# 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: Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area

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

(i) Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider
propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider; or
no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed; or
symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider have been observed on no more than 2 % of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed, and a representative sample of the remaining asymptomatic propagating material and fruit plants in the lots in which symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants were found has been tested and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider;
(ii) Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.
propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. ; or
propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories in the production site have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any propagating material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.

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