{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-98/annex-IV/division-8/division-d/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-98/annex-IV/division-8/division-d/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2014/98",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-98",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/8/division/d/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Sampling and testing",
  "text": "In the case of certified mother plants, which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every fifteen years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider.\nIn the case of certified mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every five years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider; a representative portion of certified 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 virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in Annex II, and in the case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annex I.\nCertified fruit plants shall be sampled and tested in case of doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in Annexes I and II.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant reproductive material (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/98/annex/IV/division/8/division/d/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:40.967038+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."
}