ANNEX VMeasures to prevent the presence of RNQPs on specific plants for planting

PART HMeasures to prevent the presence of RNQPs on vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seeds

Visual inspection

The competent authority, or the professional operator under the official supervision of the competent authority, shall carry out checks and take any other actions to ensure that:

  1. (a)

    the plants shall at least appear, on visual inspection, to be practically free from pests listed in the table in this point, in respect of the genus or species concerned.

  2. (b)

    any plants showing visible signs or symptoms of the pests listed in the tables in this point, at the stage of the growing crop, have been treated properly immediately upon their appearance or, where appropriate, have been eliminated.

  3. (c)

    in the case of bulbs of shallots and garlic, the plants derive directly from material which, at the stage of the growing crop, has been checked and found to be practically free from any pest listed in the tables in this point.

In addition, the competent authority, or the professional operator under the official supervision of the competent authority, shall carry out checks and take any other actions to ensure that the requirements, concerning the respective RNQPs and plants for planting, provided for in the following table, are fulfilled:

Bacteria

RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs

Plants for planting

Requirements

Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al.

Solanum lycopersicum L.

The plants have been grown from seeds which comply with the requirements laid down in Annex V, Part E and have been maintained free from infection by appropriate hygiene measures.

Xanthomonas euvesicatoria Jones et al.

Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.

  1. (a)

    seedlings have been grown from seeds that meet the requirements laid down in Part E for vegetable seeds; and

  2. (b)

    young plants have been maintained in appropriate hygiene conditions to prevent infection.

Xanthomonas gardneri (ex Šutič 1957) Jones et al.

Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.

  1. (a)

    seedlings have been grown from seeds that meet the requirements laid down in Part E for vegetable seeds; and

  2. (b)

    young plants have been maintained in appropriate hygiene conditions to prevent infection.

Xanthomonas perforans Jones et al.

Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.

  1. (a)

    seedlings have been grown from seeds that meet the requirements laid down in Part E for vegetable seeds; and

  2. (b)

    young plants have been maintained in appropriate hygiene conditions to prevent infection.

Xanthomonas vesicatoria (ex Doidge) Vauterin et al.

Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.

  1. (a)

    seedlings have been grown from seeds that meet the requirements laid down in Part E for vegetable seeds; and

  2. (b)

    young plants have been maintained in appropriate hygiene conditions to prevent infection.

Fungi and oomycetes

RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs

Plants for planting

Requirements

Fusarium Link (anamorphic genus), other than Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis (Kill. & Maire) W.L. Gordon and Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O'Donnell

Asparagus officinalis L.

  1. (a)
    1. (i)

      the crop has been visually inspected at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest during the growing season, a representative sample of the plants have been uprooted and no symptoms of Fusarium Link have been observed; or

    2. (ii)

      the crop has been visually inspected at least twice at appropriate times for the detection of the pest during the growing season and plants showing symptoms of Fusarium Link have been rogued out immediately with no symptoms seen at a final inspection of the growing crop; and

  2. (b)

    the crowns have been visually inspected before movement and no symptoms of Fusarium Link have been seen.

Helicobasidium brebissonii (Desm.) Donk

Asparagus officinalis L.

  1. (a)
    1. (i)

      the crop has been visually inspected at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest during the growing season, a representative sample of the plants have been uprooted and no symptoms of Helicobasidium brebissonii (Desm.) Donk have been observed; or

    2. (ii)

      the crop has been visually inspected at least twice at appropriate times for the detection of the pest during the growing season and plants showing symptoms of Helicobasidium brebissonii (Desm.) Donk have been rogued out immediately with no symptoms seen at a final inspection of the growing crop; and

  2. (b)

    the crowns have been visually inspected before movement and no symptoms of Helicobasidium brebissonii (Desm.) Donk have been seen.

Stromatinia cepivora Berk.

Allium cepa L., Allium fistulosum L., Allium porrum L.

  1. (a)

    the plants are module-raised transplants grown in medium free from Stromatinia cepivora Berk.;

    or

  2. (b)
    1. (i)

      • the crop has been visually inspected at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest during the growing season and no symptoms of Stromatinia cepivora Berk. have been observed; or

      • the crop has been visually inspected at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest during the growing season and plants showing symptoms of Stromatinia cepivora Berk. have been rogued out immediately with no symptoms seen at an additional final inspection of the growing crop;

      and

    2. (ii)

      the plants have been visually inspected before movement and no symptoms of Stromatinia cepivora Berk. have been seen.

Stromatinia cepivora Berk.

