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Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) …/… amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant reproductive material

EUROPEAN
                            COMMISSION
                                                    Brussels, 12.2.2020
                                                    C(2020) 649 final
               COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) …/…
                                        of 12.2.2020
       amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EC, 2002/55/EC,
     2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and
   Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds
                           and other plant reproductive material
                                 (Text with EEA relevance)
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 ---pagebreak---                    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) …/…
                                               of 12.2.2020
        amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EC, 2002/55/EC,
      2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and
   Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds
                                  and other plant reproductive material
                                        (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder
   plant seed1, and in particular Article 21a thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal
   seed2, and in particular Article 21a thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material
   for the vegetative propagation of the vine3, and in particular Article 17a thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July 1998 on the marketing of
   propagating material of ornamental plants4, and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of
   vegetable seed5, and in particular Article 45 thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed
   potatoes6, and in particular Articles 18(c) and 24 thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of
   oil and fibre plants7, and in particular Article 24 thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 2008/72/EC of 15 July 2008 on the marketing of
   vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed8, and in particular Article 4
   thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 2008/90/EC of 29 September 2008 on the marketing of
   fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production9, and in
   particular Article 4 thereof,
   1
           OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298.
   2
           OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309.
   3
           OJ L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 15.
   4
           OJ L 226, 13.8.1998, p. 16.
   5
           OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33.
   6
           OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 60.
   7
           OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 74.
   8
           OJ L 205, 1.8.2008, p. 28.
   9
           OJ L 267, 8.10.2008, p. 8.
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 ---pagebreak---    Whereas:
   (1)   Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council10 is to
         apply from 14 December 2019. In order for its provisions to become fully effective,
         implementing rules are to be adopted regulating the pests, plants, plant products and
         other objects, as well as respective requirements needed to protect the Union territory
         from phytosanitary risks.
   (2)   In view of this, specific rules should be set out in order to list the Union regulated non-
         quarantine pests (ʽRNQPsʼ), as well as measures to prevent their presence on the
         respective plants for planting.
   (3)   The pests listed in Part A of Annex I and Section I of Part A of Annex II to Council
         Directive 2000/29/EC11 have been reassessed by the European Food Safety Authority
         (’EFSA’) in order to set up the list of Union quarantine pests pursuant to Article 5 of
         Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. The reassessment was necessary to update the
         phytosanitary status of those pests in accordance with the most recent technical and
         scientific developments, and to assess their compliance with the criteria of Article 3 in
         respect of the Union territory and Section 1 of Annex I to that Regulation.
   (4)   The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) has made a
         reassessment of the pests listed in Section II of Part A of Annex II to Directive
         2000/29/EC, the crops under point 3 and the pests under point 6 of Annex I to
         Directive 66/401/EEC, as well as the pests under point 3 of Annex II to Directive
         66/402/EEC, Annex I and point 4 of Annex II to Directive 68/193/EEC, as well as the
         pests listed in the acts adopted pursuant to Article 5(5) of Directive 98/56/EC, Annex
         II to Directive 2002/55/EC, Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/56/EC, as well as the
         pests listed in the acts adopted pursuant to point (c) of Article 18 of that Directive,
         point 4 of Annex I and point 5 of Part I of Annex II to Directive 2002/57/EC, and
         Article 4 of Directive 2008/72/EC.
   (5)   As a result of that reassessment, the relevant RNQPs, the respective plants for planting
         and thresholds for the presence of RNQPs on the respective plants for planting are
         listed in Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/207212.
         Moreover, measures to prevent the presence of RNQPs are set out in Annex V to that
         Implementing Regulation.
   (6)   It is appropriate for Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/EC,
         2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 93/49/EEC, 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives
         2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU to provide for additional measures, as regards the
         RNQPs relevant for their scope of application.
   10
         Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on
         protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No
         652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council
         Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC
         (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).
   11
         Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the
         Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the
         Community (OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1).
   12
         Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform
         conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the
         Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation
         (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319,
         10.12.2019, p. 1).
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 ---pagebreak---    (7)  Those Directives should therefore be updated to adapt or remove provisions
        concerning some pests which qualify as RNQPs in accordance with Regulation (EU)
        2016/2031.
   (8)  For reasons of clarity and adaptation to the new legal framework, it should be
        indicated in those Directives that the seed or other plant reproductive material, as
        applicable, is also to comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests,
        protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests laid down in the
        implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 5(2), Article 32(3), Article 37(2),
        Article 37(4), Article 40(2), Article 41(2), Article 53(2), Article 54(2), Article 72(1),
        Article 73, Article 79(2) and Article 80(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as
        the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation. That indication
        should also be included in Directive 66/401/EEC, although no further requirements are
        set out there for specific RNQPs.
   (9)  For reasons of consistency and harmonisation of the different terms used, it should be
        indicated in those Directives that the seed or the other plant reproductive material, as
        applicable, is to be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and
        quality of the seed or other plant reproductive material, as applicable.
   (10) In particular, the references to pests and the respective thresholds in Annexes I and II
        to Directive 66/402/EEC should be updated to ensure consistency with the listing of
        the respective RNQPs and thresholds pursuant to Annex IV to Implementing
        Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
   (11) Directive 68/193/EEC should be updated to include new requirements reflecting the
        development of scientific knowledge and techniques with regard to the production of
        vine, and to include new requirements on the basis of the EPPO assessment of RNQPs.
        Those requirements should replace the existing health requirements for nurseries, and
        include soil requirements and production conditions for nurseries, requirements with
        regard to the production sites, inspections, lists of RNQPs and the respective measures
        to prevent their presence. Annexes I and II to that Directive should therefore be
        amended accordingly.
   (12) The lists of RNQPs, pests and plants set out in the Annexes to Directives 93/49/EEC
        and 93/61/EEC should be updated and replaced by new lists, to ensure consistency
        with the respective RNQPs, plants for planting and thresholds as listed in Annex IV to
        Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
   (13) It should be further laid down in those Directives that the respective propagating
        material should, at least on visual inspection, be practically free at the place of
        production from all pests listed in the respective Annexes of those Directives with
        regards to the respective propagating material. This is necessary to ensure an approach
        at the production level, which is less strict than that concerning the requirements for
        the propagating material that is marketed.
   (14) The list of insects set out in point 3(b) of Annex II to Directive 2002/55/EC should be
        replaced by a new list to ensure consistency with the respective RNQPs, plants for
        planting and thresholds as listed in Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU)
        2019/2072.
   (15) The pests referred to in Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/56/EC should be replaced
        by a new list to ensure consistency with the respective RNQPs and thresholds for basic
        seed potatoes and certified seed potatoes, as listed in Annex IV to Implementing
        Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
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 ---pagebreak---    (16) The references to pests, the respective thresholds as well as certain conditions
        concerning the respective plants for planting in the Annex to Implementing Directive
        2014/21/EU should be amended accordingly.
   (17) The pests referred to in Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/57/EC should be replaced
        by a new list to ensure consistency with the respective RNQPs, plants for planting and
        thresholds as listed in Annex IV of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
   (18) EPPO further concluded that two soil-borne pests, namely Phialophora gregata and
        Phytophthora megasperma, which could be transmitted via soil to soya bean seed,
        should not be listed as RNQPs. Therefore, inert matter no longer presents a risk in
        relation to these pests and the inert matter requirement for soya bean seed should be
        excluded from the scope of that Directive.
   (19) Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU should be further updated to include new
        requirements reflecting the developments in scientific and technical knowledge with
        regard to the production of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants, and on the
        basis of the EPPO assessment of RNQPs. That update should comprise the existing
        health requirements for the different categories of propagating material and
        incorporate new RNQPs, as well as measures for those RNQPs, and include
        requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area, in order to
        prevent the presence of all listed RNQPs on the respective plants for planting.
   (20) At the time of adoption of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU, there was no clear
        distinction between material present in production sites and propagating material
        intended for marketing. With regard to the health requirements for the different
        categories of propagating material in Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU, a clear
        distinction should be made between the health requirements for mother plants and
        propagating material present in production sites, and propagating material that is
        intended for marketing. Propagating material intended for marketing should be free
        upon visual inspection from all RNQPs which are listed in Annex IV to Implementing
        Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 for the relevant genera and species concerned. For this
        reason, Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 contains a zero
        tolerance threshold for all RNQPs. Mother plants and propagating material of the
        basic, certified and Conformitas Agraria Communitatis (CAC) categories present in
        production sites may show symptoms of certain RNQPs on the condition that
        appropriate measures have been taken on the mother plants and propagating material
        concerned. Those measures may concern the removal of the mother plants and
        propagating material from the vicinity of other propagating material of the same
        category, or rogueing and, where appropriate, destruction of the material concerned.
   (21) Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU refers to thresholds in Articles 10, 16, and 21,
        and in Part B of Annex I thereto, without a reference to which type of material those
        thresholds apply. For the purpose of clarity, Annex IV to Implementing Regulation
        (EU) 2019/2072 contains a zero tolerance threshold for all RNQPs on fruit plant
        propagating material and fruit plants which are intended for marketing. Articles 10,
        16, and 21 of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU should be updated accordingly in
        line with that approach, and thresholds for RNQPs should be removed from Part B of
        Annex I.
   (22) New RNQPs should be included in Annexes I and II to Implementing Directive
        2014/98/EU, whereas certain names of fruit species should be updated in Annex III
        thereto.
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 ---pagebreak---    (23)   Moreover, the requirements set out in Annex IV to Implementing Directive
          2014/98/EU should be updated taking into account the assessment of EPPO.
   (24)   This Directive should enter into force on the third day following that of its publication
          in the Official Journal of the European Union, so as to allow to the competent
          authorities and the professional operators appropriate time to prepare for its
          transposition and application.
   (25)   In order to grant the competent authorities and the professional operators the necessary
          time to comply with the provisions of this Directive, it should apply from 1 June 2020.
   (26)   The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the
          Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                Article 1
                                Amendment of Directive 66/401/EEC
   Annexes I and II to Directive 66/401/EEC are amended as set out in Annex I to this Directive.
                                                Article 2
                                Amendment of Directive 66/402/EEC
   Annexes I and II to Directive 66/402/EEC are amended as set out in Annex II to this
   Directive.
                                                Article 3
                                Amendment of Directive 68/193/EEC
   Annexes I and II to Directive 68/193/EEC are amended as set out in Annex III to this
   Directive.
                                                Article 4
                                Amendment of Directive 93/49/EEC
   Directive 93/49/EEC is amended as follows:
   (1)      Article 3 is replaced by the following:
                                                ’Article 3
            The propagating material of ornamental plants shall, at least on visual inspection, be
            found at the place of production to be practically free from all pests listed in the
            Annex with regard to the respective propagating material of ornamental plants.
            The presence of regulated non-quarantine pests (‘RNQPs’) on propagating material
            of ornamental plants subject to marketing shall, at least upon visual inspection, not
            exceed the respective thresholds set out in the Annex.
            The propagating material of ornamental plants shall, at least on visual inspection, be
            practically free from any pests, other than the pests listed in the Annex with regard to
            the particular propagating material of ornamental plants, which reduce the usefulness
            and quality of that material, or from any signs or symptoms thereof.
            The material shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine
            pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts
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 ---pagebreak---             adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031*, as well as with the measures
            adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.;
            ______________
            *       Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on
            protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No
            652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing
            Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and
            2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).’;
   (2)      Article 3a is deleted;
   (3)      the Annex is replaced by the text set out in Annex IV to this Directive.
                                                   Article 5
                                  Amendment of Directive 93/61/EEC
   Directive 93/61/EEC is amended as follows:
   (1)      Article 3 is replaced by the following:
                                                   ‘Article 3
            'The vegetable propagating and planting material shall, at least on visual inspection,
            be found at the place of production to be practically free from all pests listed in the
            Annex, with regard to the respective propagating and planting material.
            The presence of regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs) on vegetable propagating
            and planting material that is marketed shall, at least upon visual inspection, not
            exceed the respective thresholds set out in the Annex.
            The vegetable propagating and planting material shall upon visual inspection be
            found to be practically free from any pests, other than the pests listed in the Annex
            with regard to the respective propagating and planting material, which reduce the
            usefulness and quality of the vegetable propagating and planting material.
            The vegetable propagating and planting material shall also comply with the
            requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and
            regulated non-quarantine pests provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031* and in
            the implementing acts adopted pursuant to that Regulation, including with the
            measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.
            ______________
            *       Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on
            protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No
            652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing
            Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and
            2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).’;
   (2)      the Annex is replaced by the text set out in Annex V to this Directive.
                                                   Article 6
                                  Amendment of Directive 2002/55/EC
   Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/55/EC are amended as set out in Annex VI to this
   Directive.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                  Article 7
                                  Amendment of Directive 2002/56/EC
   Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/56/EC are replaced by the text set out in Annex VII to this
   Directive.
                                                 Article 8
                                  Amendment of Directive 2002/57/EC
   Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/57/EC are amended as set out in Annex VIII to this
   Directive.
                                                 Article 9
                        Amendment of Implementing Directive 2014/21/EU
   Implementing Directive 2014/21/EU is amended as follows:
   (1)      Article 2 is replaced by the following:
                                                ‘Article 2
                          Minimum conditions for pre-basic seed potatoes
            1.    Member States shall ensure 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., Candidatus Liberibacter
                         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
                         the following table:
                RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs          Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
                                                             the growing plants for 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%
                and
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 ---pagebreak---             symptoms caused by Potato leaf roll
            virus [PLRV00]
            Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0]                        0%
            RNQPs or symptoms caused by                Threshold for the presence of RNQPs
            RNQPs                                       on the direct progeny of pre-basic
                                                                   seed potatoes
            Symptoms of virus infection                                0,5%
       2.     Member States shall provide 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 Annex.
       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.’
   (2) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
                                            ‘Article 3
                  Minimum conditions for lots of pre-basic seed potatoes
       Member States shall provide 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 the table:
        RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs                       Threshold for the presence of RNQPs
                                                                on the lots of pre-basic seed potato
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 ---pagebreak---            Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et         0%
           al. [LIBEPS]
           Ditylenchus destructor Thorne [DITYDE]                   0%
           Black scurf affecting tubers over more than 10%          1,0%
           of their surface as caused by Thanatephorus
           cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk [RHIZSO]
           Powdery scab affecting tubers over more than             1,0%
           10% of their surface as caused by Spongospora
           subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh. [SPONSU]
          (g)    the total number of potatoes, as referred to in points (b) to (f), shall not exceed
                 6,0% by mass.’
   (3)    The Annex is replaced as set out in Annex IX to this Directive.
                                                Article 10
                       Amendment of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU
   Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU is amended as follows:
   (1)    Article 10 is replaced by the following:
                                               ‘Article 10
         Health requirements for pre-basic mother plants and for pre-basic material
          1.     A pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material shall, by visual inspection in the
                 facilities, fields and lots, be found free from the regulated non-quarantine pests
                 (RNQPs), listed in Annexes I and II, and subject to the requirements of Annex
                 IV, as regards the genus or species concerned. That visual inspection shall be
                 carried out by the responsible official body and, where appropriate, the
                 supplier.
                 The responsible official body and, where appropriate the supplier, shall carry
                 out sampling and testing of the pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material for
                 the RNQPs listed in Annex II, and subject to the requirements of Annex IV,
                 with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.
                 In case of doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Annex I, the
                 responsible official body and, where appropriate the supplier, shall carry out
                 sampling and testing of the pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material
                 concerned.
          2.     As regards sampling and testing, as provided for in paragraph 1, Member
                 States shall apply protocols of EPPO, or other internationally recognised
                 protocols. Where such protocols do not exist, the responsible official body
                 shall apply the relevant protocols established at national level. In that case,
                 Member States shall, on request, make available those protocols to the other
                 Member States and to the Commission.
                 The responsible official body and, where appropriate, the supplier shall submit
                 the samples to laboratories officially accepted by the responsible official body.
