Article 4(a) and 10(1)

SCHEDULE 1

Susceptible MaterialRequirements to be met in respect of the issuing of any phytosanitary certificate accompanying susceptible material (“the certificate”)

Acer macrophyllum Pursh.

Aesculus californica Nutt.,

Aesculus hippocastanum L.

Arbutus menziesii Pursch.

Arbutus unedo L.

Arctostaphylos spp. Adans

Camellia spp.

Castanea Sativa Mill.

Fagus Sylvatica L.

Hamamelis virginiana L.

Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindley) M.

Roemer

Kalmia latifolia L.

Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steudel) Sleumer

Lithocarpus densiflorus (H & A)

Lonicera hispidula (Dougl.)

Pieris spp.

Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco

Quercus spp. L.

Rhamnus californica (Esch)

Rhododendron spp. L., other than Rhododendron simsii Planch.

Sequoia sempervirens (D.Don) Endl.

Syringa vulgaris L.

Taxus spp.

Trientalis latifolia (Hook)

Umbellularia californica (Pursch.).

Vaccinium vitis-idaea Britt.

Vaccinium ovatum (Hook & Arn) Nutt.

Viburnum spp. L.

Either:

(a)

The certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the material originates in an area recognised by the official plant health service of the country from which the material originates (“the relevant plant health service”) as being free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum, in which case the name of the area from where the material originates shall be specified under “place of origin”;

  • or

    (b)

    the certificate shall be issued only after official verification by the relevant plant health service that:

    (i)

    upon official inspections carried out during the last complete cycle of vegetation of the susceptible material the subject of the certificate, or upon laboratory testing of apparent symptoms of non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum, no signs of non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum have been found on susceptible material or any susceptible tree at the place of production; and

    (ii)

    representative samples of the plants have been taken before shipment, and have been tested and found free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum in these tests, in which case the certificate shall be endorsed by the relevant plant health service under the heading “additional declaration” with the statement “tested and found free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum”.