Utkast til forskrift om endring i forskrift om planter og tiltak mot 
planteskadegjørere  
 
Draft Regulations amending regulations relating to plants and 
measures against pests    
 
Laid down by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food pursuant to section 9, 12, 15 and 18 , of Act no. 124 
of 19 December 2003 relating to food production and food safety, etc. (the Food Safety Act),  cf. 
Delegated Decision no. 1790 of 19 December 2003 .  
 
 
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The following amendments shall be implemented into the regulations relating to plants 
and measures against pests      
In Annex 2, Pests which are prohibited to introduce and spread in Norway if these are 
present in certain plants and other regulated articles , the following pests are added to the 
table:   
The following additions are mad e under INSECTS, MITES, NEMATODES : 
11 Chaetosiphon fragaefolii  
(Cockerell)    Plants intended for planting 
(other than seeds) of 
Fragaria L.   
 
The following additions are made under VIRUSES :  
14 Strawberry mottle virus    Plants intended for planting 
(other than seeds) of 
Fragaria L.   
 
In Annex  3, Plants and other regulated articles which are prohibited to import if they originate 
in the following areas , the following amendment is made under point 7:  
“All countries ” is replaced by “ Non-European countries ”   
 
In Annex 4A , Specific requirements for the import of certain plants and other regulated 
articles,  the following is added at the end of the table : 
37 Plants intended for planting (other 
than seeds) of Fragaria L.  Without prejudice to the provisions applicable 
in Annex 3, point 7 and Annex 4A point 28, 
29.2 and 30 : 
 
There is an official statement that  
 
a) the plants have been certified according to a certification scheme in accordance with 
current guidance on the certification of 
Fragaria  L., «Certification Scheme for 
Strawberry PM 4/11», recommended by 
EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant 
Protection Organization)  
and 
 
b) the place of production is kn own to be free 
from Phytophthora fragariae  C.J. Hickman ,  
and 
 
c) Xanthomonas fragariae  Kennedy & King 
Hickman is not known to occur at the 
place of production, and that the plants at 
the place of production have been 
subjected to appropriate  testing for th is 
pest during the last 12 months before 
export  ,  
and 
 
d) Strawberry mottle virus is not known to 
occur at the place of production, and that 
the plants at the place of production have 
been subjected to appropriate  testing for 
this pest during the last 12 months before 
export,     
and 
 
e) no symptoms of diseases caused by 
Strawberry mild yellow edge virus and 
Strawberry vein banding virus have been 
observed on plants at the place of 
production during the last 12 months 
before export,  subject to  a certification 
scheme that applies a zero tolerance  for 
these viruses on visual inspection ,   
     or  
 
Strawberry mild yellow edge virus and 
Strawberry vein banding virus are not 
known to occur at the place of production, 
and that the plants at the place of 
production have been subjected to 
appropriate  testing for th ese pests during the last 12 months before export ,   
and  
 
f) no symptoms of diseases caused by the 
following pests have been observed on 
plants at the place of production during the 
last 12 months before export : 
- Arabis mosai c nepovirus  
- Raspberry ringspot nepo virus  
- Strawberry crinkle cytorhabdo -virus  
- Strawberry latent ringspot nepovirus  
- Tomato black ring  nepovirus  
- Tomato ringspot nepovirus   
 
 
In Annex  4B, Specific requirements for domestic production and sale of certain plants and 
other regulated articles , the following amendment s are made under point 2.2:  
2.2 Plants intended for planting (other 
than seeds) of Fragaria L.  Without prejudice to the provisions applicable 
to Annex 4B , point 2.1 : 
Documentation must exist confirming that the 
plants  
a) are derived from Norwegian material  
or 
b) are derived from material which has been 
subjected to official  quarantine testing in 
Norway using suitable methods, and which, 
by these examinations, have been found free 
from the pests specified in Annexes 1 and 2  
or 
c) are derived from imported certified plant 
material  of the minimum category  of 
Propagation stock , in accordance with current 
guidance on the certification of Fragaria  L., 
«Certification Scheme for Strawberry PM 
4/11», recommended by EPPO (European 
and Mediterranean Plant Protection 
Organization).    
 
 
 
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These amendments enter into force immediately   
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These amendments enter into force on [date]