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 1 , Pests which are prohibited to in troduce and spread in Norway , the following 
amendments are made under point 1 and point 5 under the heading BACTERIA :  
1 Candidatus phytoplasma mali  Apple proliferation phytoplasma  
 
5 Candidatus phytoplasma pyri  Pear decline phytoplasma  
 
In Annex 3, Plants and other regulated articles which are prohibited to import if they originate 
in the following areas , point 6.1 is to read as follows:  
6.1 Amelanchier  Medik.  
Aronia Medik.  
Choenomeles  Lindl.  
Cotoneaster  Medik.  
Crataegus  L.  
X Crataemespilus  E.G. 
Camus  
Cydonia  Mill., ex cept when 
used or to be used as 
rootstock  for Pyrus  L.  
Eriobotrya  Lindl.  
Mespilus  L.  
Photinia  Lindl.  
Pyracantha  M.J. Roem.  
Sorbus  L.  
Stranvaesia  Lindl.  
 Plants (other than seeds and fruit), 
but including live pollen for pollination  Countries where 
Erwinia  amylovora  
(Burrill) Winslow et al. 
is known to occur  
 
 
In Annex 4A , Specific requirements for the import of certain plants and other regulated 
articles,  the following amendments are made:  
Point s 13.2 and 14 are to read as follows:  13.
2 Plants intended for planting (other than 
seeds) of Malus  Mill  
 Without prejudice to the requirements applicable 
to Annex 4A, points 10, 11, 12 and 13.1:  
 
There is  an official statement that  
 
a) the plants originate in areas known to be free 
from Candidatus  phytoplasma mali , 
according to International Standard for 
Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No 4, and 
the name of the area appears from the 
certificate from the colu mn for additional 
declarations,   
  
or  
 
b) i) the plants (other than those raised from 
seeds) are derived in direct line from 
material which is maintained under 
appropriat e conditions , and subjected, 
within the last six complete cycles of 
vegetation, at least once to official testing 
for Candidatus  phytoplasma mali, using 
Real Time PCR -technique on  testing root 
samples in the exporting country, and 
these are found to be free from this p est,  
 
and  
 
ii) no symptoms of diseases caused by 
Candidatus  phytoplasma mali  have been 
observed at the place of production or on 
susceptible plants in its immediate vicinity 
since the beginning of the last three 
complete cycles of vegetation.   
 
and 
 
iii) one per thousand of the trees/plant 
material of the batch to be imported must 
be subjected to testing of root samples, 
using Real Time PCR -technique in the 
exporting country, and found to be free 
from Candidatus  phytoplasma mali. At 
least one sample m ust be tested if the 
consignment consists of less than one 
thousand plants.  
 
14 Plants intended for planting (other than 
seeds)  of Cydonia  Mill. and Pyrus  L. Without prejudice to the provisions and 
requirements applicable to Annex 3, point 6.1 
and Annex 4A, point 10, 11 and 12:  
 
There is an official statement that  
 
a) the plants originate in areas known to be free 
from Candidatus  phytoplasma pyri , according 
to International Standard for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) No 4, and the name of the 
area appears from  the certificate from the 
column for additional declarations,   
  or  
 
b)     
           i) plants at the place of production and in 
its immediate vicinity which have shown 
symptoms giving rise to the suspicion of 
contamination by Candidatus  
phytoplasma pyri have been rogued out  at 
that place within the last three complete 
cycles of vegetation ,    
  
and  
 
ii) one per thousand of the trees/plant 
material of the batch to be imported must 
be subjected to testing of root samples, 
using Real Time PCR -technique in the 
exporting country, and found to be free 
from Candidatus  phytoplasma pyri. At 
least one  sample must be tested if the 
consignment consists of less than one 
thousand plants.   
            
