Soil requirements; basic materialE+W
17.—(1) Basic mother plants and basic material may only be grown in soil that is free from any pests which are listed in Annex III of Directive 2014/98/EU relevant to the genus or species concerned and which host viruses affecting that genus or species.
(2) Freedom from such pests must be established by sampling and testing by an inspector and, where appropriate, a supplier.
(3) Sampling and testing must be carried out—
(a)before the basic mother plants or the basic material is planted, and must be repeated during growth where there is suspicion concerning the presence of the pests referred to in sub-paragraph (1):
(b)taking into account the climatic conditions and the biology of the pests listed in Annex III to Directive 2014/98/EU, and where those pests are relevant for the basic mother plants or the basic material concerned;
(c)in accordance with the appropriate protocol.
(4) Sampling and testing need not be carried out—
(a)where plants, which are hosts for the pests listed in Annex III to Directive 2014/98/EU for the genus or species concerned, have not been grown in the soil of production for a period of at least five years and where there is no doubt concerning the absence of the relevant pests in that soil;
(b)where an inspector concludes on the basis of an official inspection that the soil is free from any pests which are listed in Annex III to Directive 2014/98/EU, for the genus or species concerned, and which host viruses affecting that genus or species.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 17 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)