Mantua, Milano, Sondrio and Varese),

L.

and

Marche, Molise, Piedmont (except the

Pyrus

Sorbus L.

communes of Busca, Centallo and Tarantasca

in the province of Cuneo), Sardinia, Sicily,

Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto

(except the provinces of Rovigo and Venice,

the communes of Barbona, Boara Pisani,

Castelbaldo, Masi, Piacenza d'Adige, S.

Urbano and, Vescovana in the province of

Padova and the area situated to the south of

highway A4 in the province of Verona)), LV,

LT (except the municipalities of Babtai and

Kėdainiai (region of Kaunas)), P, SI (except

the regions Gorenjska, Koroška, Maribor and

Notranjska, and the communes of Lendava

and Renče-Vogrsko (south from the highway

H4)), SK (except the county of Dunajská

Streda, Hronovce and Hronské Kľačany

(Levice County), Dvory nad Žitavou (Nové

Zámky County), Málinec (Poltár County),

Hrhov (Rožňava County), Veľké Ripňany

(Topoľčany County), Kazimír, Luhyňa, Malý

Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín (Trebišov County)),

FI, UK (Northern Ireland: excluding the

townlands of Ballinran Upper, Carrigenagh

Upper, Ballinran, and Carrigenagh in County

Down, and the Electoral Area of Dunmurry

Cross in Belfast, County Antrim; Isle of Man

and Channel Islands).

3. Xanthomonas Plants of Prunus

UK

arboricola pv. L., intended for

pruni (Smith) planting, other than

Vauterin et al. seeds

Fungi

(c)

Subject of

Species

Protected zone(s)

contamination

0.0.1.

Ceratocystis Plants of Platanus IRL, UK

platani (J. M. L., intended for

Walter) Engelbr. planting, other than

& T. C. Harr.

seeds, and wood of

L.,

Platanus

including

wood

which has not kept

its natural round

surface

excluding CZ, IRL, S, UK

0.1. Cryphonectria

Wood,

wood which is

parasitica

(Murrill.) Barr.

bark-free, isolated

bark, and plants

intended

for

planting

of

Castanea Mill.

1. Seeds and fruits EL

Glomerella

(bolls)

of

gossypii

Edgerton

Gossypium spp.

2. Plants of Abies IRL, UK (Northern Ireland)

Gremmeniella

abietina (Lag.) Mill., Larix Mill.,

Morelet

Picea A. Dietr.,

L.

and

Pinus

Pseudotsuga Carr.,

intended

for

planting,

other

than seeds

3. Plants of Populus IRL, UK (Northern Ireland)

Hypoxylon

L., intended for

mammatum

(Wahl.) J. Miller planting,

other

than seeds

Virus and virus-like organisms

(d)

Species

Subject of contamination

Protected zone(s)

01. ‘Candidatus Plants of Ulmus L.,

UK

Phytoplasma intended for planting,

ulmi’

other than seeds

1. Citrus

EL (except the Regional Units of Argolida

Fruits

of

L.,

Citrus

tristeza virus Fortunella

and Chania), M, P (except Algarve,

Swingle,

(European

Madeira and the county of Odemira in

Poncirus Raf., and their

isolates)

Alentejo)

hybrids, with leaves and

peduncles

2. Grapevine

CZ, FR (Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne,

Plants of Vitis L., other than

flavescence

Picardie (département de l'Aisne), Ile de

fruit and seeds.

dorée MLO

France (communes de Citry, Nanteuil-sur-

Marne et Saâcy-sur-Marne) and Lorraine), I

(Apulia, Basilicata and Sardinia)

".

4. Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

Schedule III to

substituted by the following new Schedule

the principal

regulations.

"SCHEDULE III

PART A

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS THE

INTRODUCTION OF WHICH SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN

MALTA

Description

Country of origin

1. Plants of Abies Mill., Cedrus Trew,

Non-European countries

Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus

L., Larix Mill., Picea A Dietr.,

Pinus L., Pseudotsuga Carr. and

Tsuga Carr., other than fruit and

seeds

2. Plants of Castanea Mill., and

Non-European countries

Quercus L., with leaves, other than

fruit and seeds

3. Plants of Populus L., with leaves,

North American countries

othcr than fruit and seeds

4. (Deleted by L.N. 55 of 2005)

5. Isolated bark of Castanea Mill.

Third countries

6. Isolated bark of Quercus L., other North American countries

than Querchus suber L.

7. Isolated bark of Acer saccharum

North American countries

Marsh.

8. Isolated bark of Populus L.

Countries of the American continent

9. Plants of Chaenomeles Ldl.,

Non-European countries

Cydonia Mill., Crateagus L., Malus

Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L., and

Rosa L., intended for planting,

other than dormant plants free from

leaves, flowers and fruit

Plants of Photinia Ldl., intended USA, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and

for planting, other than dormant Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

plants free from leave, flowers and

fruit

10. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L.,

Third countries other than Switzerland

seed potatoes

11. Plants of stolon- or tuber-forming Third countries

specics of Solanum L., or their

hybrids, intended for planting, other

than those tubers of Solanum

tuberosum L. as specified under

Schedule III A (10)

12. Tubers of species of Solanum L., Without prejudice to the special requirements

and their hybrids, other than those applicable to the potato tubers listed in Schedule

specified in points 10 and 11

IV, Part A Section I, third countries other than

Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Syria,

Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey, and other than

European third countries which are either

recognised as being free from Clavibacter

michigaensis ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckertmann

and Kotthoff) Davis et al., in accordance with

the procedure laid down in Article 18(2) in EU

Directive 2000/29, or in which provisions

recognised as equivalent to the Community

provisions

on

combating

Clavibacter

michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus (Spicekcrmann

and Kotthoff) Davis et al. in accordance with the

procedure laid down in Article 18(2) in Directive

2000/29/EC have been complied with

13. Plants of Solannceae intended for Third countries, other than European and

planting, other than seeds and those Mediterranean countries

items covered by Schedule IIIA

(10), (11) or (12)

14. Soil and growing medium as such, Turkey, Belarus, Moldavia, Russia, Ukraine and

which consists in whole or in part third countries not belonging to continental

of soil or solid organic substanccs Europe, other than the following: Egypt, Israel,

such as parts of plants, humus Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

including peat or bark other than

that composed entirely of peat

15. Plants of Vitis L., other than fruits

Third countries, other than Switzerland

16. Plants of Citrus L., Fortunella Third countries

Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and their

hybrids, other than fruit and seeds

17. Plants of Phoenix spp. other than Algeria, Morocco

fruit and seeds

18. Plants of Cydonia Mill., Malus Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable

Mill., Prunus L. and Pyrus L. and to the plants listed in Schedule III A (9), where

their hybrids, and Fragaria L., appropriate, non-European countries, other than

intended for planting, other than Mediterranean countries, Australia, New

seeds

Zealand, Canada, the continental states of the

USA

19. Plants of the family Graminaceae, Third countries, other than European and

other than plants of ornamental Mediterranean countries

perennial grasses of thc subfamilies

Bambusoideae and Panicoideae

and of the genera Buchloe,

Bouteloua Lag., Calamagrostis,

Cortaderia Stapf , Glyceria R. Br.,

Hakonechloa Mak. ex Honda,

Hystrix, Molinia, Phalaris L.,

Shibataea, Spartina Schreb, Stipa

L. and Uniola L., intended for

planting, other than seeds

PART B

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS THE

INTORDUCTION OF WHICH SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN

CERTAIN PROTECTED ZONES

Description

Protected zone(s)

E (except the autonomous communities of

1. Without

prejudice

to

the

Andalucia, Aragón, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y

prohibitions applicable to the plants

León, Extremadura, the autonomous community

listed in Schedule III A (9), (9.1),

of Madrid, Murcia, Navarra and La Rioja, the

(18), where appropriate, plants and

live pollen for pollination of

province of Guipuzcoa (Basque Country), the

Amelanchier Med., Chaenomeles

Comarcas of Garrigues, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell,

Lindl., Crataegus L.. Cydonia Mill.,

Segrià and Urgell in the province of Lleida

Eriobotrya Lindl., Malus Mill.,

(Communidad autonoma de Catalunya), the

Mespilus L., Pyracantha Roem.,

Comarcas de L'Alt Vinalopó and El Vinalopó

Mitjà in the province of Alicante and the

Pyrus L. and Sorbus L., other than

municipalities of Alborache and Turís in the

fruit and seeds, originating in third

province of Valencia (Comunidad Valenciana)),

counrries other than Switzerland and

EE, F (Corsica), IRL (except Galway city), I

other than those recognised as being

free from Erwinia amylovora (Burr.)

(Abruzzo,

Apulia,

Basilicata,

Calabria,

Winsl. et al. in accordance with the

Campania, Emilia-Romagna (the provinces of

procedure laid down in Article 18(2)

Parma and Piacenza), Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy

of Directive 2000/29/EC, or in which

(except the provinces of Mantua, Milano, Sondrio

pest-free areas have been established

and Varese), Marche, Molise, Piedmont (except

the communes of Busca, Centallo and Tarantasca

in relation to Erwinia amylovora

in the province of Cuneo), Sardinia, Sicily,

(Burr.) Winsl. et al. in accordance

Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto (except

with the relevant International

the provinces of Rovigo and Venice, the

Standard for Phytosanitary Measures

communes

of

Barbona,

Boara

Pisani,

and recognised as such in accordance

with the procedure laid down in

Castelbaldo, Masi, Piacenza d'Adige, S. Urbano

Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC

and, Vescovana in the province of Padova and the

area situated to the south of highway A4 in the

province of Verona)), LV, LT (except the

municipalities of Babtai and Kėdainiai (region of

Kaunas)), P, SI (except the regions Gorenjska,

Koroška, Maribor and Notranjska, and the

communes of Lendava and Renče-Vogrsko

(south from the highway H4)), SK

(except the county of Dunajská Streda, Hronovce

and Hronské Kľačany (Levice County), Dvory

nad Žitavou (Nové Zámky County), Málinec

(Poltár County), Hrhov (Rožňava County), Veľké

Ripňany (Topoľčany County), Kazimír, Luhyňa,

Malý Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín (Trebišov

County)), FI, UK (Northern Ireland: excluding

the townlands of Ballinran Upper, Carrigenagh

Upper, Ballinran, and Carrigenagh in County

Down, and the Electoral Area of Dunmurry Cross

in Belfast, County Antrim; Isle of Man and

Channel Islands).

the E (except the autonomous communities of

2. Without

prejudice

to

prohibitions applicable to the plants Andalucia, Aragón, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y

listed in Schedule III A (9), (9.1), León, Extremadura, the autonomous community of

(18), where appropriate, plants and Madrid, Murcia, Navarra and La Rioja, the

live pollen for pollination of: province of Guipuzcoa (Basque Country), the

Cotoneaster Ehrh. and Photinia Comarcas of Garrigues, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell,

davidiana (Dene.) Cardot, other than Segrià and Urgell in the province of Lleida

fruit and seeds, originating in third (Communidad autonoma de Catalunya), the

countries other than those recognised Comarcas de L'Alt Vinalopó and El Vinalopó

as being free from Erwinia amylovora Mitjà in the province of Alicante and the

(Burr.) Winsl. et al. in accordance municipalities of Alborache and Turís in the

with the procedure laid down in province of Valencia (Comunidad Valenciana)),

Article 18(2), or in which pest-free EE, F (Corsica), IRL (except Galway city), I

areas have been established in relation (Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania,

to Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. Emilia-Romagna (the provinces of Parma and

et al. in accordance with the relevant Piacenza), Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy (except the

International

Standard

for provinces of Mantua, Milano, Sondrio and

Phytosanitary

Measures

and Varese), Marche, Molise, Piedmont (except the

recognised as such in accordance with communes of Busca, Centallo and Tarantasca in

the procedure laid down in Article the province of Cuneo), Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany,

18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC

Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto (except the

provinces of Rovigo and Venice, the communes of

Barbona, Boara Pisani, Castelbaldo, Masi,

Piacenza d'Adige, S. Urbano and, Vescovana in

the province of Padova and the area situated to the

south of highway A4 in the province of Verona)),

LV, LT (except the municipalities of Babtai and

Kėdainiai (region of Kaunas)), P, SI (except the

regions Gorenjska, Koroška, Maribor and

Notranjska, and the communes of Lendava and

Renče-Vogrsko (south from the highway H4)), SK

(except the county of Dunajská Streda, Hronovce

and Hronské Kľačany (Levice County), Dvory nad

Žitavou (Nové Zámky County), Málinec (Poltár

County), Hrhov (Rožňava County), Veľké

Ripňany (Topoľčany County), Kazimír, Luhyňa,

Malý Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín (Trebišov

County)), FI, UK (Northern Ireland: excluding the

townlands of Ballinran Upper, Carrigenagh Upper,

Ballinran, and Carrigenagh in County Down, and

the Electoral Area of Dunmurry Cross in Belfast,

County Antrim; Isle of Man and Channel Islands).

”.

5. Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

Schedule IV to

substituted by the following new Schedule

the principal

regulations.

"SCHEDULE IV

PART A

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE FULFILLED

FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND MOVEMENT OF

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS

INTO, AND WITHIN, MALTA

Section I

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS

ORIGINATING OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY

Plants, plant products

Special requirements

and other objects

1.1.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood has undergone an

among the CN codes in

appropriate

Schedule V, Part B,

(a)

heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature

wood

of

conifers

of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous

(Coniferales),

except

minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood

that of Thuja L. and

(including at its core). There shall be evidence

Taxus L., other than in

thereof by a mark "HT" put on the wood or on any

the form of

wrapping in accordance with current usage, and

-

chips,

particles,

on the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

sawdust,

shavings,

Directive 2000/29/EC, or

wood waste and scrap

(b)

fumigation to a specification approved in

obtained in whole or

accordance with the procedure laid down in

part from these conifers,

Article 18.2. of Directive 2000/29/EC. There

-

wood

packaging

shall be evidence thereof by indicating on the

material, in the form of

certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

packing cases, boxes,

Directive 2000/29/EC, the active ingredient, the

minimum wood temperature, the rate (g/m 3 ) and

crates,

drums

and

similar

packings,

the exposure time (h), or

(c)

chemical pressure impregnation with a product

pallets, box pallets and

other load boards, pallet

approved in accordance with the procedure laid

collars,

dunnage,

down in Article 18.2. of Directive 2000/29/EC

There shall be evidence thereof by indicating on

whether or not actually

in use in the transport of

the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

objects of all kinds,

Directive 2000/29/EC, the active ingredient, the

pressure (psi or kPa) and the concentration (%),

except

dunnage

supporting

and official statement that subsequent to its

consignments of wood,

treatment the wood was transported until leaving

the country issuing that statement outside of the

which is constructed

from wood of the same

flight season of the vector Monochamus, taking

into account a safety margin of four additional

type and quality as the

wood

in

the

weeks at the beginning and at the end of the

consignment and which

expected flight season, or, except in the case of

wood free from any bark, with a protective

meets the same Union

phytosanitary

covering ensuring that infestation with

requirements as the

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer)

Nickle et al. or its vector cannot occur.

wood

in

the

consignment,

-

wood of Libocedrus

decurrens Torr. where

there is evidence that the

wood

has

been

processed

or

manufactured

for

pencils

using

heat

treatment to achieve a

minimum temperature

of 82°C for a seven to

eight-day period, but

including that which has

not kept its natural

round

surface,

originating in Canada,

China,

Japan,

the

Republic of Korea,

Mexico, Taiwan and the

USA,

where

Bursaphelenchus

xylophilus (Steiner et

Bührer) Nickle et al. is

known to occur.

1.2.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood has undegone an

among the CN codes in

appropriate

Schedule V, Part B,

(a)

heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature

wood

of

conifers

of 56°C for a minimum duration of 30 continuous

(Coniferales) in the

minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood

form of

(including at its core), the latter to be indicated on

-

chips,

particles,

the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

sawdust,

shavings,

Directive 2000/29/EC, or

wood waste and scrap

(b)

fumigation to a specification approved in

obtained in whole or

accordance with the procedure laid down in

part from these conifers,

Article 18.2. of Directive 2000/29/EC. There

originating in Canada,

shall be evidence thereof by indicating on the

China,

Japan,

the

certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

Republic of Korea,

Directive 2000/29/EC., the active ingredient, the

minimum wood temperature, the rate (g/m 3 ) and

Mexico, Taiwan and the

USA,

where

the exposure time (h), and official statement that

subsequent to its treatment the wood was

Bursaphelenchus

xylophilus (Steiner et

transported until leaving the country issuing that

Bührer) Nickle et al. is

statement outside of the flight season of the vector

known to occur.

Monochamus, taking into account a safety margin

of four additional weeks at the beginning and at

the end of the expected flight season, or, except in

the case of wood free from any bark, with a

protective covering ensuring that infestation with

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer)

Nickle et al. or its vector cannot occur.

1.3.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in

(a)

is bark-free, or

Schedule V, Part B,

(b)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

wood of Thuja L. and

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter,

Taxus L., other than in

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

the form of

schedule. There shall be evidence thereof by a

-

chips,

particles,

mark "kiln-dried" or "K.D." or another

sawdust,

shavings,

internationally recognised mark, put on the wood

wood waste and scrap

or on any wrapping in accordance with current

obtained in whole or

usage, or

part from these conifers,

(c)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

-

wood

packaging

achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a

material, in the form of

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

packing cases, boxes,

throughout the entire profile of the wood

crates,

drums

and

(including at its core). There shall be evidence

similar

packings,

thereof by a mark "HT" put on the wood or on any

pallets, box pallets and

wrapping in accordance with current usage, and

other load boards, pallet

on the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

collars,

dunnage,

Directive 2000/29/EC, or

whether or not actually

(d)

has undergone an appropriate fumigation to a

in use in the transport of

specification approved in accordance with the

objects of all kinds,

procedure laid down in Article 18.2. of Directive

except

dunnage

2000/29/EC. There shall be evidence thereof by

supporting

indicating on the certificates referred to in Article

consignments of wood,

13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC, the active

which is constructed

ingredient, the minimum wood temperature, the

rate (g/m 3 ) and the exposure time (h), or

from wood of the same

type and quality as the

(e)

has undergone an appropriate chemical pressure

wood

in

the

impregnation with a product approved in

consignment and which

accordance with the procedure laid down in

meets

the

same

Article 18.2. of Directive 2000/29/EC. There

European

Union

shall be evidence thereof by indicating on the

phytosanitary

certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC, the active ingredient, the

requirements as the

wood

in

the

pressure (psi or kPa) and the concentration (%).

consignment;

but including wood

which has not kept its

natural round surface,

originating in Canada,

China,

Japan,

the

Republic of Korea,

Mexico, Taiwan and the

USA,

where

Bursaphelenchus

xylophilus (Steiner et

Bührer) Nickle et al. is

known to occur.

1.4.

(Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

1.5.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in

(a)

originates in areas known to be free from

Schedule V, Part B,

wood

of

conifers

-

Monochamus spp. (non-European)

(Coniferales), other than

in the form of

-

Pissodes spp. (non-European)

-

chips,

particles,

sawdust,

shavings,

-

Scolytidae spp. (non-European)

wood waste and scrap

originates in areas known to be free from

obtained in whole or

part from these conifers,

The area shall be mentioned on the certificates

referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/

-

wood

packaging

29/EC, under the rubric "place of origin", or

material, in the form of

packing cases, boxes,

(b)

is bark-free and free from grub holes, caused by

crates,

drums

and

the genus Monochamus spp. (non-European),

similar

packings,

defined for this purpose as those which are larger

pallets, box pallets and

than 3 mm across, or

other load boards, pallet

(c)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

collars,

dunnage,

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter,

whether actually in use

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

or not in the transport of

schedule. There shall be evidence thereof by a

objects of all kinds,

mark "kiln-dried" or "K.D". or another

except

dunnage

internationally recognised mark, put on the wood

supporting

or on any wrapping in accordance with the current

consignments of wood,

usage, or

which is constructed

(d)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

from wood of the same

achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a

type and quality as the

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

wood

in

the

throughout the entire profile of the wood

consignment and which

(including at its core). There shall be evidence

meets the same Union

thereof by a mark "HT" put on the wood or on any

phytosanitary

wrapping in accordance with current usage, and

requirements as the

on the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

wood

in

the

Directive 2000/29/EC, or

consignment;

(e)

has undergone an appropriate fumigation to a

but including that which

specification approved in accordance with the

has not kept its natural

procedure laid down in Article 18.2. of Directive

round

surface,

2000/29/EC. There shall be evidence thereof by

originating in Russia,

indicating on the certificates referred to in Article

Kazakhstan and Turkey.

13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC, the active

ingredient, the minimum wood temperature, the

rate (g/m 3 ) and the exposure time (h), or

(f)

has undergone an appropriate chemical pressure

impregnation with a product approved in

accordance with the procedure laid down in

Article 18.2. of Directive 2000/29/EC. There

shall be evidence thereof by indicating on the

certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC, the active ingredient, the

pressure (psi or kPa) and the concentration (%).

1.6.

Whether or not listed Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in (a)

is bark-free and free from grub holes, caused by

Schedule V, Part B,

the genus Monochamus spp. (non-European),

wood

of

conifers

defined for this purpose as those which are larger

(Coniferales), other than

than 3 mm across, or

in the form of

(b)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

-

chips,

particles,

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter,

sawdust,

shavings,

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

wood waste and scrap

schedule. There shall be evidence thereof by a

obtained in whole or

mark "kiln-dried" or "K.D" or another

part from these conifers,

internationally recognised mark, put on the wood

-

wood

packaging

or on any wrapping in accordance with current

material, in the form of

usage, or

packing cases, boxes, (c)

has undergone an appropriate fumigation to a

crates,

drums

and

specification approved in accordance with the

similar

packings,

procedure laid down in Article 18.2. of Directive

pallets, box pallets and

2000/29/EC. There shall be evidence thereof by

other load boards, pallet

indicating on the certificates referred to in Article

collars,

dunnage,

13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC, the active

whether actually in use

ingredient, the minimum wood temperature, the

rate (g/m 3 ) and the exposure time (h), or

or not in the transport of

objects of all kinds, (d)

has undergone an appropriate chemical pressure

except

dunnage

impregnation with a product approved in

supporting

accordance with the procedure laid down in

consignments of wood,

Article 18.2. of Directive 2000/29/EC. There

which is constructed

shall be evidence thereof by indicating on the

from wood of the same

certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

type and quality as the

Directive 2000/29/EC, the active ingredient, the

wood

in

the

pressure (psi or kPa) and the concentration (%), or

consignment and which (e)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

meets

the

same

achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a

European

Union

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

phytosanitary

throughout the entire profile of the wood

(including at its core). There shall be evidence

requirements as the

wood

in

the

thereof by a mark "HT" put on the wood or on any

consignment;

wrapping in accordance with current usage, and

on the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

but including that which

has not kept its natural

Directive 2000/29/EC.

round

surface,

originating in third

countries, other than

-

Russia, Kazakhstan and

Turkey,

-

European countries,

-

Canada, China, Japan,

the Republic of Korea,

Mexico, Taiwan and the

USA,

where Bursaphelenchus

xylophilus (Steiner st

Bührer) Nickle et al. is

known to occur.

1.7.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in

(a)

originates in areas known to be free from

Schedule V, Part B,

-

Monochamus spp. (non-European)

wood in the form of

-

Pissodes spp. (non-European)

chips,

particles,

-

Scolytidae spp. (non-European)

sawdust, shavings, wood

The area shall be mentioned on the certificates

waste

and

scrap

referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/

obtained in whole or in

29/EC, under the rubric "place of origin", or

part

from

conifers

(b)

has been produced from debarked round wood; or

(Coniferales),

(c)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

originating in

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter,

-

Russia, Kazakhstan and

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

Turkey,

schedule, or

-

non-European countries

(d)

has undergone an appropriate fumigation to a

other than Canada,

specification approved in accordance with the

China,

Japan,

the

procedure laid down in Article 18.2. of

Republic of Korea,

Directive 2000/29/EC. There shall be evidence

Mexico, Taiwan and the

thereof by indicating on the certificates referred

USA,

to in Article 13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC,

where Bursaphelenchus

the active ingredient, the minimum wood

temperature, the rate (g/m 3 ) and the exposure

xylophilus (Steiner st

Bührer) Nickle et al. is

time (h), or

known to occur.

(e)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

throughout the entire profile of the wood

(including at its core), the latter to be indicated on

the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC.

