Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,461, 13 ta’ Awwissu, 2020

L.N. 331 of 2020

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT

(CAP. 433)

Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables

(Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant

Quarantine Act, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal

Rights has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Seeds of Citation and

Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, scope.

2020 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables, hereinafter referred to as S.L. 433. 30.

"the principal regulations".

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

Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 amending Council Directives

66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/56/EC and

Commission Implementing Directive 2014/21/EU as regards pests of

plants on seeds.

The tables to the principal regulations shall be renumbered Renumbers

tables to the

as follows

principal

regulations.

(a) tables 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16,

1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20 shall be renumbered as tables 1.9, 1.14,

1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.31, 1.32, 1.33, 1.34 and 1.35

respectively.

(b) the words "Table 1.8" in item 1 Section II Part 5,

"Isolation distances" of Schedule II to the principal regulations

shall be substituted by the words "Table 1.9";

(c)

the words "Table 1.9" in Item 1 Section I Part 1 A of

Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted by

the words "Table 1.14";

(d) the words "Table 1.10" in Item 1 Section I Part1 B of

Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted by

the words "Table 1.15";

(e)

the words "Table 1.11" in Table 1.32 in Item 1

Section I of Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the words "Table 1.16";

(f)

the words "Table 1.12 in Item 1 Section I Part 3 of

Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted by

the words "Table 1.17" wherever they occur;

(g)

the words "Table 1.12" in Table 1.32 in Item 1

Section I of Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the words "Table 1.17";

(h)

The words "Table 1.13" in Item 1 Section II Part 2.

A. 2. of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the words "Table 1.19" wherever they occur;

(i)

the words "Table 1.13" in table 1.33 in Item 1

Section II of Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the words "Table 1.19";

(j)

the words "Table 1.14" in Item 1 Section II Part 2 A

2(e) and (g) of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the words "Table 1.20";

(k)

the words "Table 1.14 in Item 1 Section II Part 2 B

of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted

by the words "Table 1.20";

(l)

the words "Table 1.14" in Item 1 Section II Part 2 C

of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted

by the words "Table 1.20" wherever they occur;

(m) the words "Table 1.15" in Item 1 Section II Part 2 A

2 (f) of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the words "Table 1.21";

(n) the words "Table 1.15" in Item 1 Section II Part 2 B

of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted

by the words "Table 1.21" wherever they occur;

(o) the words "Table 1.15" in Item 1 Section II Part 2 B

(j) of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted

by the words "Table 1.21";

(p) the words "Table 1.15" in Item 1 Section II Part 2 C

of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted

by the words "Table 1.21";

(q)

the words "Table 1.15" in table 1.33 in Item 1

Section II of Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the words "Table 1.21";

(r)

the words "Table 1.16" in Item 2. Section 3 of

Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted by

the words "Table 1.31";

(s)

the words "Table 1.16" in table 1.17 in Item 1

Section I Part 3 of Schedule III to the principal regulations by

the words "Table 1.32";

(t)

the words "Table 1.17" in Item 1 Section I Part 2 of

Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be substituted by

the words "Table 1.32";

(u)

the words "Table 1.17" in Item 1 Section I of

Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be substituted by

the words "Table 1.32";

(v)

the words "Table 1.18" in table 1.19 in Item 1

Section II 2 A 2 of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall

be substituted by the words "Table 1.33";

(w)

the words "Table 1.18" in table 1.21 in Item 1

Section II Part 2 B 2 of Schedule III to the principal regulations

shall be substituted by the words "Table 1.33";

(x) the words "Table 1.18" in Item 1 Section II Part 2 B

(f) of Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the words "Yable 1.33";

(y)

the words "Table 1.18" in Item 1 Section II of

Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be substituted by

the words "Table 1.33";

(z)

the words "Table 1.19" in Item 2 A. of Schedule IV

to the principal regulations shall be substituted by the words

"Table 1.34"; and

(aa) the words "Table 1.20" in Item 2 B. of Schedule IV

to the principal regulations shall be substituted by the words

"Table 1.35".

Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be amended as Amends

Schedule II to

follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) item 1 Section I Part 2 "Crop health" thereof shall be

substituted by the following

"The crop shall be practically free from any pests

which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.

