{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-248/annex/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-248/annex/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2003/248",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 9 April 2003 authorising Member States to provide for temporary derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of plants of strawberry (Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina (notified under document number C(2003) 1183) (2003/248/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-248",
  "path": "annex/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The plants shall be intended for fruit production within the Community and shall have been:\n(a) produced exclusively from mother plants, which were imported from a Member State and certified under an approved certification scheme of a Member State;\n(b) grown on land which:\nis situated in an area isolated from commercial strawberry production;\nis 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;\nis situated at least 200 metres from any other plants of the genus Fragaria which do not satisfy the conditions of this Decision; and\nwas, 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;\n(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:\nAphelenchoides besseyi Christie,\n. . . . .\nGlobodera pallida (Stone) Behrens,\nGlobodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens,\nNaupactus leucoloma (Boheman),\nPhytophthora fragariae Hickmann var. fragariae,\nStrawberry crinkle virus,\nStrawberry mild yellow edge virus,\nStrawberry vein banding virus,\nXanthomonas fragariae Kennedy and King,\nXiphinema americanum Cobb sensu lato (non European populations);\nand of any other harmful organism which is not known to occur in the Community such as:\nDendrophoma obscurans,\nFusarium oxysporum f.sp. fragariae,\nLoxostege similalis,\nPratylenchus zeae,\nRhizoctonia fragariae;\nand on each occasion found to be free from all such organisms;\n(d) prior to export:\nshaken free from soil or other growing medium,\ncleaned (i.e. free from plant debris) and free from flowers and fruits.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Decision of 2 February 2011 amending Decision 2003/248/EC as regards the extension of the duration of temporary derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of plants of strawberry (Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina (notified under document C(2011) 447) (2011/74/EU)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2003/248/annex/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:23.930788+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}