2. Wood

packaging The wood packaging material shall

material, in the form of —

be made of debarked wood, as specified in Annex

packing cases, boxes,

I to FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary

crates,

drums

and

Measures No 15 on Regulation of wood packaging

similar

packings,

material in international trade — be subject to one

pallets, box pallets and

of the approved treatments as specified in Annex I

other load boards, pallet

to that International standard, and

collars,

dunnage, —

display a mark as specified in Annex II to that

whether or not actually

International standard, indicating that the wood

in use in the transport of

packaging material has been subjected to an

objects of all kinds,

approved phytosanitary treatment in accordance

except raw wood of 6

with this standard.

mm thickness or less,

processed

wood

produced by glue, heat

and pressure, or a

combination

thereof,

and dunnage supporting

consignments of wood,

which is constructed

from wood of the same

type and quality as the

wood

in

the

consignment and which

meets

the

same

European

Union

phytosanitary

requirements as the

wood

in

the

consignment,

coming

from third countries,

except Switzerland.

2.1.

Wood

of

Official statement that the wood has undergone

Acer

Marsh.,

kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content,

saccharum

including wood which

expressed as a percentage of dry matter, achieved

has not kept its natural

through an appropriate time/temperature schedule.

round surface, other

There shall be evidence thereof by a mark "kiln-

than in the form of

dried" or "K.D." or another internationally

-

wood intended for the

recognised mark, put on the wood or on any

production of veneer

wrapping in accordance with current usage.

sheets,

-

chips,

particles,

sawdust, shavings, wood

waste and scarp,

wood

packaging

-

material, in the form of

packing cases, boxes,

crates,

drums

and

similar

packings,

pallets, box pallets and

other load boards, pallet

collars,

dunnage,

whether or not actually

in use in the transport of

objects of all kinds,

except

dunnage

supporting

consignments of wood,

which is constructed

from wood of the same

type and quality as the

wood

in

the

consignment and which

meets

the

same

European

Union

phytosanitary

requirements as the

wood

in

the

consignment originating

in the USA and Canada.

2.2.

Wood

of

Official statement that the wood orginates in areas

Acer

Marsh.,

known to be free from Ceratocystis virescens

saccharum

intended

for

the

(Davidson) Moreau and is intended for the

production of veneer

production of veneer sheets.

sheets, originating in the

USA and Canada.

2.3.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among CN codes in

(a)

the wood originates in an area recognised as being

Schedule V, Part B,

free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire in

wood of Fraxinus L.,

accordance with the procedure referred to in

Juglans

ailantifolia

Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The name

Carr.,

Juglans

of the area shall be mentioned on the certificates

mandshurica Maxim.,

referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/

Ulmus

davidiana

29/EC; or

Planch. and Pterocarya

(b)

the bark and at least 2.5 cm of the outer sapwood

rhoifolia Siebold &

are removed in a facility authorised and

Zucc., other than in the

supervised by the national plant protection

form of

organisation, or

-

chips,

particles,

(c)

the wood has undergone ionizing irradiation to

sawdust,

shavings,

achieve a minimum absorbed dose of 1 kGy

wood waste and scrap,

throughout the wood.

obtained in whole or

part from these trees,

-

wood

packaging

material, in the form of

packing cases, boxes,

crates,

drums

and

similar

packings,

pallets, box pallets and

other load boards, pallet

collars,

dunnage,

whether or not actually

in use in the transport of

objects of all kinds,

except

dunnage

supporting

consignments of wood,

which is constructed

from wood of the same

type and quality as the

wood

in

the

consignment and which

meets

the

same

European

Union

phytosanitary

requirements as the

wood

in

the

consignment,

but including wood

which has not kept its

natural round surface,

and furniture and other

objects

made

of

untreated wood,

originating in Canada,

China,

Democratic

People's Republic of

Korea, Japan, Mongolia,

Republic of Korea,

Russia, Taiwan and

USA

2.4.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood originates in an

among CN codes in

area recognised as being free from Agrilus

Schedule V, Part B,

planipennis Fairmaire in accordance with the

wood in the form of

procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive

chips,

particles,

2000/29/EC. The name of the area shall be

sawdust,

shavings,

mentioned on the certificates referred to in Article

wood waste and scrap

13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC.

obtained in whole or in

part from Fraxinus L.,

Juglans

ailantifolia

Carr.,

Juglans

mandshurica Maxim.,

Ulmus

davidiana

Planch. and Pterocarya

rhoifolia Siebold &

Zucc.

originating in Canada,

China,

Democratic

People's Republic of

Korea, Japan, Mongolia,

Republic of Korea,

Russia, Taiwan and

USA

2.5.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the bark originates in an

among CN codes in

area recognised as being free from Agrilus

Schedule V, Part B,

planipennis Fairmaire in accordance with the

isolated bark and objects

procedure referred to in Article 18(2). The name

made of bark of

of the area shall be mentioned on the certificates

Fraxinus L., Juglans

referred to in Article 13.1.(ii).

Carr.,

ailantifolia

Juglans

mandshurica

Maxim.,

Ulmus

davidiana Planch. and

Pterocarya

rhoifolia

Siebold

&

Zucc.

originating in Canada,

China,

Democratic

People's Republic of

Korea, Japan, Mongolia,

Republic of Korea,

Russia, Taiwan and

USA

3. Wood of Quercus L.,

Official statement that the wood

other than in the form

(a)

is squared so as to remove entirely the rounded

of

surface, or

-

chips,

particles,

(b)

is bark-free and the water content is less than 20%,

sawdust, shavings, wood

expressed as a percentage of dry matter, or

waste and scarp,

-

casks, barrels, vats, tubs

(c)

is bark-free and has been disinfected by an

and

other

coopers'

appropriate hot-air or hot water treatment, or

products

and

parts

(d)

if sawn, with or without residual bark attached,

thereof,

of

wood,

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

including staves where

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter,

there is documented

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

evidence that the wood

schedule. There shall be evidence thereof by a

has been produced or

mark "kiln-dried" or "K.D." or another

manufactured using heat

internationally recognised mark, put on the wood

treatment to achieve a

or on any wrapping in accordance with current

minimum temperature

usage.

of 176°C for 20

minutes,

-

Wood

packaging

material, in the form of

packing cases, boxes,

crates,

drums

and

similar

packings,

pallets, box pallets and

other load boards, pallet

collars,

dunnage,

whether or not actually

in use in the transport of

objects of all kinds,

except

dunnage

supporting

consignments of wood,

which is constructed

from wood of the same

type and quality as the

wood

in

the

consignment and which

meets

the

same

European

Union

phytosanitary

requirements as the

wood

in

the

consignment,

but including wood

which has not kept its

natural round surface,

originating in the USA.

4. (Deleted by L.N. 55 of 2005)

4.1.Whether or not listed

Official statement that

among

CN

codes

in

(a)

the bark and at least 2.5 cm of the outer sapwood

Schedule V, Part B, wood of

are removed in a facility authorised and

Betula L., other than in the

supervised by the national plant protection

form of

organisation, or

- chips, particles, sawdust,

shavings, wood waste and

(b)

the wood has undergone ionizing irradiation to

scrap obtained in whole or

achieve a minimum absorbed dose of 1 kGy

part from these trees,

throughout the wood.

- wood packaging material, in

the form of packing cases,

boxes, crates, drums and

similar packings, pallets,

box pallets and other load

boards,

pallet

collars,

dunnage, whether or not

actually in use in the

transport of objects of all

kinds,

except

dunnage

supporting consignments of

wood, which is constructed

from wood of the same type

and quality as the wood in

the consignment and which

meets the same European

Union

phytosanitary

requirements as the wood in

the consignment,

but including wood which

has not kept its natural

round surface, and furniture

and other objects made of

untreated wood, originating

in Canada and the USA

where Agrilus anxius Gory

is known to occur.

4.2. Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood originates in a country

among CN codes in

known to be free of Agrilus anxius Gory.

Schedule V, Part B,

wood chips, particles,

sawdust, shavings, wood

waste

and

scrap

obtained in whole or in

part from Betula L.

4.3. Whether or not listed

Official statement that the bark is free from wood.

among CN codes in

Schedule V, Part B, bark

and objects made of

bark of Betula L.,

originating in Canada

and the USA where

Agrilus anxius Gory is

known to occur.

5. Wood of Platanus L., Official statement that the wood has undergone kiln-

except that in the form drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a

of

percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate

chips,

particles, time/temperature schedule. There shall be evidence

sawdust, shavings, wood thereof by a mark ‘kiln-dried’ or ‘KD’ or another

waste and scrap,

internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on

wood

packaging any wrapping in accordance with current usage.

material, in the form of

packing cases, boxes,

crates,

drums

and

similar

packings,

pallets, box pallets and

other load boards, pallet

collars,

dunnage,

whether or not actually

in use in the transport of

objects of all kinds,

except

dunnage

supporting

consignments of wood,

which is constructed

from wood of the same

type and quality as the

wood

in

the

consignment and which

meets the same Union

phytosanitary

requirements as the

wood

in

the

consignment,

but

including wood which

has not kept its natural

round

surface,

originating in Armenia,

Switzerland or the USA.

6. Wood of Populus L.,

Official statement that the wood

except that in the form

(a)

is bark-free, or

of

(b)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

-

chips,

particles,

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter,

sawdust,

shavings,

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

wood waste and scrap,

schedule. There shall be evidence thereof by a

-

wood

packaging

mark "kiln-dried" or "K.D." or another

material, in the form of

internationally recognised mark, put on the wood

packing cases, boxes,

or on any wrapping in accordance with current

crates,

drums

and

usage

similar

packings,

pallets, box pallets and

other

load

boards,

pallet collars, dunnage,

whether or not actually

in use in the transport

of objects of all kinds,

except

dunnage

supporting

consignments of wood,

which is constructed

from wood of the same

type and quality as the

wood

in

the

consignment and which

meets

the

same

European

Union

phytosanitary

requirements as the

wood

in

the

consignment,

but including wood

which has not kept its

natural round surface,

originating in countries

of

the

American

continent.

7.1.1. Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in

(a)

has been produced from debarked round wood; or

Schedule V, Part B,

(b)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

wood in the form of

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter

chips,

particles,

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

sawdust, shavings, wood

schedule, or

waste and scrap and

(c)

has undergone an appropriate fumigation to a

obtained in whole or in

specification approved in accordance with the

part from

procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive

-

Acer saccharum Marsh.,

2000/29/EC. There shall be evidence of the

originating in the USA

fumigation by indicating on the certificates

and Canada,

referred to in Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/

-

Polulus L., originating

29/EC, the active ingredient, the minimum wood

temperature, the rate (g/m 3 ) and the exposure time

in

the

American

continent.

(h), or

(d)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

throughout the entire profile of the wood

(including at its core), the latter to be indicated on

the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC.

7.1.2. Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in

(a)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

Schedule V, Part B,

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter

wood in the form of

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

chips,

particles,

schedule, or

sawdust, shavings, wood

(b)

has undergone an appropriate fumigation to a

waste and scrap and

specification approved in accordance with the

obtained in whole or in

procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive

part from

2000/29/EC. There shall be evidence of the

Platanus L. originating

fumigation by indicating on the certificates

-

in Armenia, Switzerland

referred to in Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/

or the USA.

29/EC, the active ingredient, the minimum wood

temperature, the rate (g/m 3 ) and the exposure time

(h), or

(c)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

throughout the entire profile of the wood

(including at its core), the latter to be indicated on

the certificates referred to in Article 13(1)(ii).

7.2.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in

(a)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

Schedule V, Part B,

content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter,

wood in the form of

achieved through an appropriate time/temperature

chips,

particles,

schedule, or

sawdust, shavings, wood

(b)

has undergone an appropriate fumigation to a

waste and scrap and

specification approved in accordance with the

obtained in whole or in

procedure laid down in Article 18.2. of Directive

part from Quercus L.,

2000/29/EC. There shall be evidence of the

originating in the USA.

fumigation by indicating on the certificates

referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/

29/EC, the active ingredient, the minimum wood

temperature, the rate (g/m 3 ) and the exposure

time (h), or

(c)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

throughout the entire profile of the wood

(including at its core), the latter to be indicated on

the certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii).

7.3.

Isolated bark of conifers

Official statement that the isolated bark

(Coniferales),

(a)

has been subjected to an appropriate fumigation

originating in non-

with a fumigant approved in accordance with the

European countries

procedure laid down in Article 18.2. of Directive

2000/29/EC. There shall be evidence thereof by

indicating on the certificates referred to in Article

13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC, the active

ingredient, the minimum bark temperature, the

rate (g/m 3 ) and the exposure time (h), or

(b)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

achieve a minimum temperature of 56°C for a

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

throughout the entire profile of the bark (including

at its core), the latter to be indicated on the

certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC, and official statement that

subsequent to its treatment the bark was

transported until leaving the country issuing that

statement outside of the flight season of the

vector Monochamus, taking into account a

safety margin of four additional weeks at the

beginning and at the end of the expected flight

season, or with a protective covering ensuring

that infestation with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

(Steiner et Bührer) Nickle et al. or its vector

cannot occur.

7.4.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in

(a)

originates in an area free from Saperda candida

Part B of Schedule V,

Fabricius, established by the national plant

wood of Amelanchier

protection organisation in the country of origin, in

Medik., Aronia Medik.,

accordance with the relevant International

Medik.,

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, which is

Cotoneaster

Crataegus L., Cydonia

mentioned on the certificates referred to in these

Mill.,

Mill.,

regulations under the rubric ‘Additional

Malus

Prunus L., Pyracantha

declaration’, or

M. Roem., Pyrus L. and

(b)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

Sorbus L., other than in

achieve a minimum temperature of 56 °C for a

the form of: — chips,

minimum duration of 30 continuous minutes

sawdust and shavings,

throughout the entire profile of the wood, which is

obtained in whole or

to be indicated on the certificates referred to in

part from these plants,

Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC, or

wood

packaging

(c)

has undergone an appropriate ionising radiation to

material, in the form of

achieve a minimum absorbed dose of 1 kGy

packing cases, boxes,

throughout the wood, to be indicated on the

crates,

drums

and

certificates referred to in Article 13(1)(ii) of

similar

packings,

Directive 2000/29/EC.

pallets, box pallets and

other load boards, pallet

collars,

dunnage,

whether or not actually

in use in the transport of

objects of all kinds,

except

dunnage

supporting

consignments of wood,

which is constructed

from wood of the same

type and quality as the

wood

in

the

consignments and which

meets the same Union

phytosanitary

requirements as the

wood

in

the

consignment,

but

including that which has

not kept its natural

round

surface,

originating in Canada

and the USA.

Whether or not listed

Official statement that the wood

among the CN codes in

(a)

originates in an area established by the national

Part B of Schedule V,

plant protection organisation in the country of

wood in the form of

origin as being free from Saperda candida

chips obtained in whole

Fabricius in accordance with the relevant

or

part

from

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Medik.,

Amelanchier

Measures, which is mentioned on the certificates

Medik.,

Aronia

referred to in these Regulations under the rubric

Medik.,

Cotoneaster

‘Additional declaration’, or

Crataegus L., Cydonia

(b)

has been processed into pieces of not more than

Mill.,

Mill.,

Malus

2,5 cm thickness and width, or

Prunus L., Pyracantha

(c)

has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to

M. Roem., Pyrus L. and

achieve a minimum temperature of 56 °C for a

Sorbus L., originating in

minimum duration of 30 minutes throughout the

Canada and the USA.

entire profile of the chips, which is to be

indicated on the certificates referred to in

Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC.

8. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

Plants

of

conifers Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the

(Coniferales), other than plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1), where appropriate,

fruit

and

seeds, official statement that the plants have been produced in

originating in non- nurseries and that the place of production is free from

European countries

Pissodes spp. (non-European).

Plants

of

conifers

Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the

(Coniferales), other than

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1), and Schedule

fruit and seeds, over 3m

IV(A)(I)(8.1), where appropriate, official statentent that

in height, originatiug in

the plants have been produced in nurseries and that the

non-European countries

place of production is free from Scolytidae spp. (non-

European).

9. Plants of Pinus L., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule III (A)(1) and Schedule

other thau seeds

IV(A)(1)(8.1), (8.2), official statement that no symptoms

of Scirrhia acicola (Dearn.) Siggers or Scirrhia pini Funk

and Parker have been observed at the place of production

or its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation.

10. Plants of Abies Mill., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Larix Mill., Picea A. plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1), and Schedule

Dietr.,

L., IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2) or (9), where appropriate, official

Pinus

Pseudotsuga Carr. and statement that no symptoms of Melampsora medusae

Tsuga Carr., intended for Thümen have been observed at the place of production or

planting, other than its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last

seeds

complete cycle of vegetation.

11.01. Plants of Quercus L., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

other than fruit and plants listed in Schedule III(A)(2), official statement that

seeds, originating in the the plants originate in areas known to be free from

USA

Ceratocystis fragacearum (Bretz) Hunt.

11.1. Plants of Castanea Mill. Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

and Quercus L., other plants listed in Schedule III(A)(2), and Schedule

than fruit and seeds, IV(A)(I)(11.01), official statement that no symptoms of

originating in non- Cronarthium spp. (non-European) have been observed at

European countries

the place of production or its immediate vicinity since the

beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

11.2. Plants of Castanea Mill. Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

and

L., plants listed in Schedule III(A)(2), and Schedule

Quercus

intended for planting, IV(A)(I)(11.1), official statement that -

other than seeds

(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 observed at the place of

production or its immediate vicinity since the

beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

11.3. Plants of Corylus L., Official statement that the plants have been grown in

intended for planting, nurseries and

other

than

seeds, (a)

originate in an area, established in the country of

export by the national plant protection service in

originating in Canada

and the Unites States of

that country, as being free from Anisogramma

America

anomala (Peck) E. Müller, in accordance with

relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary

Measures, and which is mentioned on the

certificates referred to in these regulations under

the rubric "Additional declaration", or

(b)

originate in a place of production, established in

the country of export by the national plant

protection service in that country, as being free

from Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller, on

official inspections carried out at the place of

production or its immediate vicinity since the

beginning of the last three complete cycles of

vegetation, in accordance with relevant

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Measures, and which is mentioned on the

certificates referred to in these regulations under

the rubric "Additional declaration", and declared

free from Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E.

Müller.

11.4. Plants of Fraxinus L.,

Official statement that the plants originate in an area

recognised as being free from Agrilus planipennis

Juglans

ailantifolia

Carr.,

Fairmaire in accordance with the procedure referred to in

Juglans

mandshurica Maxim.,

Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The name of the

area shall be mentioned on the certificates referred to in

Ulmus

davidiana

Planch. and Pterocarya

Article 13.1.(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC.

rhoifolia Siebold &

Zucc., other than fruit

and seeds, but including

cut branches with or

without

foliage,

originating in Canada,

China,

Democratic

People's Republic of

Korea, Japan, Mongolia,

Republic of Korea,

Russia, Taiwan and

USA

11.5. Plants of Betula L., Official statement that the plants originate in a country

other than fruit and known to be free of Agrilus anxius Gory.

seeds, but including cut

branches of Betula L.

with or without foliage

12. Plants of Platanus L., Official statement that no symptoms of Ceratocystis

intended for planting, platani (J. M. Walter) Engelbr. & T. C. Harr. have been

other

than

seeds, observed at the place of production or in its immediate

originating in Armenia, vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of

Switzerland or the USA. vegetation.

13.1. Plants of Populus L., Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule III(A)(3), official statement that

other

than

seeds, no symptoms of Melampsora medusae Thümen have

originating in third been observed at the place of production or its immediate

countries

vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of

vegetation.

13.2. Plants of Populus L., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

other than fruit and plants listed in Schedule III(A)(3) and IV(A)(I)(13.1),

seeds, originating in official statement that no symptoms of Mycosphaerella

countries

of

the populorum G. E. Thompson have been observed at the

American continent

place of production or its immediate vicinity since the

beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

14. Plants of Ulmus L.,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting,

plants in Schedule IV(A)(I)(11.4), official statement that

other

than

seeds,

no symptoms of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi’ have

originating in North

been observed at the place of production or in its

American countries

immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation.

14.1. Plants intended for Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

planting, other than plants in ScheduleIII(A)(9) and (18), Schedule III(B)(1),

scions, cuttings, plants (2) or Schedule IV(A)(I), (17), (19.1), (19.2), (20), (22.1),

in tissue culture, pollen (22.2), (23.1) and (23.2) where appropriate, official

and

seeds,

of statement that the plants

Medik., (a)

have been grown throughout their life in an area

Amelanchier

Medik.,

free from Saperda candida Fabricius, established

Aronia

Medik.,

by the national plant protection organisation in the

Cotoneaster

Crataegus L., Cydonia

country of origin, in accordance with relevant

Mill.,

Mill.,

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Malus

Prunus L., Pyracantha

Measures, which is mentioned on the certificates

M. Roem., Pyrus L. and

referred to in these regulations, under the rubric

Sorbus L. originating in

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(b)

have been grown during a period of at least two

years prior to export, or in the case of plants which

are younger than two years have been grown

throughout their life, in a place of production

established as free from Saperda candida

Fabricius

in

accordance

with

relevant

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Measures

(i)

which is registered and supervised by the national

plant protection organisation in the country of

origin, and

(ii) which has been subjected annually to two official

inspections for any signs of Saperda candida

Fabricius carried out at appropriate times, and

(iii) where the plants have been grown in a site

—

with complete physical protection against the

introduction of Saperda candida Fabricius, or

—

with the application of appropriate preventive

treatments and surrounded by a buffer zone with a

width of at least 500 m where the absence of

Saperda candida Fabricius was confirmed by

official surveys carried out annually at appropriate

times, and

(iv) immediately prior to export the plants have been

subjected to a meticulous inspection for the

presence of Saperda candida Fabricius, in

particular in the stems of the plant, including,

where appropriate, destructive sampling.

15. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

16. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

16.1. Fruits of Citrus L., The fruits shall be free from peduncles and leaves and the

Swingle, packaging shall bear an appropriate origin mark.

Fortunella

Poncirus Raf., and their

hybrids, originating in

third countries

16.2. Fruits of Citrus L.,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Swingle,

fruits in Schedule IV(A)(I)(16.1), (16.3), (16.4), (16.5)

Fortunella

Raf.,

and (16.6), official statement that

Poncirus

Swingle,

(a)

the fruits originate in a country recognised as

Microcitrus

Adans.,

being free of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and

Naringi

Swinglea Merr., and

Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii in accordance

their

hybrids,

with relevant International Standards for

originating in third

Phytosanitary Measures, provided that this

countries

freedom status has been communicated in advance

in writing by the national plant protection

organisation of the third country concerned to the

Commission, or

(b)

the fruits originate in an area established by the

national plant protection organisation in the

country of origin as being free from Xanthomonas

citri pv. citri and Xanthomonas citri pv.

aurantifolii, in accordance with the relevant

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Measures, which is mentioned on the certificates

referred to in these regulations under the rubric

‘Additional declaration’, provided that this

freedom status has been communicated in advance

in writing by the national plant protection

organisation of the third country concerned to the

Commission, or

(c)

the fruits originate in a place of production

established by the national plant protection

organisation in the country of origin as being free

from Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and

Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii in accordance

with relevant International Standards for

Phytosanitary Measures, which is mentioned on

the certificates referred to in these regulations

under the rubric ‘Additional declaration’, or

(d)

the site of production and the immediate vicinity

are subject to appropriate treatments and cultural

practices against Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and

Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii, and

the fruits have been subjected to a treatment with

sodium orthophenylphenate, or another effective

treatment mentioned on the certificates referred to

in Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC,

provided that the treatment method has been

communicated in advance in writing by the national

plant protection organisation of the third country

concerned to the Commission, and

official inspections carried out at appropriate times

prior to export have shown that the fruits are free

from symptoms of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and

Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii, and

information on traceability is included in the

certificates referred to in Article 13(1)(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC, or and

the site of production and the immediate vicinity

are subject to appropriate treatments and cultural

practices against Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and

Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii, and

movement, storage and processing takes place

under conditions, approved in accordance with the

procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive

2000/29/EC, and

the fruits have been transported in individual

packages bearing a label, which contains a

traceability code and the indication that the fruits

are destined for industrial processing, and

information on traceability is included in the

certificates referred to in Article 13(1)(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC.

(e)

in the case of fruits destined for industrial

processing, official inspections prior to export

have shown that the fruits are free from symptoms

of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and Xanthomonas

citri pv. aurantifolii,

16.3. Fruits of Citrus L., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Swingle, fruits in Schedule IV(A)(I)(16.1), (16.2), (16.4) and

Fortunella

Poncirus Raf., and their (16.5), official statement that

hybrids, originating in

third countries

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

fruits in Schedule IV(A)(I)(16.1), (16.2), (16.4) and

(16.5), official statement that

(a)

the fruits originate in a country recognised as

being free from Cercospora angolensis Carv. et

Mendes in accordance with relevant International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, provided

that this freedom status has been communicated in

advance in writing by the national plant protection

organisation of the third country concerned to the

Commission, or

(b)

the fruits originate in an area recognised as being

free from Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes,

in accordance with the relevant International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, which is

mentioned on the certificates referred to in these

regulations under the rubric ‘Additional

declaration’, provided that this freedom status has

been communicated in advance in writing by the

national plant protection organisation of the third

country concerned to the Commission, or

(c)

no symptoms of Cercospora angolensis Carv. et

Mendes have been observed in the site of

production and in its immediate vicinity since the

beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, and none

of the fruits harvested in the site of production has

shown, in appropriate official examination,

symptoms of this organism.

