# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/715 of 11 May 2016 setting out measures in respect of certain fruits originating in certain third countries to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa (notified under document C(2016) 2684), Article 9: Phytosanitary certificates

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The specified fruits shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, as referred to in the first subparagraph of point (ii) of Article 13(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The phytosanitary certificate shall include the following elements under the heading ‘Additional Declaration’:
(a) a statement that the specified fruits originate in a field of production subjected to appropriate treatments against Phyllosticta citricarpa carried out at the appropriate time;
(b) a statement that an appropriate official visual inspection has been carried out during packaging and no symptoms of Phyllosticta citricarpa have been detected in the specified fruits harvested in the field of production in that inspection;
(c) the words ‘Fruit destined exclusively for industrial processing into juice’.
2. The phytosanitary certificate shall include the identification numbers of the containers and the unique numbers of the labels on the individual packages as referred to in Article 17.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/715/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-715/article-9
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