The crop shall also comply with the requirements

concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone

quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests

("RNQPs") provided for in implementing acts adopted

pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 as well as the

measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that

Regulation.";

(b) item1 Section II Part 2 "Crop health" thereof shall be

substituted by the following

"(a) The crop shall be practically free from any pests

which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.

The crop shall also comply with the requirements

concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine

pests and regulated non-quarantine pests ("RNQPs") provided

for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU)

2016/2031 as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article

30(1) of that Regulation;

(b) The presence of RNQPs on the crop and the

respective categories shall comply with the following

requirements as set out in table 1.8 below

Table 1.8

Thresholds

Thresholds

Thresholds

Plants for

for the

for the

RNQPs or symptoms

planting

for the

production

production

caused by RNQPs

(genus or

production

of pre-basic

of certified

species)

of basic seed

seed

seed

0%

0%

0%

Medicago

Clavibactermichiganensis

ssp. insidiosus

sativa L.

(McCulloch 1925)

Davis et al. [CORBIN]

0%

0%

0%

Ditylenchus dipsaci

Medicago

(Kuehn) Filipjev

sativa L.

";

(c) in section III thereof, the words under "Seed

potatoes" shall be substituted by the words

"Pre-basic seed potatoes

Minimum conditions for pre-basic seed potatoes

1. It has to be ensured that pre-basic seed potatoes

satisfy the following minimum conditions

(a) they derive from mother plants which are free from

the following pests: Pectobacterium spp., Dickeya spp.,

Liberibacter

Candidatus

solanacearum,

Candidatus

Phytoplasma solani, Potato spindle tuber viroid, Potato leaf roll

virus, Potato virus A, Potato virus M, Potato virus S, Potato virus

X, and Potato virus Y;

(b) the number of growing plants not breeding true to the

variety and the number of plants of a different variety together,

shall not exceed 0.01%;

(c)

the maximum number of field generations shall be

four;

(d) RNQPs, or symptoms caused by the respective

RNQPs, shall not be present above the thresholds on the pre-

basic seed potatoes as set out in tables 1.10 and 1.11 below

Table 1.10

Threshold for the presence of

RNQPs or symptoms caused by

RNQPs on the growing plants for

RNQPs

pre-basic seed potatoes

Blackleg (Dickeya Samson et al. spp.

0%

[1DICKG]; Pectobacterium Waldee

emend. Hauben et al. spp. [1PECBG])

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

0%

Liefting et al. [LIBEPS]

Candidatus Phytoplasma solani

0%

Quaglino et al. [PHYPSO]

Mosaic symptoms caused by viruses

0.1%

symptoms caused by Potato leaf roll

virus [PLRV00]

Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0]

0%

Table 1.11

Threshold for the presence of

RNQPs or symptoms caused by

RNQPs on the direct progeny of

RNQPs

pre-basic seed potatoes

Symptoms of virus infection

0.5%

2. It has to be provided that pre-basic seed potatoes may

be marketed as "Union grades PBTC" and "Union grade PB", in

accordance with the conditions set out in the Schedule.

3. Compliance with the requirements of points (b) and

(d) of paragraph 1 shall be established through official field

inspections. In case of doubt, those inspections shall be

supplemented by official tests on leaves.

Where methods of micro-propagation are used, compliance

with point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be established by official

testing, or testing under official supervision, of the mother plant.

Where methods of clonal selection are used, compliance

with point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be established by official

testing, or testing under official supervision, of the clonal stock.

Minimum conditions to be satisfied by basic and

certified seed potatoes

1. In the case of basic seed potatoes, the number of

growing plants not breeding true to the variety and the number of

plants of a different variety shall, together, not exceed 0.1% and

in the direct progeny, shall, together, not exceed 0.25%.

2. In the case of certified seed potatoes, the number of

plants not breeding true to the variety and the number of plants

of a different variety, shall, together, not exceed 0.5% and in the

direct progeny, shall, together, not exceed 0.5%.

3. Seed potatoes shall comply with the following

requirements concerning the presence of regulated non-

quarantine pests (RNQPs), or diseases caused by RNQPs, and

the respective categories, as set out in tables 1.12 and 1.13

below

Table 1.12

Threshold in the

Threshold in the

RNQPs or symptoms

growing plants for basic

growing plants for

caused by RNQPs

seed potatoes

certified seed potatoes

Blackleg (Dickeya

1.0%

0%

Samson et al. spp.