16.4. Fruits of Citrus L.,

Swingle,

Fortunella

Poncirus Raf., and their

hybrids, other than fruits

of Citrus aurantium L.

and Citrus latifolia

Tanaka, originating in

third countries

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

fruits in Schedule IV(A)(I)(16.1), (16.2), (16.3), (16.5),

and (16.6), official statement that

(a)

the fruits originate in a country recognised as free

from Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der

Aa, in accordance with relevant International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, provided

that this freedom status has been communicated in

advance in writing by the national plant protection

organisation of the third country concerned to the

Commission, or

(b)

the fruits originate in an area established by the

national plant protection organisation in the

country of origin as being free from Phyllosticta

citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa in accordance

with relevant International Standards for

Phytosanitary Measures, which is mentioned on

the certificates referred to in these regulations

under the rubric ‘Additional declaration’, provided

that this freedom status has been communicated in

advance in writing by the national plant protection

organisation of the third country concerned to the

Commission, or

(c)

the fruits originate in a place of production

established by the national plant protection

organisation in the country of origin as being free

from Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der

Aa in accordance with relevant International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, which is

mentioned on the certificates referred to in these

regulations under the rubric ‘Additional

declaration’, and

the fruits are found free of symptoms of

Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa by

official inspection of a representative sample,

defined in accordance with international

standards, or

(d)

the fruits originate in a site of production

subjected to appropriate treatments and cultural

measures

against

Phyllosticta

citricarpa

(McAlpine) van der Aa, and

official inspections have been carried out in the

site of production during the growing season since

the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, and

no symptoms of Phyllosticta citricarpa

(McAlpine) van der Aa have been detected in the

fruits, and

the harvested fruits from that site of production are

found free of symptoms of Phyllosticta citricarpa

(McAlpine) Van der Aa during an official

inspection prior to export, of a representative

sample, defined in accordance with international

standards, and

information on traceability is included in the

certificates referred to in Article 13(1)(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC, or

(e)

in the case of fruits destined for industrial

processing, the fruits have been found free of

symptoms of Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine)

Van der Aa prior to the export during an official

inspection of a representative sample, defined in

accordance with international standards, and

a statement that the fruits originate in a site of

production subjected to appropriate treatments

against Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van

der Aa carried out at the appropriate time is

included in the certificates referred to in these

regulations under the rubric ‘Additional

declaration’, and

movement, storage and processing takes place

under conditions, approved in accordance with the

procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive

2000/29/EC, and

the fruits have been transported in individual

packages bearing a label, which contains a

traceability code and the indication that the fruits

are destined for industrial processing, and

information on traceability is included in the

certificates referred to in Article 13(1)(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC.

16.5. Fruits of Citrus L., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Swingle, fruits in Schedule IV(A)(I)(16.1), (16.2) and (16.3),

Fortunella

Poncirus Raf., and their official statement that

hybrids, originating in (a)

the fruits originate in areas known to be free from

third countries where

the relevant organism; or if this requirement

(non-

cannot be met

Tephritidae

European) are known to (b)

no signs of the relevant organism have been

occur on these fruits

observed at the place of production and in its

immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation, on official

inspections carried out at least monthly durin the

three months prior to harvesting, and none of the

fruits harvested in the field of production has

shown, in appropriate official examination, signs

of the relevant organism, or if this requirement can

also not be met

(c)

the fruits have shown, in appropriate official

examination or representative samples, to be free

from the relevant organism in all stages of their

development, or if this requirement can also not be

met

(d)

the fruits have been subjected to an appropriate

treatment, any acceptable vapour heat treatment,

cold treatment, or quick freeze treatment, which

has been shown to be efficient against the relevant

organism without damaging the fruit, and, where

not available, chemical treatment as far as it is

acceptable by Community legislation.

16.6. Fruits of Capsicum (L.), Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Citrus L., other than fruits in Schedule IV(A)(I)(16.1), (16.2), (16.3), (16.4),

(L.) (16.5) and (36.3), official statement that the fruits

Citrus

limon

Osbeck. and Citrus (a)

originate in a country recognised as being free of

aurantiifolia (Christm.)

Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) in accordance

Swingle, Prunus persica

with relevant International Standards for

(L.) Batsch and Punica

Phytosanitary Measures, or

granatum L. originating (b)

originate in an area established by the national

in countries of the

plant protection organisation in the country of

African continent, Cape

origin as being free from Thaumatotibia leucotreta

Verde, Saint Helena,

(Meyrick), in accordance with the relevant

Madagascar,

La

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Reunion, Mauritius and

Measures, which is mentioned on the certificates

Israel

referred to in these regulations under the rubric

‘Additional declaration’,or

(c)

originate in a place of production established by

the national plant protection organisation in the

country of origin as being free from

(Meyrick)

in

Thaumatotibia

leucotreta

accordance

with

relevant

International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures and

information on traceability is included in the

certificates referred to in the Article 13(1)(ii) of

Directive 2000/29/EC, and

official inspections have been carried out in the

place of production at appropriate times during the

growing season, including a visual examination on

representative samples of fruit, shown to be free

from Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick), or

(d)

have been subjected to an effective cold treatment

to ensure freedom from Thaumatotibia leucotreta

(Meyrick) or another effective treatment to ensure

freedom from Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)

and the treatment data should be indicated on the

certificates referred to in Article 13(1)(ii),

provided that the treatment method has been

communicated in advance in writing by the

national plant protection organisation of the third

country concerned to the Commission.

17. Plants of Amelanchier Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Med.,

Chaenomeles plants listed in Schedule III(A)(9), (9.1), (18), Schedule

Cotoneaster III(B) or Schedule IV) (A)(1)(15), where appropriate,

Lindl,

Ehrh, Crataegus l., official statement

Mill, (a)

that the plants originate in countries recognized

Cydonia

Eriobotrya Lindl, Malus

as being free from Erwinia amylovora (Burr)

Mill,

L,

Winsl et al. in accordance with the procedure

Mespilus

laid down in Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29/

Photinia

davidiana

(Dene.)

Cardot,

EC, or

Roem., (b)

that the plants originate in pest free areas which

Pyracantha

Pyrus L. and Sorbus L.,

have been astablished in relation to Erwinia

amylovora (Burr.) Winsl et. al in accordance

intended for planting,

other than seeds

with the relevant International Standard for

Phytosanitary Measures and recognized as such

in accordance with the procedure laid down in

Article 18 (2) of Directive 2000/29/EC, or

(c)

that the plants in the field of production and in its

immediate vicinity, which have shown symptoms

of Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl et al, have

been removed.

18. Plants of Citrus L.,

Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the

Swingle,

plants listed in Scheduler III(A)(16), where appropriate,

Fortunella

Poncirus Raf., and their

official statement that

hybrids, other than fruit

(a)

that the plants originate in countries known to be

and seeds and plants of

free from Radopholus citrophilus Huettel et al.

and Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne; or

Araceae, Marantaceae,

Musaceae, Persea spp.

Strelitziaceae, (b)

representative samples of soil and roots from the

and

place of production have been subjected, since the

rooted or with growing

beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation,

medium attached or

to official nematological testing for at least

associated

Radopholus citrophilus Huettel et al. and

Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne and have been

found, in these tests, free from these harmful

organisms.

18.1.

Plants of Aegle Corrêa,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Swingle,

plants in Schedule IV(A)(I)(18.2) and (18.3), official

Aeglopsis

Afraegle Engl, Atalantia

statement that the plants originate in a country recognised

Corrêa, Balsamocitrus

as being free from Candidatus Liberibacter spp., causal

agent of Huanglongbing disease of citrus/citrus greening,

Stapf,

Burkillanthus

Swingle, Calodendrum

in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article

Thunb., Choisya Kunth,

18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC.

Clausena Burm. f.,

Limonia L., Microcitrus

Swingle., Murraya J.

Koenig ex L., Pamburus

Swingle, Severinia Ten.,

Swinglea

Merr.,

Triphasia Lour. and

Vepris Comm., other

than fruit (but including

seeds); and seeds of

Citrus L., Fortunella

Swingle and Poncirus

Raf., and their hybrids,

originating in third

countries

18.2. Plants of Casimiroa La

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Llave, Choisya Kunth

plants referred to in Schedule IV(A)I(18.1) and (18.3),

Clausena Burm. f.,

official statement that

Murraya J.Koenig ex L.,

(a)

the plants originate in a country in which Trioza

Comm,

erytreae Del Guercio is known not to occur, or

Vepris

Zanthoxylum L., other

(b)

the plants originate in an area free from Trioza

than fruits and seeds,

erytreae Del Guercio, established by the national

originating in third

plant protection organisation in accordance with

countries

relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary

Measures, and which is mentioned on the

certificates referred to in these regulations under

the rubric ‘Additional declaration’, or

(c)

the plants have been grown in a place of

production, which is registered and supervised by

the national plant protection organisation in the

country of origin, and

where the plants are placed in a site with complete

physical protection against the introduction of Trioza

erytreae Del Guercio, and

where, during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior

to the movement, two official inspections were carried out

at appropriate times and no signs of Trioza erytreae Del

Guercio have been observed in that site, and in the

surrounding area with a width of at least 200 m.

18.3. Plants of Aegle Corrêa, Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Swingle, plants in Schedule IV(A)I(18.1) and (18.2), official

Aeglopsis

Afraegle Engl., Amyris statement that

P. Browne, Atalantia

Corrêa, Balsamocitrus (a)

the plants originate in a country in which

Diaphorina citri Kuway is known not to occur, or

Stapf, Choisya Kunth,

Citropsis Swingle & (b)

the plants originate in an area free from

Diaphorina citri Kuway, established by the

Kellerman,

Clausena

national plant protection organisation in

Burm. f., Eremocitrus

accordance with relevant International Standards

Swingle,

Esenbeckia

for Phytosanitary Measures, and which is

Kunth.,

Glycosmis

mentioned on the certificates referred to in Article

Corrêa, Limonia L.,

13.1 (ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC under the rubric

Swingle,

Merrillia

"Additional declaration.

Swingle,

Microcitrus

Murraya J. Koenig ex

L., Naringi Adans.,

Swingle,

Pamburus

Severinia Ten., Swinglea

Merr., Tetradium Lour.,

Juss.,

Toddalia

Triphasia Lour., Vepris

Comm.,

Zanthoxylum

L., other than fruit and

seed, originating in third

countries

18.4. Plants of Microcitrus Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Swingle, Naringi Adans. plants in Schedule IV(A)I (18.1), (18.2) and (18.3),

and Swinglea Merr., official statement that the plants

other than fruits and (a)

originate in a country recognised as being free of

seeds, originating in

Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and Xanthomonas citri

third countries

pv. aurantifolii in accordance with relevant

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Measures, provided that this freedom status has

been communicated in writing by the national

plant protection organisation of the third country

concerned to the Commission, or

(b)

originate in an area established by the national

plant protection organisation in the country of

origin as being free from Xanthomonas citri pv.

citri and Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii, in

accordance with the relevant International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, which is

mentioned on the certificates referred to in these

regulations under the rubric ‘Additional

declaration’, provided that this freedom status has

been communicated in writing by the national

plant protection organisation of the third country

concerned to the Commission.

19.1. Plants of Crataegus L., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule III(A)(9), and Schedule

other

than

seeds, IV(A)(I)(15) and (17), official statement that no

originating in countries symptoms of Phyllosticta solitaria Ell. and Ev. have been

where

Phyllosticta observed on plants at the place of production since the

solitaria Ell. and Ev. is beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

known to occur

19.2. Plants of Cydonia Mill.,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

Fragaria L., Malus

plants where appropriate listed in Schedule III(A)(9), and

Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus

Schedule IV(A)(I)(15) and (17), official statement that no

L., Ribes L., Rubus L.,

symptoms of diseases caused by the relevant harmful

intended for planting,

organisms have been observed on the plants at the place

other

than

seeds,

of production since the beginning of the last complete

originating in countries

cycle of vegetation.

where

the

relevant

harmful organisms are

known to occur on the

genera concerned.

The relevant harmful

organisms are

-

on Fragaria L.

-

Phytophtora 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,

-

Xanthomas

fragariae

Keenedy et King;

-

on Malus Mill.

-

Phyllosticta

solitaria

Ell. and Ev.;

-

on Prunus L.

-

Apricot

chlorotic

leafroll mycoplasm,

-

Xanthomonas

arboricola pv. pruni

(Smith) Vauterin et al.

-

on Prunus persica (L.)

Batsch

-

Pseudomonas syringae

pv. persicae (Prunier et

al.) Young et al.;

-

on Pyrus L.

-

Phyllosticta

solitaria

Ell. and Ev;

-

on Rubus L.

-

Arabis mosaic virus,

-

Raspberry

ringspot

virus,

-

Strawberry

latent

ringspot virus

-

Tomato black ring virus,

-

on all species

-

non-European viruses

and

virus-like

organisms.

20. Plants of Cydonia Mill.,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

and Pyrus L., intended

plants where appropriate listed in Schedule III(A)(9) and

for planting, other than

(18), and Schedule IV(A)(I)(15), (17) and (19.2), official

seeds, originating in

statement that plants at the place of production and in its

countries where Pear

immediate vicinity, which have shown symptoms giving

decline mycoplasm is

rise to the suspicion of contamination by Pear decline

known to occur

mycoplasm, have been rogued out at that place within the

last three complete cycles of vegetation.

21.1. Plants of Fragaria L.,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting,

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(18), and Schedule

other

than

seeds,

IV(A)(I)(19.2), official statement that

originating in countries

(a)

the plants, other than those raised from seed, have

where

the

relevant

been

harmful organisms are

-

either officially certified under a certification

known to occur

scheme requiring them to be derived in direct line

The relevant harmful

from material which has been maintained under

organisms are

appropriate conditions and subjected to official

-

Strawberry latent ‘C’

testing for at least the relevant harmful organisms

virus,

using appropriate indicators or equivalent methods

-

Strawberry vein banding

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

virus,

harmful organisms, or

-

Strawberry

witches’

-

derived in direct line from material which is

broom mycoplasm

maintained under appropriate conditions and has

been subjected, within the last three complete

cycles of vegetation, at least once, to official

testing for at least the relevant harmful organisms

using appropriate indicators or equivalent methods

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

harmful organisms,

(b)

no symptoms of diseases caused by the relevant

harmful organisms have been observed on plants

at the place of production, or on susceptible plants

in its immediate vicinity, since the beginning of

the last complete cycle of vegetation.

21.2. Plants of Fragaria L.,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting,

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(18), and Schedule

other

than

seeds,

IV(A)(I)(19.2) and (21.1), official statement that

originating in countries

(a)

either no symptoms of Aphelenchoides besseyi

where Aphelenchoides

Christie have bcen observed on plants at the place

Christie

is

of production since the beginning of the last

besseyi

known to occur

complete cycle of vegetation, or

(b)

in the case of plants in tissue culture the plants

have been derived from plants which complied

with section (a) of this item or have been officially

tested by appropriate nematological methods and

have heen found free from Aphelenchoides besseyi

Christie.

21.3. Plants of Fragaria L.,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting,

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(18), and Schedule

other than seeds

IV(A)(I)(19.2), (21.1) and (21.2), official statement that

the plants originate in an area known to be free from

Anthonomus signatus Say and Anthonomus bisignifer

(Schenkling).

22.1. Plants of Malus Mill.,

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting,

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(9) and (18), Schedule

other

than

seeds,

III(B)(I) and Schedule IV(A)(I)(15), (17) and (19.2),

originating in countries

official statement that

where

the

relevant

(a)

the plants have been

harmful organisms are

-

either officially certified under a certification

known to occur on

scheme requiring them to be derived in direct line

Malus Mill.

from material which has been maintained under

The relevant harmful

appropriate conditions and subjected to official

organisms are

testing for at least the relevant harmful organisms

-

Cherry rasp leaf virus

using appropriate indicators or equivalent methods

(American),

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

-

Tomato ringspot virus.

harmful organisms, or

-

derived in direct line from material which is

maintained under appropriate conditions and has

been subjected, within the last three complete

cycles of vegetation, at least once, to official

testing for at least the relevant harmful organisms

using appropriate indicators or equivalent methods

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

harmful organisms;

(b)

no symptoms of diseases caused by the relevant

harmful organisms have been observed on plants

at the place of production, or on susceptible plants

in its immediate vicinity, since the beginning of

the last complete cycle of vegetation.

22.2. Plants of Malus Mill., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule III(A)(9) and (18), Schedule

other

than

seeds, III(B)(I) and Schedule IV(A)(I)(15), (17), (19.2) and

originating in countries (22.1), official statement that

where

apple (a)

the plants originate in areas known ro be free from

proliferation mycoplasm

Apple proliferation mycoplasm; or

is known to occur.

(b)

(aa) the plants, other than those raised from seeds,

have been

-

either officially certified under a certification

scheme 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 free, in these tests, from that

harmful organism, or

-

derived in direct line from material which is

maintained under appropriate conditions and

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 free, in these tests, from the

harmful organism;

(bb) no symptoms of diseases caused by Apple

proliferation mycoplasm have been observed on

plants at the place of production, or on susceptible

plants in its immediate vicinity, since the

beginning of the last three complete cycles of

vegetation.

23.1. Plants of following

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

species of Prunus L.,

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(9) and (18), and Schedule

intended for planting,

IV(A)(I)(15), and (19.2), official statement that

other

than

seeds,

(a)

the plants, other than those raised from seeds, have

originating in countries

been

where Plum pox virus is

-

either officially certified under a certification

known to occur

scheme requiring them to be derived in direct line

-

from material which has been maintained under

Prunus

amygdalus

Batsch,

appropriate conditions and subjected to official

-

Prunus armentaca L.,

testing for, at least, Plum pox virus using

-

Prunus blireiana Andre,

appropriate indicators or equivalent methods and

-

Prunus brigantina Vill.,

has been found free, in these tests, from that

-

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.,

harmful organism, or

-

Prunus cistena Hansen,

-

derived in direct line from material which is

-

Prunus curdica Fenzl

maintained under appropriate conditions and

and Fritsch.,

subjected, within the last three complete cycles of

-

Prunus domestica spp.

vegetation, at least once, to official testing for at

domestica L.,

least Plum pox virus using appropriate indicators

-

Prunus domestica spp.

or equivalent methods and has been found free, in

institia (L.)

these tests, from the harmful organism;

C.K.Schneid.,

(b)

no symptoms of diseases caused by Plum pox

-

Prunus domestica spp.

virus have been observed on plants at the place of

italica (Borkh.) Hegi.,

production, or on susceptible plants in its

-

Prunus glandulosa

immediate vicinity, since the beginning of the last

Thunb.,

three complete cycles of vegetation;

-

Prunus holosericea

Batal.,

(c)

plants at the place of production which have

-

Prunus hotrulana

shown symptoms of disease caused by other

Bailey,

viruses or virus-like pathogens, have been rogued

-

Prunus japonica

out.

Thunb.,

-

Prunus mandshurica

(Maxim.) Koehne,

-

Prunus maritima

Marsh.,

-

Prunus mume Sieb and

Zucc.,

-

Prunus nigra Ait.,

-

Prunus persica (L.)

Batsch,

-

Prunus salicina L.,

-

Prunus sibrica L.,

-

Prunus simonii Carr.,

-

Prunus sinosa L.,

-

Prunus tomentosa

Thunb.,

-

Prunus triloba Liddl.,

-

other species of Prunus

L. susceptible to Plum

pox virus.

23.2. Plants of Prunus L., Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting

plants, where appropriate listed in Schedule III(A)(9) and

(a)

originating in countries (18), or Schedule IV(A)(I)(15), (19.2) and (23.1), official

where

the

relevant statement that

harmful organisms are (a)

the plants have been

known to occur on -

either officially certified under a certification

Prunus L.

scheme requiring them to be derived in direct line

(b)

other

than

seeds,

from material which has been maintained under

originating in countries

appropriate conditions and subjected to official

where

the

relevant

testing for at least the harmful organisms using

harmful organisms are

appropriate indicators or equivalent methods and

known to occur

has been found free, in these tests, from those

(c)

other

than

seeds,

harmful organisms, or

originating in non- -

derived in direct line from material which is

European

countries

maintained under appropriate conditions and

where

the

relevant

subjected, within the last three complete cycles of

harmful organisms are

vegetation, at least once, to official testing for at

known to occur

least the relevant harmful organisms using

The relevant harmful

appropriate indicators or equivalent methods and

organisms are

has been found free, in these tests, from those

-

for the case under (a)

harmful organisms;

-

Tomato ringspot virus;

(b)

no symptoms of diseases caused by the relevant

-

for the case under (b)

harmful organisms have been observed on plants

-

Cherry rasp leaf virus

at the place of production, or on susceptible plants

(American),

in its immediate vicinity, since the beginning of

-

Peach mosaic virus

the last three complete cycles of vegetation.

(American),

-

Peach phony rickettsia,

-

Peach

rosette

mycoplasm,

-

Peach

yellows

mycoplasm,

-

Plum

line

virus

(American),

-

Peach

X-disease

mycoplasm;

-

for the case under (c)

-

Little cherry pathogen.

24. Plants of Rubus L.,

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

intended for planting

plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(19.2), official

(a)

originating in countries

statement that

where

the

relevant

(a)

the plants shall be free from aphids, including

harmful organisms are

their eggs

known to occur on

(b)

official statement that

Rubus L.

(aa) the plants have been

(b)

other

than

seeds,

-

either officially certified under a certification

originating in countries

scheme requiring them to be derived in direct line

where

the

relevant

from material which has been maintained under

harmful organisms are

appropriate conditions and subjected to official

known to occur

testing for at least the harmful organisms using

The relevant harmful

appropriate indicators or equivalent methods and

organisms are

has been found free, in these tests, from those

-

in the case under (a)

harmful organisms, or

-

Tomato ringspot virus,

-

derived in direct line from material which is

-

Black raspberry latent

maintained under appropriate conditions and

virus,

subjected, within the last three complete cycles of

-

Cherry leafroll virus,

vegetation, at least once, to official testing for at

-

Punus necrotic ringspot

least the relevant harmful organisms using

virus;

appropriate indicators or equivalent methods and

-

in the case under (b)

has been found free, in these tests, from those

-

Raspberry leaf curl virus

harmful organisms;

(American),

(bb) no symptoms of diseases caused by the relevant

-

Cherry rasp leaf virus

harmful organisms have been observed on plants

(American)

at the place of production, or on susceptible plants

in its immediate vicinity, since the beginning of

the last complete cycle of vegetation.

25.1. Tubers of Solanum Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the

L., tubers listed in Schedule IV(A)(10), (11) and (12), official

tuberosum

originating in countries statement that

where

Synchytrium (a)

the tubers originate in areas known to be free from

Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival

endobioticum

(Schilbersky) Percival is

(all races other than Race 1, the common

known to occur

European race) and no symptoms of Synchytrium

endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival have been

observed either at the place of production or in its

immediate vicinity since the beginning of an

adequate period; or

(b)

provisions recognised as equivalent to the

Community provisions on combating Synchytrium

(Schilbersky)

Percival

in

endobioticum

accordance with the procedure referred to in

Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC have been

complied with, in the country of origin.

25.2. Tubers of Solanum Without prejudice to the provisions listed in Schedule

tuberosum L.

III(A)(10), (11) and (12) and Schedule IV(A)(I)(25.1),

official statement that

(a)

the tubers originate in areas known to be free from

Clavibacter michiganensis spp. sepedonicus

(Spiekermann and Kotthoff) Davis et al.; or

(b)

provisions recognised as equivalent to the

Community provisions on combating Clavibacter

michiganensis spp. sepedonicus (Spiekermann and

Kotthoff) Davis et al. in accordance with the

25.3. Tubers of Solanum Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to tubers

tuberosum L., other than listed in Schedule III(A)(10), (11) and (12) and Schedule

early

potatoes, IV(A)(I)(25.1) and (25.2), suppression of the faculty of

originating in countries germination.

where Potato spindle

tuber viroid is known to

occur

25.4. Tubers of Solanum Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

tuberosum L., intended tubers listed in Schedule III(A)(10), (11) and (12) and

for planting

Schedule IV(A)(I)(25.1), (25.2) and (25.3), official

statement that the tubers originate from a field known to

be free from Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber)

Behrens and Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and

(aa) either, the tubers originate in areas in which

Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al is

known not to occur; or

(bb) in areas where Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith)

Yabuuchi et al is known to occur, the tubers

originate from a place of production found free

from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi

et al, or considered to be free thereof, as a

consequence of the implementation of an

appropriate procedure aiming at eradicating

Ralstonias solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.

which shall be determined in accordance with

the procedure laid down in Article 18(2) of

Directive 2000/29/EC, and

(cc) either the tubers originate in areas where

Meloidogyne chitwoodi Golden et all. (all

populations) and Meloidogyne fallax Karssen are

known not to occur; or

(dd) 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 from

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 packages or containers

before marketing according to the provisions on

closing in Council Directive 656/403/EEC of 14

June 1996 on thc marketing of seed potatoes and

no symptoms of Meloidogyne chitwoodi Golden et

al. (all populations) and Meloidogyne fallax

Karssen have been found.