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 ---pagebreak---        3.     In the case of a positive test result for any of the RNQPs, listed in Annexes I
              and II, as regards the genus or species concerned, the supplier shall remove the
              infested pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material from the vicinity of other
              pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material pursuant to Article 3(3) or
              Article 4(3), or take appropriate measures pursuant to Annex IV.
       4.     The measures to ensure compliance with the requirements of paragraph 1 are
              set out in Annex IV, with regard to the genus or species concerned and
              category.
       5.     Paragraph 1 shall not apply to pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material
              during cryopreservation.’;
   (2) the title of Article 11 is replaced by the following:
       ‘Soil requirements for pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material’;
   (3) Article 16 is replaced by the following:
                                            ‘Article 16
            Health requirements for basic mother plants and basic material
       1.     A basic mother plant or basic material shall, by visual inspection in the
              facilities, fields and lots, be found free from the RNQPs, listed in Annexes I
              and II, and subject to the requirements of Annex IV, as regards the genus or
              species concerned. That visual inspection shall be carried out by the
              responsible official body and, where appropriate, the supplier.
              The responsible official body and, where appropriate the supplier, shall carry
              out sampling and testing of the basic mother plant or basic material for the
              RNQPs listed in Annex II, and subject to the requirements of Annex IV, with
              regard to the genus or species concerned and category.
              In case of doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Annex I, the
              responsible official body and, where appropriate, the supplier shall carry out
              sampling and testing of the basic mother plant or basic material concerned.
       2.     As regards sampling and testing, as provided for in paragraph 1, Member
              States shall apply protocols of EPPO, or other internationally recognised
              protocols. Where such protocols do not exist, the responsible official body
              shall apply the relevant protocols established at national level. In that case,
              Member States shall, on request, make available those protocols to the other
              Member States and to the Commission.
              The responsible official body and, where appropriate, the supplier shall submit
              samples to laboratories officially accepted by the responsible official body.
       3.     In the case of a positive test result for any of the RNQPs, listed in Annexes I
              and II, as regards the genus or species concerned, the supplier shall remove the
              infested basic mother plant or basic material from the vicinity of other basic
              mother plants and basic material pursuant to Article 15(7) or Article 15(8), or
              take appropriate measures pursuant to Annex IV.
       4.     The measures to ensure compliance with the requirements of paragraph 1 are
              set out in Annex IV, with regard to the genus or species concerned and
              category.
EN                                              10                                             EN
 ---pagebreak---        5.     Paragraph 1 shall not apply to basic mother plants and basic material during
              cryopreservation.’;
   (4) the title of Article 17 is replaced by the following:
       ‘Soil requirements for basic mother plants and basic material’;
   (5) Article 21 is replaced by the following:
                                            ‘Article 21
        Health requirements for certified mother plants and certified material
       1.     A certified mother plant or certified material shall, by visual inspection in the
              facilities, fields and lots, be found free from the RNQPs, listed in Annexes I
              and II, and subject to the requirements of Annex IV, as regards the genus or
              species concerned. That visual inspection shall be carried out by the
              responsible official body and, where appropriate, the supplier.
              The responsible official body and, where appropriate the supplier, shall carry
              out sampling and testing of the certified mother plant or certified material, for
              the RNQPs listed in Annex II, and subject to the requirements of Annex IV,
              with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.
              In case of doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Annex I, the
              responsible official body and, where appropriate, the supplier shall carry out
              sampling and testing of the certified mother plant or certified material
              concerned.
       2.     As regards sampling and testing, as provided for in paragraph 1, Member
              States shall apply protocols of EPPO, or other internationally recognised
              protocols. Where such protocols do not exist, the responsible official body
              shall apply the relevant protocols established at national level. In that case,
              Member States shall, on request, make available those protocols to the other
              Member States and to the Commission.
              The responsible official body and, where appropriate, the supplier shall submit
              samples to laboratories officially accepted by the responsible official body.
       3.     In the case of a positive test result for any of the RNQPs, listed in Annexes I
              and II, as regards the genus or species concerned, the supplier shall remove the
              infested certified mother plant or certified material from the vicinity of other
              certified mother plants and certified material pursuant to Article 20(7) or
              Article 20(8), or take appropriate measures pursuant to Annex IV.
       4.     The measures to ensure compliance with the requirements of paragraph 1 are
              set out in Annex IV, with regard to the genus or species concerned and
              category.
       5.     Paragraph 1 shall not apply to certified mother plants and certified material
              during cryopreservation.’;
   (6) the title of Article 22 is replaced by the following:
       ‘Soil requirements for certified mother plants and certified material’;
   (7) the third subparagraph of Article 22(2) is replaced by the following:
       ‘Unless otherwise stated, sampling and testing shall not be carried out in the case of
       certified fruit plants.’;
EN                                              11                                              EN
 ---pagebreak---    (8)    Article 26 is replaced by the following:
                                             ‘Article 26
                             Health requirements for CAC material
   1.     CAC material shall, by visual inspection carried out by the supplier in the facilities,
          fields and lots at the stage of production, be found practically free from the pests
          listed in Annexes I and II, as regards the genus or species concerned, unless stated
          otherwise in Annex IV.
          The supplier shall carry out sampling and testing of the identified source of material
          or CAC material for the RNQPs listed in Annex II, and subject to the requirements of
          Annex IV, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.
          In case of doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Annex I, the
          supplier shall carry out sampling and testing of the identified source of material or
          CAC material concerned.
          CAC propagating material and CAC fruit plants in lots, after the stage of production,
          shall only be marketed if found free from signs or symptoms of the pests listed in
          Annexes I and II, upon visual inspection carried out by the supplier.
          The supplier shall carry out the measures to ensure compliance with the requirements
          of paragraph 1 pursuant to Annex IV, with regard to the genus or species concerned
          and category.
   2.     Paragraph 1 shall not apply to CAC material during cryopreservation.’;
   (9)    Article 27a is inserted:
                                            ‘Article 27a
        Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
          In addition to the health and soil requirements of Articles 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 21, 22
          and 26, propagating material and fruit plants shall be produced in accordance with
          the requirements for the production site, place of production, or area as laid down in
          Annex IV, in order to limit the presence of the RNQPs listed in that Annex for the
          genus or species concerned.’;
   (10)   Annexes I to IV are replaced by the text in Annex X to this Directive.
                                             Article 11
                                          Transposition
   1.     Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative
          provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 May 2020 at the latest.
          They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
          When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this
          Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official
          publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
   2.     Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions
          of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
EN                                               12                                               EN
 ---pagebreak---                                              Article 12
                                          Entry into force
   This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the
   Official Journal of the European Union.
                                             Article 13
                                            Addressees
   This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
   Done at Brussels, 12.2.2020
                                               For the Commission
                                               The President
                                               Ursula VON DER LEYEN
EN                                               13                                                EN
 ---documentbreak---                                              ANNEX
                                                EN
                                             Annex I
                             Amendment of Directive 66/401/EEC
Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:
(1)     in Annex I, point 5 is replaced 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 (ʽRNQPsʼ)
        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;
        The presence of RNQPs on the crop and the respective categories shall comply with
        the following requirements as set out in the table:
         RNQPs or          Plants for      Thresholds Thresholds Thresholds for
         symptoms          planting           for the       for the    the production
         caused by         (genus or       production production         of certified
         RNQPs             species)           of pre-       of basic         seed
                                            basic seed        seed
         Clavibacter       Medicago             0%             0%             0%
         michiganensis     sativa L.
         ssp. insidiosus
         (McCulloch
         1925) Davis et
         al. [CORBIN]
         Ditylenchus       Medicago             0%             0%             0%
         dipsaci           sativa L.
         (Kuehn)
         Filipjev
      ’ [DITYDI]
(2)   in Annex II (I), point 3 is replaced by the following:
      ‘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.
 ---pagebreak--- The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with
the following requirements as set out in the table:
  RNQPs or         Plants for      Thresholds       Thresholds    Thresholds
  symptoms         planting          for pre-        for basic   certified seed
  caused by        (genus or        basic seed         seed
  RNQPs            species)
  Clavibacter      Medicago             0%              0%             0%
  michiganensis    sativa L.
  ssp. Insidiosus
  (McCulloch
  1925) Davis et
  al. [CORBIN]
  Ditylenchus      Medicago        0%              0%          0%
  dipsaci          sativa L.
  (Kuehn)
  Filipjev
  [DITYDI]
’
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Annex II
                                 Amendment of Directive 66/402/EEC
    Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows:
    (1)   Annex I is amended as follows:
    (a)   part A of point 3 is replaced by the following:
    ‘A. Oryza sativa:
    The number of plants which are recognisable as obviously being wild or red-grain plants shall
    not exceed:
    — 0 for the production of basic seed,
    — 1 per 100 m2 for the production of certified seed, first and second generation.’;
    (b)   point 6 is replaced by the following:
    ‘6. 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 (ʽRNQPsʼ) 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.
    The presence of RNQPs on the crops shall comply with the following requirements as set out
    in the table:
                                         Fungi and oomycetes
RNQPs or            Plants for        Thresholds for Thresholds for the        Thresholds for the
symptoms            planting          the production       production of          production of
caused by                            of pre-basic seed       basic seed           certified seed
                    (genus or
RNQPs               species)
Gibberella          Oryza sativa     Not more than 2    Not more than 2       Certified seed of the
                                     symptomatic        symptomatic plants    first generation (C1):
fujikuroi           L.
                                     plants per 200m2   per 200m2 seen
Sawada
                                     seen               during field          Not more than 4
[GIBBFU]
                                     during field       inspections at        symptomatic plants
                                     inspections at     appropriate times     per 200m2 seen
                                     appropriate times  of a representative   during field
                                     of a               sample of the         inspections at
                                     representative     plants in each crop.  appropriate times of
                                     sample of the                            a representative
                                     plants in each                           sample of the plants
                                     crop.                                    in each crop.
                                                                              Certified seed of the
 ---pagebreak---                                                                            second generation
                                                                           (C2):
                                                                           Not more than 8
                                                                           symptomatic plants
                                                                           per 200m2 seen
                                                                           during field
                                                                           inspections at
                                                                           appropriate times of
                                                                           a representative
                                                                           sample of the plants
                                                                           in each crop.
                                            Nematodes
RNQPs or           Plants for        Thresholds for Thresholds for the      Thresholds for the
symptoms           planting          the production     production of          production of
caused by                           of pre-basic seed     basic seed           certified seed
                   (genus or
RNQPs              species)
Aphelenchoides     Oryza sativa            0%                 0%                     0%
besseyi Christie   L.
[APLOBE]
   *     Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October
         2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No
         228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and
         of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC,
         98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).’
   (2)   Annex II is amended as follows:
   (a)     point 3 is replaced by the following:
   ‘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.
   The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with the
   following requirements as set out in the table:
                                            Nematodes
RNQPs or           Plants for        Thresholds for    Thresholds for         Thresholds for
symptoms           planting          pre-basic seed       basic seed           certified seed
caused by
                   (genus or
RNQPs              species)
Aphelenchoides     Oryza sativa            0%                 0%                     0%
 ---pagebreak--- besseyi Christie   L.
[APLOBE]
                                         Fungi
Gibberella         Oryza sativa      Practically free      Practically free          Practically free
fujikuroi          L.
Sawada
[GIBBFU]
    ’
    (b)    the following point 4 is added:
    ‘4. The presence of fungus bodies on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply
    with the following requirements as set out in the table:
                      Category                       Maximum number of fungus bodies, such as
                                                        sclerotia, or ergots, in a sample of the
                                                      weight specified in column 3 of Annex III
    Cereals other than hybrids of Secale cereale:
        -  Basic seed                                                       1
        -  Certified seed                                                   3
    Hybrids of Secale cereale:
        -  Basic seed                                                       1
        -  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.’
 ---pagebreak---                                             Annex III
                             Amendment of Directive 68/193/EEC
Directive 68/193/EEC is amended as follows:
(1)    Annex I is replaced by the following:
                                             ‘Annex I
                 CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE GROWING CROP
Section 1: Identity, purity and cultural conditions
1.     The growing crop shall have identity and purity with regard to the variety and, where
       applicable, the clone.
2.     The cultural conditions and the level of development of the growing crop shall be such
       as to allow sufficient checks on the identity and purity of the growing crop with regard
       to the variety and, if necessary, the clone, as well as its state of health.
Section 2: Health requirements for stock nurseries intended for the production of all
categories of propagating material, and for cutting nurseries of all categories
1.     This Section shall apply to stock nurseries intended for the production of all categories
       of propagating material, and to cutting nurseries of all those categories.
2.     The stock nurseries and the cutting nurseries shall, by visual inspection, be found free
       from the regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs) listed in Sections 6 and 7, as regards
       the genus or species concerned.
       The stock nurseries and the cutting nurseries shall be sampled and tested for the
       RNQPs listed in Section 7, as regards the genus or species concerned. In case of
       doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Sections 6 and 7, as regards the
       genus or species concerned, the stock nurseries and cutting nurseries shall be sampled
       and tested.
3.     Visual inspection and, where appropriate, sampling and testing of the stock nurseries
       and cutting nurseries concerned shall be carried out pursuant to Section 8.
4.     Sampling and testing, as provided for in point 2, shall take place in the most
       appropriate period of the year taking into account the climatic conditions and the
       growing conditions of the vine, and the biology of the RNQPs relevant for that vine.
       As regards sampling and testing, Member States shall apply protocols of the European
       and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), or other protocols which are
       internationally recognised. Where such protocols do not exist, the relevant protocols
       established at national level shall be applied. In that case, Member States shall, on
       request, make available those protocols to the other Member States and to the
       Commission.
       As regards sampling and testing of vines in the stock nurseries intended for the
       production of initial propagating material, Member States shall apply biological
       indexing on indicator plants to assess the presence of viruses, viroids, virus-like
       diseases and phytoplasmas, or other equivalent protocols which are internationally
       recognised.
 ---pagebreak--- Section 3: Soil requirements and production conditions for stock nurseries intended for
the production of all categories of propagating material, and for cutting nurseries of all
categories of propagating material
1.     The vines in stock nurseries and cutting nurseries may only be planted in soil or,
       where appropriate, in pots with growing media, free from any pests which may host
       the viruses listed in Section 7. Freedom from such pests shall be established by
       sampling and testing.
       That sampling and testing shall be carried out taking into account the climatic
       conditions and the biology of the pests which may host the viruses listed in Section 7.
2.     Sampling and testing shall not be carried out when the official control authority
       concludes on the basis of an official inspection that the soil is free from any pests
       which may host the viruses listed in Section 7.
       Sampling and testing shall also not be carried out where vines have not been grown in
       the soil of production for a period of at least five years and where there is no doubt
       concerning the absence in that soil of the pests which may host the viruses listed in
       Section 7.
3.     As regards sampling and testing, Member States shall apply protocols of the EPPO, or
       other protocols which are internationally recognised. Where such protocols do not
       exist, Member States shall apply the relevant protocols established at national level. In
       that case, Member States shall, on request, make available those protocols to the other
       Member States and to the Commission.
Section 4: Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
1.     The stock nurseries and the cutting nurseries shall be established under appropriate
       conditions to prevent any risk of contamination by pests which may host the viruses
       listed in Section 7.
2.     The cutting nurseries shall not be established within a vineyard or stock nursery. The
       minimum distance from a vineyard or stock nursery shall be three meters.
3.     In addition to the health and soil requirements, and production conditions of Sections
       2 and 3, propagating material shall be produced in accordance with the requirements
       for the production site, place of production, or area as laid down in Section 8 to limit
       the presence of the pests listed in that Section.
Section 5: Official inspections
1.     The propagating material produced in stock nurseries and cutting nurseries shall be
       found to comply with the requirements of Sections 2 to 4 through annual official crop
       inspections.
2.     Those official inspections shall be carried out by the official control authority in
       accordance with Section 8
3.     Additional official crop inspections shall be carried out in cases of disputes on matters
       which can be decided without prejudice to the quality of the propagating material.