 
 
The following is added at the end of the table : 
38 Plants  (other than seeds and fruit), but 
including live pollen for pollination, of 
Malus  mill. and Pyrus  L., as well as 
Cydonia  Mill when used or to be used as 
rootstock for Pyrus  L. Without prejudice to the requirements  applicable 
to Annex 4A point 10, 11, 12, 13.1, 13.2 and 14 : 
 
There is an official statement that  
 
a) the plants originate in an area known to be free 
from Erwinia amylovora  (Burr.) Winsl. et al. 
according to International Standard  for 
Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No 4, and the 
name of the area appears from  the certificate 
from the col umn for additional declarations,  
or 
 
b)   the plants have been produced in a buffer 
zone, or, if they have been moved into a buffer 
zone, they have as a minimum been kept and 
maintained during a period from 1 April to 31 
October within the last complete cycle of 
vegetation, in a field:   
 
            i)  
- situated at least one km within the 
border of an officially designated buffer 
zone of a minimum of 50 km2, where 
host plants, during the last two complete 
cycles of vegetation, have been 
subjected to an officially approved and 
surveyed control system to minimise the risk of spread of Erwinia amylovora  
(Burr.) Winsl. et al. from plants growing 
there,   
 
- when the buffer zone is established, 
official inspections shall be carried out 
within the part of the zone situated 
outside the production fiel d and a 500 m 
wide zone around this, at least once 
after the beginning of the last complete 
cycle of vegetation, at the most 
appropriate  period , and all host plants 
showing symptoms shall be rogued out  
at once. The results of these inspections 
shall be sub mitted to Mat tilsynet before 
1 May each year,  
 
- a closer description of the buffer zone 
shall be available to Mattilsynet  
 
- name or other identification of the 
buffer zone shall appear from  the 
certificate from  the column for additional 
declarations  
  
and  
 
ii) which has been officially approved, in 
the same way as the buffer zone, within 
the last two complete cycles of vegetation, 
for growing plants, on the conditions 
appearing from this point,   
  
and  
 
iii) which , in the same way as the 
surrounding zone of at least 500 m, has 
been found to be free from Erwinia 
amylovora  (Burr.) Winsl. et al. since the 
beginning of the last complete cycle of 
vegetation, at official inspections that 
have been carried out at least:   
 
- twice in the field, at the most 
appropriate  period , i.e. once within a  
period from June to August, and once 
within a  period from August to 
November, and    
 
- once in the mentioned surrounding 
zone, at the most appropriate  period , i.e. 
within a  period from August to 
November  
 
and  
 
iv) from which plants have been  officially 
tested for latent infections in accordance 
with EPPO Diagnostic protocol for Erwinia 
amylovora , on samples officially drawn  at the most appropriate period, and these 
are found to be free from this pest . 
 
 
In Annex  4B, Specific requirements for domestic production and sale of certain plants and 
other regulated articles , point 3 is to read as follows:   
3.1 Plants intended for planting (other than 
seeds) of Malus  Mill.  
 Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to 
Annex 4B, point 1: 
There is an official statement that  
 
a) the plants originate in an area known to be free 
from Candidatus  phytoplasma mali   
or 
b)  
i) the plants (other than those raised from 
seeds) are derived in direct line from material 
which is maintained under appropriat e 
conditions,  and subjected, within the last six 
complete cycles of vegetation, at least once to 
official testing for Candidatus  phytoplasma 
mali, using Real Time PCR -technique on  
testing root samples in the exporting country, 
and these are found to be free from this pest,   
and 
ii) no symptoms of diseases caused by 
Candidatus  phytoplasma mali  have been 
observed at the place of production or on 
susceptible plants in its immediate vicinity 
since the beginning of the last three complete 
cycles of vegetat ion, 
and 
iii) one per thousand of the trees/plant material 
of the batch must be subjected to t esting of 
root samples, using Real Time PCR -technique, 
and found to be free from Candidatus  
phytoplasma mali. At least one sample must 
be tested if the consignment consists of less 
than one  thousand plants.    
3.2 Plants intended for planting (other than 
seeds) of  Pyrus  L. Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to 
Annex 4B, point 1: 
There is an official statement that :  
a) the plants originate in an area known to be free 
from Candidatus  phytoplasma pyri,  or 
b)     
           i) plants at the place of production and in its 
immediate vicinity which have shown 
symptoms giving rise to the suspicion of 
contamination by Candidatus  phytoplasma 
pyri have been rogued out  at that place 
within the last three complete cycles of 
vegetation,    
  
and  
 
ii) one per thousand of the trees/plant 
material of the batch must be subjected to 
testing of root samples, using Real Time 
PCR -technique, and found to be free from 
Candidatus  phytoplasma pyri. At least one 
sample must be tested if the consignment 
consists of less than one thousand plants.   
 
 
 
 
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These amendments enter into force immediately   
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These amendments enter into force on [date]