[1DICKG];

Pectobacterium Waldee

emend. Hauben et al. spp.

[1PECBG])

Candidatus Liberibacter

0%

0%

solanacearum Liefting et

al. [LIBEPS]

Candidatus Phytoplasma

0%

0%

solani Quaglino et al.

[PHYPSO]

Mosaic symptoms caused

0.8%

0%

by viruses and symptoms

caused by Potato leaf roll

virus [PLRV00]

Potato spindle tuber viroid

0%

0%

Table 1.13

Threshold in the direct

Threshold in the direct

RNQPs or symptoms

progeny of basic seed

progeny of certified

caused by RNQPs

potatoes

seed potatoes

Symptoms of virus

4.0%

0%

4. The maximum number of generations of basic

seed potatoes shall be four, and the combined generations

of pre-basic seed potatoes in the field and basic seed

potatoes shall be seven.

The maximum number of generations of certified

seed potatoes shall be two.

If the generation is not indicated on the official label,

the seed potatoes concerned shall be considered as

belonging to the maximum generation that is permitted

within the respective category.";

(d) item 2 thereof, the words under "Vegetables" shall be

substituted by the following

"Basic and certified seed

1. Varietal identity and varietal purity

The crop shall possess adequate varietal identity and

varietal purity.

2. Crop health

The crop shall be practically free from any pests

which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagation

material.

The crop shall also comply with the requirements

concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone

quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests

("RNQPs") provided for in implementing acts adopted

pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as with the

measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that

Regulation.

3. Previous cropping and contamination

The crop may be grown only on land that has not

previously been cropped in a manner that might adversely

affect the nature or quality of the seed to be produced. The

field shall be sufficiently free from such plants that are

volunteers from previous cropping.

4. Field and crop inspections

In the case of basic seed, at least one official field

inspection shall be carried out. For certified seed, at least

one field inspection shall be carried out, officially

controlled by means of check inspection of at least 20% of

the crop of each species.

The cultural condition of the field and the stage of

development of the crop shall be such as to permit suitable

checks of varietal identity and purity and health status of

the crop.

5. Isolated distances

The minimum distances from neighbouring plants

which might result in undesirable foreign pollination shall

be the following

(a)

Beta vulgaris

(i) From any pollen sources of the

genus Beta not included in sub-paragraphs (ii)

or (iii)

1000m

(ii) From pollen sources of varieties of

the same subspecies belonging to a different

group of varieties

-

crops to produce basic seed

1000m

-

crops to produce certified seed

600m

(iii) From pollen sources of varieties of

the same subspecies belonging to the same

group of varieties

-

crops to produce basic seed

600m

-

crops to produce certified seed

300m

The groups of varieties referred to in items (ii) and

(iii) shall be determined by the Directorate.

(b)

Brassica species

(i) From sources of foreign pollen

liable to cause serious deterioration of varieties

of Brassica species

-

crops to produce basic seed

1000m

-

crops to produce certified seed

600m

(ii) From other sources of foreign pollen

liable to cross with varieties of Brassica

species

-

crops to produce basic seed

500m

-

crops to produce certified seed

300m

(c)

Industrial chicory

(i) From other species of the same

genera or subspecies

1000m

(ii)

From another variety of industrial

chicory

- crops to produce basic seed 600m

-

crops to produce certified seed

300m

(d)

Other species

(i) From sources of foreign pollen

liable to cause serious deterioration of varieties

of other species as a result of cross-fertilisation

-

crops to produce basic seed

500m

-

crops to produce certified seed

300m

(ii) From other sources of foreign

pollen liable to cross with varieties of other

species as a result of cross-fertilisation

-

crops to produce basic seed

300m

-

crops to produce certified seed

100m

With the approval of the Directorate, these distances

can be disregarded if there is adequate protection from any

undesirable, foreign pollination.".

4. Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

Schedule III to

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) item 1 Section I Part 2 "Seed health" thereof shall be

substituted by the following

"(a) The seed shall be practically free from any pests

which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.

The seed shall also comply with the requirements

concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone

quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing

acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as

well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of

that Regulation.

