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Division (2) The certificate shall include the information that one of the following points is fulfilled:

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  1. (a)

    The specified plants have been grown throughout their life in a country where the specified organism is known not to occur.

  2. (b)

    The specified plants have been grown throughout their life in a pest free area, established as regards the specified organism by the National Plant Protection Organisation (hereinafter ‘the NPPO’) of the country of origin in accordance with the FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (hereinafter ‘ISPM’) No 4f1.

  3. (c)

    The specified plants have been produced in a pest free place or a pest free site of production, established as regards the specified organism by the NPPO in accordance with the FAO ISPM No 10f2. The specified plants have been grown in a structure with a degree of isolation and protection from the outside environment that effectively excludes the specified organism. At that place the specified plants have been officially inspected twice at the most appropriate times for detecting symptoms of infection during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior to the export and found free from the specified organism.

    That place of production is surrounded by a zone with a radius of at least 500 m, where official inspections were carried out twice at the most appropriate times for detecting symptoms of infection during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior to the export and any plants showing symptoms of infection which were found during those inspections and all adjacent specified plants within the distance of 5 m were immediately destroyed.

  4. (d)

    The specified plants have been produced in a pest free place of production established as regards the specified organism by the NPPO in accordance with the FAO ISPM No 10.

    That place of production is surrounded by a zone with a radius of 4 500 m. Official inspections, sampling and testing have been carried out at that place of production and throughout that zone twice at the most appropriate times for detecting symptoms of infection during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior to the export. The specified organism has not been found during the official inspections, sampling and testing.

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Footnotes

f1

Requirements for the establishment of the pest free areas. ISPM No 4 (1995), FAO 2011.

f2

Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of production and pest free production sites. ISPM No 10 (1999), FAO 2011.