# Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes, Annex II: MINIMUM QUALITY CONDITIONS FOR LOTS OF SEED POTATOES

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

The following tolerances for impurities, blemishes and RNQPs, or symptoms caused by RNQPs, are allowed for seed potatoes:
(1) presence of earth and extraneous matter: 1,0 % by mass for basic seed potatoes and 2,0 % by mass for certified seed potatoes;
(2) dry and wet rot combined, except if caused by Synchytrium endobioticum , Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus or Ralstonia solanacearum : 0,5 % by mass, of which wet rot 0,2 % by mass;
(3) external blemishes, e.g. misshapen or damaged tubers: 3,0 % by mass;
(4) common scab affecting tubers over more than one third of their surface: 5,0 % by mass;
(5) shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf: 1,0 % by mass;
(6) RNQPs, or symptoms caused by RNQPs, on lots of seed potatoes:
RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs
Threshold of the presence of the RNQPs on basic seed potatoes by mass
Threshold of the presence of the RNQPs on certified seed potatoes by mass
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al .
0 %
0 %
Ditylenchus destructor Thorne [DITYDE]
0 %
0 %
Black scurf affecting tubers over more than 10 % of their surface as caused by Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk [RHIZSO]
5,0 %
5,0 %
Powdery scab affecting tubers over more than 10 % of their surface as caused by Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh. [SPONSU]
3,0 %
3,0 %;
(7) total tolerance for items 2 to 6: 6,0 % by mass for basic seed potatoes, and 8,0 % by mass for certified seed potatoes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/56/annex/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-56/annex-II
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