25.4.1. Tubers of Solanum Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to tubers

tuberosum L., other than listed in Schedule III(A)(l2) and Schedule

those

intended

for IV(A)(I)(25.1), (25.2) and (25.3), official statement

planting

that the tubers originate in areas in which Ralstonia

solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al is not known to

occur.

25.4.2. Tubers of Solanum Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to tubers

tuberosum L.

listed in Schedule III(A)(10), (11) and (12) and Schedule

IV(A)(I)(25.1), (25.2), (25.3), (25.4) and (25.4.1), official

statement that

(a)

the tubers originate in a country where

Scrobipalpopsis solanivora Povolny is not known

to occur; or

(b)

the tubers originate in an area free from

Scrobipalpopsis solanivora Povolny, established

by the national plant protection organisation In

accordance with relevant International Standards

for Phytosanitary Measures.

Plants of Solonaceae, Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting, tubers listed in Schedule III(A)(10), (11), (12) and (13)

other

than

seeds, and Schedule IV(A)(I)(25.1), (25.2), (25.3) and (25.4),

originating in countries official statement that no symptoms of Potato stolbur

where Potato stolbur mycoplasm have been observed on the plants at the place

mycoplasm is known to of production since the beginning of the last complete

occur

cycle of vegetation.

25.6. Plants of Solonaceae, Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule III(A)(11) and (13) and Schedule

other than tubers of IV(A)(I)(25.5), where appropriate, official statement that

Solanum tuberosum L., no symptoms of Potato spindle tuber viroid have been

and other seeds of observed on plants at the place of production since the

Solanum lycopersicum beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

L.,

originating

in

countries where Potato

spindle tuber viroid is

known to occur

25.7. Plants of Capsicum Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

annuum L., Solanum plants listed in Schedule III(A)(11) and (13), and

lycopersicum L., Musa Schedule IV(A)(I)(25.5) and (25.6), where appropriate,

L., Nicotiana L. and official statement that

Solanum melongena L., (a)

the plants originate in areas which have been

intended for planting

found free from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith)

other

than

seeds,

Yabuuchi et al.; or

originating in countries (b)

no symptoms of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith)

where

Yabuuchi et al. have been observed on the plants

Ralstonia

at the place of production since the beginning of

solanacearum (Smith)

Yabuuchi et al. is known

the last complete cycle of vegetation.

to occur

25.7.1.

Plants of Solanum Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

lycopersicum L. and plants in Schedule III(A)(13) and Schedule

Solanum melongena L., IV(A)(I)(25.5), (25.6), (25.7), (28.1), and (45.3), official

other than fruits and statement that the plants

seeds

(a)

originate in a country recognised as being free of

(Walsingham)

in

Keiferia

lycopersicella

accordance with relevant International Standards

for Phytosanitary Measures, or

(b)

originate in an area established by the national

plant protection organisation in the country of

origin as being free from Keiferia lycopersicella

(Walsingham) in accordance with the relevant

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Measures, and which is mentioned on the

certificates referred to in these regulations under

the rubric ‘Additional declaration’

25.7.2. Fruits

of

Solanum Official statement that the fruits

lycopersicum L. and (a)

originate in a country recognised as being free of

Solanum melongena L.

(Walsingham)

in

Keiferia

lycopersicella

accordance with relevant International Standards

for Phytosanitary Measures, or

(b)

originate in an area established by the national

plant protection organisation in the country of

origin as being free from Keiferia lycopersicella

(Walsingham) in accordance with the relevant

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Measures, which is mentioned on the certificates

referred to in these regulations under the rubric

‘Additional declaration’, or

(c)

originate in a place of production, established by

the national plant protection organisation in the

country of origin as being free from Keiferia

lycopersicella (Walsingham), on the basis of

official inspections and surveys carried out during

the last three months prior to export, which is

mentioned on the certificates referred to in these

regulations under the rubric ‘Additional

declaration’.

25.8. (Deleted by L.N. 100 of 2009)

26. Plants of Humulus lupus Official statement that no symptoms of Verticillium albo-

L.,

intended

for atrium Reinke and Berthold and Verticillium dahliae

planting, other than Klebahn have been observed on hops at the place of

seeds

production since the beginning of the last complete cycle

of vegetation.

27.1. Plants of Dendranthema Official statement that

(DC.)

Des

Moul., (aa) the plants originate in an area free from

L.

and

Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and Spodoptera

Dianthus

Pelargonium l'Hérit. ex

littoralis (Boisd.), established by the national plant

Ait.,

intended

for

protection organisation in accordance with

planting, other than

relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary

seeds

Measures, or

(a)

no signs of Helicoverpa armigera (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 from the said organisms.

27.2. Plants of Dendranthema Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

(DC.)

Des

Moul., plants listed in Schedule IV(A) (I)(27.1), official

L.

and statement that

Dianthus

Pelargonium l'Hérit. ex (aa) the plants originate in an area free from

Ait., other than seeds

Spodoptera eridania (Cramer), Spodoptera

frugiperda Smith and Spodoptera litura

(Fabricius), established by the national plant

protection organisation in accordance with

relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary

Measures, or

(a)

no signs of Spodoptera eridania (Cramer),

Spodoptera frugiperda Smith, or Spodoptera

litura (Fabricius) 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 from the said organisms.

28. Plants of Dendranthema Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

(DC.)

Des

Moul., plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(27.1) and (27.2),

intended for planting, official statement that

other than seeds

(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

virologiral tests, or are directly derived from

material of which a representative sample of at

least 10% has been found to be free from

Chrysanthemun 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 known to 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 export, or

-

have undergone appropriate treatment against

Puccinia horiana Hennings;

(c)

in the case of unrooted cuttings, no symptoms of

Didymella ligulicola (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.

28.1. Plants

of Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

Dendranthema (DC.) plants listed in Schedule III(A)(13), Schedule IV(A)(I)

Des Moul. and Solanum (25.5), (25.6), (25.7), (27.1), (27.2) and (28), official

L., statement that

lycopersicum

intended for planting, (a)

the plants have been grown throughout their life in

other than seeds

a country free from Chrysanthemum stem necrosis

virus; or

(b)

the plants have been grown throughout their life in

an area established by the national plant protection

organisation in the country of export as being free

29. Plants of Dianthus L., Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(27.1) and (27.2),

other than seeds

official statement that

(a)

the plants have been derived in direct line from

mother plants which have been found free from

Erwinia chrysantemi pv. dianthicola (Hellmers)

Dickey, Pseudomonas caryophilli (Burkholder)

Starr and Burkholder and Phialora cinerescens

(Wollenw.) Van Beyma on officially approved

tests, carried out at least once within the two

previous years,

(b)

no symptoms of the above harmful organisms

have been observed on the plants.

30. Bulbs of Tulipa L., and Official statement that no symptoms of Ditylenchus

Narcissus L., other than dispaci (Kühn) Filipjev have been observed on the plants

those for which there since the beginning of the last complete cycle of

shall be evidence by vegetation.

their packaging, or by

other means, that they

are intended for sale to

final consumers not

involved in professional

cut flower production

31. Bulbs of Pelargonium Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

l’Hérit ex Ait., intended plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(27.1) and (27.2)

for planting, other than official statement that the plants

seeds, originating in (a)

are directly derived from places of production

countries where Tomato

known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus; or

ringspot virus is known (b)

are of no more than fourth generation stock,

to occur

derived from mother plants found to be free from

(a)

where

Tomato ringspot virus under an officially

Xiphinema

americanum Cobb sensu

approved system of virological testing;

(non-European official statement that the plants

lato

populations) or other (a)

are directly derived from places of production

vectors

of

Tomato

known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus in

ringspot virus are not

the soil or plants; or

known to occur;

(b)

are of no more than second generation stock,

(b)

where

derived from mother plants found to be free from

Xiphinema

americanum Cobb sensu

Tomato ringspot virus under an officially

(non-European

approved system of virological testing.

lato

populations) or other

vectors

of

Tomato

ringspot

virus

are

known to occur

32.1. Plants of herbaceous

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

species, intended for

plants listed in Schedule IV, Part A, Section I(27.1),

planting, other than

(27.2), (28) and (29), where appropriate, official

-

bulbs,

statement that the plants have been grown in nurseries

-

corms,

and

-

plants of the family

(a)

originate in an area, established in the country of

Gramineae,

export by the national plant protection service in

-

rhizomes,

that country, as being free from Liriomyza sativae

-

seeds,

(Blanchard)

and

Amautromyza

maculosa

-

tubers,

(Malloch), in accordance with relevant

originating in third

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

countries

where

Measures, and which is mentioned on the

certificates referred to in these regulations under

Liriomyza

sativae

(Blanchard)

and

the rubric "Additional declaration", or

(b)

originate in a place of production, established in

Amautromyza maculosa

(Malloch) are known to

the country of export by the national plant

occur

protection service in that country, as being free

from Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard) and

Amautromyza maculosa (Malloch), in accordance

with relevant International Standards for

Phytosanitary Measures, and which is mentioned

on the certificates referred to in these regulations,

and declared free from Liriomyza sativae

(Blanchard)

and

Amautromyza

maculosa

(Malloch) on official inspections carried out at

least monthly during the three months prior to

export, or

(c)

immediately prior to export, have been subjected

to an appropriate treatment against Liriomyza

sativae (Blanchard) and Amautromyza maculosa

(Malloch) and have been officially inspected and

found free from Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard)

and Amautromyza maculosa (Malloch). Details of

the treatment shall be mentioned on the

certificates referred to in these regulations, or

(d)

originate from plant material (explant) which is

free from Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard) and

Amauromyza maculosa (Malloch); are grown in

vitro in a sterile medium under sterile conditions

that preclude the possibility of infestation with

Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard) and Amauromyza

maculosa (Malloch); and are shipped in

transparent containers under sterile conditions.

32.2. Cut

fowers

of

Official statement that the cut flowers and the leafy

(DC.)

vegetables

Dendranthema

Des Moul., Dianthus L.,

-

originate in a country free from Liriomyza sativae

Gypsophila L., and leafy

(Blanchard)

and

Amautromyza

maculosa

vegetables of Apium

(Malloch), or

L.,

and

-

immediately prior to export, have been officially

graveolens

inspected and found free from Liriomyza sativae

Ocimim L.

(Blanchard)

and

Amautromyza

maculosa

(Malloch).

32.3. Plants of herbaceous Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

species, intended for plants listed in Schedule IV, Part A, Section I(27.1),

planting, other than

(27.2), (28), (29) and (32.1), official statement that

-

bulbs,

(a)

the plants originate in an area known to be free

-

corms,

from Liriomyza hiidobrensis (Blanchard) and

-

plants of the family

Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), or

Gramineae,

(b)

either no signs of Liriomyza hiidrobrensis

-

rhizomes,

(Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) have

-

seeds,

been observed at the place of production, on

-

tubers,

official inspections carried out at least monthly

originating in third countries

during the three months prior to harvesting, or

(c)

immediately prior to export, the plants have been

officially inspected and found free from Liriomyza

hiidobrensis (Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii

(Burgess) and have been subjected to an

appropriate

treatment

against

Liriomyza

hiidobrensis (Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii

(Burgess), or

(d)

the plants originate from plant material (explant)

which is free from Liriomyza huidobrensis

(Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess); are

grown in vitro in a sterile medium under sterile

conditions that preclude the possibility of

infestation

with

Liriomyza

huidobrensis

(Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess); and

are shipped in transparent containers under sterile

conditions.

Plants

with

roots, Official statement that

planted or intended for (a)

the place of production is known to be free from

planting, grown in the

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus

open air

(Spieckermann and Kotthoff) Davis et al. and

Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival,

and

(b)

the plants originate from a field known to be free

from Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and

Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens.

Soil

and

growing Official statement that

medium, attached to or (a)

the growing medium, at the time of planting, was

associated with plants, -

either free from soil, and organic matter, or

consisting in whole or in -

found free from insects and harmful nematodes

and subjected to appropriate examination or heat

part of soil or solid

organic substances such

treatment or fumigation to ensure that it was free

as parts of plants, humus

from other harmful organisms, or

including peat or bark or -

subjected to appropriate heat treatment or

consisting in part of any

fumigation to ensure freedom from harmful

solid

inorganic

organisms, and

substance, intended to (b)

since planting

sustain the vitality of the -

either appropriate measures have been taken to

plants originating in

ensure that the growring medium has been

maintained free from harmful organisms, or

-

Turkey,

-

Belarus,

Georgia, -

within two weeks prior to dispatch, the plants were

Moldova,

Russia,

shaken free from the medium leaving the

minimum amount necessary to sustain vitality

Ukraine,

-

non-European countries,

during transport, and, if replanted, the growing

other than Algeria,

medium used for that purpose meets the

requirements laid down in (a).

Egypt, Israel, Libya,

Morocco, Tunisia

1. Plants of Beta vulgaris

Official statement that no symptoms of Beet curly top

L.,

intended

for

virus (non-European isolates) have been observed at the

planting, other than

place of production since the beginning of the last

seeds

complete cycle of vegetation.

35.2. Plants of Beta vulgaris

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

L.,

intended

for

plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(35.1), official

planting, other than

statement that

seeds, originating in

(a)

Beet leaf curl virus has not been known to occur in

countries where Beet

the area of production; and

leaf curl virus is known

(b)

no symptoms of Beet leaf curl virus have been

to occur

observed at the place of production or in its

immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation.

1. Plants, intended for

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

planting, other than

plants listed in Schedule IV, Part A, Section I(27.1),

-

bulbs,

(27.2), (28), (29), (31), (32.1) and (32.3), official

-

corms,

statement that the plants have been grown in nurseries

-

rhizomes,

and

-

seeds,

(a)

originate in an area, established in the country of

-

tubers,

export by the national plant protection service in

originating in third countries

that country, as being free from Thrips palmi

Karny in accordance with relevant International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, and which

is mentioned on the certificates referred to in these

regulations, or

(b)

originate in a place of production, established in

the country of export by the national plant

protection service in that country, as being free

from Thrips palmi Karny in accordance with

relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary

Measures, and which is mentioned on the

certificates referred to in these regulations, and

declared free from Thrips palmi Karny on official

inspections carried out at least monthly during the

three months prior to export, or

(c)

immediately prior to export, have been subjected

to an appropriate treatment against Thrips palmi

Karny and have been officially inspected and

found free from Thrips palmi Karny. Details of the

treatment shall be mentioned on the certificates

referred to in these regulations, or

(d)

originate from plant material (explant) which is

free from Thrips palmi Karny; are grown in vitro

in a sterile medium under sterile conditions that

preclude the possibility of infestation with Thrips

palmi Karny; and are shipped in transparent

containers under sterile conditions.

36.2. Cut

fowers

of

Official statement that the cut flowers and the fruits

Orchidaceae fruits of

-

originate in a country free from Thrips palmi

L.

and

Karny, or

Momordica

Solanum melongena L.,

-

immediately prior to export, have been officially

originating in third

inspected and found free from Thrips palmi Karny.

countries

36.3. Fruits of Capsicum L.

Official statement that the fruits

originating in Belize,

(a)

originate in an area free from Anthonomus eugenii

Costa Rica, Dominican

Cano, established by the national plant protection

Republic, El Salvador,

organisation in accordance with relevant

Guatemala, Honduras,

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Jamaica,

Mexico,

Measures, and which is mentioned on the

Nicaragua,

Panama,

certificates referred to in these regulations under

Puerto Rico, USA and

the rubric ‘Additional declaration’, or

French Polynesia where

(b)

originate in a place of production, established in

the country of export by the national plant

Anthonomus

eugenii

Cano is known to occur

protection organisation in that country, as being

free from Anthonomus eugenii Cano, in

accordance with relevant International Standards

for Phytosanitary Measures, and which is

mentioned on the certificates referred to in these

regulations under the rubric ‘Additional

declaration’, and declared free from Anthonomus

eugenii Cano on official inspections carried out at

least monthly during the two months prior to

export, at the place of production and its

immediate vicinity.

Plants

of

Palmae

Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the

intended for planting

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(17), where appropriate,

other

than

seeds,

official statement that

originating in non-

(a)

either the plants originate in an area known to be

European countries

free from Palm lethal yellowing mycoplasm and

Cadang-Cadang viroid, and no symptoms have

been observed at the place of production or in its

immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation, or

(b)

no symptoms of Palm lethal yellowing mycoplasm

and Cadang-Cadang viroid have been observed on

the plants since the beginning of the last complete

cycle of vegetation, and plants at the place of

production which have shown symptoms giving

rise to the suspicion of contamination by the

organisms have been rogued out at that place and

the plants have undergone appropriate treatment to

rid them of Myndus crudus Van Duzee;

(c)

in the case of plants in tissue culture, the plants

were derived from plants which have met the

requirements laid down in (a) or (b)

37.1. Plants

of

Palmae, Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule III(A)(17) and the requirements

having a diameter of the listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(37) official statement that the

stem at the base of over plants

5 cm and belonging to (a)

have been grown throughout their life in a country

the following genera

where Paysandisia archon (Burmeister) is not

Brahea Mart., Butia

known to occur; or

Becc., Chamaerops L., (b)

have been grown throughout their life in an area

Jubaea Kunth, Livistona

free from Paysandisia archon (Burmeister),

R. Br., Phoenix L.,

established by the national plant protection

Sabal Adans., Syagrus

organisation in accordance with relevant

Mart., Trachycarpus H.

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Wendl.,

Measures; or

Trithrinax

Mart.,

Washingtonia (c)

have, during a period of at least two years prior to

Raf.

export, been grown in a place of production

-

which is registered and supervised by the national

plant protection organisation m the country of

origin, and

-

where the plants were placed in a site with

complete physical protection against the

introduction of Paysondisia archon (Burmeister)

or with application of appropriate preventive

treatments, and

-

where, during three official inspections per year

carried out at appropriate times, including

immediately prior to export, no signs of

Paysandisia archon (Burmeister) have been

observed.

1. (Deleted by L.N. 334 of 2014)

38.2. Plants of Fuchsia L., Official statement that no symptoms of Aculops fuchsiae

intended for planting, Keifer have been observed at the place of production and

other

than

seeds, that immediately prior to export the plants have been

originating in the USA inspected and found free from Aculops fuchsiae Keifer.

or Brazil

Trees

and

shrubs, Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule III(a)(1), (2), (3), (9), (13), (15),

other than seeds and (16), (17), (18), Schedule III(B)(1) and Schedule

plants in tissue culture, IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (9), (10), (11.1), (11.2), (12), (13.1),

originating in third (14), (15), (17), (18), (19.1), (19.2), (20), (22.1), (22.2),

countries other than (23.1), (23.2), (24), (25.5), (25.6), (26), (27.1), (27.2),

European

and (28), (29), (32.1), (32.2), (33), (34), (36.1), (36.2), (37),

Mediterranean countries (38.1) and (38.2), where appropriate, official statement

that the plants

-

are clean (i.e. free from plant debris) and free from

flowers and fruits,

-

have been grown in nurseries,

-

have been inspected at appropriate times and prior

to export and found free from symptoms of

harmful bacteria, viruses and virus-like organisms,

and either found free from signs or symptoms of

harmful nematodes, insects, mites and fungi, or

have been subjected to appropriate treatment to

eliminate such organisms.

Deciduous trees and

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

shrubs, intended for

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(2), (3), (9), (15), (16),

planting, other than

(17), and (18), Schedule III(B)(1) and Schedule

seeds and plants in

IV(A)(I)(11.1), (11.2), (11.3), (12), (13.1), (13.2), (14),

tissue

culture,

(15), (17), (18), (19.1), (19.2), (20), (22.1), (22.2), (23.1),

originating in third

(23.2), (24), (33), (36.1), (38.1), (38.2), (39) and (45.1)

countries other than

where appropriate, official statement that the plants are

European

and

dormant and free from leaves.

Mediterranean countries

Annual and biennial

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

plants,

other

than

plants, where appropriate, listed in Schedule III(A)(11),

Gramineae, intended for

(13), and Schedule IV(A)(I)(25.5), (25.6), (32.1), (32.2),

planting, other than

(32.3), (33), (34), (35.1) and (35.2), official statement that

seeds, originating in

the plants

countries other than

-

have been grown in nurseries,

European

and

-

are free from plant debris, flowers and fruits,

Mediterranean countries

-

have been inspected at appropriate times and prior

to export,

-

found free from symptoms of harmful bacteria,

viruses and virus-like organisms, and

-

either found free from signs or symptoms of

harmful nematodes, insects, mites and fungi, or

have been subjected to appropriate treatment to

eliminate such organisms.

Plants of the family

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

Gramineae

of

plants, where appropriate, listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(33)

ornamental

perennial

and (34), official statement that the plants

grasses

of

the

-

have been grown in nurseries,

subfamilies

-

are free from plant debris, flowers and fruits, and

Bambusoideae,

-

have been inspected and prior to export, and

Panicoideae, and of the

-

found free from symptoms of harmful bacteria,

genera

viruses and virus-like organisms, and

Buchloe,

Lag.,

-

either found free from signs or symptoms of

Bouteloua

harmful nematodes, insects, mites and fungi, or

Calamagrostis,

Stapf.,

have been subjected to appropriate treatment to

Cortaderia

Glyceria

R.

Br.,

eliminate such organisms.

Hakonechloa Mak. ex

Honda,

Hystrix,

Molinia, Phalaris L.,

Shibataea,

Spartina

Schreb, Stipa L., and

Uniola L., intended for

planting, other than

seeds, originating in

countries other than

European

and

Mediterranean countries

Naturally or artificially

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

dwarfed plants intended

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1), (2), (3), (9), (13), (15),

for planting, other than

(16), (17), (18), Schedule III(B)(1) and Schedule

seeds, originating in

IV(A)(I)(8.1), (9), (10), (11.1), (11.2), (12), (13.1), (13.2),

non-European countries

(14), (15), (17), (18), (19.1), (19.2), (20), (22.1), (22.2),

(23.1), (23.2), (24), (25.5), (25.6), (27.1), (27.2), (28),

(32.1), (32.2), (33), (34), (36.1), (36.2), (37), (38.1),

(38.2), (39) (40) and (42) where appropriate, official

statement that

(a)

the plants, including those collected directly from

natural habitats, shall have been grown, held and

trained for at least two consecutive years prior to

dispatch in officially registered nurseries, which

are subject to an officially supervised control

regime,

(b)

the plants on the nurseries referred to in (a) shall

(aa) at least during the period referred to in (a)

-

be potted, in pots which are placed on

shelves at least 50 cm above ground,

-

have been subjected to appropriate

treatments to ensure freedom from non-European

rusts; the active ingredient, concentration and date

of application of these treatments shall be

mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate

provided for in these regulations under the rubric

"disinfection and/or disinfection treatment",

-

have been officially inspected at least six

times a year at appropriate intervals for the

presence of harmful organisms of concern, which

are those in the Schedules to these regulations.

These inspections, which shall also be carried out

on plants in the immediate vicinity of the nurseries

referred to in (a), shall be carried out at least by

visual examination of each row in the field or

nursery and by visual examination of all parts of

the plant above the growing medium, using a

random sample of at least 300 plants from a given

genus where the number of plants of that genus is

not more than 3 000 plants, or 10% of the plants if

there are more than 3 000 plants from that genus,

-

have been found free, in these inspections,

from the relevant harmful organisms of concern as

specified in the previous indent. Infested plants

shall be removed. The remaining plants, where

appropriate, shall be effectively treated, and in

addition shall be held for an appropriate period

and inspected to ensure freedom from such

harmful organisms of concern,

-

have been planted in either an unused

artificial growing medium or in a natural growing

medium, which has been treated by fumigation or

by appropriate heat treatment and has been freed

of any harmful organisms,

-

have been kept under conditions which

ensure that the growing medium has been

maintained free from harmful organisms and

within two weeks prior to dispatch, have been

-

shaken and washed with clean water to

remove the original growing medium and kept

bare rooted, or

-

shaken and washed with clean water to

remove the original growing medium and

replanted in growing medium which meets the

conditions laid down in (aa) fifth indent, or

-

subjected to appropriate treatments to ensure

that the growing medium is free from harmful

organisms, the active ingredient, concentration

and date of application of these treatments shall be

mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate

provided for in these regulations under the rubric

"disinfection and/or disinfection treatment",

(bb) be packed in closed containers which have

been officially sealed and bear the registration

number of the registered nursery; this number

shall also be indicated under the rubric "additional

declaration" on the phytosanitary certificate

provided for in these regulations, enabling the

consignments to be identified.

