Annex VI Amendment of Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/55/EC

Directive 2002/55/EC is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Annex I, point 5 is replaced by the following:

   1. 5..

      ‘The crop shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagation material.

      The crop shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests (“RNQPs”) provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031^f1, as well as with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.’.

2. (2)

   Annex II is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      point 2 is replaced by the following:

      1. 2..

         ‘Seed shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagation material.

         The seed shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.’;

   2. (b)

      point 3(b) is replaced by the following:

      1. (b)

         ‘The presence of regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs) on vegetable seed shall, at least upon visual inspection, not exceed the respective thresholds set out in the following table:

         Bacteria
         RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs	Genus or species of vegetable seed	Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed
         Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. [CORBMI]	Solanum lycopersicum L.	0 %
         Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli (Smith) Vauterin et al. [XANTPH]	Phaseolus vulgaris L.	0 %
         Xanthomonas euvesicatoria Jones et al. [XANTEU]	Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.	0 %
         Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. fuscans Schaad et al. [XANTFF]	Phaseolus vulgaris L.	0 %
         Xanthomonas gardneri (ex Šutič 1957) Jones et al [XANTGA]	Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.	0 %
         Xanthomonas perforans Jones et al. [XANTPF]	Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.	0 %
         Xanthomonas vesicatoria (ex Doidge) Vauterin et al. [XANTVE]	Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.	0 %
         Insects and mites
         RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs	Genus or species of vegetable seed	Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed
         Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) [ACANOB]	Phaseolus coccineus L., Phaseolus vulgaris L.	0 %
         Bruchus pisorum (Linnaeus) [BRCHPI]	Pisum sativum L.	0 %
         Bruchus rufimanus Boheman [BRCHRU]	Vicia faba L.	0 %
         Nematodes
         RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs	Genus or species of vegetable seed	Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed
         Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]	Allium cepa L., Allium porrum L.	0 %
         Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas
         RNQPs or symptoms caused by the RNQPs	Genus or species of the vegetable seed	Threshold for the presence of the RNQPs on the vegetable seed
         Pepino mosaic virus [PEPMV0]	Solanum lycopersicum L.	0 %
         Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0]	Capsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.	0 %

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