 ---pagebreak--- Section 6: List of RNQPs for the presence of which visual inspection, and, in the case of
doubts, sampling and testing are required pursuant to point 2 of Section 2
Genus or species of vine propagating RNQPs
material other than seeds
                                             Insects and mites
Non-grafted Vitis vinifera L.                Viteus vitifoliae Fitch [VITEVI]
                                             Insects and mites
Vitis L. other than non-grafted Vitis Viteus vitifoliae Fitch [VITEVI]
vinifera L.
                                             Bacteria
                                             Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al.
Vitis L.
                                             [XANTAM]
                                             Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                             phytoplasmas
Vitis L.                                     Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et
                                             al. [PHYPSO]
Section 7: List of RNQPs for the presence of which visual inspection, and, in particular
cases, sampling and testing are required pursuant to point 2 of Section 2 and Section 8
Genus or species                             RNQPs
                                             Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                             phytoplasmas
Vitis L. propagating material other than Arabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]
seeds                                        Grapevine fanleaf virus [GFLV00]
                                             Grapevine leafroll       associated virus  1
                                             [GLRAV1]
                                             Grapevine leafroll       associated virus  3
                                             [GLRAV3]
                                             Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                             phytoplasmas
Rootstocks of Vitis spp. and their hybrids, Arabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]
except Vitis vinifera L.
 ---pagebreak---                                                   Grapevine fanleaf virus [GFLV00]
                                                  Grapevine leafroll     associated   virus   1
                                                  [GLRAV1]
                                                  Grapevine leafroll     associated   virus   3
                                                  [GLRAV3]
                                                  Grapevine fleck virus [GFKV00]
Section 8: Requirements concerning measures for Vitis L. stock nurseries and, where
applicable, cutting nurseries per category, pursuant to point 2 of Section 2
Vitis L.
1.      Initial propagating material, basic propagating material and certified material
Visual inspections
The official control authority shall carry out visual inspections on stock nurseries and cutting
nurseries at least once per growing season for all RNQPs listed in Sections 6 and 7.
2.      Initial propagating material
Sampling and testing
All vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of initial propagating material,
shall be sampled and tested concerning the presence of Arabis mosaic virus, Grapevine
fanleaf virus, Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 1 and Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus
3. That sampling and testing shall be repeated with subsequent intervals of five years.
The stock nurseries intended for the production of rootstocks shall be, in addition to the
sampling and testing of the viruses referred to in the first indent, sampled and tested once
concerning the presence of Grapevine fleck virus.
The results of sampling and testing shall be available before acceptance of the stock nurseries
concerned.
3.      Basic propagating material
Sampling and testing
All vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of basic propagating material shall
be sampled and tested concerning the presence of Arabis mosaic virus, Grapevine fanleaf
virus, Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 1 and Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 3.
Sampling and testing shall start from six-year-old stock nurseries and with subsequent
intervals of six years.
The results of sampling and testing shall be available before acceptance of the stock nurseries
concerned.
4.      Certified material
Sampling and testing
A representative portion of vines in a stock nursery intended for the production of certified
material shall be sampled and tested concerning the presence of Arabis mosaic virus,
 ---pagebreak--- Grapevine fanleaf virus, Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 1 and Grapevine Leafroll-
associated Virus 3.
Sampling and testing shall start from ten-year-old stock nurseries and with subsequent
intervals of ten years.
The results of sampling and testing shall be available before acceptance of the stock nurseries
concerned.
5.      Initial propagating material, basic propagating material, and certified material
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area and
according to the RNQPs concerned
(a)   Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al.
(i)   Vines shall be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma solani
      Quaglino et al.; or
(ii) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al. have been observed on
      vines in the production site over the last complete growing season; or
(iii) the following conditions shall be fulfilled with regard to the presence of Candidatus
      Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al.:
         - all vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of initial propagating
              material and basic propagating material showing symptoms of Candidatus
              Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al. have been rogued out; and
         - all vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of certified material
              showing symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al. have been
              at least excluded from propagation; and
         - in the case where propagating material which is intended for marketing shows
              symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al., the entire lot of that
              material shall be subjected to hot water treatment, or another appropriate
              treatment in accordance with protocols of EPPO, or other protocols which are
              internationally recognised to ensure freedom from Candidatus Phytoplasma
              solani Quaglino et al.
(b)   Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al.
(i)   Vines shall be produced in areas known to be free from Xylophilus ampelinus Willems
      et al.; or
(ii) no symptoms of Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al. have been observed on vines in
      the production site over the last complete growing season; or
(iii) the following conditions shall be fulfilled with regard to the presence of Xylophilus
       ampelinus Willems et al.:
         - all vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of initial propagating
              material, basic propagating material, and certified material showing symptoms of
              Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al. have been rogued out and appropriate
              hygiene measures shall be taken, and
         - vines in the production site showing symptoms of Xylophilus ampelinus Willems
              et al. shall be treated with a bactericide after pruning to ensure freedom from
              Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al.; and
         - in the case where propagating material which is intended for marketing shows
              symptoms of Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al., the entire lot of that material
              shall be subjected to hot water treatment or another appropriate treatment in
              accordance with protocols of EPPO, or other internationally recognised protocols
              to ensure freedom from Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al.
 ---pagebreak--- (c)   Arabis mosaic virus, Grapevine fanleaf virus, Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus
      1 and Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 3
(i)   The following conditions shall be fulfilled with regard to the presence of Arabis mosaic
      virus, Grapevine fanleaf virus, Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 1 and Grapevine
      Leafroll-associated Virus 3:
         - no symptoms of any of those viruses have been observed on vines in stock
              nurseries intended for the production of initial propagating material and basic
              propagating material; and
         - symptoms of those viruses have been observed on no more than 5% of vines in
              stock nurseries intended for the production of certified material, and those vines
              have been rogued out and destroyed; or
(ii)  all vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of initial propagating
      material, and initial propagating material shall be maintained in insect proof facilities to
      ensure freedom from Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 1 and Grapevine Leafroll-
      associated Virus 3.
(d)   Viteus vitifoliae Fitch
(i)   Vines shall be produced in areas known to be free from Viteus vitifoliae Fitch, or
(ii)  vines shall be grafted on rootstocks resistant to Viteus vitifoliae Fitch, or
         - all vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of initial propagating
              material, and all initial propagating material shall be maintained in insect proof
              facilities and no symptoms of Viteus vitifoliae Fitch have been observed on those
              vines over the last complete growing season; and
         - in the case where propagating material which is intended for marketing shows
              symptoms of Viteus vitifoliae Fitch, the entire lot of that material shall be
              subjected to fumigation, hot water treatment, or another appropriate treatment in
              accordance with protocols of EPPO, or other protocols which are internationally
              recognised to ensure freedom from Viteus vitifoliae Fitch.
6.      Standard material
Visual inspections
The official control authority shall carry out visual inspections on stock nurseries and cutting
nurseries at least once per growing season for all RNQPs listed in Sections 6 and 7.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area and
according to the RNQP(s) concerned
(a)   Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al.
(i)   Vines shall be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma solani
      Quaglino et al.; or
(ii) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al. have been observed on
      vines in the production site over the last complete growing season; or
(iii)    - all vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of standard material
              showing symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al. have been
              at least excluded from propagation; and
         - in the case where propagating material which is intended for marketing shows
              symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al., the entire lot of
              that material shall be subjected to hot water treatment, or another appropriate
              treatment in accordance with protocols of EPPO, or other protocols which are
 ---pagebreak---               internationally recognised to ensure freedom from Candidatus Phytoplasma
              solani Quaglino et al.
(b)   Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al.
(i)   Vines shall be produced in areas known to be free from Xylophilus ampelinus Willems
      et al.; or
(ii)  no symptoms of Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al. have been observed on vines in
      the production site over the last complete growing season; or
(iii) the following conditions shall be fulfilled with regard to the presence of Xylophilus
      ampelinus Willems et al.:
       - all vines in the stock nurseries intended for the production of standard material
           showing symptoms of Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al. have been rogued out
           and appropriate hygiene measures shall be taken; and
       - vines in the production site showing symptoms of Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et
           al. shall be treated with a bactericide after pruning to ensure freedom from
           Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al.; and
       - in the case where propagating material which is intended for marketing shows
           symptoms of Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al., the entire lot of that material
           shall be subjected to hot water treatment or another appropriate treatment in
           accordance with protocols of EPPO, or other protocols which are internationally
           recognised to ensure freedom from Xylophilus ampelinus Willems et al.
(c)   Arabis mosaic virus, Grapevine fanleaf virus, Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus
      1 and Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 3
      Symptoms of all viruses (Arabis mosaic virus, Grapevine fanleaf virus, Grapevine
      Leafroll-associated Virus 1 and Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 3) have been
      observed on no more than 10% of vines in the stock nurseries intended for the
      production of standard material and those vines have been eliminated from propagation.
(d)   Viteus vitifoliae Fitch
(i)   Vines shall be produced in areas known to be free from Viteus vitifoliae Fitch, or
(ii)  vines shall be grafted on rootstocks resistant to Viteus vitifoliae Fitch, or:
(iii) in the case where propagating material which is intended for marketing showing signs
      or symptoms of Viteus vitifoliae Fitch, the entire lot of that material shall be subjected to
      fumigation, hot water treatment, or another appropriate treatment in accordance with
      protocols of EPPO, or other protocols which are internationally recognised to ensure
      freedom from Viteus vitifoliae Fitch.’;
(2)   in Annex II, point I(4) is replaced by the following:
        ‘4. Propagating material shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the
        usefulness and quality of the propagating material.
        Propagating material shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union
        quarantine pests and protected zone quarantine pests 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.’
 ---pagebreak---                                               Annex IV
                               Amendment of Directive 93/49/EEC
    The Annex to Directive 93/49/EEC is replaced by the following:
                                         ‘Annex
                                             Bacteria
RNQPs or symptoms        Genus or species of         Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused by RNQPs          propagating material      the propagating material of the ornamental
                         of ornamental plants                         plant
Erwinia amylovora        Propagating material of                       0%
(Burrill) Winslow et     ornamental plants other
al. [ERWIAM]             than seeds
                         Amelanchier Medik.,
                         Chaenomeles Lindl.,
                         Cotoneaster Medik.,
                         Crataegus Tourn. ex
                         L., Cydonia Mill.,
                         Eriobtrya Lindl.,
                         Malus Mill., Mespilus
                         Bosc ex Spach,
                         Photinia davidiana
                         Decne., Pyracantha M.
                         Roem., Pyrus L.,
                         Sorbus L.
Pseudomonas syringae     Propagating material of                       0%
pv. persicae (Prunier,   ornamental plants other
Luisetti &. Gardan)      than seeds
Young, Dye & Wilkie      Prunus persica (L.)
[PSDMPE]                 Batsch, Prunus
                         salicina Lindl.
Spiroplasma citri        Propagating material of                       0%
Saglio et al. [SPIRCI]   ornamental plants other
                         than seeds
                         Citrus L., Citrus L.
                         hybrids, Fortunella
                         Swingle., Fortunella
                         Swingle. hybrids,
                         Poncirus Raf.,
                         Poncirus Raf. hybrids
Xanthomonas              Propagating material of                       0%
arboricola pv. pruni     ornamental plants other
(Smith) Vauterin et al.  than seeds
[XANTPR]
 ---pagebreak---                         Prunus L.
Xanthomonas             Capsicum annuum L.                        0%
euvesicatoria Jones et
al. [XANTEU]
Xanthomonas gardneri Capsicum annuum L.                           0%
(ex Šutič) Jones et al.
[XANTGA]
Xanthomonas             Capsicum annuum L.                        0%
perforans Jones et al.
[XANTPF]
Xanthomonas             Capsicum annuum L.                        0%
vesicatoria (ex
Doidge) Vauterin et al.
[XANTVE]
                                   Fungi and oomycetes
RNQPs or symptoms       Genus or species of     Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused byRNQPs          propagating material    the propagating material of ornamental
                        of ornamental plants                     plants
Cryphonectria           Propagating material of                   0%
parasitica (Murrill)    ornamental plants other
Barr [ENDOPA]           than seeds
                        Castanea L.
Dothistroma pini        Propagating material of                   0%
Hulbary [DOTSPI]        ornamental plants other
                        than seeds
                        Pinus L.
Dothistroma             Propagating material of                   0%
septosporum (Dorogin)   ornamental plants other
Morelet [SCIRPI]        than seeds
                        Pinus L.
Lecanosticta acicola    Propagating material of                   0%
(von Thümen) Sydow      ornamental plants other
[SCIRAC]                than seeds
                        Pinus L.
Plasmopara halstedii    Seeds                                     0%
(Farlow) Berlese & de
                        Helianthus annuus L.
Toni [PLASHA]
 ---pagebreak--- Plenodomus            Propagating material of                      0%
tracheiphilus (Petri) ornamental plants other
Gruyter, Aveskamp &   than seeds
Verkley [DEUTTR]      Citrus L. Citrus L.
                      hybrids, Fortunella
                      Swingle, Fortunella
                      Swingle hybrids,
                      Poncirus Raf., Poncirus
                      Raf. hybrids
Puccinia horiana P.   Propagating material of                      0%
Hennings [PUCCHN]     ornamental plants other
                      than seeds
                      Chrysanthemum L.
                                    Insects and mites
RNQPs or symptoms     Genus or species of       Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused by RNQPs       propagating material      the propagating material of ornamental
                      of ornamental plants                       plants
Aculops fuchsiae      Propagating material                        0%
Keifer [ACUPFU]       of ornamental plants
                      other than seeds
                      Fuchsia L.
Opogona sacchari      Propagating material                        0%
Bojer [OPOGSC]        of ornamental plants
                      other than seeds
                      Beaucarnea Lem.,
                      Bougainvillea Comm.
                      ex Juss., Crassula L.,
                      Crinum L., Dracaena
                      Vand. ex L., Ficus L.,
                      Musa L., Pachira
                      Aubl., Palmae,
                      Sansevieria Thunb.,
                      Yucca L.
                      Propagating material
Rhynchophorus                                                     0%
                      of ornamental plants
ferrugineus (Olivier)
                      other than seeds
[RHYCFE]
                      Palmae, as regards the
                      following genera and
                      species
                      Areca catechu L.,
                      Arenga pinnata
                      (Wurmb) Merr.,
                      Bismarckia Hildebr. &
 ---pagebreak--- H. Wendl., Borassus
flabellifer L., Brahea
armata S. Watson,
Brahea edulis
H.Wendl., Butia
capitata (Mart.) Becc.,
Calamus merrillii
Becc., Caryota
maxima Blume,
Caryota cumingii
Lodd. ex Mart.,
Chamaerops humilis
L., Cocos nucifera L.,
Corypha utan Lam.,
Copernicia Mart.,
Elaeis guineensis
Jacq., Howea
forsteriana Becc.,
Jubaea 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., 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.,
Washingtonia H.
Wendl.
 ---pagebreak---                                           Nematodes
RNQPs or symptoms       Genus or species of          Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused by RNQPs         propagating material         the propagating material of ornamental
                        of ornamental plants                          plants
Ditylenchus dipsaci     Allium L.                                      0%
(Kuehn) Filipjev
[DITYDI]
Ditylenchus dipsaci     Propagating material                           0%
(Kuehn) Filipjev        of ornamental plants
[DITYDI]                other than seeds
                        Camassia Lindl.,
                        Chionodoxa Boiss.,
                        Crocus flavus Weston,
                        Galanthus L.,
                        Hyacinthus Tourn. ex
                        L, Hymenocallis
                        Salisb., Muscari Mill.,
                        Narcissus L.,
                        Ornithogalum L.,
                        Puschkinia Adams,
                        Scilla L., Sternbergia
                        Waldst. & Kit., Tulipa
                        L.
                    Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas
RNQPs or symptoms       Genus or genera of           Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused by RNQPs         propagating material              the propagating material of the
                        of ornamental plants                     ornamental plant
Candidatus              Propagating material of                         0%
Phytoplasma mali        ornamental plants other
Seemüller & Schneider   than seeds
[PHYPMA]                Malus Mill.