Herbaceous

perennial

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to

plants, intended for

plants, where appropriate, listed in Schedule

planting, other than

IV(A)(I)(32.1), (32.2), (32.3), (33) and (34), official

seeds, of the families

statement that the plants

Caryophyllaceae (except

-

have been grown in nurseries,

L.),

-

are free from plant debris, flowers and fruits, and

Dianthus

Compositae

(except

-

have been inspected at appropriate times and prior

(DC,)

to export, and

Dendanthrema

Des Moul.), Cruciferae,

-

found free from symptoms of harmful bacteria,

Leguminosae

and

viruses and virus-like organisms, and

Rosaceae

(except

-

either found free from signs or symptoms of

Fragaria L.) originating

harmful nematodes, insects, mites and fungi, or

in third countries other

have been subjected to appropriate treatment to

than European

and

eliminate such organisms.

Mediterranean countries

1. Plants of herbaceous

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

species and plants of

plants in Schedule IV, Part A, Section I(27.1), (27.2),

Ficus L. and Hibiscus

(28), (29), (32.1), (32.3) and (36.1), official statement that

L.,

intended

for

the plants

planting, other than

(a)

originate in an area, established in the country of

bulbs, corms, rhizomes,

export by the national plant protection service in

seeds

and

tubers,

that country, as being free from Bemisia tabaci

originating in non-

Genn. (non-European populations) in accordance

European countries

with relevant International Standards for

Phytosanitary Measures, and which is mentioned

on the certificates referred to in these regulations

under the rubric "Additional declaration", or

(b)

originate in a place of production, established in

the country of export by the national plant

protection service in that country, as being free

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-European

populations) in accordance with relevant

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Measures, and which is mentioned on the

certificates referred to in these regulations under

the rubric "Additional declaration", and declared

free from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-European

populations) on official inspections carried out at

least once each three weeks during the nine weeks

prior to export, or

(c)

in cases where Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-

European populations) has been found at the place

of production, are held or produced in this place of

production and have undergone an appropriate

treatment to ensure freedom from Bemisia tabaci

Genn.

(non-European

populations)

and

subsequently this place of production shall have

been found free from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-

European populations) as a consequence of the

implementation of appropriate procedures aiming

at eradicating Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-

European populations), in both official inspections

carried out weekly during the nine weeks prior to

export and in monitoring procedures throughout

the said period. Details of the treatment shall be

mentioned on the certificate referred to in these

regulations, or

(d)

originate from plant material (explant) which is

free from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-European

populations); are grown in vitro in a sterile

medium under sterile conditions that preclude the

possibility of infestation with Bemisia tabaci

Genn. (non-European populations); and are

shipped in transparent containers under sterile

conditions.

45.2. Cut fowers of Aster

Official statement that the cut flowers and leafy

spp.,

L.,

vegetables

Eryngium

L.,

-

originate in a country free from Bemisia tabaci

Gypsophila

L.,

Genn. (non-European populations), or

Hypericum

Lisianthus L., Rosa L.,

-

immediately prior to export, have been officially

Solidago L., Trachelium

inspected and found free from Bemisia tabaci

L., and leafy vegetables

Genn. (non-European populations).

of

L.,

Ocimum

originating in non-

European countries

45.3. Plants

of

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to plants

Solanum

L.,

listed in Schedule IV, Part A, Section I(25.5), (25.6) and

lycopersicum

intended for planting,

(25.7), where appropriate

other

than

seeds,

Official statement that no symptoms of Tomato yellow

originating in countries

leaf curl virus have been observed on the plants

where Tomato yellow

Official statement that

leaf curl virus is known

(a)

no symptoms of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

to occur

have been observed on the plants, and

(a)

where Bemisia tabaci

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

Genn. is not known to

from Bemisia tabaci Genn., or

occur

(bb) the place of production has been found free

(b)

where Bemisia tabaci

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. on official inspections

Genn. is known to occur

carried out at least monthly during the three

months prior to export; or

(b)

no symptoms of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

have been observed on the place of production and

the place of production has been subjected to an

appropriate treatment and monitoring regime to

ensure freedom from Bemisia tabaci Genn.

Plants intended for

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to plants

planting, other than

listed

in

Schedule

III(A)(13)

and

Schedule

seeds, tubers, corms,

IV(A)(I)(25.5), (25.6), (32.1), (32.2), (32.3), (35.1),

rhizomes, originating in

(35.2), (44), (45.1), (45.2) and (45.3), where appropriate

countries where the

Official statement that no symptoms of the relevant

relevant

harmful

harmful organisms have been observed during their

organisms are known to

complete cycle of vegetation

occur.

Official statement that no symptoms of the relevant

The relevant harmful

harmful organisms have been observed during an

organisms are

adequate period, and

-

Bean golden mosaic

(a)

the plants originate in areas known to be free from

virus,

Bemisia tabaci Genn. and other vectors of the

-

Cowpea mild mottle

relevant harmful organisms; or

virus,

(b)

the place of production has been found free from

-

Lettuce

infectious

Bemisia tabaci Genn. and other vectors of the

yellow virus

relevant harmful organisms on official inspections

-

Pepper mild tigre virus,

carried out at appropriate times; or

-

Squash leaf curl virus,

(c)

the plants have been subjected to an appropriate

-

other viruses transmitted

treatment aimed at eradicating Bemisia tabaci

by Bemisia tabaci Genn.

Genn, or

(a)

where Bemisia tabaci

(d)

the plants originate from plant material (explant)

Genn.

(non-European

which is free from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-

population) or other

European populations) and which did not show

vectors of the relevant

any symptoms of the relevant harmful organisms;

harmful organisms are

are grown in vitro in a sterile medium under sterile

not known to occur

conditions that preclude the possibility of

(b)

where Bemisia tabaci

infestation with Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-

Genn.

(non-European

European populations); and are shipped in

population) or other

transparent containers under sterile conditions.

vectors of the relevant

harmful organisms are

known to occur

Seeds of

Official statement that

Helianthus

annuus L.

(a)

the seeds originate in areas known to be free from

Plasmopora halstedii (Farlow) Berl. and de Toni;

or

(b)

the seeds, other than those seeds that have been

produced on varieties resistant to all races of

Plasmopora halstedii (Farlow) Berl. and de Toni

present in the area of production, have been

subjected to an appropriate treatment against

Plasmopora halstedii (Farlow) Berl. and de Toni.

Seeds

of

Solanum Official statement that the seeds have been obtained by an

lycopersicum L.

appropriate acid extraction method or an equivalent

method approved in accordance with the procedure laid

down in Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29, and

(a)

either the seeds originate in areas where

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis

(Smith) Davis et all., Xanthomonas campestris pv.

vesicatoria (Doidge) Dye and Potato spindle tuber

viroid are not known to occur; or

(b)

no symptoms of diseases caused by those harmful

organisms have been observed on the plants at the

place of production during their complete cycle of

vegetation, or

(c)

the seeds have been subjected to official testing

for at least those harmful organisms, on a

representative sample and using appropriate

methods, and have been found, in these tests, free

from those harmful organisms.

1. Seeds of Medicago Official statement that

sativa L.

(a)

no symptoms Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev

have been observed at the place of production

since the beginning of the last complete cycle of

vegetation and no Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) has

been revealed by laboratory tests on a

representative sample; or

(b)

fumigation has taken place prior to export; or

(c)

the seeds have been subjected to an appropriate

physical treatment against Ditylenchus dipsaci

(Kühn) Filipjev and have been found to be free of

this harmful organism after laboratory tests on a

representative sample.

49.2. Seeds of Medicago Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to plants

sativa L., originating in listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(49.1), official statement that

countries

where (a)

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp., insidiosus Davis

et all. has not been known to occur on the farm or

Clavibacter

ssp.

in the immediate vicinity since the beginning of

michiganensis

insidiosus Davis et all.

the past 10 years;

is known to occur

(b)

either

-

the crop belongs to a variety as being highly

resistant to Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.,

insidiosus Davis et all., or

-

it had not yet started its fourth complete

cycle of vegetation from sowing when the seed

was harvested and there was not more than one

preceding seed harvest from the crop, or

-

the content of inert matter which has been

determined in accordance with the rules applicable

for the certification of seed marketed in the

Community, does not exceed 0.1% by weight;

(c)

no symptoms of Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.,

insidiosus Davis et all. 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;

(d)

the crop has been grown on land on which no

previous Medicago sativa L. crop has been present

during the last three years prior to sowing.

Seeds of Oryza sativa L. Official statement that

(a)

the seeds have been officially tested by

appropriate nematological tests and have been

found free from Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie;

or

(b)

the seeds have been subjected to an appropriate

hot water treatment or other appropriate treatment

against Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie.

Seeds of Phaseolus L.

Official statement that

(a)

the seeds originate in areas known to be free from

Xantomonas campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye;

or

(b)

a representative sample of the seeds has been

tested and found free from Xantomonas

campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye in these tests.

Seeds of Zea mays L.

Official statement that

(a)

the seeds originate in areas known to be free from

Erwinia stewartii (Smith) Dye; or

(b)

a representative sample of the seeds has been

tested and found free from Erwinia stewartii

(Smith) Dye in this test.

Seeds of the genera Official statement that the seeds originate in an area

Triticum, Secale and X where Tilletia indica Mitra is known not to occur. The

from name of the area shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary

Triticosecale

Afghanistan, India, Iran, certificate provided for in Article 7.

Iraq, Mexico, Nepal,

Pakistan, South Africa

and the USA where

Tilletia indica Mitra is

known to occur

Grain of the genera Official statement that either

Triticum, Secale and X (a)

the grain originates in an area where Tilletia indica

from

Mitra is known not to occur. The name of the area

Triticosecale

Afghanistan, India, Iran,

or areas shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary

Iraq, Mexico, Nepal,

certificate provided for in these regulations; or

Pakistan, South Africa (b)

no symptoms of Tilletia indica Mitra have been

and the USA where

observed on the plants at the place of production

Tilletia indica Mitra is

during their last complete cycle of vegetation and

known to occur

representative samples of the grain have been

taken both at the time of harvest and before

shipment and have been tested and found free

from Tilletia indica Mitra in these tests; the latter

shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate

provided for in Article 7, in the rubric "name of

produce" as "tested and found free from Tilletia

indica Mitra

".

PART A

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE FOLLOWED

FOR

THE INTRODUCTION AND MOVEMENT OF PLANTS,

PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS INTO, AND

WITHIN, MALTA

Section II

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS

ORIGINATING

IN THE COMMUNITY

Plants, plant products

Special requirements

and other objects

1. (Deleted by L.N. 55 of 2005)

2. Wood of Platanus L.,

(a) Official statement that

including wood which

(a)

the wood originates in areas known to be free from

has not kept its natural

Ceratocystis platani (J. M. Walter) Engelbr. & T.

round surface.

C. Harr., or

(b)

there shall be evidence by a mark ‘kiln-dried’,

‘KD’ or another internationally recognised mark,

put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance

with current commercial usage, that it has

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.

3. (Deleted by L.N. 55 of 2005)

4. Plants of Pinus L., Official statement that no symptoms of Scirrhia pini Funk

intended for planting, and Parker have been observed at the place of production

other thau seeds

or its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation.

5. Plants of Abies Mill.,

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

Larix Mill., Picea A.

plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(4), where appropriate,

Dietr.,

L.,

official statement that no symptoms of Melampsora

Pinus

Pseudotsuga Carr. and

medusae Thümen have been observed at the place of

Tsuga Carr., intended for

production or its immediate vicinity since the beginning

planting, other than

of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

seeds

6. Plants of Populus L.,

Official statement that no symptoms of Melampsora

intended for planting,

medusae Thümen have been observed at the place of

other than seeds

production or its immediate vicinity since the beginning

of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

7. Plants of Castanea Mill.

Official statement that -

and

L.,

(a)

the plants originate in areas known to be free from

Quercus

intended for planting,

Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr, or

other than seeds

(b)

no symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica

(Murrill) Barr have been observed at the place of

production or its immediate vicinity since the

beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

8. Plants of Platanus L.,

Official statement that -

intended for planting,

(a)

the plants originate in an area known to be free

other than seeds

from Ceratocystis platani (J. M. Walter) Engelbr.

& T. C. Harr., or

(b)

no symptoms of Ceratocystis platani (J. M.

Walter) Engelbr. & T. C. Harr. have been observed

at the place of production or in its immediate

vicinity since the beginning of the last complete

cycle of vegetation.

8.1.

Plants of Ulmus L.,

Official statement that no symptoms of ‘Candidatus

intended for planting,

Phytoplasma ulmi’ have been observed at the place of

other than seeds

production or in its immediate vicinity since the

beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

Official statement that -

9. Plants of Amelanchier

Med,

(a)

the plants originate in zones recognised as being

Chaenomeles

Lindl,

free from Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.,

Cotoneaster

in accordance with the procedure laid down in

Ehrh. Crataegus L,

Mill,

Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC; or

Cydonia

Eriobotrya Lindl, Malus

(b)

that the plants in the field of production and its

L,

immediate vicinity, which have shown symptoms

Mill.,

Mespilus

of Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al., have

Photinia

davidiana

(Dcne.)

Cardot,

been rogued out.

Roem,

Pyracantha

Pyrus L. and Sorbus L.

intended for planting,

other than seeds

10. Plants of Citrus L.,

Official statement that

Swingle,

(a)

the plants originate in areas known to be free from

Fortunella

Poncirus Raf., and their

Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al., Phoma

hybrids, other than fruit

tracheiphila (Petri), Kanchaveli and Gikashvili

and seeds

and Citrus tristeza virus (European strains); or

(b)

the plants derive 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

tristeza virus (European strains), using appropriate

tests or methods in line with international

standards, 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 (Petri) Kanchaveli and

Gikashvili and Citrus tristeza virus (European

strains) have been observed; or

(c)

the plants

-

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

tristeza virus (European strains), using appropriate

tests or methods in line with international

standards, 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 individual tests

carried out according to the methods mentioned in

this indent, and

-

have been inspected and no symptoms of

Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al., Phoma

tracheiphila (Petri) Kanchaveli et Gikashvili, and

Citrus tristeza virus (European strains) have been

observed since the beginning of the last complete

cycle of vegetation.

10.1. Plants of Citrus L.,

Official statement that the plants

Choisya

Kunth,

(a)

originate in an area free from Trioza erytreae Del

Fortunella

Swingle,

Guercio, established by the national plant

Poncirus Raf., and their

protection organisation in accordance with

hybrids and Casimiroa

relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary

La Llave, Clausena

Measures, or

Burm f., Murraya J.

(b)

have been grown in a place of production, which is

Koenig ex L., Vepris

registered and supervised by the competent

Comm., Zanthoxylum

authorities in the Member State of origin, and

L., other than fruits and

where the plants are placed in a site with complete

seeds

physical protection against the introduction of Trioza

erytreae Del Guercio, and

where, during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior

to the movement, two official inspections were carried out

at appropriate times and no signs of Trioza erytreae Del

Guercio have been observed in that site, and in the

surrounding area with a width of at least 200 m.

11. Plants

of

Araceae,

Official statement that

Marantaceae, Musaceae,

(a)

no contamination by Radopholus similis (Cobb)

Persea

spp.

and

Thorne has been observed at the place of

Strelitziaceae, rooted or

production since the beginning of the last

with growing medium

complete cycle of vegetation; or

attached or associated

(b)

soil and roots from suspected plants have been

subjected since the beginning of the last complete

cycle of vegetation to official nematological

testing for at least Radopholus similis (Cobb)

Thorne and have been found, in these tests, free

from that harmful organism.

12. Plants of Fragaria L.,

Official statement that

Prunus L., and Rubus

(a)

the plants originate in areas known to be free from

L.,

intended

for

the relevant harmful organisms; or

planting, other than

(b)

no symptoms of diseases caused by the relevant

seeds

harmful organisms have been observed on plants

at the place of production since the beginning of

the last complete cycle of vegetation.

The relevant harmful organisms are

-

on Fragaria L.

-

Phytophtora 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 Keenedy et King;

-

on Prunus L.

-

Apricot chlorotic leafroll mycoplasm,,

-

Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)

Vauterin et al.

-

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,

13. Plants of Cydonia Mill.,

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

and Pyrus L., intended

plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(9), official statement

for planting, other than

that -

seeds

(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, which have shown symptoms

giving rise to the suspicion of contamination by

Pear decline mycoplasm, have been rogues out at

the place within the last three complete cycles of

vegetation.

14. Plants of Fragaria L.,

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

intended for planting,

plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(12), official statement

other than seeds

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; or

(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.

15. Plants of Malus Mill.,

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

intended for planting,

plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(9),official statement

other than seeds

that

(a)

the plants originate in areas known ro be free from

Apple proliferation mycoplasm; or

(b)

(aa) the plants, other than those raised from

seeds, have been

-

either officially certified under a certification

scheme 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 free, in these tests, from that

harmful organism, or

-

derived in direct line from material which is

maintained 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 free, in these tests, from the

harmful organism;

(bb) no symptoms of diseases caused by Apple

proliferation mycoplasm have been observed on

plants at the place of production, or on susceptible

plants in its immediate vicinity, since the

beginning of the last three complete cycles of

vegetation.

16. Plants of following

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the

species of Prunus L.,

plants listed in Schedule III(A)(9) and (18), and Schedule

intended for planting,

IV(A)(I)(15), and (19.2), official statement that

other than seeds

(a)

the plants originate in areas known to be free from

-

Plum pox virus; or

Prunus

amygdalus

Batsch,

(b)

(aa) the plants, other than those raised from seed,

-

Prunus armentaca L.,

have been

-

Prunus blireiana Andre,

-

Prunus brigantina Vill.,

-

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., -

either officially certified under a certification

-

Prunus cistena Hansen,

scheme requiring them to be derived in direct line

-

Prunus curdica Fenzl

from material which has been maintained under

and Fritsch.,

appropriate conditions and subjected to official

-

testing for, at least, Plum pox virus using

Prunus domestica spp.

domestica L.,

appropriate indicators or equivalent methods and

-

has been found free, in these tests, from that

Prunus domestica spp.

(L.)

harmful organism, or

institia

C.K.Schneid.,

-

derived in direct line from material which is

-

Prunus domestica spp.

maintained under appropriate conditions and

italica (Borkh.) Hegi.,

subjected, within the last three complete cycles of

-

Prunus

glandulosa

vegetation, at least once, to official testing for at

Thunb.,

least Plum pox virus using appropriate indicators

-

Prunus

holosericea

or equivalent methods and has been found free, in

Batal.,

these tests, from the harmful organism;

-

Prunus

hotrulana

Bailey,

-

japonica (bb)

no symptoms of disease caused by Plum pox virus

Prunus

Thunb.,

have been observed on plants at the place of

-

production, or on susceptible plants in its

Prunus

mandshurica

(Maxim.) Koehne,

immediate vicinity, since the beginning of the last

-

three complete cycles of vegetation;

Prunus

maritima

Marsh.,

-

Prunus mume Sieb and (cc)

plants at the place of production which have

Zucc.,

shown symptoms of disease caused by other

-

Prunus nigra Ait.,

viruses or virus-like pathogens, have been rogued

out.

-

Prunus persica (L.)

Batsch,

-

Prunus salicina L.,

-

Prunus sibrica L.,

-

Prunus simonii Carr.,

-

Prunus spinosa L.,

-

Prunus

tomentosa

Thunb.,

-

Prunus triloba Liddl.,

-

other species of Prunus

L. susceptible to Plum

pox virus.

17. Plants of Vitis L., other Official statement that no symptoms of Grapevine

than fruit and seeds

Flavescence doree 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 cycles of vegetation.

18.1. Tubers of Solanum Official statement that

tuberosum L., intended (a)

the European Union provisions to combat

for planting

Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival

have been complied with; and

(b)

either the tubers originate in an area known to be

free from Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.

sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthoff) Davis

et al. or the European Union provisions to combat

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus

(Spieckermann and Kotthoff) Davis et al. have

been complied with; and

(c)

(Deleted by L.N. 334 0f 2014)

(d)

(aa) either, the tubers originate in areas in which

Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. is

known not to occur; or

(bb) in areas where Ralstonia solanacearum

(Smith) Yabuuchi et al. is known to occur, the

tubers originate from a place of production found

free from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith)

Yabuuchi et al., or considered to be free thereof, as

a consequence of the implementation of an

appropriate procedure aiming at eradicating

Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al;

and

(e)

either, the tubers originate in areas in which

Meloidogyne chitwoodi Golden et al. (all

populations) and Meloidogyne fallax Karssen are

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 from

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 packages or containers

before marketing according to the provisions on

closing in Council Directive 66/403/EEC, and no

symptoms of Meloidogyne chitwoodi Golden et

al. (all populations) and Meloidogyne fallax

Karssen have been found.

18.1.1.

Tubers of Solanum

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

tuberosum L., intended

tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., intended for planting in

for planting, other than

Schedule IV, Part A, Section II (18.1), official statement

those to be planted in

that the European Union provisions to combat Globodera

accordance with Article

pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis

4.4(b)

of

Council

(Wollenweber) Behrens are complied with.

Directive 2007/33/EC

18.2. Tubers of Solanum Without prejudice to the special requirements applicable

tuberosum L., other than to the tubers listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(18.1), official

tubers of those varieties statement that the tubers

officially accepted in -

belong to advanced selections such a statement

one or more Member

being indicated in an appropriate way on the

States

pursuant

to

document accompanying the relevant tubers,

Council Directive 70/ -

have been produced within the Community, and

457/EEC

of

29 -

have been derived in direct line from material

September 1970 on the

which has been maintained under appropriate

common catalogue of

conditions and subjected within the Community to

varieties of agricultural

official quarantine testing in accordance with

plant species

appropriate methods and has been found, in these

tests, from harmful organisms.

18.3. Plants of stolon or tuber- (a)

The plants shall have been held under quarantine

forming

species

of

conditions and shall have been found free of any

L., or their

harmful organisms in quarantine testing;

Solanum

hybrids, intended for (b)

the quarantine testing referred to in (a) shall

planting, other than

(aa) be supervised by the official plant protection

those tubers of Solanum

organisation of the Member State concerned and

tuberosum L. specified

executed by scientifically trained staff of that

in points 18.1, 18.1.1 or

organisation or of any officially approved body;

18.2, other than culture (bb) be executed at a site provided with appropriate

maintenance

material

facilities sufficient to contain harmful organisms

being stored in gene

and maintain the material including indicator

banks or genetic stock

plants in such a way as to eliminate any risk of

collections, and other

spreading harmful organisms;

than seeds of Solanum (cc) be executed on each unit of the material,

tuberosum L. specified

-

by visual examination at regular intervals

in point 18.3.1.

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 referred to in

Article 18 of Directive 2000/29/EC

-

in the case of all potato material at least for

-

Andean potato latent virus,

-

Arracacha virus B. oca strain,

-

Potato black ringspot virus,

-

Potato spindle tuber viroid,

-

Potato virus T,

-

Andean potato mottle virus,

-

common potato viruses A, M, S, V, X and Y

(including Y o , Y n und Y c ) and Potato leaf roll

virus,

-

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus

(Spieckermann and Kotthoff) Davis et al.,

-

Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et

al.;

-

in the case of seeds of Solanum tuberosum L.,

other than those specified in point 18.3.1, at

least for the viruses and viroid listed above;

(dd)

by appropriate testing on any other symptom

observed in the 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 their official Member State

plant protection service of the material held

18.3.1 Seeds

of

Solanum Official statement that

tuberosum L., other than The seeds derive from plants complying, as applicable,

those

specified in with the requirements set out in points 18.1., 18.1.1, 18.2

point 18.4.

and 18.3; and

(a)

the seeds originate in areas known to be free from

Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival,

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus

(Spieckermann and Kotthoff) Davis et al.,

Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.

and Potato spindle tuber viroid; or

(b)

the seeds comply with all of the following

requirements

(i)

they have been produced in a site where, since the

beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, no

symptoms of disease caused by the harmful

organisms referred to in point (a) have been

observed;

(ii)

they have been produced at a site where all of the

following actions have been taken

(1)

separation of the site from other solanaceous

plants and other host plants of Potato spindle tuber

viroid;

(2)

prevention of contact with staff and items, such as

tools, machinery, vehicles, vessels and packaging

material, from other sites producing solanaceous

plants and other host plants of Potato spindle tuber

viroid, or appropriate hygiene measures

concerning staff or items from other sites

producing solanaceous plants and other host

plants of Potato spindle tuber viroid to prevent

infection;

(3)

only water free from all harmful organisms

referred to in this point is used.

