Division 1

The plants shall be intended for fruit production within the Community and shall have been:

1. (a)

   produced exclusively from mother plants, which were imported from a Member State and certified under an approved certification scheme of a Member State;

2. (b)

   grown on land which:

   • is situated in an area isolated from commercial strawberry production;

   • is situated at least one kilometre from the nearest crop of strawberry plants grown for fruit or runner production which do not satisfy the conditions of this Decision;

   • is situated at least 200 metres from any other plants of the genus Fragaria which do not satisfy the conditions of this Decision; and

   • was, subsequent to the removal of the previous crops and before the planting of the plants, either officially tested by appropriate methods and shown to be free from harmful soil infesting organisms including Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens and Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens, or treated to ensure it was free from those organisms;

3. (c)

   officially inspected by the Plant Protection Service of Argentina, at least three times during the growing season and again prior to export for the presence of the harmful organisms listed in Part A of Annexes I and II to Directive 2000/29/EC, in particular:

   • Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie,

   • F1. . . . .

   • Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens,

   • Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens,

   • Naupactus leucoloma (Boheman),

   • Phytophthora fragariae Hickmann var. fragariae,

   • Strawberry crinkle virus,

   • Strawberry mild yellow edge virus,

   • Strawberry vein banding virus,

   • Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy and King,

   • Xiphinema americanum Cobb sensu lato (non European populations);

   and of any other harmful organism which is not known to occur in the Community such as:

   • Dendrophoma obscurans,

   • Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. fragariae,

   • Loxostege similalis,

   • Pratylenchus zeae,

   • Rhizoctonia fragariae;

   and on each occasion found to be free from all such organisms;

4. (d)

   prior to export:

   • shaken free from soil or other growing medium,

   • cleaned (i.e. free from plant debris) and free from flowers and fruits.