[F1PART AU.K.List of plants, plant products and other objects originating in a CD territory or Great Britain and the special requirements for their introduction into Great Britain from a CD territory or their movement within Great Britain
Textual Amendments
F1Annex 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1527), reg. 1(2), Sch. 8 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a))
Interpretation
In this Part—
‘relevant PCN provisions’ means—
(i)in relation to potatoes produced in England, Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 ;
(ii)in relation to potatoes produced in Wales, Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020 ;
(iii)in relation to potatoes produced in Scotland, paragraphs 4 and 5 of Part 2, and Part 4, of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 ;
‘relevant Potato Wart Disease provisions’ means—
(i)in relation to potatoes produced in England, Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) Regulations 2019;
(ii)in relation to potatoes produced in Wales, Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020;
(iii)in relation to potatoes produced in Scotland, Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Rgulations 2019.
(1) Description of plants, plant products or other objects (2) Special requirements 1. Plants for planting with roots, grown in the open air There must be evidence that the place of production is known to be free from Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival. 2. Plants for planting of stolon, or tuber-forming species of Solanum L., or their hybrids, being stored in gene banks or genetic stock collections The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that the plants have been held under quarantine conditions and have been found free from any GB quarantine pests by laboratory testing, as described in entry 3, before release from quarantine.
Each organisation or research body holding such material must inform the competent authority of the material held.
3. Plants for planting of stolon or tuber-forming species of Solanum L., or their hybrids, other than:
— those tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. specified in entries 4, 5 and 6; and
— seeds of Solanum tuberosum L. specified in entry 18
The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that they have been held under quarantine conditions and:
(a)have been found free from GB quarantine pests by laboratory testing before release from quarantine, using methods described in EPPO PM 3/21, which was:
(i)supervised by the competent authority and executed by scientifically trained staff of that authority or of any officially approved body,
(ii)executed at a site provided with appropriate facilities sufficient to contain GB quarantine pests and maintain the material, including indicator plants, in such a way as to eliminate any risk of spreading GB quarantine pests;
(iii)executed on each unit of the material:
(aa)by visual examination at regular intervals during the full length of at least one vegetative cycle, having regard to the type of material and its stage of development during the testing programme, for symptoms caused by any GB quarantine pests, and
(bb)by laboratory testing:
— in the case of all potato material at least for:
— Andean potato latent virus,
— Andean potato mild mottle virus,
— Andean potato mottle virus,
— Arracacha virus B. oca strain,
— Potato black ringspot virus,
— Potato virus T,
— Potato yellowing virus,
— Potato yellow vein virus,
— non-European isolates of potato viruses A, M, S, V, X and Y (including Yo, Yn and Yc) and Potato leafroll virus (including Yo),
— Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann & Kotthoff) Li et al.,
— Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al., Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum Safni et al., Ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebensis Safni et al. and Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis Safni et al.,
— in the case of seeds of Solanum tuberosum L., other than those specified in entry 18, at least for the viruses and viroids listed above, with the exception of Andean potato mottle virus, and non-European isolates of potato viruses A, M, S, V, X and Y (including Yo, Yn and Yc) and Potato leafroll virus, and
(iv)included appropriate testing on any other symptoms observed in the visual examination in order to identify the GB quarantine pests having caused such symptoms.
In point (a), ‘EPPO PM 3/21’ means the standard describing inspection and tests for detection of pests infecting Solanum species or hybrids imported for germplasm, conservation, breeding or research purposes in post-entry quarantine, approved by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization .
4. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., for planting, originating in Great Britain The tubers must be accompanied by an official statement that the relevant Potato Wart provisions to combat Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival have been complied with. 5. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., for planting, originating in Great Britain The tubers must be accompanied by an official statement that they originate in an area in which Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al.:
(a)is known not to occur; or
(b)is known to occur, and the tubers originate from a place of production found free from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al. or considered to be free of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al. as a consequence of the implementation of an appropriate procedure aimed at eradicating Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al.
6. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., for planting, other than those which are authorised to be planted for the purposes of this entry by the competent authority, originating in Great Britain The tubers must be accompanied by an official statement that the relevant PCN provisions to combat Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens have been complied with. 7. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., for planting, originating in a CD territory The tubers must be accompanied by an official statement that they originate in an area in which Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival, Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al., Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens are known not to occur. 8. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., for planting, other than tubers of those varieties accepted on to the GB Variety List pursuant to the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 The tubers must be accompanied by an official statement:
(a)that they belong to advanced selections,
(b)that they have been produced within Great Britain, and
(c)that they have been derived in direct line from material which has been maintained under appropriate conditions and has been subjected within Great Britain to official quarantine testing in accordance with appropriate methods and has been found free from pests.
9. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., other than those mentioned in entries 2 to 6 or 8, originating in Great Britain There must be evidence by a registration number put on the packaging, or in the case of loose-loaded potatoes transported in bulk, on the accompanying documents, demonstrating that the tubers have been grown by an officially registered producer, or originate from officially registered collective storage or dispatching centres located in the area of production, indicating:
(a)that the tubers are free from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al., and
(b)that the relevant Potato Wart provisions to combat Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival and the relevant PCN provisions to combat Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens have been complied with.
10. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., other than those mentioned in entry 7, originating in a CD territory There shall be evidence by a registration number put on the packaging, or in the case of loose-loaded potatoes transported in bulk, on the accompanying documents, demonstrating that the tubers have been grown by an officially registered producer, or originate from officially registered collective storage or dispatching centres located in the area of production, indicating that the tubers are free from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al., Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival, Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens. 11. Plants for planting with roots of Capsicum spp., Solanum lycopersicum L. and Solanum melongena L., other than those which are authorised to be planted for the purposes of this entry by the competent authority, originating in Great Britain The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that the relevant PCN provisions to combat Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens have been complied with. 12. Plants for planting with roots of Capsicum spp., Solanum lycopersicum L. and Solanum melongena L., originating in a CD territory The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that they originate in an area in which Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens are known not to occur. 13. Plants for planting, other than seeds. of Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L., Musa L., Nicotiana L. and Solanum melongena L. The plants must be accompanied by:
(a)an official statement that they originate in an area which, in accordance with the measures specified in ISPM4, is known to be free from Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al., or
(b)an official statement that no symptoms of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al. have been observed on the plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.
14. Plants for planting with roots grown in the open air of Allium porrum L., Asparagus officinalis L., Beta vulgaris L., Brassica spp. and Fragaria L., other than those which are authorised to be planted for the purposes of this entry by the competent authority, originating in Great Britain There must be evidence that the relevant PCN provisions to combat Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens have been complied with. 15. Plants for planting with roots grown in the open air of Allium porrum L., Asparagus officinalis L., Beta vulgaris L., Brassica spp. and Fragaria L., originating in a CD territory The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that they originate in an area in which Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens are known not to occur. 16. Bulbs, tubers or rhizomes, grown in the open air, of Allium ascalonicum L., Allium cepa L., Dahlia spp., Gladiolus Tourn. ex L., Hyacinthus spp., Iris spp., Lilium spp., Narcissus L. or Tulipa L., other than those which are authorised to be planted for the purposes of this entry by the competent authority, originating in Great Britain There must be evidence that the relevant PCN provisions to combat Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens have been complied with. 17. Bulbs, tubers or rhizomes, grown in the open air, of Allium ascalonicum L., Allium cepa L., Dahlia spp., Gladiolus Tourn. ex L., Hyacinthus spp., Iris spp., Lilium spp., Narcissus L. or Tulipa L., originating in a CD territory The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that they originate in an area in which Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens are known not to occur. 18. Seeds of Solanum tuberosum L., other than those specified in entry 2 The seeds must be accompanied by an official statement:
(a)that they derive from plants which comply with the requirements set out in entries 4 to 6, 8 and 9, and
(b)that they:
(i)originate in an area known to be free from Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival and Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. emend. Safni et al.; or
(ii)comply with all of the following requirements:
(aa)they have been produced in a site where, since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, no symptoms of disease caused by the GB quarantine pests referred to in point (b)(i) have been observed;
(bb)they have been produced at a site where all of the following actions have been taken:
—staff and other items, such as tools, machinery, vehicles, vessels and packaging material, from other sites producing solanaceous plants have been prevented from coming into contact with the site or other appropriate hygiene measures have been taken to prevent infection by staff working, or items used, at other sites producing solanaceous plants, and
—only water free from all GB quarantine pests referred to point (b)(i) has been used
19. Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Prunus L. The plants must be accompanied by official statement that:
(a)they originate in an area known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma ‘prunorum’ Seemüller & Schneider, or
(b)no symptoms of diseases caused by Candidatus Phytoplasma ‘prunorum’ Seemüller & Schneider have been observed on plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.
[F220. Plants for planting, other than fruits and seeds, of Quercus L., of a girth of at least 8cm measured at a height of 1.2m from the root collar The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that:
(a) they have been grown throughout their life in an area established by the national plant protection organisation in accordance with the measures specified in ISPM4 as an area that is free from Thaumetopoea processionea L., or
(b) they have been grown throughout their life in a site of production with complete physical protection against the introduction of Thaumetopoea processionea L. and the plants have been inspected at appropriate times and found to be free from Thaumetopoea processionea L.]]
Textual Amendments
F2Annex 8 Pt. A Table Entry 20 inserted (2.3.2022) by The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/114), regs. 1(1)(a), 3(8)