(b) The presence of fungus bodies on the seeds and

the respective categories shall comply with the following

requirements as set out in table 1.16 below

Table 1.16

Maximum number of fungus bodies,

such as sclerotia, or ergots, in a

Category

sample of the weight specified in

column 3 of Table 1.17 of Schedule IV

Cereals other than hybrids of Secale

Basic seed

Certified seed

Hybrids of Secale cereale

Basic seed

Certified seed

4(*)

(*) The presence of five fungus bodies such as sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia,

or ergots in a sample of the prescribed weight shall be deemed to be in conformity

with the standards, where a second sample of the same weight contains no more

than four fungus bodies.

";

(b) item 1 Section II Part 2 "Seed health" thereof shall be

substituted by the following

"(a) The seed shall be practically free from any pests

which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.

The seed shall also comply with the requirements

concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone

quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing

acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as

well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of

that Regulation.

(b) The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the

respective categories shall comply with the following

requirements as set out in table 1.18 below

Table 1.18

Plants for

RNQPs or

Thresholds

Thresholds

Thresholds

planting

for pre-

for basic

for certified

symptoms caused

(genus or

by RNQPs

basic seed

seed

seed

species)

0%

0%

0%

Medicago

Clavibacter

michiganensis ssp.

sativa L.

(McCulloch 1925)

Davis et al.

[CORBIN]

0%

0%

0%

Ditylenchus dipsaci

Medicago

sativa L.

(Kuehn) Filipjev

";

(c) items "Pre-basic seed potatoes" and "Basic and

certified seed" of Section III "Seed potatoes" thereof shall be

substituted by the following text respectively

"Pre-basic seed potatoes

Minimum conditions for lots of pre-basic seed

potatoes

It has to be provided that lots of pre-basic seed

potatoes shall satisfy the following minimum conditions

(a) presence of earth and extraneous matter shall

not exceed 1.0% by mass;

(b) the number of potatoes affected by rots, other

than ring rot or brown rot, shall not be present in a quantity

exceeding 0.2% by mass;

(c) the number of potatoes with external blemishes,

including misshapen or damaged tubers, shall not exceed

3.0% by mass;

(d) the number of potatoes affected by common

scab over more than one third of their surface shall not

exceed 5.0% by mass;

(e) shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration

or dehydration caused by silver scurf shall not exceed 0.5%

by mass;

(f) lots of pre-basic seed potatoes shall comply

with the following requirements concerning the presence of

RNQPs, or diseases caused by the respective RNQPs as set

out in table 1.22 below

Table 1.22

RNQPs or symptoms

Threshold for the presence of RNQPs

caused by RNQPs

on the lots of pre-basic seed potato

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

0%

Liefting et al. [LIBEPS]

Ditylenchus destructor Thorne

0%

Black scurf affecting tubers over more

than 10% of their surface as caused by

1.0%

Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank)

Powdery scab affecting tubers over

more than 10% of their surface as

caused by Spongospora subterranea

(Wallr.) Lagerh. [SPONSU]

1.0%

(g) the total number of potatoes, as referred to in

points (b) to (f), shall not exceed 6.0% by mass.

Basic and certified seed

Minimum quality conditions for lots of basic and

certified seed potatoes

The following tolerances for impurities, blemishes

and RNQPs, or symptoms caused by RNQPs, are allowed

for seed potatoes

(1)

presence of earth and extraneous matter: 1.0%

by mass for basic seed potatoes and 2.0% by mass for

certified seed potatoes;

(2) dry and wet rot combined, except if caused by

Synchytrium endobioticum, Clavibactermichiganensis ssp.

sepedonicus or Ralstonia solanacearum: 0.5% by mass, of

which wet rot 0.2% by mass;

(3) external blemishes, e.g. misshapen or damaged

tubers: 3.0% by mass;

(4) common scab affecting tubers over more than

one third of their surface: 5.0% by mass;

(5) shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration

or dehydration caused by silver scurf: 1.0% by mass;

(6) RNQPs, or symptoms caused by RNQPs, on

lots of seed potatoesas set out in table 1.23 below

Table 1.23

Threshold of the

Threshold of the

RNQPs or symptoms

presence of the RNQPs

presence of the RNQPs

on certified seed

caused by RNQPs

on basic seed potatoes by

mass

potatoes by mass

Candidatus Liberibacter

solanacearum Liefting et

0%

0%

Ditylenchus destructor

Thorne [DITYDE]

0%

0%

Black scurf affecting

tubers over more than

10% of their surface as

caused by Thanatephorus

cucumeris (A.B. Frank)

5.0%

5.0%

Powdery scab affecting

tubers over more than

10% of their surface as

caused by Spongospora

subterranea (Wallr.)