18.4.Plants of stolon or tuber- Each organisation or research body holding such material

forming

species

of shall inform the Public Health Department of the material

Solanum L., or their held.

hybrids, intended for

planting, being stored in

gene banks or genetic

stock collections

18.5. Tubers of Solanum

There shall be evidence by a registration number put on

tuberosum L., other than

the packaging, or in the case of loose-loaded potatoes

those mentioned in

transported in bulk, on the vehicle transporting the

Schedule

potatoes, that the potatoes have been grown by an

IV(A)(II)(18.1),

officially registered producer, or originate from officially

(18.1.1), (18.2), (18.3)

registered collective storage or dispatching centres

or (18.4)

located in the area of production, indicating that the tubers

are free from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et

al. and that

(a)

the European Union provisions to combat

Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival;

and

(b)

where appropriate, the European Union provisions

to combat Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.

sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthoff) Davis

et al., and

(c)

the European Union provisions to combat

Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and

Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens

are complied with.

18.6. Plants of Solanaceae Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

intended for planting, plants, listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(18.1), (18.2) and

other than seeds and (18.3), where appropriate, official statement that

other

than

plants

mentioned in Schedule (a)

the plants originate in areas known to be free from

Potato stolbur mycoplasm; or

IV(A)(II)(18.4)

or

(18.5)

(b)

no syntptoms of Potato stolbur mycoplasm have

been observed on the plants at the place of

production since the beginning of the last

complete cycle of vegetation.

18.6.1. Plants with roots, Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

intended for planting, of plants in Schedule IV, Part A, Section II (18.6) official

Capsicum spp., Solanum statement that the European Union provisions to combat

lycopersicum L. and Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera

Solanum melongena L., rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens are complied with.

other than those to be

planted in accordance

with Article 4.4(a) of

Council Directive 2007/

33/EC

18.7. Plants of Capsicum Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

annuum L., Solanum plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(18.6) where

lycopersicum L., Musa appropriate, official statement that

L., Nicotiana L., and (a)

the plants originate in areas which have been

found free from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith)

Solanum melongena L.,

intended for planting,

Yabuuchi et al.; or

other than seeds

(b)

no symptoms of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith)

Yabuuchi et al. have been observed on the plants at

the place of production since the beginning of the

last complete cycle of vegetation.

19. Plants

of

Humulus Official statement that no symptoms of Verticillium albo-

lupulus L. intended for atrum Reinke and Berthold and of Verticillium dahliae

planting, other than Klebahn have been observed on hops at the place of

seeds

production since the beginning of the last complete cycle

of vegetation.

19.1. Plants

of

Palmae,

Official statement that the plants

intended for planting,

(a)

have been grown throughout their life in an area

having a diameter of the

free from Paysandisia archon (Bunneister),

stem at the base of over

established by the national plant protection

5 cm and belonging to

organisation in accordance with relevant

the following genera

International

Standards

for

Phytosanitary

Brahea Mart., Butia

Measures; or

Becc., Chamaerops L.,

(b)

have, during a period of at least two years prior to

Jubaea Kunth, Livistona

movement, been grown in a place of production

R. Br., Phoenix L., Sabal

-

which is registered and supervised by the

Adans., Syagrus Mart.,

responsible official body in the Member State of

origin, and

Trachycarpus

H.

Wendl.,

-

where the plants were placed in a site with

Trithrinax

Mart.,

complete physical protection against the

Washingtonia

Raf.

introduction of Paysandisia archon (Burmeister)

or with application of appropriate preventive

treatments, and

-

where, during three official inspections per year

carried out at appropriate times, no signs of

Paysandisia archon (Burmeister) have been

observed

20. Plants of Dendranthema

Official statement that

(DC.)

Des

Moul.,

(aa) the plants originate in an area free from

L.

and

Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and Spodoptera

Dianthus

Pelargonium l'Hérit. ex

littoralis (Boisd.), established by the national plant

Ait.,

intended

for

protection organisation in accordance with

planting, other than

relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary

seeds

Measures; or

(a)

no signs of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), or

Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) have been observed

at the place of production since the beginning of

the last complete cycle of vegetation; or

21.1. Plants of Dendranthema Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

(DC)

Des

Moul. plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(20), official statement

intended for planting, that

other than seeds

(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

materials 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;

(c)

in the case of unrooted cuttings no symptoms of

Didymella ligulicola (Baker, Domock 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, Domock and

Davis) v Arx were observed either on the cuttings

or on the rooting bed.

21.2. Plants of Dianthus L., Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

intended for planting, plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(II)(20), official statement

other than seeds

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.

22. Bulbs of Tulipa L., and Official statement that no symptoms of Ditylenchus

Narcissus L., other than dispaci (Kuhn) Filipjev have been observed on the plants

those for which there since the beginning of the last complete cycle of

shall be evidence by vegetation.

their packaging, or by

other means, that they

are intended for sale to

final consumers not

involved in professional

cut-flower production

23. Plants of herbaceous Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

species, intended for plants listed in Schedule IV, Part A, Section II(20), (21.1)

planting, other than

or (21.2), official statement that

bulbs,

(a)

the plants originate in an area known to be free

corms,

from Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) and

plants of the family

Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), or

Gramineae,

(b)

either

no signs of Liriomyza huidobrensis

rhizomes,

(Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) have

seeds,

been observed at the place of production, on

tubers

official inspections carried out at least monthly

during the three months prior to harvesting, or

(c)

immediately prior to harvesting, the plants have

been officially inspected and found free from

(Blanchard)

and

Liriomyza

huidobrensis

Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) and have been

subjected to an appropriate treatment against

(Blanchard)

and

Liriomyza

huidobrensis

Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), or

(d)

the plants originate from plant material (explant)

which is free from Liriomyza huidobrensis

(Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess); are

grown in vitro in a sterile medium under sterile

conditions that preclude the possibility of

infestation

with

Liriomyza

huidobrensis

(Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess); and

are shipped in transparent containers under sterile

conditions.

24. Plants

with

roots, There shall be evidence that the place of production is

planted or intended for known to be free from Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.

planting, grown in the sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthoff) Davis et al.

open air

and Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival.

24.1. Plants

with

roots, Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

intended for planting, plants in Schedule IV, Part A, Section II (24) there shall

grown in the open air, of be evidence that the European Union provisions to

L., combat Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and

Allium

porrum

Asparagus officinalis L., Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens are

L., complied with.

Beta

vulgaris

spp.

and

Brassica

Fragaria L., and bulbs,

tubers and rhizomes,

grown in the open air, of

Allium ascalonicum L.,

Allium cepa L., Dahlia

spp., Gladiolus Tourn.

ex L., Hyacinthus spp.,

Iris spp., Lilium spp.,

Narcissus L. and Tulipa

L., other than those

plants, bulbs, tubers and

rhizomes to be planted

in accordance with

Article 4.4(a) or (c) of

Council Directive 2007/

33/EC

25. Plants of Beta vulgaris

Official statement that

L.,

intended

for

(a)

the plants originate in areas known to be free from

planting, other than

Beet leaf curl virus; or

seeds

(b)

Beet leaf curl virus has not been known to occur in

the area of production and no symptoms of Beet

leaf curl virus have been observed at the place of

production or in its immediate vicinity since the

beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

26. Seeds of

Official statement that

Helianthus

annuus L.

(a)

the seeds originate in areas known to be free from

Plasmopora halstedii (Farlow) Berl. and de Toni;

or

(b)

the seeds, other than those seeds that have been

produced on varieties resistant to all races of

Plasmopora halstedii (Farlow) Berl. and de Toni

present in the area of production, have been

subjected to an appropriate treatment against

Plasmopora halstedii (Farlow) Berl. and de Toni.

26.1. Plants

of

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

Solanum

L.,

plants, where appropriate, listed in Schedule

lycopersicum

intended for planting,

IV(A)(II)(18.6) and (23) official statement that

other than seeds

(a)

the plants originate in areas known to be free from

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus; or

(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 tabaci Genn; or

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

Bemisia tabaci Genn. on official inspections

carried out at least monthly during the three

months prior to export; or

(c)

no symptoms of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

have been observed on the place of production and

the place of production has been subjected to an

appropriate treatment and monitoring regime to

ensure freedom from Bemisia tabaci Genn.

27. Seeds

of

Official statement that the seeds have been obtained by

Solanum

lycopersicum L.

means of an appropriate acid extraction method or an

equivalent method approved in accordance with the

procedure laid down in Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/

29/EC; and

(a)

either the seeds originate in areas where

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis

(Smith) Davis et al. or Xanthomonas campestris

pv. vesicatoria (Doidge) Dye are not known to

occur; or

(b)

no symptoms of diseases caused by those harmful

organisms have been observed on the plants at the

place of production during their last complete

cycle of vegetation; or

(c)

the seeds have been subjected to official testing

for at least those harmful organisms, on a

representative sample and using appropriate

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

free from those harmful organisms.

28.1. Seeds of

Official statement that

Medicago

sativa L.

(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; or

(b)

that funtigation has taken place prior to marketing,

or

(c)

the seeds have been subjected to an appropriate

physical treatment against Ditylenchus dipsaci

(Kühn) Filipjev and have been found to be free of

this harmful organism after laboratory tests on a

representative sample.

28.2. Seeds of

Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to the

Medicago

sativa L.

plants listed in Schedule 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 the beginning of the

past 10 years, and

--

the crop belongs to a variety recognised as being

highly resistant to Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.

insidiosus Davis et al., or

--

it had not yet started its fourth complete cycle of

vegetation from sowing when the seed was

harvested, and there was not more than one

preceeding seed harvest from the crop, or

--

the content of inert matter which has been

determined in accordance with the rules applicable

for certification of seed 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 have been grown on land on which no

previous Medicago sativa L. crop has been present

during the last three years prior to sowing.

29. Seeds of Phaseolus L.

Official statement that

(a)

the seeds originate in areas known to be free from

Xantomonas campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye;

or

(b)

a representative sample of the seeds has been

tested and found free from Xantomonas

campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye in these tests.

30. Fruits of Citrus L.,

The packaging shall bear an appropriate origin

Swingle,

mark.

Fortunella

Poncirus Raf., and their

hybrids

PART B

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE FOLLOWED

FOR

THE INTRODUCTION AND MOVEMENT OF PLANTS,

PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS INTO, AND

WITHIN, CERTAIN PROTECTED ZONES

Plants, plant

Special requirements

products and

Protected zone(s)

other objects

1. Wood of

Without prejudice to the requirements

EL,

IRL,

UK

conifers

applicable to the wood listed in Schedule

(Northern Ireland,

(Coniferales)

IV(A)(I)(1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5), (1.6),

Isle of Man and

(1.7), where appropriate

Jersey)

(a)

the wood shall be stripped of its bark; or

(b)

official statement that the wood

originates in areas known to be free from

Dendroctonus micans Kugelan, or

(c)

there shall be evidence by a mark "kiln-

dried", "K.D." or another internationally

recognised mark, put on the wood or on

its packaging in accordance with current

commercial usage, that it has 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.

2. Wood of

Without prejudice to the requirements

EL, IRL, UK

conifers

applicable to the wood listed in Schedule

(Coniferales)

IV(A)(I)(1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5), (1.6),

(1.7), where appropriate, and Schedule

IV(B)(1),

(a)

the wood shall be stripped off its bark; or

(b)

official statement that the wood

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips duplicatus Sahlbergh; or

(c)

there shall be evidence by a mark 'Kiln-

dried', 'KD' or another internationally

recognised mark, put on the wood or on

its packaging in accordance with current

commercial usage, that it has undergone

kiln-drying to below 20% moisture

content, espressed as a percentage of dry

matter, at time of manufacture, achieved

through an appropriate time/temperature

schedule.

3. Wood of

Without prejudice to the requirements IRL, UK

conifers

applicable to the wood listed in Schedule

(Coniferales)

IV(A)(I)(1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5), (1.6),

(1.7), where appropriate, and Schedule IV(B)(1)

nnd (2)

(a)

the wood shall be stripped of its bark; or

(b)

official statement that the wood

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips typographus Heer; or

(c)

there shall be evidence by a mark 'Kiln-

dried', 'KD' or another internationally

recognised mark, put on the wood or on

its packaging in accordance with current

commercial usage, that it has 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.

4. Wood of

Without prejudice to the requirements EL, IRL, UK

conifers

applicable to the wood listed in Schedule

(Coniferales)

IV(A)(I)(1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5), (1.6),

(1.7), where appropriate, and Schedule

IV(B)(1), (2), (3)

(a)

the wood shall be stripped of its bark; or

(b)

official statement that the wood

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips amitinus Eichhof; or

(c)

there shall be evidence by a mark 'Kiln-

dried', 'KD' or another internationally

recognised mark, put on the wood or on

its packaging in accordance with current

commercial usage, that it has 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.

5. Wood of

Without prejudice to the requirements

EL,

IRL,

UK

conifers

applicable to the wood listed in Schedule

(Northern Ireland,

(Coniferales)

IV(A)(I)(1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5), (1.6),

Isle of Man)

(1.7), where appropriate, and Schedule

IV(B)(1), (2), (3), (4)

(a)

the wood shall be stripped of its bark; or

(b)

official statement that the wood

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips cembrae Heer; or

(c)

there shall be evidence by a mark 'Kiln-

dried', 'KD' or another internationally

recognised mark, put on the wood or on

its packaging in accordance with current

commercial usage, that it has 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.

6. Wood of

Without prejudice to the requirements

CY,

IRL,

UK

conifers

applicable to the wood listed in Schedule

(Northern Ireland,

(Coniferales)

IV(A)(I)(1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5), (1.6),

Isle of Man)

(1.7), where appropriate, and Schedule

IV(B)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

(a)

the wood shall be stripped of its bark; or

(b)

official statement that the wood

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips sexdentatus Börner; or

(c)

there shall be evidence by a mark 'Kiln-

dried', 'KD' or another internationally

recognised mark, put on the wood or on

its packaging in accordance with current

commercial usage, that it has 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.

6.3. Wood of

(a)

The wood shall be bark-free; or

CZ, IRL, S, UK

Castanea Mill.

(b)

Official statement that the wood

(i)

originates in areas known to be free from

Cryphonectria parasitica (Murill.) Barr.

or

(ii)

has undergone kiln-drying to below 20%

moisture content, expressed as a

percentage of dry matter, achieved

through an appropriate time/temperature

schedule. There shall be evidence

thereof by a mark 'Kiln-dried', 'KD' or

another internationally recognised mark,

put on the wood or on any wrapping in

accordance with current usage.

6.4. Wood of

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable

IRL, UK

Platanus L.,

to the wood listed in Schedule IVA(I)5 and

including wood

7.1.2, and IVA(II)2, where appropriate, official

which has not

statement that

kept its natural

(a)

the wood originates in an area free from

round surface,

Ceratocystis platani (J. M. Walter)

originating in

Engelbr. & T. C. Harr., established in

the Union, or in

accordance with relevant International

Armenia,

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures,

Switzerland or

or

the USA

(b)

there shall be evidence by a mark ‘kiln-

dried’, ‘KD’ or another internationally

recognised mark, put on the wood or on

its packaging in accordance with current

commercial usage, that it has 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, or

(c)

the wood originates from a protected

zone listed in the right hand column.

7. Plants of Abies

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable

EL,

IRL,

UK

Mill., Larix

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1),

(Northern Ireland,

Mill., Picea A.

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (9), (10) and

Isle of Man and

Dietr., Pinus L.,

Schedule IV(A)(II)(4), (5), where appropriate,

Jersey)

and Pseudotsuga

official statement that the place of production is

Carr., over 3 m

free from Dendroctonus micans Kugelan.

in height, other

than fruit and

seeds

8. Plants of Abies

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable EL, IRL, UK

Mill., Larix

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1),

Mill., Picea A.

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (9), (10),

Dietr. and Pinus

Schedule IV(A)(II)(4), (5), and Schedule

L., over 3 m in

IV(B)(7), where appropriate, official statement

height, other

that the place of production is free from Ips

than fruit and

duplicatus Sahlberg.

seeds

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable IRL, UK

9. Plants of Abies

Mill., Larix

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1),

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (9), (10),

Mill., Picea A.

Schedule IV(A)(II)(4), (5), and Schedule

Dietr., Pinus L.,

and Pseudotsuga

IV(B)(7), (8), where appropriate, official

Carr., over 3 m

statement that the place of production is free

in height, other

from Ips typographus Heer.

than fruit and

seeds

10.Plants of Abies

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable EL, IRL, UK

Mill., Larix

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1),

Mill., Picea A.

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (9), (10),

Dietr., and Pinus

Schedule IV(A)(II)(4), (5), and Schedule

L., over 3 m in

IV(B)(7), (8), (9), where appropriate, official

height, other

statement that the place of production is free

than fruit and

from Ips amitinus Eichhof.

seeds

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable EL,

IRL,

UK

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1), (Northern Ireland,

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (9), (10), Isle of Man)

Schedule IV(A)(II)(4), (5), and Schedule

IV(B)(7), (8), (9), (10), where appropriate,

official statement that the place of production is

free from Ips cembrae Heer.

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable IRL,

CY,

UK

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1), (Northern Ireland,

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (9), (10), Isle of Man)

Schedule IV(A)(II)(4), (5), and Schedule

IV(B)(7), (8), (9), (10), (11), where appropriate,

official statement that the place of production is

free from Ips sexdentatus Börner.

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable

IRL, UK

to the plants listed in Schedule IVA(I)12 and

IVA(II)8, where appropriate, official statement

that

(a)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in an area free from

Ceratocystis platani (J. M. Walter)

Engelbr. & T. C. Harr., established in

accordance with relevant International

Standard for Phytosanitary Measures, or

(b)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in a protected zone listed in the

right hand column.

Official statement that the consignment

EL,

IRL,

UK

(Northern Ireland,

(a)

has been subjected to fumigation or Isle of Man and

other appropriate treatments against bark Jersey)

beetles; or

(b)

originates in areas known to be free from

Dendroctonus micans Kugelan.

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable EL, IRL, UK

to the bark listed in Schedule IV(B)(14.1),

official statement that the consignment

has been subjected to fumigation or

(a)

other appropriate treatments against bark

beetles; or

(b)

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips amitinus Eichhof.

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable EL,

IRL,

UK

to the bark listed in Schedule IV(B)(14.1), (Northern Ireland,

(14.2), official statement that the consignment: Isle of Man)

(a)

has been subjected to fumigation or

other appropriate treatments against bark

beetles; or

(b)

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips cembrae Heer.

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable EL, IRL, UK

to the bark listed in Schedule IV(B)(14.1),

(14.2), (14.3), official statement that the

consignment

(a)

has been subjected to fumigation or

other appropriate treatments against bark

beetles; or

(b)

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips duplicatus Sahlberg.

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable IRL,

CY,

UK

to the bark listed in Schedule IV(B)(14.1), (Northern Ireland,

(14.2), (14.3), (14.4), official statement that the Isle of Man)

consignment

(a)

has been subjected to fumigation or

other appropriate treatments against bark

beetles; or

(b)

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips sexdentatus Börner.

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable IRL, UK

to the bark listed in Schedule IV(B)(14.1),

(14.2), (14.3), (14.4), (14.5), official

statement that the consignment

(a)

has been subjected to fumigation or

other appropriate treatments against

bark beetles; or

(b)

originates in areas known to be free from

Ips typographus Heer.

Official statement that the isolated bark

CZ, IRL, S, UK

(a)

originates in areas known to be free from

Cryphonectria parasitica (Murill.) Barr.,

or

(b)

has been subjected to fumigation or

other appropriate treatment against

Cryphonectria parasitica (Murill.) Barr.,

to a specification approved in

accordance with the procedure laid down

in Article 18.2. of Directive 2000/29/EC.

There shall be evidence of the

fumigation by indicating on the

certificates referred to in Article 13.1.(ii)

of Directive 2000/29/EC, the active

ingredient,

the

minimum

bark

temperature, the rate (g/m 3 ) and the

exposure time (h)

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable IRL, UK (Northern

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(I), Ireland, Isle of Man

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (10), Schedule and Jersey)

IV(A)(II)(5) and Schedule IV(B)(7), (8), (9),

(10), (11), (12), (13), official statement that the

plants have been produced in nurseries and that

the place of production if free from Cephalcia

lariciphila (Klug.)

16.Plants of Pinus

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable IRL, UK (Northern

L., Picea A.

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(I), Ireland)

Dietr., Larix

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (9), Schedule

Mill., Abies

IV(A)(II)(4) and Schedule IV(B)(7), (8), (9),

Mill., and

(10), (11), (12), (13), (15), where appropriate,

official statement that the plants have been

Pseudotsuga

Carr., intended

produced in nurseries and that the place of

for planting,

production if free from Gremmeniella abiedina

other than seeds

(Lag.) Morelet.

16.1. Plants of

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable UK

Pinus L.,

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(1),

intended for

Schedule IV(A)(I) (8.1), (8.2), (9), (10),

planting, other

Schedule IV(A)(II) (4), (5) or Schedule IV(B)

than fruits and

(7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (16), official

seeds

statement that

(a)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in places of production in

countries

where

Thaumetopoea

pityocampa Denis & Schiffermüller is

not known to occur, or

(b)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in an area free from

Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis &

Schiffermüller established by the

national plant protection organisation in

accordance with relevant International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures,

or

(c)

the plants have been produced in

nurseries which, including their vicinity,

have

been

found

free

from

Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis &

Schiffermüller on the basis of official

inspections and official surveys carried

out at appropriate times, or

(d)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in a site with complete physical

protection against the introduction of

Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis &

Schiffermüller and have been inspected

at appropriate times and found to be free

from Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis

& Schiffermüller.

17.(Deleted by Legal Notice of 2008).

18.Plants of Picea

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable

EL,

IRL,

UK

A. Dietr.,

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(I),

(Northern Ireland,

intended for

Schedule IV(A)(I)(8.1), (8.2), (10), Schedule

Isle of Man and

planting, other

IV(A)(II)(5) and Schedule IV(B)(7), (8), (9),

Jersey)

than seeds

(10), (11), (12), (13), (16), official statement

that the plants have been produced in nurseries

and that the place of production if free from

Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig).

19. Plants of

Official statement that

EL, P (Azores)

Eucalyptus

(a)

the plants are free from soil, and have

l’Herit, other

been subjected to a treatment against

than fruit and

Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll.; or

seeds

(b)

the plants originate in areas known to be

free from Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll.

19.1. Plants of

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable

CZ, IRL, S, UK

Castanea Mill.,

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(2) and

intended for

IV(A)(I)(11.1), and (11.2), official statement

planting

that

(a)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in places of production in

countries

where

Cryphonectria

parasitica (Murrill) Barr is known not to

occur; or

(b)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in an area free from

Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr,

established by the national plant

protection organisation in accordance

with relevant International Standards for

Phytosanitary measures; or

(c)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in the protected zones listed in

the right-hand column.

20.1. Tubers of

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable

F (Britanny), FI,

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(10), (11),

IRL, P (Azores),

Solanum

tuberosum L.,

Schedule IV(A)(I)(25.1), (25.2), (25.3), (25.4),

UK

(Northern

intended for

(25.5), (25.6), Schedule IV(A)(II)(18.1), (18.2),

Ireland)

planting

(18.3), (18.4), (18.6), official statement that the

tubers

(a)

were grown in an area where Beet

necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) is

known not to occur; or

(b)

were grown on land, or in growing

media consisting of soil that is known to

be free from BNYVV, or officially tested

by appropriate methods and found free

from BNYVV; or

(c)

have been washed free from soil.

20.2. Tubers of

(a)

The consignment or lot shall not contain

F (Britanny), FI,

more than 1% by weight of soil, or

IRL, P (Azores),

Solanum

tuberosum L.,

UK

(Northern

(b)

the tubers are intended for processing at Ireland)

other than those

premises with officially approved waste

mentioned in

disposal facilities which ensure that

Schedule

there is no risk of spreading BNYVV

IV(B)(20.1)

SI, SK

20.3. Plants with

There shall be evidence that the plants originate

roots, planted or

from a field known to be free from Globodera

intended for

pallida (Stone) Behrens.

planting, grown

in the open air

20.4.Plants with

There shall be evidence that the plants originate P (Azores)

roots, planted or

from a field known to be free from Globodera

intended for

rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens.

planting, grown

in the open air

20.5.Plants of

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable UK

Prunus L.