Candidatus              Propagating material of                         0%
Phytoplasma prunorum    ornamental plants other
Seemüller & Schneider   than seeds
[PHYPPR]                Prunus L.
Candidatus              Propagating material of                         0%
Phytoplasma pyri        ornamental plants other
Seemüller & Schneider   than seeds
[PHYPPY]
                        Pyrus L.
 ---pagebreak--- Candidatus              Propagating material of  0%
Phytoplasma solani      ornamental plants other
Quaglino et al.         than seeds
[PHYPSO]                Lavandula L.
Chrysanthemum stunt     Propagating material of  0%
viroid [CSVD00]         ornamental plants other
                        than seeds
                        Argyranthemum Webb
                        ex Sch.Bip.,
                        Chrysanthemum L.
Citrus exocortis viroid Propagating material of  0%
[CEVD00]                ornamental plants other
                        than seeds
                        Citrus L.
Citrus tristeza virus   Propagating material of  0%
[CTV000](EU isolates) ornamental plants other
                        than seeds
                        Citrus L., Citrus L.
                        hybrids, Fortunella
                        Swingle, Fortunella
                        Swingle hybrids,
                        Poncirus Raf., Poncirus
                        Raf. Hybrids,
Impatiens necrotic spot Propagating material of  0%
tospovirus [INSV00]     ornamental plants other
                        than seeds
                        Begonia x hiemalis
                        Fotsch, Impatiens L.
                        New Guinea Hybrids
Potato spindle tuber    Capsicum annuum L.,      0%
viroid [PSTVD0]
Plum pox virus          Propagating material of  0%
[PPV000]                ornamental plants other
                        than seeds
                        Prunus armeniaca L.,
                        Prunus blireiana
                        Andre, Prunus
                        brigantina Vill., Prunus
                        cerasifera Ehrh.,
                        Prunus cistena Hansen,
                        Prunus curdica Fenzl
                        and Fritsch., Prunus
                        domestica L., Prunus
 ---pagebreak---                     domestica ssp. insititia
                    (L.) C.K. Schneid,
                    Prunus domestica ssp.
                    italica (Borkh.) Hegi.,
                    Prunus dulcis (Miller)
                    Webb, Prunus
                    glandulosa Thunb.,
                    Prunus holosericea
                    Batal., Prunus
                    hortulana Bailey,
                    Prunus japonica
                    Thunb., Prunus
                    mandshurica (Maxim.)
                    Koehne, Prunus
                    maritima Marsh.,
                    Prunus mume Sieb. and
                    Zucc., Prunus nigra
                    Ait., Prunus persica
                    (L.) Batsch, Prunus
                    salicina L., Prunus
                    sibirica L., Prunus
                    simonii Carr., Prunus
                    spinosa L., Prunus
                    tomentosa Thunb.,
                    Prunus triloba Lindl.
                    — other species of
                    Prunus L. susceptible to
                    Plum pox virus
Tomato spotted wilt Propagating material of  0%
tospovirus [TSWV00] ornamental plants other
                    than seeds
                    Begonia x hiemalis
                    Fotsch, Capsicum
                    annuum L.,
                    Chrysanthemum L.,
                    Gerbera L., Impatiens
                    L. New Guinea
                    Hybrids, Pelargonium
                    L.
   ’
 ---pagebreak---                                             Annex V
                              Amendment of Directive 93/61/EEC
    The Annex to Directive 93/61/EEC is replaced by the following:
                                           ‘Annex
               RNQPs concerning vegetable propagating and planting material
                                           Bacteria
RNQPs or symptoms        Vegetable                 Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused by RNQPs          propagating and            the vegetable propagating and planting
                         planting material                          material
                         (genus or species)
Clavibacter              Solanum lycopersicum                         0%
michiganensis ssp.       L.
michiganensis (Smith)
Davis et al. [CORBMI]
Xanthomonas              Capsicum annuum L.,                          0%
euvesicatoria Jones et   Solanum lycopersicum
al. [XANTEU]             L.
Xanthomonas gardneri     Capsicum annuum L.,                          0%
(ex Šutič 1957) Jones    Solanum lycopersicum
et al. [XANTGA]          L.
Xanthomonas              Capsicum annuum L.,                          0%
perforans Jones et al.   Solanum lycopersicum
[XANTPF]                 L.
Xanthomonas              Capsicum annuum L.,                          0%
vesicatoria (ex Doidge) Solanum lycopersicum
Vauterin et al.          L.
[XANTVE]
                                    Fungi and oomycetes
RNQPs or symptoms        Vegetable                 Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused by RNQPs          propagating and            the vegetable propagating and planting
                         planting material                         material
                         (genus or species)
Fusarium Link            Asparagus officinalis                        0%
(anamorphic genus)       L.
[1FUSAG] other than
Fusarium oxysporum f.
sp. albedinis (Kill. &
Maire) W.L. Gordon
[FUSAAL] and
 ---pagebreak--- Fusarium circinatum
Nirenberg & O'Donnell
[GIBBCI]
Helicobasidium            Asparagus officinalis                         0%
brebissonii (Desm.)       L.
Donk [HLCBBR]
Stromatinia cepivora      Allium cepa L., Allium                        0%
Berk. [SCLOCE]            fistulosum L., Allium
                          porrum L., Allium
                          sativum L.
Verticillium dahliae      Cynara cardunculus                            0%
Kleb. [VERTDA]            L.
                                            Nematodes
RNQPs or symptoms         Vegetable                   Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused by RNQPs           propagating and             the vegetable propagating and planting
                          planting material                           material
                          (genus or species)
Ditylenchus dipsaci       Allium cepa L., Allium                        0%
(Kuehn) Filipjev          sativum L.
[DITYDI]
                     Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas
RNQPs or symptoms         Vegetable                   Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on
caused by RNQPs           propagating and             the vegetable propagating and planting
                          planting material                           material
                          (genus or species)
Leek yellow stripe       Allium sativum L.                              1%
virus [LYSV00]
Onion yellow dwarf       Allium cepa L., Allium                         1%
virus [OYDV00]           sativum L.
Potato spindle tuber     Capsicum annuum L.,                            0%
viroid [PSTVD0]          Solanum lycopersicum
                         L.
Tomato spotted wilt      Capsicum annuum L.,                            0%
tospovirus [TSWV00]      Lactuca sativa L.,
                         Solanum lycopersicum
                         L., Solanum
                         melongena L.
Tomato yellow leaf       Solanum lycopersicum                           0%
 ---pagebreak--- curl virus [TYLCV0] L.
   ’
 ---pagebreak---                                             Annex VI
                  Amendment of Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/55/EC
Directive 2002/55/EC is amended as follows:
(1)    in Annex I, point 5 is replaced by the following:
       ‘5. 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
              (ʽRNQPsʼ) 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.
              ______________
            *      Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26
                   October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending
                   Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014
                   of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council
                   Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC,
                   2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4)”.
(2)    Annex II is amended as follows:
       (a)      point 2 is replaced by the following:
              ‘2. Seed shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness
                    and quality of the propagation material.
                    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)    point 3(b) is replaced by the following:
            ‘(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 the following table:
                                                    Bacteria
               RNQPs               or Genus or species of vegetable       Threshold for the
               symptoms        caused seed                               presence of RNQPs
               by RNQPs                                                 on the vegetable seed
               Clavibacter              Solanum lycopersicum L.                  0%
               michiganensis ssp.
               michiganensis
               (Smith) Davis et al.
               [CORBMI]
               Xanthomonas              Phaseolus vulgaris L.                    0%
               axonopodis pv.
 ---pagebreak--- phaseoli (Smith)
Vauterin et al.
[XANTPH]
Xanthomonas            Capsicum annuum L., Solanum            0%
euvesicatoria Jones lycopersicum L.
et al. [XANTEU]
Xanthomonas            Phaseolus vulgaris L.                  0%
fuscans subsp.
fuscans Schaad et al.
[XANTFF]
Xanthomonas            Capsicum annuum L., Solanum            0%
gardneri (ex Šutič lycopersicum L.
1957) Jones et al
[XANTGA]
Xanthomonas            Capsicum annuum L., Solanum            0%
perforans Jones et lycopersicum L.
al. [XANTPF]
Xanthomonas            Capsicum annuum L., Solanum            0%
vesicatoria        (ex lycopersicum L.
Doidge) Vauterin et
al. [XANTVE]
                              Insects and mites
RNQPs               or Genus or species of vegetable   Threshold for the
symptoms       caused seed                            presence of RNQPs
by RNQPs                                             on the vegetable seed
Acanthoscelides        Phaseolus coccineus L.,                0%
obtectus         (Say) Phaseolus vulgaris L.
[ACANOB]
Bruchus      pisorum Pisum sativum L.                         0%
(Linnaeus            )
[BRCHPI]
Bruchus rufimanus Vicia faba L.                               0%
Boheman
[BRCHRU]
                                 Nematodes
RNQPs               or Genus or species of vegetable   Threshold for the
symptoms       caused seed                            presence of RNQPs
by RNQPs                                             on the vegetable seed
 ---pagebreak---   Ditylenchus dipsaci    Allium cepa L., Allium porrum            0%
  (Kuehn) Filipjev       L.
  [DITYDI]
             Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas
  RNQPs             or Genus or species of the              Threshold for the
  symptoms caused vegetable seed                             presence of the
  by the RNQPs                                               RNQPs on the
                                                             vegetable seed
  Pepino mosaic virus Solanum lycopersicum L.                     0%
  [PEPMV0]
  Potato spindle tuber Capsicum annuum L., Solanum                0%
  viroid [PSTVD0]        lycopersicum L.
’
 ---pagebreak---                                              Annex VII
                              Amendment of Directive 2002/56/EC
Directive 2002/56/EC is amended as follows:
(1)      Annex I is replaced by the following:
                                                 ’ANNEX I
              MINIMUM CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY 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 the following table:
   RNQPs or symptoms                     Threshold in the         Threshold in the growing
   caused by RNQPs                  growing plants for basic       plants for certified seed
                                           seed potatoes                    potatoes
   Blackleg (Dickeya Samson                     1,0%                         4,0%
   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%                         6,0%
   by viruses
   and
   symptoms caused by Potato
   leaf roll virus [PLRV00]
   Potato spindle tuber viroid                   0%                           0%
   [PSTVD0]
   RNQPs or symptoms                 Threshold in the direct       Threshold in the direct
 ---pagebreak---    caused by RNQPs                  progeny of basic seed          progeny of certified seed
                                           potatoes                        potatoes
   Symptoms of virus infection               4,0%                            10,0%
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.’;
(2)     Annex II is replaced by the following:
                                          ’ANNEX II
       MINIMUM QUALITY CONDITIONS FOR LOTS OF 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, Clavibacter
      michiganensis 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 potatoes:
 RNQPs or symptoms caused              Threshold of the       Threshold of the presence of
 by RNQPs                               presence of the       the RNQPs on certified seed
                                       RNQPs on basic                potatoes by mass
                                       seed potatoes by
                                             mass
 Candidatus Liberibacter                      0%                            0%
 solanacearum Liefting et al.
 Ditylenchus destructor Thorne                0%                            0%
 [DITYDE]
 ---pagebreak---   Black scurf affecting tubers over           5,0%                        5,0%
  more than 10% of their surface
  as caused by Thanatephorus
  cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk
  [RHIZSO]
  Powdery scab affecting tubers               3,0%                        3,0%
  over more than 10% of their
  surface as caused by
  Spongospora subterranea
  (Wallr.) Lagerh. [SPONSU]
;
(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.’
 ---pagebreak---                                               Annex VIII
                                 Amendment of Directive 2002/57/EC
   Directive 2002/57/EC is amended as follows:
   (1)   in Annex I, point 4 is replaced by the following:
   ʽ4.   The crop shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and
         quality of the propagating 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.;
                 ______________
   *     Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October
         2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No
         228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and
         of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC,
         98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).
         The presence of RNQPs on the crops shall comply with the following requirements as
         set out in the table:
                                     Fungi and oomycetes
RNQPs or                  Plants for     Thresholds for Thresholds for Thresholds for
symptoms caused           planting       the production the production the production
by RNQPs                                   of pre-basic      of basic seed  of certified
                          (genus or
                                               seed                             seed
                          species)
Plasmopara halstedii Helianthus                 0%                0%            0%
(Farlow) Berlese &        annuus L.
de Toni [PLASHA]
         ’
   (2)   In Annex II, point (5) of Section I is replaced by the following:
   ʽ5.   The seed shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and
         quality of the propagating material.
         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.
         The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with
         the following requirements as set out in the table:
                                       Fungi and oomycetes
 ---pagebreak--- RNQPs or             Plants for    Thresholds for Thresholds for Thresholds for
symptoms caused      planting      pre-basic seed     basic seed    certified seed
by RNQPs             (genus or
                     species)
Alternaria linicola  Linum                5%              5%              5%
Groves & Skolko      usitatissimum  5 % affected     5% affected     5% affected
[ALTELI]             L.            with Alternaria with Alternaria with Alternaria
                                      linicola,        linicola,       linicola,
                                      Boeremia        Boeremia         Boeremia
                                     exigua var.     exigua var.      exigua var.
                                      linicola,        linicola,       linicola,
                                   Colletotrichium Colletotrichium Colletotrichium
                                       lini and         lini and        lini and
                                    Fusarium spp    Fusarium spp    Fusarium spp
Boeremia exigua var. Linum                1%              1%              1%
linicola (Naumov &   usitatissimum  5 % affected    5 % affected     5 % affected
Vassiljevsky)        L. - flax     with Alternaria with Alternaria with Alternaria
Aveskamp, Gruyter                     linicola,        linicola,       linicola,
& Verkley                             Boeremia        Boeremia         Boeremia
[PHOMEL]                             exigua var.     exigua var.      exigua var.
                                      linicola,        linicola,       linicola,
                                   Colletotrichium Colletotrichium Colletotrichium
                                       lini and         lini and        lini and
                                    Fusarium spp    Fusarium spp    Fusarium spp
Boeremia exigua var. Linum               5%               5%              5%
linicola (Naumov &   usitatissimum  5 % affected    5 % affected     5 % affected
Vassiljevsky)        L. - linseed  with Alternaria with Alternaria with Alternaria
Aveskamp, Gruyter                     linicola,        linicola,       linicola,
& Verkley                             Boeremia        Boeremia         Boeremia
[PHOMEL]                             exigua var.     exigua var.      exigua var.
                                      linicola,        linicola,       linicola,
                                   Colletotrichium Colletotrichium Colletotrichium
                                       lini and         lini and        lini and
                                    Fusarium spp    Fusarium spp    Fusarium spp
Botrytis cinerea de  Helianthus           5%              5%              5%
Bary [BOTRCI]        annuus L.,
                     Linum
                     usitatissimum
                     L.
Colletotrichum lini  Linum                5%              5%              5%
Westerdijk           usitatissimum
 ---pagebreak--- [COLLLI]              L.               5% affected      5% affected      5% affected
                                    with Alternaria with Alternaria with Alternaria
                                         linicola,        linicola,        linicola,
                                         Boeremia         Boeremia         Boeremia
                                        exigua var.      exigua var.      exigua var.
                                         linicola,        linicola,        linicola,
                                    Colletotrichium Colletotrichium Colletotrichium
                                          lini and         lini and         lini and
                                      Fusarium spp     Fusarium spp     Fusarium spp
Diaporthe caulivora   Glycine max        15 % for         15 % for         15 % for
(Athow & Caldwell)    (L.) Merr       infection with   infection with   infection with
J.M. Santos,                         the Phomopsis    the Phomopsis    the Phomopsis
Vrandecic & A.J.L.                       complex          complex          complex
Phillips [DIAPPC]
Diaporthe
phaseolorum var.
sojae Lehman
[DIAPPS]
Fusarium              Linum                 5%               5%               5%
(anamorphic genus)    usitatissimum    5% affected      5% affected      5% affected
Link [1FUSAG]         L.            with Alternaria with Alternaria with Alternaria
other than Fusarium                      linicola,        linicola,        linicola,
oxysporum f. sp.                         Boeremia         Boeremia         Boeremia
albedinis (Kill. &                      exigua var.      exigua var.      exigua var.
