# Commission Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU of 15 October 2014 implementing Council Directive 2008/90/EC as regards specific requirements for the genus and species of fruit plants referred to in Annex I thereto, specific requirements to be met by suppliers and detailed rules concerning official inspections, Division: Sampling and testing

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

In the case of basic mother plants, which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider.
In the case of basic mother plants, which have been not maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider; a representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider and other than the virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/98/annex/IV/division/8/division/c/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-98/annex-IV/division-8/division-c/division-1
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