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(9) and

intended for

(18) or Schedule IV(A)(I)(19.2), (23.1) and

planting, other

(23.2) or Schedule IV(A)(II)(12) and (16),

than seeds

official statement that

(a)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in places of production in

countries

where

Xanthomonas

arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et

al. is not known to occur, or

(b)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in an area free from

Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni

(Smith) Vauterin et al. established by the

national plant protection organisation in

accordance with relevant International

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures,

or

(c)

the plants have been derived in direct

line from mother plants which have

shown no symptoms of Xanthomonas

arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et

al. during the last complete cycle of

vegetation, and

no

symptoms

of

Xanthomonas

arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et

al. have been observed on the plants at

the place of production since the

beginning of the last complete cycle of

vegetation, or

(d)

for plants of Prunus laurocerasus L. and

Prunus lusitanica L. for which there

shall be evidence by their packing or by

other means that they are intended for

sale to final consumers not involved in

professional plant production no

symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola

pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. have

been observed on plants at the place of

production since the beginning of the

last complete growing season.

21.Plants and live

Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable

E

(except

the

pollen for

to the plants listed in Schedule IIIA(9), (9.1),

autonomous

pollination of

(18) and IIIB(1), (2) where appropriate, official

communities

of

statement that

Andalucia, Aragón,

Amelanchier

Med.,

(a)

the plants originate in third countries

Castilla la Mancha,

recognised as being free from Erwinia

Castilla y León,

Chaenomeles

Lindl.,

amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. in

Extremadura, the

accordance with the procedure laid down

autonomous

Cotcneaster

Ehrh., Crataegus

in Article 18(2), or

community

of

L., Cydonia

(b)

the plants originate in pest-free areas in

Madrid,

Murcia,

Mill.,

third countries which have been

Navarra and La

established in relation to Erwinia

Rioja, the province

Eriobotrya

Lindl., Malus

arnvlovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. in

of

Guipuzcoa

Mill., Mespilus

accordance

with

the

relevant

(Basque Country),

L., Photinia

International Standard for Phytosanitary

the Comarcas of

Measures and recognised as such in

Garrigues,

davidiana

(Dene.) Cardot,

accordance with the procedure laid down

Noguera,

Pla

in Article 18(2), or

d'Urgell,

Segrià

Pyracantha

Roem., Pyrus L.

(c)

the plants originate in the Canton of

and Urgell in the

and Sorbus L.,

Valais in Switzerland, or

province of Lleida

other than fruit

(d)

the plants originate in the protected

(Communidad

and seeds

zones listed in the right-hand column, or

autonoma

de

(e)

the plants have been produced, or, if

Catalunya),

the

moved into a "buffer zone”, kept and

Comarcas de L'Alt

maintained for a period of at least 7

Vinalopó and El

months including the period 1April to 31

Vinalopó Mitjà in

October of the last complete cycle of

the province of

vegetation, on a field

Alicante and the

(aa) located at least 1 km inside the border of

municipalities of

an officially designated ‘buffer zone’ of

Alborache

and

at least 50 km 2 where host plants are

Turís

in

the

subject to an officially approved and

province

of

supervised control regime established at

Valencia

the latest before the beginning of the

(Comunidad

complete cycle of vegetation preceding

Valenciana)), EE, F

the last complete cycle of vegetation

(Corsica),

IRL

with the object of minimising the risk of

(except

Galway

Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.

city), I (Abruzzo,

being spread from the plants grown

Apulia, Basilicata,

there.

Calabria,

Campania, Emilia-

Details of the description of this ‘buffer

Romagna

(the

zone’ shall be kept available to the

provinces of Parma

Commission. Once the ‘buffer zone’ is

and

Piacenza),

established, official inspections shall be

Lazio,

Liguria,

carried out in the zone not comprising

Lombardy (except

the field and its surrounding zone of 500

the provinces of

m width, at least once since the

Mantua,

Milano,

beginning of the last complete cycle of

Sondrio

and

vegetation at the most appropriate time,

Varese), Marche,

and all host plants showing symptoms of

Molise, Piedmont

Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.

(except

the

should be removed immediately.

communes

of

The results of these inspections shall be

Busca, Centallo and

supplied by 1 May each year to the

Tarantasca in the

Commission and to other Member

province of Cuneo),

States, and

Sardinia,

Sicily,

(bb)

which has been officially approved, as

Tuscany, Umbria,

well as the ‘buffer zone’, before the

beginning of the complete cycle of

vegetation preceding the last complete

cycle of vegetation, for the cultivation of

plants under the requirements laid down

in this point, and

(cc)

which, as well as the surrounding zone

Valle

d'Aosta,

Veneto (except the

of a width of at least 500 m, has been

provinces of Rovigo

found free from Erwinia amylovora

and Venice, the

(Burr.) Winsl. et al. since the beginning

communes

of

of the last complete cycle of vegetation,

Barbona,

Boara

at official inspections carried out at

Pisani, Castelbaldo,

least

Masi,

Piacenza

-

twice in the field at the most appropriate

d'Adige, S. Urbano

time, i.e. once during June to August and

and, Vescovana in

once during August to November; and

the province of

-

once in the said surrounding zone at the

Padova and the area

most appropriate time, i.e. during

situated to the south

August to November, and

of highway A4 in

(dd) from which plants were officially tested

the province of

for latent infections in accordance with

Verona)), LV, LT

an appropriate laboratory method on

(except

the

samples officiallv drawn at the most

municipalities

of

appropriate period.

Babtai

and

Between 1 April 2004 and 1 April 2005. these

Kėdainiai (region of

provisions shall not apply to plants moved into

Kaunas)),

P,

SI

and within the protected zones listed in the

(except the regions

right-hand column which have been produced

Gorenjska, Koroška,

Maribor

and

and maintained on fields located in officially

Notranjska, and the

designated "buffer zones”, according to the

communes

of

relevant requirements applicable before 1 April

Lendava and Renče-

2004. Vogrsko (south from

the highway H4)),

SK

(except

the

county of Dunajská

Streda,

Hronovce

and

Hronské

Kľačany

(Levice

County), Dvory nad

Žitavou

(Nové

Zámky

County),

Málinec

(Poltár

County),

Hrhov

(Rožňava County),

Veľké

Ripňany

(Topoľčany

County), Kazimír,

Luhyňa,

Malý

Horeš, Svätuše and

Zatín

(Trebišov

County)), FI, UK

(Northern Ireland

excluding

the

townlands

of

Ballinran

Upper,

Carrigenagh Upper,

Ballinran,

and

Carrigenagh

in

County Down, and

the Electoral Area of

Dunmurry Cross in

Belfast,

County

Antrim; Isle of Man

and

Channel

Islands).

21.1. Plants of Vitis

Without prejudice to the prohibition in Schedule

CY

L., other than

III(A)(15), on introducing plants of Vitis L.

fruit and seeds

other than fruits from third countries (except

Switzerland) into the Union, official statement

that the plants

(a)

originate in the protected zones listed in

the right hand column; or

(b)

have been subjected to an appropriate

treatment to ensure freedom from

(Fitch)

Daktulosphaira

vitifoliae

according to a specification approved in

accordance with the procedure referred

to in Article 18(2).

21.2. Fruits of

The fruits shall be free from leaves and

CY

Vitis. L

Official statement that the fruits

originate in an area known to be free from

Daktulophaira vitifoliae (Fitch);

have been grown at a place of production which

has been found free from

Daktulophaira vitifoliae (Fitch) on official

inspections carried out during the last two

complete cycles of vegetation; or

have been subject to fumigation or other

appropriate treatment against Daktulosphaira

vitifoliae (Fitch).

21.3. From 15

There shall be documented evidence that the

E

(except

the

March to 30

beehives

autonomous

June, beehives

(a)

originate in third countries recognised as

communities

of

being free from Erwinia amylovora

Andalucia, Aragón,

(Burr.) Winsl. et al. in accordance with

Castilla la Mancha,

the procedure laid down in Article 18(2),

Castilla y León,

or

Extremadura, the

(b)

originate in the Canton of Valais in

autonomous

Switzerland, or

community

of

(c)

originate in the protected zones listed in

Madrid,

Murcia,

the right-hand column, or

Navarra and La

(d)

have

undergone

an

appropriate

Rioja, the province

quarantine measure before being moved

of Guipuzcoa

(Basque Country),

the Comarcas of

Garrigues,

Noguera,

Pla

d'Urgell,

Segrià

and Urgell in the

province of Lleida

(Communidad

autonoma

de

Catalunya),

the

Comarcas de L'Alt

Vinalopó and El

Vinalopó Mitjà in

the province of

Alicante and the

municipalities of

Alborache

and

Turís

in

the

province

of

Valencia

(Comunidad

Valenciana)), EE, F

(Corsica),

IRL

(except

Galway

city), I (Abruzzo,

Apulia, Basilicata,

Calabria,

Campania, Emilia-

Romagna

(the

provinces of Parma

and

Piacenza),

Lazio,

Liguria,

Lombardy (except

the provinces of

Mantua,

Milano,

Sondrio

and

Varese), Marche,

Molise, Piedmont

(except

the

communes

of

Busca,

Centallo

and Tarantasca in

the province of

Cuneo), Sardinia,

Sicily,

Tuscany,

Umbria,

Valle

d'Aosta,

Veneto

(except

the

provinces

of

Rovigo and Venice,

the communes of

Barbona,

Boara

Pisani, Castelbaldo,

Masi,

Piacenza

d'Adige, S. Urbano

and, Vescovana in

the province of

Padova and the

area situated to the

south of highway

A4 in the province

of Verona)), LV, LT

(except

the

municipalities of

Babtai

and

Kėdainiai (region

of Kaunas)), P, SI

(except the regions

Gorenjska,

Koroška, Maribor

and

Notranjska,

and the communes

of Lendava and

Renče-Vogrsko

(south from the

highway H4)), SK

(except the county

of Dunajská Streda,

Hronovce

and

Hronské Kľačany

(Levice County),

Dvory nad Žitavou

(Nové

Zámky

County), Málinec

(Poltár

County),

Hrhov

(Rožňava

County),

Veľké

Ripňany

(Topoľčany

County), Kazimír,

Luhyňa,

Malý

Horeš, Svätuše and

Zatín

(Trebišov

County)), FI, UK

(Northern Ireland

excluding

the

townlands

of

Ballinran

Upper,

Carrigenagh Upper,

Ballinran,

and

Carrigenagh

in

County Down, and

the Electoral Area

of Dunmurry Cross

in Belfast, County

Antrim; Isle of

Man and Channel

Islands).

21.4. Plants of

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable IRL, MT, UK

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(17). or

Palmae,

intended for

Schedule IV(A)(I)(37) and (37.1) or Schedule

planting, having

IV(A)(II)(19.1), official statement that the

a diameter of the

plants

stem at the base

(a)

have been grown throughout their life in

of over 5 cm and

places of production in countries where

belonging to the

Paysandisia archon (Burmeister) is

following

known not to occur; or

genera: Brahea

(b)

have been grown throughout their life in

Mart., Butia

an area free from Paysandisia archon

Becc.,

(Burmeister) established by the national

Chamaerops L.,

plant

protection

organisation

in

Jubaea Kunth,

accordance with relevant International

Livistona R. Br.,

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures,

Phoenix L.,

or

Sabal Adans.,

(c)

have, during a period of at least two

Syagrus Mart.,

years prior to export or movement, been

Trachycarpus H.

grown in a place of production

Wendl.,

—

which is registered and supervised by the

Trithrinax Mart.,

national plant protection organisation in

the country of origin, and

Washingtonia

Raf.

—

where the plants were placed in a site

with complete physical protection

against the introduction of Paysandisia

archon (Burmeister), and

—

where, during three official inspections

per year carried out at appropriate times,

including

immediately

prior

to

movement from this place of production,

no signs of Paysandisia archon

(Burmeister) have been observed.

21.5.Plants of

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable IRL, P (Azores),

Palmae, intended

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(17) or UK

for planting,

Schedule IV(A)(I)(37) and (37.1) or Schedule

having a diameter

IV(A)(II)(19.1), official statement that the

of the stem at the

plants

base of over 5 cm

(a)

have been grown throughout their life in

and belonging to

places of production in countries where

the following taxa

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) is

Areca catechu L.,

known not to occur or

(b)

have been grown throughout their life in

Arenga pinnata

(Wurmb) Merr.,

an area free from Rhynchophorus

ferrugineus (Olivier) established by the

Bismarckia

Hildebr. & H.

national plant protection organisation in

Wendl., Borassus

accordance with relevant International

flabellifer L.,

Standards for Phytosanitary Measures,

Brahea armata S.

or

Watson, Brahea

(c)

have, during a period of at least two

edulis H. Wendl.,

years prior to export or movement, been

grown in a place of production

Butia capitata

(Mart.) Becc.,

—

which is registered and supervised by the

national plant protection organisation in

Calamus merrillii

Becc., Caryota

the country of origin, and

maxima Blume,

—

where the plants were placed in a site

with complete physical protection

Caryota cumingii

Lodd. ex Mart.,

against

the

introduction

of

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier),

Chamaerops

humilis L., Cocos

and

nucifera L.,

—

where, during three official inspections

Copernicia Mart.,

per year carried out at appropriate times,

including

immediately

prior

to

Corypha utan

Lam., Elaeis

movement from this place of production,

guineensis Jacq.,

no signs of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

(Olivier) have been observed.

Howea Phoenix

forsteriana Becc.,

Jubea chilensis

(Molina) Baill.,

Livistona australis

C. Martius,

Livistona decora

(W. Bull) Dowe,

Livistona

rotundifolia

(Lam.) Mart.,

Metroxylon sagu

Rottb., Phoenix

canariensis

Chabaud, Phoenix

dactylifera L.,

Phoenix reclinata

Jacq., Phoenix

roebelenii

O'Brien, Phoenix

sylvestris (L.)

Roxb.,

theophrasti

Greuter,

Pritchardia Seem.

& H. Wendl.,

Ravenea rivularis

Jum. & H. Perrier,

Roystonea regia

(Kunth) O. F. Cook,

Sabal palmetto

(Walter) Lodd. ex

Schult. & Schult. f.,

Syagrus

romanzoffiana

(Cham.) Glassman,

Trachycarpus

fortunei (Hook.) H.

Wendl. and

Washingtonia Raf.

22. Plants of Allium

(a)

The consignment or lot shall not contain

F (Britanny), FI,

porrum L.,

more than 1% by weight of soil, or

IRL, P (Azores),

Apium L., Beta

(b)

the plants are intended for processing at

UK

(Northern

L., other than

premises with officially approved waste

Ireland)

those mentioned

disposal facilities which ensures that

in Schedule

there is no risk of spreading BNYVV

IV(B)(25) and

those intended

for animal

fodder, Brassica

napus L.,

Brassica rapa

L., Daucus L.,

other than plants

intended for

planting

23.Plants of Beta

(a)

Without prejudice to the requirements

F (Britanny), FI,

vulgaris L.,

applicable to the plants listed in

IRL, P (Azores),

intended for

Schedule IV(A)(I), (35.1), (35.2),

UK

(Northern

planting, other

Schedule IV(A)(II)(25) and Schedule

Ireland)

than seeds

IV(B)(22), official statement that the

plants

(aa)

have been officially individually tested

and found free from Beet necrotic

yellow vein virus (BNYVV); or

(bb)

have been grown from seeds complying

with the requirements listed in Schedule

IV(B)(27.1) and (27.2), and

-

grown in areas where BNYVV is not

known to occur, or

-

grown on land, or in growing media,

officially tested by appropriate methods

and found free from BNYVV, and

-

sampled, and the sample tested and

found free from BNYVV;

(b)

the organisation or research body

holding the material shall inform their

official Member State plant protection

service of the material held

24.1.Unrooted

Without prejudice to the requirements

IRL, P (Azores,

cuttings of

applicable to the plants listed in Schedule

Beira

Interior,

IV(A)(I), (45.1), where appropriate, official

Beira Litoral, Entre

Euphorbia

statement that

Douro e Minho and

pulcherrima

Willd., intended

(a)

the unrooted cuttings originate in an area

Trás-os-Montes),

for planting

known to be free from Bemisia tabaci

UK, S, FI

Genn. (European populations), or

(b)

no signs of Bemisia tabaci Genn.

(European populations) have been

observed either on the cuttings or on the

plants from which the cuttings are

derived and held or produced at the place

of production on official inspections

carried out at least once each three

weeks during the whole production

period of these plants on this place of

production, or

(c)

in cases where Bemisia tabaci Genn.

(European populations) has been found

at the place of production, the cuttings

and the plants from which the cuttings

are derived and held or produced in this

place of production have undergone an

appropriate treatment to ensure freedom

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations) and subsequently this place

of production shall have been found free

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations) as a consequence of the

implementation

of

appropriate

procedures aimed at eradicating Bemisia

tabaci Genn. (European populations), in

both official inspections carried out

weekly during the three weeks prior to

the movement from this place of

production and in monitoring procedures

throughout the said period. The last

inspection of the above weekly

inspections shall be carried out

immediately prior to the above

movement

24.2.Plants of

Without prejudice to the requirements

IRL, P (Azores,

applicable to the plants listed in Schedule

Beira

Interior,

Euphorbia

IV(A)(I), (45.1), where appropriate, official

Beira Litoral, Entre

pulcherrima

Willd., intended

statement that

Douro e Minho and

for planting,

(a)

the plants originate in an area known to

Trás-os-Montes),

other than

be free from Bemisia tabaci Genn.

UK, S, FI

- seeds

(European populations), or

- those for which

(b)

no signs of Bemisia tabaci Genn.

there shall be

(European populations) have been

evidence by

observed on plants at the place of

their packing or

production on official inspections

their flower (or

carried out at least once each three

bract)

weeks during the nine weeks prior to

development or

marketing, or

by other means

(c)

in cases where Bemisia tabaci Genn.

that they are

(European populations) has been found

intended for sale

at the place of production, the plants

to final

held or produced in this place of

consumers not

production

have

undergone

an

involved in

appropriate treatment to ensure freedom

professional

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

plant

populations) and subsequently this place

production,

of production shall have been found free

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

- those specified

populations) as a consequence of the

in 24.1

implementation

of

appropriate

procedures aimed at eradicating Bemisia

tabaci Genn. (European populations), in

both official inspections carried out

weekly during the three weeks prior to

the movement from this place of

production and in monitoring procedures

throughout the said period. The last

inspection of the above weekly

inspections shall be carried out

immediately prior to the above

movement, and

(da) originate in an area known to be free

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations), or

(db) have been grown at a place of production

where no signs of Bemisia tabaci Genn.

(European populations) have been

observed on official inspections carried

out at least once each three weeks during

the whole production period of these

plants, or

(dc)

in cases where Bemisia tabaci Genn.

(European populations) has been found

at the place of production, have been

grown on plants held or produced in this

place of production having undergone an

appropriate treatment to ensure freedom

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations) and subsequently this place

of production shall have been found free

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations) as a consequence of the

implementation

of

appropriate

procedures aiming at eradicating

Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations), in both official inspections

carried out weekly during the three

weeks prior to the movement from this

place of production and in monitoring

procedures throughout the said period.

The last inspection of the above weekly

inspections shall be carried out

immediately prior to the above

movement

24.3 Plants of

Without prejudice to the requirements

IRL, P (Azores,

Begonia L.,

applicable to the plants listed in Schedule

Beira

Interior,

intended for

IV(A)(I)(45.1), where appropriate, official

Beira Litoral, Entre

planting,

statement that

Douro e Minho and

other than

Trás-os-Montes),

(a)

the plants orginate in an area known to UK, S, FI

seeds, tubers

be free from Bemisia tabaci Genn.

and corms,

(European populations), or

and plants of

(b)

no signs of Bemisia tabaci Genn.

Dipladenia

(European populations) have been

A.DC., Ficus

observed on plants at the place of

L., Hibiscus

production on official inspections

L.,

carried out at least once each three

Mandevilla

weeks during the nine weeks prior to

Lindl. and

marketing, or

Nerium

(c)

in cases where Bemisia tabaci Genn.

oleander L.,

(European populations) has been found

intended for

at the place of production, the plants,

planting,

held or produced in this place of

other than

production

have

undergone

an

seeds

appropriate treatment to ensure freedom

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations) and subsequently this place

of production shall have been found free

from Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations) as a consequence of the

implementation

of

appropriate

procedures aiming at eradicating

Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European

populations), in both official inspections

carried out weekly during the three

weeks prior to the movement from this

place of production and in monitoring

procedures throughout the said period,

or IRL, P (Azores, Beira Interior, Beira

Litoral, Entre Douro e Minho and Trás-

os-Montes), UK, S, FI’ 15.7.2017 L 184/

55 Official Journal of the European

Union EN (d) for those plants for which

there shall be evidence by their packing

or their flower development or by other

means that they are intended for direct

sale to final consumers not involved in

professional plant production, the plants

have been officially inspected and found

free from Bemisia tabaci Genn.

(European populations) immediately

prior to their movement.

25.Plants of Beta

Official statement that

F (Britanny), FI,

vulgaris L.,

(a)

the plants are transported in such a IRL, P (Azores),

intended for

manner as to ensure that there is no risk UK

(Northern

industrial

of spreading BNYVV, and are intended Ireland)

processing

to be delivered to a processing plant with

officially approved waste disposal

facilities, which ensures that there is no

risk of spreading BNYVV, or

(b)

the plants have been grown in an area

where BNYVV is known not to occur

26.Soil from beet

Official statement that the soil or waste

F (Britanny), FI,

and unsterilised

IRL, P (Azores),

(a)

has

been

treated

to

eliminate UK

waste from beet

(Northern

contamination with BNYVV, or

(Beta vulgaris

Ireland)

L.)

(b)

is intended to be transported for disposal

in an officially approved manner, or

(c)

comes from Beta vulgaris L. plants

grown in an area where BNYVV is

known not to occur

27.1.Seeds and

Without prejudice to the provisions of Council

F (Britanny), FI,

fodder beet seed

Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the

IRL, P (Azores),

of the species

marketing of beet seed, where applicable,

UK

(Northern

Beta vulgaris L.

official statement that

Ireland)

(a)

the seed of the categories ‘basic seed’

and ‘certified seed’ satisfies the

conditions lais down in Schedule I(B)(3)

to Directive 66/400/EEC; or

(b)

in the case of ‘seed not finally certified’,

the seed

-

satisfies the conditions laid down in

Article 15(2) of Directive 66/400/EEC,

and

-

in intended for processing that will

satisfy the conditions laid down in

Schedule I(B) to Directive 66/400/EEC

and delivered to a processing enterprise

with officially approved controlled

waste disposal, to prevent the spread of

Beet necrotic yellow vein virus

(BNYVV);

(c)

the seed has been produced from a crop

grown in an area where BNYVV is

known not to occur

27.2.Vegetable seed

Without prejudice to the provisions of Council

F (Britanny), FI,

of the species

Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 on

IRL, P (Azores),

Beta vulgaris L.

the marketing of vegetable seed, where

UK

(Northern

applicable, official statement that

Ireland)

(a)

the processed seed contains no more

than 0,5% by weight of inert matter, in

the case of pelleted seed this standard

shall be met prior to pelleting; or

(b)

in the case of non-processed seed, the

seed

-

shall be officially packed in such a

manner as to ensure that there is no risk

of spread of BNYVV, and

-

is intended for processing that will

satisfy the conditions laid down in (a)

and delivered to a processing enterprise

with officially controlled waste disposal,

to avid the spread of Beet necrotic

yellow vein virus (BNYVV); or

(c)

the seed has been produced from a crop

grown in an area where BNYVV is not

known to occur.

Official statement that

EL

(a)

the seed has been acid-delinted, and

(b)

no symptoms of Glomerella gossypii

Edgerton have been observed at the

place of production since the beginning

of the last complete cycle of vegetation,

and that a representative sample has

been tested and has been found free from

Glomerella gossypii Edgerton in those

tests.

Official statement that the seed has been acid- EL, E (Andalucia,

delinted.

Catalonia,

Extremadura,

Murcia, Valencia)

Official statement that the seeds originate in E (Granada and

areas known to be free from Sternochetus Malaga),

P

mangiferae Fabricius.

(Alentejo, Algarve

and Madeira)

(a)

The machinery shall be cleaned and free F (Britanny), FI,

from soil and plant debris when brought IRL, P (Azores).

in on places of production where beets UK

(Northern

are grown, or

Ireland)

(b)

the machinery shall come from an area

where BNYVV is known not to occur

Without prejudice to the requirement in

EL (except the

Schedule IV Part A Section II point 30.1 that

Regional Units of

packaging should bear an origin mark

Argolida

and

(a)

the fruits shall be free from leaves and

Chania), M, P

peduncles; or

(except

Algarve

(b)

in the case of fruits with leaves or

and Madeira)

peduncles, official statement that the

fruits are packed in closed containers

which have been officially sealed and

shall remain sealed during their transport

through a protected zone, recognised for

these fruits, and shall bear a

distinguishing mark to be reported on

the passport.

