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Commission Directive 2008/61/ECShow full title
Commission Directive 2008/61/EC of 17 June 2008 establishing the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections (Codified version)
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Section III:U.K.Plants of Vitis L., other than fruits
1.The plant material shall be subjected, as appropriate, to appropriate therapy procedures, as laid down in FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines.U.K.
2.The plant material, following the therapy procedures carried out pursuant to point 1, shall be subjected to indexing procedures in its entirety. All plant material including indexing plants, shall be held at the approved facilities under the quarantine containment conditions laid down in Annex I. Plant material intended for approval for official release shall be held under conditions conducive to a normal cycle of vegetative growth and shall be subjected to visual inspection for signs and symptoms of harmful organisms including those of Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch) and of all other relevant harmful organisms listed in Directive 2000/29/EC, on arrival and subsequently, at appropriate times, during the period of the indexing procedures.U.K.
3.For the purposes of point 2 the plant material shall be indexed for harmful organisms (tested for and identified) according to the following procedures:U.K.
3.1.
Where the plant material originates in a country which is not known to be free of the following harmful organisms:
(i)
Ajinashika disease
The testing shall use an appropriate laboratory method. In the event of a negative result, the plant material shall be indexed on the vine variety Koshu and kept under observation during at least two cycles of vegetation.
(ii)
Grapevine stunt virus
The testing shall use appropriate indicator plants, including the vine variety Campbell Early, and observation shall take place during one year.
(iii)
Summer mottle
The testing shall use appropriate indicator plants, including the vine varieties Sideritis, Cabernet-Franc and Mission.
3.2.
Irrespective of the country of origin of the plant material, the testing shall use appropriate laboratory methods and, where appropriate, indicator plants for the detection of at least the following harmful organisms:
(a)
Blueberry leaf mottle virus
(b)
Grapevine Flavescence dorée MLO and other grapevine yellows
(c)
Peach rosette mosaic virus
(d)
Tobacco ringspot virus
(e)
Tomato ringspot virus (strain ‘yellow vein’ and other strains)
(f)
Xylella fastidiosa (Well & Raju)
(g)
Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos) Willems et al.
4.The plant material subjected to the visual inspections referred to in point 2 and on which signs and symptoms of harmful organisms have been observed shall be subjected to an investigation including testing where necessary, to determine, as far as possible, the identity of the harmful organisms causing the signs and symptoms.U.K.
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