Maire) W.L. Gordon                       linicola,        linicola,        linicola,
[FUSAAL] and                        Colletotrichium Colletotrichium Colletotrichium
Fusarium circinatum                       lini and         lini and         lini and
Nirenberg &                           Fusarium spp     Fusarium spp     Fusarium spp
O'Donnell [GIBBCI]
Plasmopara halstedii  Helianthus            0%               0%               0%
(Farlow) Berlese &    annuus L.
de Toni [PLASHA]
                                    Not more than    Not more than    Not more than
Sclerotinia           Brassica
                                    5 sclerotia or   5 sclerotia or   5 sclerotia or
sclerotiorum (Libert) rapa L. var.
                                    fragments of     fragments of     fragments of
de Bary [SCLESC]      silvestris
                                    sclerotia found  sclerotia found  sclerotia found
                      (Lam.)
                                    in a laboratory  in a laboratory  in a laboratory
                      Briggs,
                                    examination of   examination of   examination of
                                    a representative a representative a representative
                                    sample of each   sample of each   sample of each
                                    seed lot, of a   seed lot, of a   seed lot, of a
                                    size specified   size specified   size specified
                                    in column 4 of   in column 4 of   in column 4 of
                                    Annex III to     Annex III to     Annex III to
                                    Directive        Directive        Directive
 ---pagebreak---                                    2002/57/EC.      2002/57/EC.      2002/57/EC.
                                   Not more than    Not more than    Not more than
Sclerotinia           Brassica
                                   10 sclerotia or  10 sclerotia or  10 sclerotia or
sclerotiorum (Libert) napus L.
                                   fragments of     fragments of     fragments of
de Bary [SCLESC]      (partim),
                                   sclerotia found  sclerotia found  sclerotia found
                      Helianthus
                                   in a laboratory  in a laboratory  in a laboratory
                      annuus L.
                                   examination of   examination of   examination of
                                   a representative a representative a representative
                                   sample of each   sample of each   sample of each
                                   seed lot, of a   seed lot, of a   seed lot, of a
                                   size specified   size specified   size specified
                                   in column 4 of   in column 4 of   in column 4 of
                                   Annex III to     Annex III to     Annex III to
                                   Directive        Directive        Directive
                                   2002/57/EC       2002/57/EC       2002/57/EC
                                   Not more than    Not more than    Not more than
Sclerotinia           Sinapis alba
                                   5 sclerotia or   5 sclerotia or   5 sclerotia or
sclerotiorum (Libert) L.
                                   fragments of     fragments of     fragments of
de Bary [SCLESC]
                                   sclerotia found  sclerotia found  sclerotia found
                                   in a laboratory  in a laboratory  in a laboratory
                                   examination of   examination of   examination of
                                   a representative a representative a representative
                                   sample of each   sample of each   sample of each
                                   seed lot, of a   seed lot, of a   seed lot, of a
                                   size specified   size specified   size specified
                                   in column 4 of   in column 4 of   in column 4 of
                                   Annex III to     Annex III to     Annex III to
                                   Directive        Directive        Directive
                                   2002/57/EC       2002/57/EC.      2002/57/EC.
’
 ---pagebreak---                                           Annex IX
                  Amendment of Implementing Directive 2014/21/EU
The Annex to Implementing Directive 2014/21/EU is replaced by the following:
                                              ‘ANNEX
 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 the
                following table:
                 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.                       0%
                 spp. [1DICKG]; Pectobacterium
                 Waldee emend. Hauben et al. spp.
                 [1PECBG])
                 Candidatus Liberibacter                               0%
                 solanacearum Liefting et al.
                 [LIBEPS]
                 Candidatus Phytoplasma solani                         0%
                 Quaglino et al. [PHYPSO]
                 Mosaic symptoms caused by                             0%
                 viruses
                 and
                 symptoms caused by Potato leaf
                 roll virus [PLRV00]
                 Potato spindle tuber viroid                           0%
                 [PSTVD0]
                  RNQPs or symptoms caused by            Threshold for the presence of
                  RNQPs                                RNQPs on the direct progeny of
                                                       pre-basic seed potatoes of Union
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      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 the following table:
            RNQPs or symptoms caused by                   Threshold for the presence of
            RNQPs                                           RNQPs on the lots of pre-
                                                           basic seed potatoes of Union
                                                               grade PBTC by mass
            Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum                        0%
            Liefting et al. [LIBEPS]
            Ditylenchus destructor Thorne                               0%
            [DITYDE]
            Black scurf as caused by Thanatephorus                      0%
            cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk
            [RHIZSO]
            Powdery scab as caused by                                   0%
            Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.)
            Lagerh. [SPONSU]
    .
(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 the
                 following table:
            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.                              0%
            spp. [1DICKG]; Pectobacterium
 ---pagebreak---       Waldee emend. Hauben et al. spp.
      [1PECBG])
      Candidatus Liberibacter                                    0%
      solanacearum Liefting et al.
      [LIBEPS]
      Candidatus phytoplasma solani                              0%
      Quaglino et al. [PHYPSO]
      Mosaic symptoms caused by                                 0,1%
      viruses
      and
      symptoms caused by Potato leaf
      roll virus [PLRV00]
      Potato spindle tuber viroid                                0%
      [PSTVD0]
      RNQPs or symptoms caused by              Threshold for the presence of RNQPs
      RNQPs                                    on the direct progeny of pre-basic 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 the following table:
             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                                0%
             solanacearum Liefting et al.
 ---pagebreak---         [LIBEPS]
        Ditylenchus destructor Thorne                           0%
        [DITYDE]
        Black scurf affecting tubers over                      1,0%
        more than 10% of their surface as
        caused by Thanatephorus
        cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk
        [RHIZSO]
        Powdery scab affecting tubers over                     1,0%
        more than 10% of their surface as
        caused by Spongospora
        subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh.
        [SPONSU]
      ;
(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.’
 ---pagebreak---                                           Annex X
                   Amendment of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU
The Annexes to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU are replaced by the following
‘Annex I:     List of RNQPs for the presence of which visual inspection, and, in the case
              of doubts, sampling and testing, are required pursuant to Article 9(1),
              Article 10(1), Article 16(1), Article 21(1) and Article 26(1)
Genus or species                               RNQPs
Castanea sativa Mill.                           Fungi and oomycetes
                                                Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr
                                                [ENDOPA]
                                                Mycosphaerella punctiformis Verkley & U.
                                                Braun [RAMUEN]
                                                Phytophthora cambivora (Petri) Buisman
                                                [PHYTCM]
                                                Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands [PHYTCN]
                                                Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                                phytoplasmas
                                                Chestnut mosaic agent
Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus         Fungi and oomycetes
Raf.
                                                Phytophthora citrophthora (R.E.Smith &
                                                E.H.Smith) Leonian [PHYTCO ]
                                                Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica
                                                (Dastur) Waterhouse [PHYTNP]
                                                Insects and mites
                                                Aleurothrixus floccosus Maskell [ALTHFL]
                                                Parabemisia myricae Kuwana [PRABMY]
                                                Nematodes
                                                Pratylenchus    vulnus   Allen   &  Jensen
                                                [PRATVU]
                                                Tylenchulus semipenetrans Cobb [TYLESE]
Corylus avellana L.                             Bacteria
                                                Pseudomonas      avellanae   Janse et   al.
                                                [PSDMAL]
                                                Xanthomonas arboricola pv. Corylina
                                                (Miller, Bollen, Simmons, Gross & Barss)
                                                Vauterin, Hoste, Kersters & Swings
 ---pagebreak---                                    [XANTCY]
                                   Fungi and oomycetes
                                   Armillariella   mellea    (Vahl)   Kummer
                                   [ARMIME]
                                   Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold
                                   [VERTAA]
                                   Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
                                   Insects and mites
                                   Phytoptus avellanae Nalepa [ERPHAV]
Cydonia oblonga Mill. and Pyrus L. Bacteria
                                   Agrobacterium tumefaciens        (Smith  &
                                   Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]
                                   Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
                                   [ERWIAM]
                                   Pseudomonas syringae pv. Syringae van
                                   Hall [PSDMSY]
                                   Fungi and oomycetes
                                   Armillariella   mellea    (Vahl)   Kummer
                                   [ARMIME]
                                   Chondrostereum        purpureum      Pouzar
                                   [STERPU]
                                   Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spaulding
                                   & von Schrenk [GLOMCI]
                                   Neofabraea alba Desmazières [PEZIAL]
                                   Neofabraea malicorticis Jackson [PEZIMA]
                                   Neonectria ditissima (Tulasne & C. Tulasne)
                                   Samuels & Rossman [NECTGA]
                                   Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn)
                                   J.Schröter [PHYTCC]
                                   Sclerophora    pallida   Yao   &    Spooner
                                   [SKLPPA]
                                   Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold
                                   [VERTAA]
                                   Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
                                   Insects and mites
                                   Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann [ERISLA]
                                   Psylla spp. Geoffroy [1PSYLG]
                                   Nematodes
 ---pagebreak---                 Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood [MELGHA]
                Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]
                Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
                Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]
                Pratylenchus    vulnus   Allen   &   Jensen
                [PRATVU]
Ficus carica L. Bacteria
                Xanthomonas campestris pv. fici (Cavara)
                Dye [XANTFI]
                Fungi and oomycetes
                Armillariella   mellea    (Vahl)   Kummer
                [ARMIME]
                Insects and mites
                Ceroplastes rusci Linnaeus [CERPRU]
                Nematodes
                Heterodera fici Kirjanova [HETDFI]
                Meloidogyne         arenaria      Chitwood
                [MELGAR]
                Meloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White)
                Chitwood [MELGIN]
                Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]
                Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
                Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]
                Pratylenchus    vulnus   Allen   &   Jensen
                [PRATVU]
                Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                phytoplasmas
                Fig mosaic agent [FGM000]
Fragaria L.     Bacteria
                Candidatus Phlomobacter fragariae Zreik,
                Bové & Garnier [PHMBFR]
                Fungi and oomycetes
                Podosphaera aphanis (Wallroth) Braun &
                Takamatsu [PODOAP]
                Rhizoctonia     fragariae     Hussain    &
                W.E.McKeen [RHIZFR]
                Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold
                [VERTAA]
                Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
 ---pagebreak---                  Insects and mites
                 Chaetosiphon        fragaefolii      Cockerell
                 [CHTSFR]
                 Phytonemus pallidus Banks [TARSPA]
                 Nematodes
                 Ditylenchus    dipsaci     (Kuehn)     Filipjev
                 [DITYDI]
                 Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood [MELGHA]
                 Pratylenchus    vulnus     Allen    &   Jensen
                 [PRATVU]
                 Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                 phytoplasmas
                 Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris Lee et al.
                 [PHYPAS]
                 Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Davis
                 et al. [PHYPAU]
                 Candidatus       Phytoplasma         fragariae
                 Valiunas, Staniulis & Davis [PHYPFG]
                 Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni [PHYPPN]
                 Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et
                 al. [PHYPSO]
                 Clover phyllody phytoplasma [PHYP03]
                 Strawberry multiplier disease phytoplasma
                 [PHYP75]
Juglans regia L. Bacteria
                 Agrobacterium tumefaciens          (Smith    &
                 Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]
                 Xanthomonas arboricola pv. Juglandi
                 (Pierce) Vauterin et al. [XANTJU]
                 Fungi and oomycetes
                 Armillariella   mellea      (Vahl)    Kummer
                 [ARMIME]
                 Chondrostereum         purpureum        Pouzar
                 [STERPU]
                 Neonectria ditissima (Tulasne & C. Tulasne)
                 Samuels               &               Rossman
                 [NECTGA]Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert
                 & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]
                 Insects and mites
                 Epidiaspis leperii Signoret [EPIDBE]
 ---pagebreak---              Pseudaulacaspis      pentagona     Targioni-
             Tozzetti [PSEAPE]
             Quadraspidiotus     perniciosus    Comstock
             [QUADPE]
Malus Mill. Bacteria
             Agrobacterium tumefaciens        (Smith   &
             Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]
             Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
             [ERWIAM]
             Pseudomonas syringae pv. Syringae van
             Hall [PSDMSY]
            Fungi and oomycetes
             Armillariella   mellea    (Vahl)    Kummer
             [ARMIME]
             Chondrostereum        purpureum      Pouzar
             [STERPU]
             Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spaulding
             & von Schrenk [GLOMCI]
             Neofabraea alba Desmazières [PEZIAL]
             Neofabraea malicorticis Jackson [PEZIMA]
             Neonectria ditissima (Tulasne & C. Tulasne)
             Samuels & Rossman [NECTGA]
             Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn)
             J.Schröter [PHYTCC]
             Sclerophora pallida Yao & Spooner
             [SKLPPA]
             Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold
             [VERTAA]
             Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
            Insects and mites
             Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann
             [ERISLA]Psylla spp. Geoffroy [1PSYLG]
             Nematodes
             Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood [MELGHA]
             Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]
             Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
             Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]
             Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen
             [PRATVU]
 ---pagebreak--- Olea europaea L.                        Bacteria
                                        Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi
                                        (Smith) Gardan et al. [PSDMSA]
                                        Nematodes
                                        Meloidogyne arenaria Chitwood
                                        [MELGAR]
                                        Meloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White)
                                        Chitwood [MELGIN]
                                        Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]
                                        Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen
                                        [PRATVU]
                                        Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                        phytoplasmas
                                        Olive leaf yellowing-associated virus
                                        [OLYAV0]
                                        Olive vein yellowing-associated virus
                                        [OVYAV0]
                                        Olive yellow mottling and decline associated
                                        virus [OYMDAV]
Pistacia vera L.                        Fungi and oomycetes
                                        Phytophthora cambivora (Petri) Buisman
                                        [PHYTCM]
                                        Phytophthora cryptogea Pethybridge &
                                        Lafferty [PHYTCR]
                                        Rosellinia necatrix Prillieux [ROSLNE]
                                        Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
                                        Nematodes
                                        Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
                                        Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]
                                        Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen
                                        [PRATVU]
Prunus domestica L. , and Prunus dulcis Bacteria
(Miller) Webb
                                        Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith &
                                        Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]
                                        Pseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum
                                        (Wormald) Young, Dye & Wilkie
                                        [PSDMMP]
                                        Fungi and oomycetes
                                        Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn)
 ---pagebreak---                     J.Schröter [PHYTCC]
                    Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
                    Insects and mites
                    Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-
                    Tozzetti [PSEAPE]
                    Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock
                    [QUADPE]
                    Nematodes
                    Meloidogyne arenaria Chitwood
                    [MELGAR]
                    Meloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White)
                    Chitwood [MELGIN]
                    Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]
                    Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
                    Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]
                    Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen
                    [PRATVU]
Prunus armeniaca L. Bacteria
                    Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith &
                    Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]
                    Pseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum
                    (Wormald) Young, Dye & Wilkie
                    [PSDMMP]
                    Pseudomonas syringae pv. Syringae van Hall
                    [PSDMSY]
                    Pseudomonas viridiflava (Burkholder)
                    Dowson [PSDMVF]
                    Fungi and oomycetes
                    Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn)
                    J.Schröter [PHYTCC]
                    Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
                    Insects and mites
                    Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-
                    Tozzetti [PSEAPE]
                    Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock
                    [QUADPE]
                    Nematodes
                    Meloidogyne arenaria Chitwood
                    [MELGAR]
                    Meloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White)
 ---pagebreak---                                       Chitwood [MELGIN]
                                      Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]
                                      Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
                                      Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]
                                      Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen
                                      [PRATVU]
Prunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L. Bacteria
                                      Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith &
                                      Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]
                                      Pseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum
                                      (Wormald) Young, Dye & Wilkie
                                      [PSDMMP]
                                      Fungi and oomycetes
                                      Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn)
                                      J.Schröter [PHYTCC]
                                      Insects and mites
                                      Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock
                                      [QUADPE]
                                      Nematodes
                                      Meloidogyne arenaria Chitwood
                                      [MELGAR]
                                      Meloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White)
                                      Chitwood [MELGIN]
                                      Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]
                                      Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
                                      Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]
                                      Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen
                                      [PRATVU]
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus Bacteria
salicina Lindley
                                      Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith &
                                      Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]
                                      Pseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum
                                      (Wormald) Young, Dye & Wilkie
                                      [PSDMMP]
                                      Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier,
                                      Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie
                                      [PSDMPE]
                                      Fungi and oomycetes
                                      Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn)
 ---pagebreak---          J.Schröter [PHYTCC]
         Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
         Insects and mites
         Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-
         Tozzetti [PSEAPE]
         Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock
         [QUADPE]
         Nematodes
         Meloidogyne arenaria Chitwood
         [MELGAR]
         Meloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White)
         Chitwood [MELGIN]
         Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]
         Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
         Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]
         Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen
         [PRATVU]
Ribes L. Fungi and oomycetes
         Diaporthe strumella (Fries) Fuckel
         [DIAPST]
         Microsphaera grossulariae (Wallroth)
         Léveillé [MCRSGR]
         Podosphaera mors-uvae (Schweinitz) Braun
         & Takamatsu [SPHRMU]
         Insects and mites
         Cecidophyopsis ribis Westwood [ERPHRI]
         Dasineura tetensi Rübsaamen [DASYTE]
         Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-
         Tozzetti [PSEAPE]
         Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock
         [QUADPE]
         Tetranychus urticae Koch [TETRUR]
         Nematodes
         Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi        (Schwartz)
         Steiner & Buhrer [APLORI]
         Ditylenchus    dipsaci    (Kuehn)    Filipjev
         [DITYDI]
         Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
         phytoplasmas
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Aucuba mosaic agent and blackcurrant
                                                 yellows agent combined
Rubus L.                                         Bacteria
                                                 Agrobacterium spp. Conn [1AGRBG]
                                                 Rhodococcus fascians Tilford [CORBFA]
                                                 Fungi and oomycetes
                                                 Peronospora rubi Rabenhorst [PERORU]
                                                 Insects and mites
                                                 Resseliella theobaldi Barnes [THOMTE]
Vaccinium L.                                     Bacteria
                                                 Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith &
                                                 Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]
                                                 Fungi and oomycetes
                                                  Diaporthe vaccinii Shear [DIAPVA]
                                                  Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin
                                                  [EXOBVA]
                                                  Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora
                                                  myrtilli) Peck [GODRCA]
Annex II:     List of RNQPs for the presence of which visual inspection, and, where
              applicable, sampling and testing are required pursuant to Article 9(2) and
              (4), Article 10(1), Article 16(1), Article 21(1), Article 26(1), and Annex IV
Genus or species                                 RNQPs
Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Bacteria
Raf.