32.Plants of Vitis

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable

CZ, FR (Alsace,

L., other than

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(15),

Champagne-

fruit and seeds.

IVA(II)17, and IVB21.1, official statement that

Ardenne, Picardie

(a)

the plants originate and have been grown

(départe-ment de

in a place of production in a country

l'Aisne), Ile de

where Grapevine flavescence dorée

France (communes

MLO is not known to occur; or

de Citry, Nanteuil-

(b)

the plants originate and have been grown

sur-Marne

et

in a place of production in an area free

Saâcy-sur-Marne)

from Grapevine flavescence dorée MLO

and Lorraine), I

established by the national plant

(Apulia, Basilicata

protection organisation in accordance

and Sardinia)

with the relevant international standards;

or

(c)

the plants originate and have been grown

in either the Czech Republic, France

(Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, Picardie

(département de l'Aisne), Ile de France

(communes de Citry, Nanteuil-sur-

Marne

et Saâcy-sur-Marne)

and

Lorraine) or Italy (Apulia, Basilicata and

Sardinia); or

(cc) the plants originate and have been grown

in Switzerland (except the Canton of

Ticino and the Misox Valley); or

(d)

the plants originate and have been grown

in a place of production where

(aa) no symptoms of Grapevine flavescence

dorée MLO have been observed on the

mother-stock plants since the beginning

of the last two complete cycles of

vegetation; and

(bb) either -

(i)

no symptoms of Grapevine flavescence

dorée MLO have been found on the

plants in the place of production; or,

(ii)

the plants have undergone hot water

treatment of at least 50°C for 45 minutes

in order to eliminate the presence of

Grapevine flavescence dorée MLO.

33.Plants of

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable

IRL, UK

Castanea Mill.,

to the plants listed in Schedule III(A)(2) and

other than plants

IV(A)(I)(11.1) and (11.2), official statement

in tissue culture,

that

fruit and seeds

(a)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in places of production in

countries where Dryocosmus kuriphilus

Yasumatsu is known not to occur, or

(b)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in an area free from

Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu,

established by the national plant

protection organisation in accordance

with relevant International Standards for

Phytosanitary Measures, or

(c)

the plants have been grown throughout

their life in the protected zones listed in

the right-hand column.

".

6. Schedule V to the principal regulations shall be substituted

by the following new Schedule

"SCHEDULE V

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS

WHICH MUST BE SUBJECT TO A PLANT HEALTH

INSPECTION - AT THE PLACE OF PRODUCTION IF

ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY, BEFORE BEING

MOVED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY - IN THE COUNTRY

OF ORIGIN OR THE CONSIGNOR COUNTRY, IF

ORIGINATING OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY - BEFORE

BEING PERMITTED TO ENTER THE COMMUNITY

PART A

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS

ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY

Plants, plant products and other objects which are potential

carriers of harmful organisms of relevance for the entire

Community and which must be accompanied by a plant passport

1. Plants and plant products

1.1. Plants, intended for planting, other than seeds, of Amelanchier

Med., Chaenomeles Lindl., Cotoneaster Ehrh., Crataegus L.,

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

Photinia davidiana (Dene.) Cardot, Prunus L., other than

Prunus laurocerasus L. and Prunus lusitanica L., Pyracantha

Roem., Pyrus L. and Sorbus L.

1.2. Plants of Beta vulgaris L. and Humulus lupulus L., intended for

planting, other than seeds.

1.3. Plants of stolon- or tuber-forming species of Solanum L. or their

hybrids, intended for planting.

1.4. Plants of Choisya Kunth, Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and

their hybrids, Casimiroa La Llave, Clausena Burm. f., Murraya

J. Koenig ex L., Vepris Comm., Zanthoxylum L. and Vitis L.,

other than fruits and seeds.

1.5. Without prejudice to point 6, plants of Citrus L. and their

hybrids other than fruit and seeds.

1.6. Fruits of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and their

hybrids with leaves and peduncles.

1.7. Wood within the meaning of the first sub-paragraph of Article

2(2), where it

(a) has been obtained in whole or part from Platanus L.,

including wood which has not kept its natural round surface;

(b) meets one of the following descriptions laid down in

Annex I, Part Two to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 of

23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on

the Common Customs Tariff *

Description

Non-coniferous fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or

in similar forms

Non-coniferous wood, in chips or particles

Wood waste and scrap (other than sawdust), not agglomerated

Non-coniferous wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains,

creosote or other preservatives, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or

roughly squared

Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.),

beech (Fagus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), poplar and aspen (Populus

spp.) or eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)), in the rough, whether or not

stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated

with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives

Non-coniferous split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of non-

coniferous wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise

Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.),

beech (Fagus spp.), maple (Acer spp.), cherry (Prunus spp.), ash

(Fraxinus spp.), birch (Betula spp.) or poplar and aspen (Populus

spp.)), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not

planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm.

1.8. (Deleted by L.N. 55 of 2005)

2. Plants, plant products and other objects produced by producers

whose production and sale is authorised to persons

professionally engaged in plant production, other than those

plants, plant products and other objects which are prepared and

ready for sale to the final consurner, and for which it is ensured

by the responsible official bodies of the Member States, that the

production thereof is clearly separate from that of other

*OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p.1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1558/2004

(OJ L 283, 2.9.2004, p.7).

2.1. Plants intended for planting, other than seeds, of the genera

Abies Mill., Apium graveolens L., Argyranthemum spp.,

Asparagus officinalis L., Aster spp., Brassica spp., Castanea

Mill., Cucumis spp., Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul., Dianthus

L. and hybrids, Exacum spp., Fragaria L., Gerbera Cass.,

Gypsophila L., all varieties of New Guinea hybrids of Impatiens

L., Lactuca spp., Larix Mill., Leucanthemum L., Lupinus L.,

Pelargonium l'Hérit. ex Ait., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L., Platanus

L., Populus L., Prunus laurocerasus L., Prunus lusitanica L.,

Pseudotsuga Carr., Quercus L., Rubus L., Spinacia L.,

Tanacetum L., Tsuga Carr., Ulmus L., Verbena L. and other

plants of herbaceous species, other than plants of the family

Gramineae, intended for planting, and other than bulbs, corms,

rhizomes, seeds and tubers.

2.2. Plants of Solanaceae, other than those referred to in point 1.3

intended for planting, other than seeds.

2.3. Plants of Araceae, Marantaceae, Musaceae, Persea spp. and

Strelitziaceae, rooted or with growing medium attached or

associated.

2.3.1. Plants of Palmae, intended for planting, having a diameter of

the stem at the base of over 5 cm and belonging to the

following genera: Brahea Mart., Butia Becc., Chamaerops L.,

Jubaea Kunth, Livistona R. Br., Phoenix L., Sabal Adans.,

Syagrus Mart., Trachycarpus H. Wendl., Trithrinax Mart.,

Washingtonia Raf.

2.4. Seeds and bulbs of Allium ascalonicum L., Allium cepa L., and

Allium schoenoprasum L. intended for planting and plants of

Allium porrum L. intended for planting.

Seeds of Medicago sativa L.,

Seeds of Helianthus annuus L., Solanum lycopersicum L., and

Phaseolus L.

3. Bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes intended for planting,

produced by producers whose production and sale is authorised

to persons professionally engaged in plant production, other

than those plants, plant products and other objects which are

prepared and ready for sale to the final consumer, and for which

it is ensured by the responsible official bodies of the Member

States, that the production thereof is clearly separate from that

of other products of Camassia Lindl., Chionodoxa Boiss.,

Crocus flavus Weston "Golden Yellow”, Dahlia spp., Galanthus

L., Galtonia candicans (Baker) Decne., miniature cultivars and

their hybrids of the genus Gladiolus Tourn. ex L., such as

Gladiolus callianthus Marais, Gladiolus colvillei Sweet,

Gladiolus nanus hort., Gladiolus ramosus hort. and Gladiolus

tubergenii hort., Hyacinthus L., Iris L., Ismene Herbert, Lilium

spp., Muscari Miller, Narcissus L., Ornithogalum L.,

Puschkinia Adams, Scilla L., Tigridia Juss. and Tulipa L.

Plants, plant products and other objects which are potential

carriers of harmful organisms of relevance for certain protected

zones, and which must be accompanied by a plant passport valid

for the appropriate zone when introduced into or moved within

that zone

Without prejudice to the plants, plant products and other

objectes listed in Part I.

1. Plants, plant products and other objects

1.1. Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L. and

Pseudotsuga Carr.

1.2. Plants intended for planting, other than seeds, of Beta vulgaris L.,

Platanus L., Populus L., Prunus L. and Quercus spp., other than

Quercus suber and Ulmus L.

1.3. Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Amelanchier Med.,

Castanea Mill., Chaenomeles Lindl., Cotoneaster Ehrh.,

Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill., Eriobotrya Lindl., Eucalyptus

L’Herit., Malus Mill., Mespilus L., Photinia davidiana

(Dcne.) Cardot, Pyracantha Roem., Pyrus L., Sorbus L. and

Vitis L.

1.3.1. Plants of Palmae, intended for planting, having a diameter of

the stem at the base of over 5 cm and belonging to the following

taxa: Areca catechu L., Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr.,

Bismarckia Hildebr. & H. Wendl., Borassus flabellifer L.,

Brahea Mart., Butia Becc., Calamus merrillii Becc., Caryota

maxima Blume, Caryota cumingii Lodd. ex Mart., Chamaerops

L., Cocos nucifera L., Copernicia Mart., Corypha utan Lam.,

Elaeis guineensis Jacq., Howea forsteriana Becc., Jubaea

Kunth, Livistona R. Br., Metroxylon sagu Rottb., Phoenix L.,

Pritchardia Seem. & H. Wendl., Ravenea rivularis Jum. & H.

Perrier, Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook, Sabal Adans.,

Syagrus Mart., Trachycarpus H. Wendl., Trithrinax Mart.,

Washingtonia Raf.

1.4. Live pollen for pollination of Amelanchier Med., Chaenomeles

Lindl., Cotoneaster Ehrh., Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill.,

Eriobotrya Lindl., Malus Mill., Mespilus L., Photinia davidiana

(Dene.) Cardot, Pyracantha Roem., Pyrus L. and Sorbus L.

1.5. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., intended for planting.

1.6. Plants of Beta vulgaris L., intended for industrial processing.

1.7. Soil from beet and unsterilised waste from beet (Beta vulgaris

L.)

1.8. Seeds of Beta vulgaris L., Castanea Mill., Dolichos Jacq.,

Gossypium spp. and Phaseolus vulgaris L.

1.9. Fruits (bolls) of Gossypium spp. and unginned cotton, fruits of

Vitis L.

1.10. Wood, where it

(a) has been obtained in whole or part from conifers

(Coniferales), excluding wood which is bark-free, Castanea

Mill., excluding wood which is bark-free, Platanus L.,

including wood which has not kept its natural round surface;

and

(b) meets one of the following descriptions laid down in

Annex I, Part Two to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87

CN code

Description

4401 11 00

Coniferous fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in

similar forms

4401 12 00

Non-coniferous fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in

similar forms

4401 21 00

Coniferous wood, in chips or particles

4401 22 00

Non-coniferous wood, in chips or particles

4401 40 90

Wood waste and scrap (other than sawdust), not agglomerated

ex 4403 11 00

Coniferous wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or

other preservatives, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly

squared

ex 4403 12 00

Non-coniferous wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote

or other preservatives, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly

squared

Coniferous wood of pine (Pinus spp.) in the rough, not stripped of

bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint,

stains, creosote or other preservatives, of which any cross-sectional

dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of pine (Pinus spp.) in the rough, not stripped of

bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint,

stains, creosote or other preservatives, other than of which any cross-

sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) in the

rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other

than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, of

which any cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) in the

rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other

than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, other

than of which any cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood, other than of pine (Pinus spp.), fir (Abies spp.) or

spruce (Picea spp.), in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or

roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or

other preservatives, of which any cross- sectional dimension is 15 cm

or more

Coniferous wood, other than of pine (Pinus spp.), fir (Abies spp.) or

spruce (Picea spp.), in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or

roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or

other preservatives, other than of which any cross-sectional

dimension is 15 cm or more

Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.),

beech (Fagus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), poplar and aspen (Populus

spp.) or eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)), in the rough, whether or not

stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated

with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives

Split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn

lengthwise

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled,

whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness

exceeding 6 mm

Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.),

beech (Fagus spp.), maple (Acer spp.), cherry (Prunus spp.), ash

(Fraxinus spp.), birch (Betula spp.) or poplar and aspen (Populus

spp.)), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not

planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

1.11. Isolated bark of Castanea Mill, and conifers (Coniferales).

2. Plants, plant products and other objects produced by producers

whose production and sale is authorised to persons

professionally engaged in plant production, other than those

plants, plant products and other objects which are prepared and

ready for sale to the final consurner, and for which it is ensured

by the responsible official bodies of the Member States, that the

production thereof is clearly separate from that of other

2.1. Plants of Begonia L., intended for planting, other than corms,

seeds and tubers, and plants of Dipladenia A.DC., Euphorbia

pulcherrima Willd., Ficus L., Hibiscus L., Mandevilla Lindl.

and Nerium oleander L., intended for planting, other than seeds.

PART B

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS

ORIGINATING IN TERRITORIES, OTHER THAN

THOSE TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN PART A

Plants, plant products and other objects which are potential

carriers of harmful organisms of relevance for the entire

Community

1. Plants, intended for planting, other than seeds but including

seeds of Cruciferae, Gramineae, Trifolium spp., originating in

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Chile, New Zealand and Uruguay,

genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan,

India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa and the

USA, Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Raf., and

their hybrids, Capsicum spp., Helianthus annuus L., Solanum

lycopersicum L., Medicago sativa L., Prunus L., Rubus L.,

Oryza spp., Zea mays L., Allium ascalonicum L., Allium cepa

L., Allium porrum L., Allium schoenoprasum L. and Phaseolus

L.

2. Parts of plants, other than fruits and seeds of

-

Castanea Mill., Dendranthema (DC.) Des

Moul., Dianthus L., Gypsophila L., Pelargonium l'Herit.

ex Ait, Phoenix spp., Populus L., Quercus L., Solidago L.

and cut flowers of Orchidaceae,

-

conifers (Coniferales),

-

Acer saccharum Marsh., originating in the

USA and Canada,

-

Prunus L., originating in non-European

countries,

-

Cut flowers of Aster spp., Eryngium L.,

Hypericum L., Lisianthus L., Rosa L. and Trachelium L.,

originating in non-European countries,

-

Leafy vegetables of Apium graveolens L.,

Ocimum L., Limnophila L. and Eryngium L.,

-

Leaves of Manihot esculenta Crantz,

-

Cut branches of Betula L. with or without

foliage,

-

Cut branches of Fraxinus L., Juglans

ailantifolia Carr., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus

davidiana Planch. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold &

Zucc., with or without foliage, originating in Canada,

China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan,

Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and USA,

Amiris P. Browne, Casimiroa La Llave,

-

Citropsis Swingle & Kellerman, Eremocitrus Swingle,

Esenbeckia Kunth., Glycosmis Corrêa, Merrillia Swingle,

Naringi Adans., Tetradium Lour., Toddalia Juss. and

Zanthoxylum L.

2.1 Parts of plants, other than fruits but including seeds, of Aegle

Corrêa, Aeglopsis Swingle, Afraegle Engl., Atalantia Corrêa,

Balsamocitrus Stapf, Burkillanthus Swingle, Calodendrum

Thunb., Choisya Kunth, Clausena Burm. f., Limonia L.,

Microcitrus Swingle, Murraya J. Koenig ex L., Pamburus

Swingle, Severinia Ten., Swinglea Merr., Triphasia Lour and

Vepris Comm.

3. Fruits of

-

Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus

Raf., Microcitrus Swingle, Naringi Adans., Swinglea

Merr. and their hybrids, Momordica L., Solanum

lycopersicum L., and Solanum melongena L. ,

-

Annona L., Cydonia Mill., Diospyros L.,

Malus Mill., Mangifera L., Passiflora L., Prunus L.,

Psidium L., Pyrus L., Ribes L., Syzygium Gaertn., and

Vaccinium L., originating in non-European countries,

-

Capsicum L.

- Punica granatum L. originating in countries of

the African continent, Cape Verde, Saint Helena,

Madagascar, La Reunion, Mauritius and Israel.

4. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L.

5. Isolated bark of

-

conifers (Coniferales), originating in non-

European countries,

-

Acer saccharum Marsh, Populus L., and

Quercus L. other than Quercus suber L.,

-

Fraxinus L., Juglans ailantifolia Carr.,

Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch.

and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., originating in

Canada, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea,

Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and

USA,

-

Betula L., originating in Canada and the

USA.

6. Wood within the meaning of the first sub-paragraph of Article

2(2), where it

(a) has been obtained in whole or part from one of the

order, genera or species as described hereafter, except wood

packaging material defined in Schedule IV, Part A, Section I,

Point 2

-

Quercus L., including wood which has not

kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA,

except wood which meets the description referred to in (b)

of CN code 4416 00 00 and where there is documented

evidence that the wood has been processed or

manufactured using a heat treatment to achieve a minimum

temperature of 176°C for 20 minutes,

-

Platanus L., including wood which has not

kept its natural round surface, originating in Armenia,

Switzerland or the USA,

Populus L., including wood which has not

-

kept its natural round surface, originating in countries of

the American continent,

Acer saccharum Marsh., including wood

-

which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in

the USA and Canada,

-

Conifers (Coniferales), including wood which

has not kept its natural round surface, originating in non-

European countries, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey,

-

Fraxinus L., Juglans ailantifolia Carr.,

Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch.

and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., including

wood which has not kept its natural round surface,

originating in Canada, China, Democratic People's

Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea,

Russia, Taiwan and USA,

-

Betula L., including wood which has not kept

its natural round surface, originating in Canada and the

USA; and

- Amelanchier Medik., Aronia Medik., Cotoneaster

Medik., Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus

L., Pyracantha M. Roem., Pyrus L. and Sorbus L.,

including wood which has not kept its natural round

surface, except sawdust or shavings, originating in Canada

or the USA,

(b) meets one of the following descriptions laid down in

Schedule I, Part two to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87

Description

Coniferous fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar

forms

Non-coniferous fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in

similar forms

Coniferous wood, in chips or particles

Non-coniferous wood, in chips or particles

Sawdust, not agglomerated

Wood waste and scrap (other than sawdust), not agglomerated

ex 4403 11 00

Coniferous wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or

other preservatives, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared

ex 4403 12 00

Non-coniferous wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or

other preservatives, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared

Coniferous wood of pine (Pinus spp.) in the rough, not stripped of bark

or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains,

creosote or other preservatives, of which any cross-sectional dimension

is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of pine (Pinus spp.) in the rough, not stripped of bark

or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains,

creosote or other preservatives, other than of which any cross-sectional

dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) in the rough,

not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated

with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, of which any cross-

sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) in the rough,

not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated

with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, other than of which

any cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood, other than of pine (Pinus spp.), fir (Abies spp.) or

spruce (Picea spp.), in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or

roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other

preservatives, of which any cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood, other than of pine (Pinus spp.), fir (Abies spp.) or

spruce (Picea spp.), in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or

roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other

preservatives, other than of which any cross-sectional dimension is 15

cm or more

Oak wood (Quercus spp.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark

or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains,

creosote or other preservatives

Wood of birch (Betula spp.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark

or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains,

creosote or other preservatives, of which any cross-sectional dimension

is 15 cm or more

Wood of birch (Betula spp.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark

or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains,

creosote or other preservatives, other than of which any cross-sectional

dimension is 15 cm or more

Wood of poplar and aspen (Populus spp.) in the rough, whether or not

stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with

paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives

Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.),

beech (Fagus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), poplar and aspen (Populus spp.)

or eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)), in the rough, whether or not stripped of

bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint,

stains, creosote or other preservatives

Split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn

lengthwise

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether

or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

Oak wood (Quercus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled,

whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6

mm

Wood of Acer saccharum Marsh, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or

peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness

exceeding 6 mm

Wood of cherry (Prunus spp.) sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or

peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness

exceeding 6 mm

Wood of ash (Fraxinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or

peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness

exceeding 6 mm

Wood of birch (Betula spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or

peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness

exceeding 6 mm

Wood of poplar and aspen (Populus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise,

sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a

thickness exceeding 6 mm

Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.),

beech (Fagus spp.), maple (Acer spp.), cherry (Prunus spp.), ash

(Fraxinus spp.), birch (Betula spp.) or poplar and aspen (Populus spp.)),

sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed,

sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

Coniferous sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing

laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other

wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded,

spliced or end- jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm

Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof,

of wood, including staves

Prefabricated buildings of wood

7. (a)Soil and growing medium as such, which consists

in whole or in part of soil or solid organic substances such as

parts of plants, humus including peat or bark, other than that

composed entirely of peat.

(b)Soil and growing medium, attached to or

associated with plants, consisting in whole or in part of material

specified in (a) or consisting in part of any solid inorganic

substance, intended to sustain the vitality of the plants,

originating in

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Turkey,

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Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine,

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non-European countries, other than Algeria,

Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.

8. Grain of the genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale

originating in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal,

Pakistan, South Africa and the Usa.

Plants, plant products and other objects which are potential

carriers of harmful organisms of relevance for certain protected

zones

Without prejudice to the plants, plant products and other objects

listed in Part I.

1. Plants of Beta vulgaris L., intended for industrial processing

2. Soil from beet and unsterilised waste from beet (Beta vulgaris

L.)

3. Live pollen for pollination of Amelanchier Med., Chaenomeles

Lindl., Cotoneaster Ehrh., Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill.,

Eriobotrya Lindl., Malus Mill., Mespilus L., Photinia davidiana

(Dcne.) Cardot, Pyracantha Roem., Pyrus L. and Sorbus L.

4. Parts of plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Amelanchier Med.,

Chaenomeles Lindl., Cotoneaster Ehrh., Crataegus L., Cydonia

Mill., Eriobotrya Lindl., Malus Mill., Mespilus L., Photinia

davidiana (Dene.) Cardot, Pyracantha Roem., Pyrus L. and

Sorbus L.

5. Seeds of Castanea Mill., Dolichos Jacq., Magnifera spp.,

Beta vulgaris L., and Phaseolus vulgaris L.

6. Seeds and fruits (bolls) of Gossypium spp., and unginned cotton.

7. Wood, where it

(a) has been obtained in whole or part from conifers

(Coniferales), excluding wood which is bark-free originating in

European third countries and Castanea Mill., excluding wood

which is bark-free and

(b) meets one of the following descriptions laid down in

Annex I, Part Two to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87

CN code

Description

4401 11 00

Coniferous fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in

similar forms

4401 12 00

Non-coniferous fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in

similar forms

4401 21 00

Coniferous wood, in chips or particles

4401 22 00

Non-coniferous wood, in chips or particles

4401 40 90

Wood waste and scrap (other than sawdust), not agglomerated

ex 4403 11 00

Coniferous wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or

other preservatives, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly

squared

Non-coniferous wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote

or other preservatives, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly

squared

Coniferous wood of pine (Pinus spp.) in the rough, not stripped of bark

or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains,

creosote or other preservatives, of which any cross-sectional

dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of pine (Pinus spp.) in the rough, not stripped of bark

or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains,

creosote or other preservatives, other than of which any cross-

sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) in the

rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than

treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, of which any

cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) in the

rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than

treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, other than of

which any cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

Coniferous wood, other than of pine (Pinus spp.), fir (Abies spp.) or

spruce (Picea spp.), in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or

roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other

preservatives, of which any cross- sectional dimension is 15 cm or

more

Coniferous wood, other than of pine (Pinus spp.), fir (Abies spp.) or

spruce (Picea spp.), in the rough, not stripped of bark or sapwood, or

roughly squared, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other

preservatives, other than of which any cross-sectional dimension is 15

cm or more

Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.),

beech (Fagus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), poplar and aspen (Populus

spp.) or eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)), in the rough, whether or not

stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other than treated

with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives

Split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn

lengthwise

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled,

whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding

6 mm

Non-coniferous wood (other than tropical wood, oak (Quercus spp.),

beech (Fagus spp.), maple (Acer spp.), cherry (Prunus spp.), ash

(Fraxinus spp.), birch (Betula spp.) or poplar and aspen (Populus

spp.)), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not

planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood;

cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of

wood; pallet collars of wood

Prefabricated buildings of wood

8. Parts of plants of Eucalyptus l’Hérit.

9. Isolated bark of conifers (Coniferales) originating in European

third countries.".

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