The Official Controls, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Official Controls, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021.(2) These Regulations come into force on 20th April 2021.regulations 6 and 7 extend to England and Wales;regulation 8 extends to the United Kingdom;the remainder extends to England and Wales, and Scotland.(4) They apply in relation to England and Wales and Scotland only, with the exception of Part 3, which applies in relation to England only.(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants is amended as follows.(2) In Article 2(9) (d) for “the Union territory”, substitute “Great Britain”.(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants is amended as follows.after entry 2, insert “2A Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead) [AONDOR]”;after entry 4, insert “4A Eotetranychus sexmaculatus (Riley) [TETRSM]”;after entry 7, insert “7A Platypus apicalis (White) [PLTPAP]”;under the heading “C. Viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas” omit entries 9 and 10.after “Castle Point,” insert “Central Bedfordshire (part of) ,”;after “Lewisham,” insert “Luton,”;omit “Littlesford,” and “South Bedfordshire,”;after “St Albans,” insert “Stevenage,”; andafter “Tower Hamlets,” insert “Uttlesford,”.(4) In Annex 4, in the table in Part E, under “Fungi and oomycetes”, omit the entry relating to “Candidatus Liberibacter”.for paragraph (a) substitute—
- (a) the plants originate in areas known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus, or
- (b) the seeds have been obtained by an appropriate acid extraction method, and
- (i) no symptoms of disease caused by Xanthomonas vesicatoria (ex Doidge) Vauterin et al. have been observed on visual inspections at appropriate times during the complete cycle of vegetation of the plants at the site of production, or
- (ii) the seeds have been subjected to official testing for Xanthomonas vesicatoria (ex Doidge) Vauterin et al. on a representative sample using appropriate methods (whether or not following an appropriate treatment) and have been found in those tests to be free from that pest.
- (e) they originate in a site of production where the procedures to combat Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens set out in EPPO PM 9/26 have been implemented.
- (b) they originate in a place of production which:
- (i) has been found to be free from Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival, or
- (ii) is considered to be free from Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival as a consequence of the implementation of the procedures set out in EPPO PM 9/5,
- (a) that they originate in:
- (i) a country which, in accordance with the measures specified in ISPM4, is known to be free from Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann & Kotthoff) Li et al.,
- (ii) a place of production established by the national plant protection organisation in accordance with ISPM10 as a place of production that is free from Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann & Kotthoff) Li et al., or
- (iii) a place of production which is considered to be free from Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann & Kotthoff) Li et al. as a consequence of the implementation of the procedures set out in EPPO PM 9/2,
- (b) that they originate in:
- (i) an area which, in accordance with the measures specified in ISPM4, is known to be free from Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival (all races other than Race 1, the common European race) , and no...
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