Council Directive 98/57/ECShow full title

Article 2 U.K.

1. Member States shall conduct annual systematic official surveys for the organism on the listed plant material originating in their territory. In order to identify other possible sources of contamination threatening the production of the listed plant material, Member States shall carry out a risk assessment and, unless no risk of spread of the organism has been identified during that assessment, they shall, in production areas of the listed plant material, conduct targeted official surveys for the organism on plants other than the listed plant material, including wild solanaceous host plants, as well as on surface water which is used for irrigation or spraying of listed plant material and on liquid waste discharged from industrial processing or packaging premises handling listed plant material and used for irrigation or spraying of listed plant material. The extent of these targeted surveys shall be determined according to the risk identified. Member States may also conduct official surveys for the organism on the material, such as growing medium, soil and solid waste from industrial processing or packaging premises.

2. The official surveys provided for in paragraph 1 shall be carried out:

(a) for the listed plant material, according to the details set down in point 1 of Section II, Annex I; and,

(b) for host plants other than the listed plant material, and for water including liquid waste, in accordance with appropriate methods and, where appropriate, samples shall be taken and subjected to official or officially supervised laboratory testing;

(c) where appropriate for other material, in accordance with appropriate methods.

For these surveys, further details of the inspection procedures and the number, origin, stratification and timing of collection of samples shall be decided by the responsible official bodies within the meaning of Directive 77/93/EEC based on sound scientific and statistical principles and the biology of the organism and taking into account in the Member State concerned, the particular production systems of the listed plant material and, as appropriate, of other host plants of the organism.

3. The details and results of the official surveys provided for in paragraph 1 shall be notiefied each year to the other Member States and to the Commission in accordance with the provisions of point 2 of Section II, Annex I. These notifications shall be submitted by 1 June except for potatoes use as farm-saved seed for which the notification shall be submitted by 1 September. The details and results for crops shall be related to the previous year's production. The details of these notifications may be submitted to the Committee.

4. The following provision shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16a of Directive 77/93/EEC:

• the appropriate methods for the surveys and the laboratory testing provided for in paragraph 2, first subparagraph, (b).

5. The following provisions may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16a of Directive 77/93/EEC:

• the appropriate methods for the surveys provided for in paragraph 2, first subparagraph, (c),

• further details of the surveys provided for in paragraph 2, second subparagraph, with a view to ensuring comparable levels of assurance between Member States.