{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177/annex-VIII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177/annex-VIII.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2020/177",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177",
  "path": "annex/VIII",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "VIII",
  "heading": "Amendment of Directive 2002/57/EC",
  "text": "Directive 2002/57/EC is amended as follows:\n(1) in Annex I, point 4 is replaced by the following:\n4.. ‘The crop shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagating 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, as well as with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.;\nThe presence of RNQPs on the crops shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table:\nFungi and oomycetes\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs\nPlants for planting (genus or species)\nThresholds for the production of pre-basic seed\nThresholds for the production of basic seed\nThresholds for the production of certified seed\nPlasmopara halstedii (Farlow) Berlese & de Toni [PLASHA]\nHelianthus annuus L.\n0 %\n0 %\n0 %\n’\n(2) In Annex II, point (5) of Section I is replaced by the following:\n5.. ‘The seed shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagating material.\nThe 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.\nThe presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table:\nFungi and oomycetes\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs\nPlants for planting(genus or species)\nThresholds for pre-basic seed\nThresholds for basic seed\nThresholds for certified seed\nAlternaria linicola Groves & Skolko [ALTELI]\nLinum usitatissimum L.\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\nBoeremia exigua var. linicola (Naumov & Vassiljevsky) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley [PHOMEL]\nLinum usitatissimum L. - flax\n1 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n1 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n1 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\nBoeremia exigua var. linicola (Naumov & Vassiljevsky) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley [PHOMEL]\nLinum usitatissimum L. - linseed\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\nBotrytis cinerea de Bary [BOTRCI]\nHelianthus annuus L., Linum usitatissimum L.\n5 %\n5 %\n5 %\nColletotrichum lini Westerdijk [COLLLI]\nLinum usitatissimum L.\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\nDiaporthe caulivora (Athow & Caldwell) J.M. Santos, Vrandecic & A.J.L. Phillips [DIAPPC]\nDiaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae Lehman [DIAPPS]\nGlycine max (L.) Merr\n15 % for infection with the Phomopsis complex\n15 % for infection with the Phomopsis complex\n15 % for infection with the Phomopsis complex\nFusarium (anamorphic genus) Link [1FUSAG]\nother than Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis (Kill. & Maire) W.L. Gordon [FUSAAL] and Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O’Donnell [GIBBCI]\nLinum usitatissimum L.\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\n5 %\n5 % affected with Alternaria linicola, Boeremia exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp\nPlasmopara halstedii (Farlow) Berlese & de Toni [PLASHA]\nHelianthus annuus L.\n0 %\n0 %\n0 %\nSclerotinia sclerotiorum (Libert) de Bary [SCLESC]\nBrassica rapa L. var. silvestris (Lam.) Briggs,\nNot more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC.\nNot more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC.\nNot more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC.\nSclerotinia sclerotiorum (Libert) de Bary [SCLESC]\nBrassica napus L. (partim), Helianthus annuus L.\nNot more than 10 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC\nNot more than 10 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC\nNot more than 10 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC\nSclerotinia sclerotiorum (Libert) de Bary [SCLESC]\nSinapis alba L.\nNot more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC\nNot more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC.\nNot more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC.\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).’"
    }
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