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Article 39(6)
1. If, as a result of an official test, Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc., the pathogenic agent of Potato Wart Disease, is recorded, an inspector shall demarcate the contaminated plot and a safety zone around that plot which is large enough to ensure the protection of surrounding areas.
2. A plot shall be regarded as being contaminated for the purposes of paragraph 1 when symptoms of Potato Wart Disease have been found on at least one plant from the plot.
3. A notice under article 32 may require any potato tubers or haulms which are present on a contaminated plot or which have come from such a plot to be treated in such a way that any Potato Wart Disease present on them is destroyed.
4. Where an inspector is satisfied that any potato tubers or haulms are contaminated with Potato Wart Disease and the inspector cannot determine whether those tubers or haulms have been present on a contaminated plot, the inspector may serve a notice under article 32 which requires the whole batch containing the affected tubers or haulms to be treated in such a way that there is no risk of the spread of Potato Wart Disease.
5. Where a contaminated plot is demarcated under paragraph 1–
(a)no potatoes shall be grown on it; and
(b)no plants intended for transplanting shall be grown, stored or moved on it.
6. Where a safety zone is demarcated under paragraph 1 no potatoes shall be grown on it unless an inspector is satisfied they are of a variety which is resistant to the races of Synchytrium endobioticum found on the contaminated plot to which that safety zone relates.
7. A potato variety shall be considered to be resistant to a particular race of Synchytrium endobioticum for the purposes of paragraph 6 where that variety reacts to contamination by the pathogenic agent of that race in such a way that there is no danger of secondary infection.
8. Where an inspector is satisfied that Synchytrium endobioticum is no longer present on a plot demarcated under paragraph 1 or on its associated safety zone, the inspector shall revoke that demarcation.
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