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the following Article 5b is inserted: ‘Article 5b Introduction into the Union of specified fruits originating in Argentina 1. Specified fruits originating in Argentina shall be introduced into the Union only if all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the specified fruits have been produced in fields of production, consisting of one or more production units, which have been identified as unique and physically distinct parts of a field of production, and both the field of production and its production units have been officially approved by the National Plant Protection Organisation of Argentina for the purpose of export to the Union; (b) the approved fields of production and the production units thereof have been registered by the National Plant Protection Organisation of Argentina under respective unique identification codes (‘traceability codes’); (c) the specified fruits have been produced in an approved production unit, which has undergone treatments and cultural measures, effective against Phyllosticta citricarpa, at the appropriate time since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation and their application has been verified under the official supervision of the National Plant Protection Organisation of Argentina; (d) official inspections, consisting in visual observations and, if symptoms are detected, sampling to test for the presence of Phyllosticta citricarpa, have been carried out in the approved production units during the growing season, and no symptoms of Phyllosticta citricarpa have been detected on the specified fruits since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation; (e) a sample has been taken: (i) upon arrival to the packing facilities, prior to processing, of 200-400 fruits per lot of specified fruits, defined upon arrival in the packing facility; (ii) along the line between arrival and packing in the packing facilities, of at least 1 % per lot of specified fruits defined in the packing line; (iii) before departure from the packaging facility, of at least 1% per lot of specified fruits, defined after packing; (iv) prior to export, as part of the final official inspection to issue the phytosanitary certificate, of at least 1 % per lot of specified fruits prepared for export; (f) all of the specified fruits referred to in point (e) have been sampled, as far as possible, on the basis of any apparent symptom of Phyllosticta citricarpa, and all of the sampled fruits referred to in point (e)(i) have been found free from Phyllosticta citricarpa on the basis of visual inspections, whereas all of the sampled fruits referred to in point (e)(ii), (iii) and (iv) which showed symptoms of Phyllosticta citricarpa, have been tested and found free from Phyllosticta citricarpa; (g) the specified fruits have been transported in packages with each package bearing a label with the traceability code of the production unit from which they originate; (h) before the start of the export season of the specified fruits, the National Plant Protection Organisation of Argentina has communicated to the Commission the list of approved production units per field of production, as well as the names of professional operators responsible for each approved field of production, and any updates related to the changes to that list, including the reason for those changes, have been immediately communicated to the Commission; (i) the specified fruits are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, which includes the number of packages from each production unit and, under the heading “Additional Declaration”, the relevant traceability codes and the following statement: “The consignment complies with Article 5b of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/715”. 2. In addition to paragraph 1, specified fruits originating in Argentina shall be introduced into the Union if all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) they originate from an approved production unit where Phyllosticta citricarpa has not been found on the specified fruits during official inspections carried out in Argentina in the approved production units as referred to in paragraph 1, point (d), or on the specified fruits as referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), and during the official controls carried out on consignments at the points of entry into the Union during the growing and export season; (b) they originate from production units where Phyllosticta citricarpa has not been found during investigations carried out by Argentina after the presence of Phyllosticta citricarpa has been confirmed in a production unit which belongs to the same field of production as those production units, during official inspections carried out in Argentina on the specified fruits as referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), or during the official controls carried out on consignments at the points of entry into the Union during the growing and export season; (c) they originate from production units where Phyllosticta citricarpa has not been found during the preceding growing and export season, during official inspections carried out in Argentina, or during official controls carried out on consignments in the Union.’;