                                                  Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. [SPIRCI]
                                                 Fungi and oomycetes
                                                  Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter,
                                                  Aveskamp & Verkley [DEUTTR]
                                                 Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                                 phytoplasmas
                                                  Citrus cristacortis agent [CSCC00]
                                                  Citrus exocortis viroid [CEVD00]
                                                  Citrus impietratura agent [CSI000]
                                                  Citrus leaf blotch virus [CLBV00]
                                                  Citrus psorosis vírus [CPSV00]
 ---pagebreak---                        Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) [CTV000]
                       Citrus variegation virus [CVV000]
                       Hop stunt viroid [HSVD00]
Corylus avellana L.   Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                      phytoplasmas
                       Apple mosaic virus [APMV00]
Cydonia oblonga Mill. Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                      phytoplasmas
                      Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]
                      Apple rubbery wood agent [ARW000]
                      Apple stem grooving virus [ASGV00]
                      Apple stem-pitting virus [ASPV00]
                      Pear bark necrosis agent [PRBN00]
                      Pear bark split agent [PRBS00]
                      Pear blister canker viroid [PBCVD0]
                      Pear rough bark agent [PRRB00]
                      Quince yellow blotch agent [ARW000]
Fragaria L.           Bacteria
                      Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King
                      [XANTFR]
                      Fungi and oomycetes
                      Colletotrichum acutatum Simmonds
                      [COLLAC]
                      Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn)
                      J.Schröter [PHYTCC]
                      Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman
                      [PHYTFR]
                      Nematodes
                       Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie [APLOBE]
                       Aphelenchoides blastophthorus Franklin
                       [APLOBL]
                       Aphelenchoides fragariae (Ritzema Bos)
                       Christie [APLOFR]
                      Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz)
                      Steiner & Buhrer [APLORI]
                      Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                      phytoplasmas
                       Arabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]
 ---pagebreak---                              Raspberry ringspot virus [RPRSV0]
                             Strawberry crinkle virus [SCRV00]
                             Strawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]
                             Strawberry mild yellow edge virus
                             [SMYEV0]
                             Strawberry mottle virus [SMOV00]
                             Strawberry vein banding virus [SVBV00]
                             Tomato black ring virus [TBRV00]
Juglans regia L             Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                            phytoplasmas
                             Cherry leaf roll virus [CLRV00]
Malus Mill.                 Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                            phytoplasmas
                            Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]
                            Apple dimple fruit viroid [ADFVD0]
                            Apple flat limb agent [AFL000]
                            Apple mosaic virus [APMV00]
                            Apple rubbery wood agent [ARW000]
                            Apple scar skin viroid [ASSVD0]
                            Apple star crack agent [APHW00]
                            Apple stem grooving virus [ASGV00]
                            Apple stem-pitting virus [ASPV00]
                            Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller &
                            Schneider [PHYPMA]
                            Fruit disorders: chat fruit [APCF00], green
                            crinkle [APGC00], bumpy fruit of Ben
                            Davis, rough skin [APRSK0], star crack,
                            russet ring [APLP00], russet wart
Olea europaea L.            Fungi and oomycetes
                            Verticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]
                            Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                            phytoplasmas
                             Arabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]
                             Cherry leaf roll virus [CLRV00]
                             Strawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]
Prunus dulcis (Miller) Webb Bacteria
                            Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)
                            Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]
 ---pagebreak---                                       Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                      phytoplasmas
                                      Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]
                                      Apple mosaic virus [APMV00]
                                      Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
                                      Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]
                                      Plum pox virus [PPV000]
                                      Prune dwarf virus [PDV000]
                                      Prunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]
Prunus armeniaca L.                   Bacteria
                                      Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)
                                      Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]
                                      Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                      phytoplasmas
                                      Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]
                                      Apple mosaic virus [APMV00]
                                      Apricot latent virus [ALV000]
                                      Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
                                      Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]
                                      Plum pox virus [PPV000]
                                      Prune dwarf virus [PDV000]
                                      Prunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]
Prunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L. Bacteria
                                      Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)
                                      Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]
                                      Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                      phytoplasmas
                                       Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]
                                       Apple mosaic virus [APMV00]
                                       Arabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]
                                       Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
                                       Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]Cherry
                                       green ring mottle virus [CGRMV0]
                                       Cherry leaf roll virus [CLRV00]
                                       Cherry mottle leaf virus [CMLV00]
                                       Cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus
                                       [CRNRM0]
                                       Little cherry virus 1 and 2 [LCHV10],
 ---pagebreak---                                               [LCHV20]
                                              Plum pox virus [PPV000]
                                              Prune dwarf virus [PDV000]
                                              Prunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]
                                              Raspberry ringspot virus [RPRSV0]
                                              Strawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]
                                              Tomato black ring virus [TBRV00]
Prunus domestica L., Prunus salicina Bacteria
Lindley, and other species of Prunus L. Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)
susceptible to Plum pox virus in the case of Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]
Prunus L. hybrids
                                             Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                             phytoplasmas
                                             Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]
                                             Apple mosaic virus [APMV00]
                                             Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
                                             Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]
                                             Myrobalan latent ringspot virus [MLRSV0]
                                             Plum pox virus [PPV000]
                                             Prune dwarf virus [PDV000]
                                             Prunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch                   Bacteria
                                             Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)
                                             Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]
                                             Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                             phytoplasmas
                                             Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]
                                             Apple mosaic virus [APMV00]
                                             Apricot latent virus [ALV000]
                                             Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
                                             Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]
                                             Peach latent mosaic viroid [PLMVD0]
                                             Plum pox virus [PPV000]
                                             Prune dwarf virus [PDV000]
                                             Prunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]
                                             Strawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]
Pyrus L.                                     Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                             phytoplasmas
 ---pagebreak---          Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]
         Apple rubbery wood agent [ARW000]
         Apple stem grooving virus [ASGV00]
         Apple stem-pitting virus [ASPV00]
         Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller &
         Schneider [PHYPPY]
         Pear bark necrosis agent [PRBN00]
         Pear bark split agent [PRBS00]
         Pear blister canker viroid [PBCVD0]
         Pear rough bark agent [PRRB00]
         Quince yellow blotch agent [ARW000]
Ribes L. Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
         phytoplasmas
         Arabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]
         Blackcurrant reversion virus [BRAV00]
         Cucumber mosaic virus [CMV000]
         Gooseberry vein banding associated virus
         [GOVB00]
         Raspberry ringspot virus [RPRSV0]
         Strawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]
Rubus L. Fungi and oomycetes
         Phytophthora spp. de Bary [1PHYTG]
         Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
         phytoplasmas
         Apple mosaic virus [APMV00]
         Arabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]
         Black raspberry necrosis virus [BRNV00]
         Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi Malembic-
         Maher et al. [PHYPRU]
         Cucumber mosaic virus [CMV000]
         Raspberry bushy dwarf virus [RBDV00]
         Raspberry leaf mottle virus [RLMV00]
         Raspberry ringspot virus [RPRSV0]
         Raspberry vein chlorosis virus [RVCV00]
         Raspberry yellow spot [RYS000]
         Rubus yellow net virus [RYNV00]
 ---pagebreak---                                                 Strawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]
                                                Tomato black ring virus [TBRV00]
Vaccinium L.                                    Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and
                                                phytoplasmas
                                                Blueberry mosaic associated ophiovirus
                                                [BLMAV0]
                                                Blueberry red ringspot virus [BRRV00]
                                                Blueberry scorch virus [BLSCV0]
                                                Blueberry shock virus [BLSHV0]
                                                Blueberry shoestring virus [BSSV00]
                                                Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris Lee et al.
                                                [PHYPAS]
                                                Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni [PHYPPN]
                                                Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et
                                                al. [PHYPSO]
                                                Cranberry false blossom phytoplasma
                                                [PHYPFB]
Annex III:     List of RNQPs whose presence in soil is provided for in Article 11(1) and
               (2), Article 17(1) and (2), and Article 22(1) and (2)
Genus or species                                RNQPs
Fragaria L.                                     Nematodes
                                                Longidorus attenuatus Hooper [LONGAT]
                                                Longidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne &
                                                Swanger [LONGEL]
                                                Longidorus macrosoma Hooper [LONGMA]
                                                Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky)
                                                Thorne [XIPHDI]
Juglans regia L.                                Nematodes
                                                Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky)
                                                Thorne [XIPHDI]
Olea europaea L.                                Nematodes
                                                Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky)
                                                Thorne [XIPHDI]
Pistacia vera L.                                Nematodes
                                                Xiphinema index Thorne & Allen [XIPHIN]
 ---pagebreak--- Prunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L.          Nematodes
                                               Longidorus attenuatus Hooper [LONGAT]
                                               Longidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne &
                                               Swanger [LONGEL]
                                               Longidorus macrosoma Hooper [LONGMA]
                                               Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky)
                                               Thorne [XIPHDI]
Prunus domestica L., Prunus persica (L.) Nematodes
Batsch and Prunus salicina Lindley
                                                Longidorus attenuatus Hooper [LONGAT]
                                                Longidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne &
                                                Swanger [LONGEL]
                                                Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky)
                                                Thorne [XIPHDI]
Ribes L.                                       Nematodes
                                                Longidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne &
                                                Swanger [LONGEL]
                                                Longidorus macrosoma Hooper
                                                [LONGMA]
                                                Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky)
                                                Thorne [XIPHDI]
Rubus L.                                       Nematodes
                                                Longidorus attenuatus Hooper [LONGAT]
                                                Longidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne &
                                                Swanger [LONGEL]
                                                Longidorus macrosoma Hooper
                                                [LONGMA]
                                                Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky)
                                                Thorne [XIPHDI]
Annex IV:     Requirements concerning measures per genera or species and category
              pursuant to Article 10(4), Article 16(4), Article 21(4) and Article 26(2)
Propagating material shall comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests
and protected zone quarantine pests 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.
Moreover, it shall comply with the following requirements per genera or species and category
concerned:
1.   Castanea sativa Mill.
(a)  All categories
 ---pagebreak--- Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annex I.
(b) Pre-basic category
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
In the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-
insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/9251, the
following requirements shall apply concerning Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr:
(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced in areas
        known to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr; or
(ii) no symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr are observed at the site of
        production on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category since the
        beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.
(c) Basic category
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced in areas
        known to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr ; or
(ii) no symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr are observed at the site of
        production on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category since the
        beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.
(d)     Certified and CAC categories
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the certified and CAC categories shall be
        produced in areas known to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr ; or
(ii) no symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr are observed at the site of
        production on propagating material and fruit plants of the certified and CAC categories
        since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation; or
(iii) propagating material and fruit plants of the certified and CAC categories showing
        symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr have been rogued out, the
        remaining propagating material and fruit plants shall be inspected at weekly intervals
        and no symptoms are observed at the site of production for at least three weeks before
        dispatch.
2.      Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Raf.
(a)     Pre-basic category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year.
Sampling and testing
1
  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925 of 29 May 2017 temporarily authorising certain Member
States to certify pre-basic material of certain species of fruit plants, produced in the field under non-insect proof
conditions, and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/167 (OJ L 140, 31.5.2017, p. 7–14).
 ---pagebreak--- Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every year concerning the presence
of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested
three years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of
three years concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates).
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested six years after its acceptance as a pre-
basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of six years concerning the presence of
RNQPs, other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) and Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al.,
listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in
Annex I.
(b)   Basic category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year with regard to Citrus tristeza virus (EU
isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter,
Aveskamp & Verkley. Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year for all RNQPs,
other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus
tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley, listed in Annexes I and II.
Sampling and testing
In the case of basic mother plants which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, each
basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of
Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates). A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be
sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et
al.
In the case of basic mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every year
concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) and Spiroplasma citri Saglio et
al. in order to have all mother plants tested within an interval of 2 years. In the case of a
positive test result for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) all basic mother plants in the
production site shall be sampled and tested. A representative portion of basic mother plants
which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities shall be sampled and tested every six
years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the
presence of RNQPs, other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) and Spiroplasma citri
Saglio et al., listed in Annexes I and II.
(c)   Certified category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year with regard to Citrus tristeza virus (EU
isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter,
Aveskamp & Verkley. Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year for all RNQPs,
other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus
tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley , listed in Annexes I and II.
Sampling and testing
In the case of certified mother plants which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every four years
concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) in order to have all mother
plants tested within an interval of 8 years.
 ---pagebreak--- In the case of certified mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof
facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every
year concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) in order to have all mother
plants tested within an interval of 3 years. A representative portion of certified mother plants
which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities shall be sampled and tested in the
case of doubts concerning the presence of pests, other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates),
listed in Annexes I and II.
In the case of a positive test result for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) all certified mother
plants in the production site shall be sampled and tested.
