{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-57/annex-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-57/annex-IV.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1998/57",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 98/57/EC of 20 July 1998 on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-57",
  "path": "annex/IV",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The elements in the investigation referred to in Article 5(1)(a)(i) shall include where relevant:\n(i) places of production,\ngrowing or having grown, potatoes which are clonally related to potatoes found to be infected with the organism,\ngrowing or having grown, tomatoes which are from the same source as tomatoes found to be infected with the organism,\ngrowing or having grown, potatoes or tomatoes which have been placed under official control because of the suspected occurrence of the organism,\ngrowing or having grown, potatoes which are clonally related to potatoes that have been grown on places of production found to be infested with the organism,\ngrowing potatoes or tomatoes and located in the neighbourhood of infested places of production, including such places of production sharing production equipment and facilities directly or through a common contractor,\nusing surface water for irrigation or spraying from any source confirmed or suspected to be contaminated with the organism,\nusing surface water for irrigation or spraying from a source used in common with places of production confirmed or suspected to be infested with the organism,\nflooded or have been flooded with surface water confirmed or suspected to be contaminated with the organism;\nand\n(ii) surface water used for irrigation or spraying of, or which has flooded field(s) or place(s) of production confirmed to be infested with the organism.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2006/63/CE of 14 July 2006 amending Annexes II to VII to Council Directive 98/57/EC on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/57/annex/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:06.931886+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."
}