Lagerh. [SPONSU]

3.0%

3.0%

(7) total tolerance for items 2 to 6: 6.0% by mass for basic seed

potatoes, and 8.0% by mass for certified seed potatoes.";

(d) item "Conditions for placing on the market of pre-

basic seed potatoes as "Union grades PBTC and PB" of

Section III thereof shall be substituted by the following new

item

"Conditions for placing on the market of pre-basic

seed potatoes as "Union grades PBTC and PB"

(1) The conditions for pre-basic seed potatoes of

Union grade PBTC shall be as follows

(a)

conditions concerning seed potatoes

(i) plants not breeding true to the

variety, or plants of a different variety, shall not

be present in the crop;

(ii) plants, including tubers,

are

produced through micro-propagation;

(iii) plants, including tubers, are

produced in a protected facility and in a

growing medium which is free from pests;

(iv) tubers shall not

be

multiplied

beyond the first generation;

(v) plants shall comply with the

following thresholds concerning the presence of

RNQPs, or symptoms caused by the respective

RNQP, as set out in tables 1.24and 1.25 below

Table 1.24

RNQPs or symptoms caused by

Threshold for the presence of RNQPs

RNQPs

on the growing plants for pre-basic

seed potatoes of Union grade PBTC

Blackleg (Dickeya Samson et al. spp.

[1DICKG]; Pectobacterium Waldee

emend. Hauben et al. spp. [1PECBG])

0%

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

Liefting et al. [LIBEPS]

0%

Candidatus Phytoplasma solani

Quaglino et al. [PHYPSO]

0%

Mosaic symptoms caused by viruses

And symptoms caused by Potato leaf roll

virus [PLRV00]

0%

Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0]

0%

Table 1.25

RNQPs or symptoms caused by

Threshold for the presence of RNQPs

RNQPs

on the direct progeny of pre-basic seed

potatoes of Union grade PBTC

Symptoms of virus infection

0%

(b)

conditions concerning lots

(i) they shall be free from seed potatoes

affected by rots;

(ii) they shall be free from seed potatoes

affected by common scab;

(iii) they shall be free from seed potatoes

excessively shrivelled due to dehydration;

(iv) they shall be free from seed potatoes

with external blemishes, including misshapen

or damaged tubers;

(v) lots of pre-basic seed potatoes shall

comply with the following thresholds

concerning the presence of RNQPs, or

symptoms caused by the respective RNQPs as

set out in table 1.26 below

Table 1.26

Threshold for the presence of RNQPs

RNQPs or symptoms caused by

on the lots of pre-basic seed potatoes

RNQPs

of Union grade PBTC by mass

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

Liefting et al. [LIBEPS]

0%

Ditylenchus destructor Thorne

[DITYDE]

0%

Black scurf as caused by

Thanatephoruscucumeris (A.B. Frank)

Donk [RHIZSO]

0%

Powdery scab as caused by

Spongosporasubterranea (Wallr.)

Lagerh. [SPONSU]

0%

(2) The conditions for pre-basic seed potatoes of

Union grade PB shall be as follows

(a)

conditions concerning seed potatoes

(i) the number of plants not breeding

true to the variety and the number of plants of a

different variety together, shall not exceed

0.01%;

(ii) plants shall comply with the

following thresholds concerning the presence of

RNQPs, or symptoms caused by the respective

RNQPs, as set out in tables 1.27 and 1.28

below

Table 1.27

RNQPs or symptoms caused by

Threshold for the presence of RNQPs

RNQPs

on the growing plants for pre-basic

seed potatoes of Union grade PB

Blackleg (Dickeya Samson et al. spp.