(d)    Basic and certified categories
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
       produced in areas known to be free from Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates),
       Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp
       & Verkley ; or
(ii) in the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories
       which have been grown in insect proof facilities, no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri
       Saglio et al. or Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are
       observed on that propagating material and those fruit plants over the last complete
       growing season and the material has been subjected to random sampling and testing
       Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) before marketing; or
(iii) in the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category which have
       not been grown in insect proof facilities, no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al.
       or Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on that
       propagating material and those fruit plants over the last complete growing season, and a
       representative portion of the material has been sampled and tested for Citrus tristeza
       virus (EU isolates) before marketing; or
(iv) in the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category which have
       not been grown in insect proof facilities:
        -     symptoms of Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley or
              Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. are observed on no more than 2% of propagating
              material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the
              last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit plants,
              and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
              immediately destroyed; and
        -     a representative portion of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified
              category has been sampled and tested for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates),
              before marketing and no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of
              the certified category in the production site have been found positive over the last
              complete growing season. That propagating material and those fruit plants have
              been rogued out and immediately destroyed. Propagating material and fruit plants
              in the immediate vicinity have been subjected to random sampling and testing,
              and any propagating material and fruit plants which have been found positive
              have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.
(e) CAC category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
 ---pagebreak--- Sampling and testing
Propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall derive from an identified
source of material, which has been found free, on the basis of visual inspection, sampling and
testing, from the RNQPs as listed in Annex II.
In the case the identified source of material has been maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of that material shall be sampled and tested every eight years
concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates).
In the case the identified source of material has not been maintained in insect-proof facilities,
a representative portion of that material shall be sampled and tested every three years
concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates).
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in areas
      known to be free from Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al.
      and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley; or
(ii) in the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category which have
      been grown in insect proof facilities, no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. or
      Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on that
      propagating material and those fruit plants over the last complete growing season and
      the material has been subjected to random sampling and testing for Citrus tristeza virus
      (EU isolates) before marketing; or
(iii) in the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category which have not
      been grown in insect proof facilities, no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. or
      Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on
      propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the
      last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity
      have been rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a representative portion of the
      material has been sampled and tested for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) before
      marketing; or
(iv) in the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category which have not
      been grown in insect proof facilities:
      -      symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. or Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri)
             Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on no more than 2% of propagating
             material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last
             complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit plants and
             any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
             immediately destroyed; and
      -      a representative portion of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC
             category has been sampled and tested for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates),
             before marketing and no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of
             the CAC category in the production site have been found positive over the last
             complete growing season. That propagating material and those fruit plants have
             been rogued out and immediately destroyed. Propagating material and fruit plants
             in the immediate vicinity have been subjected to random sampling and testing,
             and any propagating material and fruit plants which have been found positive
             have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.
3.    Corylus avellana L.
All categories
 ---pagebreak--- Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of the
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
4.    Cydonia oblonga Mill.
(a)   All categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out over the last complete growing season for Erwinia
amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. For all RNQPs, other than Erwinia amylovora (Burrill)
Winslow et al., visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
(b)   Pre-basic category
Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested fifteen years after its acceptance as a
pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of fifteen years concerning the presence
of RNQPs other than virus-like diseases and viroids listed in Annex II, and in the case of
doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
In the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-
insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/9251, the
following requirements shall apply concerning Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:
(i)   propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced in areas
      known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. ; or
(ii)  propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production site
      have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any propagating
      material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et
      al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.
(c)   Basic category
Sampling and testing
A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen years
on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence
of RNQPs other than virus-like diseases and viroids listed in Annex II, and in the case of
doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
(d)   Certified category
Sampling and testing
A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen
years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the
presence of RNQPs other than virus-like diseases and viroids listed in Annex II, and in the
case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
Certified fruit plants shall be sampled and tested in case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
 ---pagebreak--- (e)   Basic and certified categories
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
      produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. ;
      or
(ii) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories in the
      production site have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any
      propagating material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora (Burrill)
      Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately rogued out and
      destroyed.
(f)   CAC category
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in areas
      known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; or
(ii) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site have
      been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any propagating material and
      fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. and any
      surrounding host plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.
5.    Ficus carica L.
All categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of the
RNQPs listed in Annex I.
6.    Fragaria L.
(a)   All categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year during the growing season. The foliage of
Fragaria L. shall be visually inspected concerning the presence of Phytophthora fragariae
C.J. Hickman.
For propagating material and fruit plants produced by micropropagation, and which are
maintained for a period shorter than three months, only one visual inspection during this
period is necessary.
(b)   Pre-basic category
Sampling and testing
 ---pagebreak--- Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested one year after its acceptance as a pre-
basic mother plant and subsequently once per growing season concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed
in Annex I.
(c)   Basic category
Sampling and testing
A representative sample of roots shall be sampled and tested in the case of symptoms of
Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman on the foliage. Sampling and testing shall be carried
out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle
virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein
banding virus and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and
testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other
than Arabis mosaic virus, Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, Raspberry ringspot virus,
Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus,
Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) - Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman
            -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced
                  in areas known to be free from Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman; or
            -     no symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman are observed on the
                  foliage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the
                  production site over the last complete growing season, and any infected
                  propagating material and fruit plants and plants in a surrounding zone of at
                  least 5 m radius have been marked, excluded from lifting and marketing,
                  and destroyed after uninfected propagating material and fruit plants plants
                  have been lifted;
      - Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King
            -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced
                  in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King; or
            -     no symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King are observed on
                  propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production
                  site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in
                  the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.
(ii) -      Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman
            -     there shall be a rest period, during which the propagating material and fruit
                  plants concerned shall not be grown, which shall be of at least ten years
                  between findings of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman and the next
                  planting; or
            -     the cropping and soil borne disease history of the production site shall be
                  recorded;
      -     Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King
            -     there shall be a rest period, during which the propagating material and fruit
                  plants concerned shall not be grown, which shall be of at least one year
                  between findings of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King and the next
                  planting;
(iii) Requirements for RNQPs, other than Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King and
      Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman and other than viruses:
 ---pagebreak---       -     The percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in
            the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of
            each of the following RNQPs shall not exceed:
            -      0,05% in the case of Aphelenchoides besseyi;
            -      0,1% in the case of Strawberry multiplier disease phytoplasma;
            -      0,2% in the case of:
                   Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris Lee et al.;
                   Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni;
                   Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al.;
                   Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold;
                   Verticillium dahliae Kleb;
            -      0,5% in the case of:
                   Chaetosiphon fragaefolii Cockerell;
                   Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev;
                   Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood;
                   Podosphaera aphanis (Wallroth) Braun & Takamatsu;
            -      1% in the case of Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen; and that propagating
                   material and those fruit plants and any surrounding host plants have been
                   rogued out and destroyed; and
      -     In the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the
            basic category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot
            virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild
            yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus,
            the propagating material and fruit plants concerned shall be rogued out and
            immediately destroyed.
(iv) Requirements for all viruses:
      symptoms of all viruses listed in Annexes I and II shall have been observed on no more
      than 1% of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production
      site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit
      plants and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity shall have been rogued out
      and immediately destroyed.
(d)   Certified category
Sampling and testing
A representative sample of roots shall be sampled and tested in the case of symptoms of
Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman on the foliage. Sampling and testing shall be carried
out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle
virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein
banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and
testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other
than Arabis mosaic virus, Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, Raspberry ringspot virus,
Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus,
Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) -       Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman
        - propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category shall be produced in
            areas known to be free from Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman; or
        - no symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman are observed on the foliage
            of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production
 ---pagebreak---            site over the last complete growing season, and any infected propagating material
           and fruit plants and plants in a surrounding zone of at least 5 m radius have been
           marked, excluded from lifting and marketing, and destroyed after uninfected
           plants have been lifted;
      -    Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King
           - propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category shall be
                produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy &
                King; or
           - symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King have been observed
                on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified
                category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and
                that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants
                in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.
(ii) -     Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman
           -      there shall be a rest period, during which the propagating material and fruit
                  plants concerned shall not be grown, which shall be of at least ten years
                  between findings of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman and the next
                  planting; or
           -      the cropping and soil borne disease history of the production site shall be
                  recorded;
      -    Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King
           -      there shall be a rest period, during which the propagating material and fruit
                  plants concerned shall not be grown, which shall be of at least one year
                  between findings of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King and the next
                  planting;
(iii) Requirements for RNQPs, other than Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King and
      Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman and other than viruses:
      -    the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in
           the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of
           each of the following RNQPs shall not exceed:
           -      0,1% in the case of Phytonemus pallidus Banks;
           -      0,5% in the case of:
                  Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie;
                  Strawberry multiplier disease phytoplasma;
           -      1% in the case of:
                  Aphelenchoides fragariae (Ritzema Bos) Christie;
                  Candidatus Phlomobacter fragariae Zreik, Bové & Garnier;
                  Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris Lee et al.;
                  Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Davis et al.;
                  Candidatus Phytoplasma fragariae Valiunas, Staniulis & Davis;
                  Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni;
                  Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al.;
                  Chaetosiphon fragaefolii Cockerell;
                  Clover phyllody phytoplasma;
                  Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev;
                  Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood Chitwood;
                  Podosphaera aphanis (Wallroth) Braun & Takamatsu;
                  Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen;
                  Rhizoctonia fragariae Hussain & W.E.McKeen;
           -      2% in the case of:
 ---pagebreak---                    Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold;
                   Verticillium dahliae Kleb; and that propagating material and those fruit
                   plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed;
                   and
      -     In the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the
            certified category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot
            virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild
            yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus,
            the propagating material and fruit plants concerned shall be rogued out and
            immediately destroyed.
(iv) Requirements for all viruses
      Symptoms of all viruses listed in Annexes I and II have been observed on no more than
      2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production
      site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit
      plants and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
      immediately destroyed.
(e)   CAC category
Sampling and testing
A representative sample of roots shall be sampled and tested in the case of symptoms of
Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman on the foliage. Sampling and testing shall be carried
out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle
virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus , Strawberry vein
banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and
testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other
than Arabis mosaic virus, Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, Raspberry ringspot virus,
Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus,
Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) - Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman
        -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
              areas known to be free from Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman; or
        -     no symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman are observed on the
              foliage of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the
              production site over the last complete growing season, and any infected
              propagating material and fruit plants and plants in a surrounding zone of at least
              5 m radius have been marked, excluded from lifting and marketing, and
              destroyed after uninfected propagating material and fruit plants have been lifted;
     - Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King
        -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
              areas known to be free from Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King; or
        -     no symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King are observed on
              propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site
              over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the
              immediate vicinity have been rogued out; or
        -     symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King have been observed on
              no more than 5% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in
              the production site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating
 ---pagebreak---               material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate
              vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.
(ii)  Requirements for viruses:
      In the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC
      category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus,
      Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge
      virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, the propagating
      material and fruit plants concerned shall be rogued out and immediately destroyed.
7.    Juglans regia L.
(a)   All categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
(b)   Pre-basic category
Sampling and testing
Each flowering pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested one year after its
acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of one year concerning
the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence
of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
(c)   Basic category
Sampling and testing
A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every year on the
basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of the
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
(d)   Certified category
Sampling and testing
A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every three
years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the
presence of the RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
Certified fruit plants shall be sampled and tested in the case of doubts concerning the presence
of the RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
(e)   CAC category
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of the
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
8.    Malus Mill.
(a)   All categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
(b)   Pre-basic category
 ---pagebreak--- Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested fifteen years after its acceptance as a
pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of fifteen years concerning the presence
of RNQPs other than virus-like diseases and viroids listed in Annex II, and in the case of
doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
In the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-
insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/9251, the
following requirements shall apply concerning Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller &
Schneider and Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. :
(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider
      -      propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced
             in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller &
             Schneider; or
      -      no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider are
             observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the
             production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic
             plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed;
(ii) Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
      -      propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced
             in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; or
      -      propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production
             site have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any
             propagating material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora
             (Burrill) Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately
             rogued out and destroyed.
(c)   Basic category
Sampling and testing
In the case of basic mother plants, which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen years
concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider.
In the case of basic mother plants, which have been not maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every three years
concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider; a
representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen years
on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence
of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider and other than
the virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the
presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
(d)   Certified category
Sampling and testing
In the case of certified mother plants, which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen
years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider.
 ---pagebreak--- In the case of certified mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof
facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every
five years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider;
a representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen
years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the
presence of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider and
other than virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts
concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
Certified fruit plants shall be sampled and tested in case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
(e)    Basic and certified categories
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider
       -      propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
              produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller
              & Schneider; or
       -      no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider are
              observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified
              categories in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any
              symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
              immediately destroyed; or
       -      symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider have been
              observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the
              certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season,
              and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants
              in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a
              representative sample of the remaining asymptomatic propagating material and
              fruit plants in the lots in which symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants
              were found has been tested and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali
              Seemüller & Schneider;
(ii)   Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
       -      propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
              produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et
              al.; or
       -      propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories in the
              production site have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and
              any propagating material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia
              amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been
              immediately rogued out and destroyed.
(f)    CAC category
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider
 ---pagebreak---       -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
            areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller &
            Schneider or
      -     no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider are
            observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the
            production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic
            plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed;
            or
      -     symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider have been
            observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC
            category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any
            symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
            immediately destroyed, and a representative sample of the remaining
            asymptomatic propagating material and fruit plants in the lots in which
            symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants were found has been tested and
            found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider;
(ii)  Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
            areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; or
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site
            have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any propagating
            material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora (Burrill)
            Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately rogued out
            and destroyed.
9.    Olea europaea L.
(a)   All categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
(b)   Pre-basic category
Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested ten years after its acceptance as a
pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of ten years concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed
in Annex I.
(c)   Basic category
Sampling and testing
A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled in order to have all plants
tested within an interval of thirty years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of
those plants concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
(d)   Certified category
Sampling and testing
In the case of mother plants used for the production of seeds (‘seed mother plants’), a
representative portion of those seed mother plants shall be sampled in order to have all plants
 ---pagebreak--- tested within an interval of forty years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of
those plants concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II. In the case of
mother plants other than seed mother plants, a representative portion of those plants shall be
sampled in order to have all plants tested within an interval of thirty years on the basis of an
assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of the RNQPs
listed in Annexes I and II.
(e)    CAC category
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of the
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
10.    Pistacia vera L.
All categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of the
RNQPs listed in Annex I.
11.    Prunus armeniaca L., Prunus avium L., Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., Prunus cerasus L.,
       Prunus domestica L., Prunus dulcis (Miller) Webb, Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and
       Prunus salicina Lindley
(a)    Pre-basic category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year with regard to Candidatus Phytoplasma
prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Plum pox virus, Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni
(Smith) Vauterin et al. and Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan)
Young, Dye & Wilkie (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus salicina Lindley). Visual
inspections shall be carried out once a year for all RNQPs, other than Candidatus
Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Plum pox virus, Xanthomonas arboricola pv.
pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. and Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &.
Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie , listed in Annexes I and II.
Sampling and testing
Propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category of Prunus armeniaca L.,
Prunus avium L., Prunus cerasus L., Prunus domestica L., and Prunus dulcis (Miller) Webb,
shall derive from mother plants, which have been tested within the previous growing season
and found free from Plum pox virus.
Pre-basic rootstocks of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and Prunus domestica L. shall derive from
mother plants, which have been tested within the previous growing season and found free
from Plum pox virus. Pre-basic rootstocks of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and Prunus domestica
L. shall derive from mother plants, which have been tested within the previous five growing
seasons and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider.
Each flowering pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested for Prune dwarf virus and
Prunus necrotic ringspot virus one year after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and
 ---pagebreak--- with subsequent intervals of one year. In the case of Prunus persica, each flowering pre-basic
mother plant shall be sampled one year after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and
tested for Peach latent mosaic viroid. Each tree planted intentionally for pollination and,
where appropriate, the major pollinating trees in the environment shall be sampled and tested
for Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus.