Allium sativum L.

  1. (a)
    1. (i)

      the crop has been visually inspected at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest during the growing season and no symptoms of Stromatinia cepivora Berk. have been observed; or

    2. (ii)

      the crop has been visually inspected at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest during the growing season and plants showing symptoms of Stromatinia cepivora Berk. have been rogued out immediately with no symptoms seen at an additional final inspection of the growing crop;

    and

  2. (b)

    the plants or sets have been visually inspected before movement and no symptoms of Stromatinia cepivora Berk. have been seen.

Verticillium dahliae Kleb. [VERTDA]

Cynara cardunculus L.

  1. (a)

    mother plants derive from pathogen tested material; and

  2. (b)

    the plants have been grown in a site of production of which the cropping history is known, with no records of the occurrence of Verticillium dahliae Kleb.; and

  3. (c)

    plants have been visually inspected at appropriate times since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and found free from symptoms of Verticillium dahliae Kleb.

Nematodes

RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs

Plants for planting

Requirements

Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev

Allium cepa L., Allium sativum L.

In the case of plants, other than the plants for the production of a commercial crop:

  1. (a)

    the crop has been visually inspected at least once at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and no symptoms of Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev have been observed;

    or

  2. (b)
    1. (i)

      the crop has been visually inspected at least once at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and not more than 2 % of plants have shown symptoms of Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev infestation, and

    2. (ii)

      the plants found to be infected by that pest have been rogued out immediately, and

    3. (iii)

      the plants have then been found to be free from that pest through laboratory tests on a representative sample;

      or

  3. (c)

    the plants have been subjected to an appropriate chemical or physical treatment against Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev and ave been found to be free from that pest after laboratory tests on a representative sample.

In the case of plants for production of a commercial crop:

  1. (a)

    the crop has been visually inspected at least once at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and no symptoms of Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev have been observed;

    or

  2. (b)
    1. (i)

      the crop has been inspected at least once at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation;

    2. (ii)

      plants showing symptoms of Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev have been rogued out immediately, and

    3. (iii)

      the plants have been found to be free from that pest after laboratory tests on a representative sample;

      or

  3. (c)

    the plants have been subject to an appropriate physical or chemical treatment and have been found to be free of Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev after laboratory tests on a representative sample.

Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas

RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs

Plants for planting

Requirements

Leek yellow stripe virus

Allium sativum L.

  1. (a)

    the crop has been visually inspected at least once at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and no symptoms of Leek yellow stripe virus have been seen;

    or

  2. (b)

    the crop has been visually inspected at least once at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation in which not more than 10 % of the plants showed symptoms of Leek yellow stripe virus, with those plants rogued out immediately and not more than 1 % of plants showing symptoms seen in a final inspection.

Onion yellow dwarf virus

Allium cepa L., Allium sativum L.

  1. (a)

    the crop has been visually inspected at least once at an appropriate time since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and no symptoms of Onion yellow dwarf virus have been seen;

    or

  2. (b)
    1. (i)

      the crop has been visually inspected at least once at an appropriate time for the detection of the pest since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation in which not more than 10 % of the plants showed symptoms of Onion yellow dwarf virus; and

    2. (ii)

      the plants rogued found infected by that pest have been rogued out immediately; and

    3. (iii)

      not more than 1 % of plants show symptoms of that pest have been seen in a final inspection.

Potato spindle tuber viroid

Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.

  1. (a)

    no symptoms of diseases caused by Potato spindle tuber viroid have been observed on the plants at the place of production during their complete cycle of vegetation; or

  2. (b)

    the plants have been subjected to official testing for Potato spindle tuber viroid, on a representative sample and using appropriate methods, and have been found, in these tests, free from that pest.

Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus

Capsicum annuum L., Lactuca sativa L., Solanum lycopersicum L., Solanum melongena L.

  1. (a)

    the plants have grown in a site of production that has been subjected to a monitoring regime of relevant thrips vectors (Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande and Thrips tabaci Lindeman) and upon detection of those vectors appropriate treatments are carried out to ensure effective suppression of populations; and

  2. (b)
    1. (i)

      no symptoms of Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus have been observed on plants at the site of production during the current growing period; or

    2. (ii)

      any plants at the production site showing symptoms of Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus during the current growing period have been rogued out and a representative sample of the plants to be moved has been tested and found free from the pest.

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

Solanum lycopersicum L.

  1. (a)

    no symptoms of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus have been observed on the plants;

    or

  2. (b)

    no symptoms of Tomato yellow leaf curl disease have been observed on the place of production