Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/547Show full title

ANNEX I REQUIREMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6

SECTION A Requirements to be fulfilled by experimental seedlings

1.

The seedlings shall be practically free from harmful organisms or diseases liable to affect quality, or signs or symptoms thereof, which reduce the usefulness and in particular from the following harmful organisms: Rhizoctonia solani Kühn, Phytophtera infestans (Mont.) de Bary, Alternaria solani Sorauer, Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl., Verticillium dahlia Kleb., Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold, Potato leaf roll virus, Potato virus A, Potato virus M, Potato virus S, Potato virus X, and Potato virus Y.

2.

The seedlings shall be free from symptoms of blackleg.

3.

The seedlings shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity.

4.

The seedlings shall be found practically free from defects affecting the quality and usefulness as planting material.

SECTION B Requirements to be fulfilled by true potato seed

1.

The seed shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity.

2.

Diseases and harmful organisms which reduce the usefulness of the seed shall be at the lowest possible level.

3.

Analytical purity, the content of other plant species and germination of the seed shall be sufficient to guarantee the quality and usefulness as experimental material.

ANNEX II LABELLING REQUIREMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9

A.

Indication referred to in the first paragraph of Article 9 ‘Seed tubers grown from true potato seed, temporary experiment under EU rules and standards’.

B.

Information referred to in the second paragraph of Article 9:

1.

the indication ‘Temporary experiment under EU rules and standards’;

2.

the name of the responsible official body and the respective Member State, or their initials;

3.

registration or authorisation number of the supplier;

4.

name of the producer;

5.

reference number of the lot;

6.

species, indicated at least under its botanical name;

7.

variety;

8.

quantity (number of plantlets);

9.

Member State of production;

10.

the indication ‘Seedlings grown from true potato seed’;

11.

treatment, where applicable.

C.

Information referred to in the third paragraph of Article 9:

1.

the indication ‘Temporary experiment under EU rules and standards’;

2.

the name of the responsible official body and the respective Member State, or their initials;

3.

the name and address, or registration code from the public register, of the supplier responsible for affixing the label;

4.

reference number of the lot;

5.

species, indicated at least under its botanical name;

6.

variety;

7.

Member State of production;

8.

the indication ‘True potato seed’;

9.

declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds;

10.

where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances, or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seeds and the total weight.

ANNEX III INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 12

1.

number of persons registered pursuant to Article 8(1);

2.

the quantities of true potato seed, experimental seedlings and experimental seed tubers marketed, and, where applicable, the Member State for which the true potato seed, experimental seedlings or experimental seed tubers were intended;

3.

the inspection results of true potato seed with respect to analytical purity, content of other species and germination, as well as methods of analysis and tolerances used;

4.

information helping to determine appropriate lot size and sample sizes for true potato seed, including descriptions of methods of sampling of the seed and tolerances used;

5.

the inspection results of experimental seedlings with respect to varietal identity and purity, as well as methods and tolerances used;

6.

the inspection results with respect to varietal identity and varietal purity of tubers and misshapen tubers;

7.

results of national comparative trials;

8.

assessment by users of health and quality of the seed potatoes derived from true potato seed;

9.

a cost-benefit analysis allowing concluding whether or not the production of seed tubers derived from true potato seed is an improved alternative to the production of seed potatoes.