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled five years after its acceptance as a pre-basic
mother plant, and with subsequent intervals of five years, and tested for Candidatus
Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider and Plum pox virus. Each pre-basic mother
plant shall be sampled ten years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant, and with
subsequent intervals of ten years, and tested for RNQPs, other than Prune dwarf virus, Plum
pox virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus, relevant for the species, as listed in Annex II,
and tested in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I. A
representative portion of pre-basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested in the case of
doubts concerning the presence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
In the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-
insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/9251, the
following requirements shall apply concerning Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller
& Schneider, Plum pox virus, Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. and
Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie :
(i)     Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced
            in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller &
            Schneider; or
      -     no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider are
            observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the
            production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic
            plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed;
            or
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production
            site shall be isolated from other host plants. The isolation distance of the
            production site shall depend on regional circumstances, the type of propagating
            material, the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller &
            Schneider in the area concerned and the relevant risks involved as set out by the
            competent authorities based on inspection;
(ii)    Plum pox virus
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced
            in areas known to be free from Plum pox virus; or
      -     no symptoms of Plum pox virus are observed on propagating material and fruit
            plants of the pre-basic category in the production site over the last complete
            growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been
            rogued out and immediately destroyed; or
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production
            site shall be isolated from other host plants. The isolation distance of the
            production site shall depend on regional circumstances, the type of propagating
            material, the presence of Plum pox virus in the area concerned and the relevant
            risks involved as set out by the competent authorities based on inspection;
 ---pagebreak--- (iii)   Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye &
        Wilkie
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced
            in areas known to be free from Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier,
            Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie; or
      -     no symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan)
            Young, Dye & Wilkie are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the
            pre-basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season,
            and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
            immediately destroyed;
(iv)    Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced
            in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)
            Vauterin et al.; or
      -     no symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. are
            observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the
            production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic
            plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.
(b)   Basic, certified and CAC categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
(c)   Basic category
Sampling and testing
(i) Mother plants which have been maintained in insect proof facilities
      A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled every three years and
      tested concerning the presence of Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus and
      Plum pox virus. A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled every
      ten years and tested concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
      Seemüller & Schneider.
(ii) Mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities
      A representative portion of basic mother plants, other than those intended for the
      production of rootstocks, shall be sampled every year and tested for Plum pox virus in
      order to have all plants tested within an interval of ten years.
      A representative portion of basic mother plants, intended for the production of
      rootstocks shall be sampled every year and tested concerning the presence of Plum pox
      virus and found free from that RNQP. A representative portion of basic mother plants of
      Prunus domestica L. intended for the production of rootstocks must be sampled and
      tested in the previous five growing seasons concerning the presence of Candidatus
      Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider and found free from that RNQP.
      A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested in the case
      of doubts concerning the presence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)
      Vauterin et al. A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and
      tested every ten years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those
      plants concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma
      prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus
 ---pagebreak---      and Plum pox virus, listed in Annex II, and tested in the case of doubts concerning the
     presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
     -      Flowering mother plants
            A representative portion of flowering basic mother plants shall be sampled every
            year and tested for Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider,
            Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an
            assessment of the risk of infection of those plants.
            In the case of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, a representative portion of flowering
            basic mother plants shall be sampled once a year and tested for Peach latent
            mosaic viroid on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants.
            A representative portion of trees planted intentionally for pollination and, where
            appropriate, the major pollinating trees in the environment shall be sampled and
            tested Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an
            assessment of the risk of infection of those plants.
     -      Non-flowering mother plants
            A representative portion of non-flowering basic mother plants which have been
            not maintained in insect proof facilities shall be sampled and tested every three
            years concerning the presence of Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot
            virus and Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider on the basis
            of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants.
(d)  Certified category
Sampling and testing
(i)    Mother plants which have been maintained in insect proof facilities
       A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled every five years
       and tested concerning the presence of Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot
       virus and Plum pox virus in order to have all plants tested within an interval of fifteen
       years. A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled every
       fifteen years and tested concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
       Seemüller & Schneider.
(ii)   Mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities
       A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled every three years
       and tested for Plum pox virus in order to have all plants tested within an interval of
       fifteen years.
       A representative portion of certified mother plants intended for the production of
       rootstocks shall be sampled every year and tested concerning the presence of Plum
       pox virus and found free from that RNQP. A representative portion of certified mother
       plants of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and Prunus domestica L. intended for the production
       of rootstocks have been sampled in the previous five growing seasons and tested
       concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller &
       Schneider and found free from that RNQP.
       A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested in the
       case of doubts concerning the presence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith)
       Vauterin et al. A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled
       every fifteen years and tested on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of
 ---pagebreak---        those plants concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma
       prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus
       and Plum pox virus, listed in Annex II, and tested in the case of doubts concerning the
       presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
     -     Flowering mother plants
           A representative portion of flowering certified mother plants shall be sampled
           every year and tested for Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller &
           Schneider , Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of
           an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants. In the case of Prunus
           persica (L.) Batsch, a representative portion of flowering certified mother plants
           shall be sampled once a year and tested for Peach latent mosaic viroid on the basis
           of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants. A representative portion
           of trees planted intentionally for pollination and, where appropriate, the major
           pollinating trees in the environment shall be sampled and tested for Prune dwarf
           virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an assessment of the risk
           of infection of those plants.
     -     Non-flowering mother plants
           A representative portion of non-flowering certified mother plants, which have not
           been maintained in insect proof facilities, shall be sampled every three years and
           tested concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum, Prune
           dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an assessment of
           the risk of infection of those plants.
(e)  Basic and certified categories
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider
     -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
           produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
           Seemüller & Schneider; or
     -     no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider are
           observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified
           categories in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any
           symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
           immediately destroyed; or
     -     symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider have
           been observed on no more than 1% of propagating material and fruit plants of the
           certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season,
           and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants
           in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a
           representative sample of the remaining asymptomatic propagating material and
           fruit plants in the lots in which symptomatic plants were found has been tested
           and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider;
(ii) Plum pox virus
     -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
           produced in areas known to be free from Plum pox virus; or
     -     no symptoms of Plum pox virus are observed on propagating material and fruit
           plants of the basic and certified categories in the production site over the last
           complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity
           have been rogued out and immediately destroyed; or
 ---pagebreak---       -     symptoms of Plum pox virus have been observed on no more than 1% of
            propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production
            site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and
            those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been
            rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a representative sample of the
            remaining asymptomatic propagating material and fruit plants in the lots in which
            symptomatic plants were found has been tested and found free from Plum pox
            virus;
(iii) Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
            produced in areas known to be free from Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae
            (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie; or
      -     no symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan)
            Young, Dye & Wilkie are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the
            basic and certified categories in the production site over the last complete growing
            season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued
            out and immediately destroyed; or
      -     symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan)
            Young, Dye & Wilkie have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating
            material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the
            last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit plants,
            and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
            immediately destroyed;
(iv) Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
            produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni
            (Smith) Vauterin et al.; or
      -     no symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. are
            observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified
            categories in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any
            symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
            immediately destroyed; or
      -     symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. have been
            observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the
            certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season,
            and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants
            in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.
(f) CAC category
Sampling and testing
Propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall derive from an identified
source of material, of which a representative portion has been sampled and tested within the
previous three growing seasons and found free from Plum pox virus.
CAC rootstocks of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and Prunus domestica L. shall derive from an
identified source of material of which a representative portion has been sampled and tested
within the previous 5 years and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum
Seemüller & Schneider and Plum pox virus.
 ---pagebreak--- A representative portion of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be
sampled and tested in the case of doubts concerning the presence of Xanthomonas arboricola
pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.
A representative portion of CAC fruit plants not showing any symptoms of Plum pox virus
upon visual inspection shall be sampled and tested on the basis of an assessment of the risk of
infection of those fruit plants concerning the presence of that RNQP and in the case of
symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity.
Upon the detection of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category showing
symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider in the production
site by visual inspection, a representative portion of the remaining asymptomatic CAC
propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the lots where symptomatic
propagating material and fruit plants have been found shall be sampled and tested concerning
the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider.
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider and Plum pox
virus, listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider
      -      propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
             areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller &
             Schneider; or
      -      no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider are
             observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the
             production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic
             plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed;
             or
      -      symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider have
             been observed on no more than 1% of propagating material and fruit plants of the
             CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and
             that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the
             immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a
             representative sample of the remaining asymptomatic propagating material and
             fruit plants in the lots in which symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants
             were found has been tested and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma
             prunorum Seemüller & Schneider; or
      -      symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan)
             Young, Dye & Wilkie and Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et
             al. have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit
             plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing
             season, and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic
             plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed;
(ii) Plum pox virus
      -      propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
             areas known to be free from Plum pox virus; or
      -      no symptoms of Plum pox virus are observed on propagating material and fruit
             plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing
 ---pagebreak---             season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued
            out and immediately destroyed; or
      -     symptoms of Plum pox virus have been observed on no more than 1% of
            propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site
            over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those
            fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been
            rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a representative sample of the
            remaining asymptomatic propagating material and fruit plants in the lots in which
            symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants were found has been tested and
            found free from Plum pox virus;
(iii) Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
            areas known to be free from Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti
            &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie; or
      -     no symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan)
            Young, Dye & Wilkie are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the
            CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and
            any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
            immediately destroyed; or
      -     symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan)
            Young, Dye & Wilkie have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating
            material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last
            complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and
            any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
            immediately destroyed;
(iv) Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
            areas known to be free from Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin
            et al.; or
      -     no symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. are
            observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the
            production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic
            plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed;
            or
      -     symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. have been
            observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC
            category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and that
            propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the
            immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.
12.   Pyrus L.
(a)   All categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
(b)   Pre-basic category
Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested fifteen years after its acceptance as a
pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of fifteen years concerning the presence
 ---pagebreak--- of RNQPs other than virus-like diseases and viroids listed in Annex II, and in the case of
doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
In the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-
insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/9251, the
following requirements shall apply concerning Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller &
Schneider and Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:
(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider
       -      propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced
              in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller &
              Schneider; or
       -      no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider are
              observed at the production site over the last complete growing season, and any
              symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
              immediately destroyed;
(ii) Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
       -      propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced
              in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; or
       -      propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production
              site have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any
              propagating material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora
              (Burrill) Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately
              rogued out and destroyed.
(c)    Basic category
Sampling and testing
In the case of basic mother plants which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen years
concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider.
In the case of basic mother plants which have been not maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every three years
concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider; a
representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen years
on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence
of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider and other than
the virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the
presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
(d)    Certified category
Sampling and testing
In the case of certified mother plants, which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a
representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen
years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider.
In the case of certified mother plants, which have been not maintained in insect proof
facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every
five years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider; a
representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen
 ---pagebreak--- years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the
presence of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider and
other than virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts
concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.
Certified fruit plants shall be sampled and tested in case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
(e)   Basic and certified categories
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
            produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller
            & Schneider; or
      -     no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider are
            observed at the production site over the last complete growing season, and any
            symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
            immediately destroyed; or
      -     symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider have been
            observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the
            certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season,
            and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants
            in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a
            representative sample of the remaining asymptomatic propagating material and
            fruit plants in the lots in which symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants
            were found has been tested and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri
            Seemüller & Schneider;
(ii) Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be
            produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et
            al.; or
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories in the
            production site have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and
            any propagating material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia
            amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been
            immediately rogued out and destroyed.
(f)   CAC category
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
            areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller &
            Schneider; or
      -     no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider are
            observed at the production site over the last complete growing season, and any
 ---pagebreak---              symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
             immediately destroyed; or
       -     symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider have been
             observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC
             category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and that
             propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the
             immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a
             representative sample of the remaining asymptomatic propagating material and
             fruit plants in the lots in which symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants
             were found has been tested and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri
             Seemüller & Schneider;
(ii)   Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
       -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in
             areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; or
       -     propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site
             have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any propagating
             material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora (Burrill)
             Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately rogued out
             and destroyed.
13.    Ribes L.
(a)    Pre-basic category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year.
Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested four years after its acceptance as a
pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of four years concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed
in Annex I.
(b)    Basic, certified and CAC categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of the
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
(c)    Basic category
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
The percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production
site over the last complete growing season showing symptoms of Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi
(Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer shall not exceed 0,05% and that propagating material and those
fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.
(d)    Certified category
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
 ---pagebreak--- The percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the
production site over the last complete growing season showing symptoms of Aphelenchoides
ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer shall not exceed 0,5% and that propagating material
and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.
14.    Rubus L.
(a)    Pre-basic category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year.
Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested two years after its acceptance as a
pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of two years concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed
in Annex I.
(b)    Basic category
Visual inspection
Where propagating material and fruit plants are grown in the field or in pots, visual
inspections shall be carried out twice a year.
For propagating material and fruit plants produced by micropropagation, and which are
maintained for a period shorter than three months, only one visual inspection during this
period is necessary.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry
ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon
visual inspection. Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning
the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry
latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus, listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) In the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the basic
       category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus,
       Strawberry latent ringspot virus or Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material
       and fruit plants concerned shall be rogued out and immediately destroyed.
(ii) Requirements for RNQPs other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus,
       Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus:
       The percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the
       production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of
       the following RNQPs shall not exceed:
       -     0,1% in the case of:
             Agrobacterium spp. Conn.;
             Rhodococcus fascians Tilford; and that propagating material and those fruit
             plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed; and
(iii) Requirements for all viruses:
       Symptoms of all viruses listed in Annexes I and II have been observed on no more than
       0,25% of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production
       site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit
 ---pagebreak---        plants and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
       immediately destroyed.
(c)    Certified category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry
ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon
visual inspection. Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning
the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry
latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus, listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) In the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the
       certified category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus,
       Strawberry latent ringspot virus or Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material
       and fruit plants concerned shall be rogued out and immediately destroyed;
(ii) Requirements for RNQPs other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus,
       Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus:
       The percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the
       production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of
       the following RNQPs shall not exceed:
       -      0,5% in the case of Resseliella theobaldi Barnes;
       -      1% in the case of:
              Agrobacterium spp. Conn.;
              Rhodococcus fascians Tilford; and that propagating material and those fruit
              plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed;
(iii) Requirements for all viruses
       Symptoms of all viruses listed in Annexes I and II have been observed on no more than
       0,5% of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production
       site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit
       plants and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and
       immediately destroyed.
(d)    CAC category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry
ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon
visual inspection. Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning
the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry
latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus, listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
In the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC
category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry
 ---pagebreak--- latent ringspot virus or Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material and fruit plants
concerned shall be rogued out and immediately destroyed.
15.   Vaccinium L.
(a)   Pre-basic category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year.
Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested five years after its acceptance as a
pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of five years concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed
in Annex I.
(b)   Basic category
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn
      -     no symptoms of Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn are
            observed at the production site over the last complete growing season.
(ii) Diaporthe vaccinii Shear
      -     propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced in
            areas known to be free from Diaporthe vaccinii Shear; or
      -     no symptoms of Diaporthe vaccinii Shear are observed at the production site over
            the last complete growing season;
(iii) Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin and Godronia cassandrae (anamorph
      Topospora myrtilli) Peck
      -     the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the
            production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each
            of the following RNQPs shall not exceed:
            -     0,1% in the case of Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli)
                  Peck;
            -     0,5% in the case of Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin; and that
                  propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants
                  have been rogued out and destroyed.
(c)   Certified and CAC categories
Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out once a year.
Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out in the case of doubts concerning the presence of
RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.
 ---pagebreak--- (d)  Certified category
Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area
(i) Diaporthe vaccinii Shear
     -    propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category shall be produced in
          areas known to be free from Diaporthe vaccinii Shear; or
     -    no symptoms of Diaporthe vaccinii Shear are observed at the production site over
          the last complete growing season.
(ii) Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn, Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel)
     Woronin and Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck
     -    the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in
          the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of
          each of the following RNQPs shall not exceed:
          -     0,5% in the case of:
                    Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn;
                    Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck;
          -     1% in the case of Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin; and that
                propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants
                have been rogued out and destroyed.’