Division Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or areaF1

Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn

• no symptoms of Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn are observed at the production site over the last complete growing season.

Diaporthe vaccinii Shear

• propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Diaporthe vaccinii Shear; or

• no symptoms of Diaporthe vaccinii Shear are observed at the production site over the last complete growing season;

Exobasidium vaccinii ( Fuckel) Woronin and Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck

• the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of the following RNQPs shall not exceed:

  • 0,1 % in the case of Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck;

  • 0,5 % in the case of Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin; and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.