[1DICKG]; Pectobacterium Waldee

emend. Hauben et al. spp. [1PECBG])

0%

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

Liefting et al. [LIBEPS]

0%

Candidatus phytoplasma solani

Quaglino et al. [PHYPSO]

0%

Mosaic symptoms caused by viruses

and symptoms caused by Potato leaf roll

virus [PLRV00]

0.1%

Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0]

0%

Table 1.28

Threshold for the presence of RNQPs

RNQPs or symptoms caused by

on the direct progeny of pre-basic

RNQPs

seed potatoes of Union grade PB

Symptoms of virus infection

0.5%

(b) tolerances applicable to lots, as regards

the following impurities, blemishes and diseases

(i) seed potatoes affected by rots, other

than ring rot or brown rot, shall not exceed

0.2% by mass;

(ii) seed potatoes affected by common

scab over more than one third of their surface,

shall not exceed 5.0% by mass;

(iii) shrivelled tubers due to excessive

dehydration or dehydration caused by silver

scurf, shall not exceed 0.5% by mass;

(iv) seed

potatoes

with

external

blemishes, including misshapen or damaged

tubers, shall not exceed 3.0% by mass;

(v) the presence of earth and extraneous

matter shall not exceed 1.0% by mass;

(vi) lots of pre-basic seed potatoes shall

comply with the following thresholds

concerning the presence of RNQPs, or

symptoms caused by the respective RNQPs as

set out in table 1.29 below

Table 1.29

RNQPs or symptoms caused by

Threshold for the presence of RNQPs

RNQPs

on the lots of pre-basic seed potatoes

of Union grade PB by mass

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

Liefting et al. [LIBEPS]

0%

Ditylenchus destructor Thorne

[DITYDE]

0%

Black scurf affecting tubers over more

than 10% of their surface as caused by

Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank)

Donk [RHIZSO]

1.0%

Powdery scab affecting tubers over more

than 10% of their surface as caused by

Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.)

Lagerh. [SPONSU]

1.0%

(vii) the total percentage of seed potatoes

covered by tolerances, as referred to in points

(i) to (iv) and (vi), shall not exceed 6.0% by

mass.";

(e)

item 2 Part 2 "Seed health" thereof shall be

substituted by the following new items

"(a) The seed shall be practically free from any pests

which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.

The seed shall also comply with the

requirements concerning Union quarantine pests,

protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided

for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to

Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as with the

measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that

Regulation.

(b) The presence of regulated non-quarantine

pests (RNQPs) on vegetable seed shall, at least upon

visual inspection, not exceed the respective

thresholds set out in table 1.30 below

Table 1.30

Bacteria

Threshold for the

RNQPs or symptoms

Genus or species of

presence of RNQPs on

caused by RNQPs

vegetable seed

the vegetable seed

Solanum lycopersicum L.

michiganensis ssp.

michiganensis (Smith)

Davis et al. [CORBMI]

0%

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Xanthomonas axonopodis

pv. phaseoli (Smith)

0%

Capsicum annuum L.,

euvesicatoria Jones et al.

Solanum lycopersicum L.

0%

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Xanthomonasfuscans

subsp. fuscans Schaad et

0%

Capsicum annuum L.,

Xanthomonas gardneri

(ex Šutič 1957) Jones et al

Solanum lycopersicum L.

0%

Capsicum annuum L.,

Xanthomonas perforans

Jones et al. [XANTPF]

Solanum lycopersicum L.

0%

Capsicum annuum L.,

Xanthomonas vesicatoria

(ex Doidge) Vauterin et

Solanum lycopersicum L.

0%

Insects and mites

Threshold for the

RNQPs or symptoms

Genus or species of

presence of RNQPs on

caused by RNQPs

vegetable seed

the vegetable seed

Phaseolus coccineus L.,

Acanthoscelides obtectus

(Say) [ACANOB]

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

0%

Pisum sativum L.

Bruchus pisorum

(Linnaeus) [BRCHPI]

0%

Vicia faba L.

Bruchus rufimanus

Boheman [BRCHRU]

0%

Nematodes

Threshold for the

RNQPs or symptoms

Genus or species of

presence of RNQPs on

caused by RNQPs

vegetable seed

the vegetable seed

Allium cepa L., Allium

Ditylenchus dipsaci

(Kuehn) Filipjev

porrum L.

[DITYDI]

0%

Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas

Threshold for the

RNQPs or symptoms

Genus or species of

presence of RNQPs on

caused by RNQPs

vegetable seed

the vegetable seed

Pepino mosaic virus

Solanum lycopersicum L.

[PEPMV0]

0%

Potato spindle tuber

Capsicum annuum L.,

viroid [PSTVD0]

Solanum lycopersicum L.

0%

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