SCHEDULE 1Growing crop certificates

PART 1General

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A growing crop certificate may only be issued where an authorised officer is satisfied, in relation to the seed potatoes examined by that officer, that—

a

the seed potatoes are of a variety of potato species entered in a F4GB Variety List;

b

the seed potatoes in any one crop are of a single variety;

c

the seed potatoes are taken from a crop which is free from the following diseases or pests—

i

Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc);

ii

Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes);

iii

Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al ssp Sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Davis et al);

iv

Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al);

v

Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid;

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Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say));

vii

Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor (Thorne));

viii

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al.; and

ix

Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al;

d

the land on which the seed potatoes are growing or were grown is not land which is demarcated under F1Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Official Controls (Plant Health) Regulations as contaminated with Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc) or is within a safety zone demarcated under F2those Regulations;

e

blanking in any of the growing crop of the seed potatoes is not or was not excessive;

f

the growing crop has not been over-rogued; and

g

all reasonable husbandry practices for the prevention of the occurrence, development or spread of diseases and pests have been effectively carried out.