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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-great-britain-order-1987/schedule-3/part-III",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1758",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-great-britain-order-1987",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH TUBERS OF POTATO MAY BE LANDED",
  "text": "Item\nDescription of plants\nConditions of landing\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n51.\nTubers of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.).\n(1) The consigment shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate and, as appropriate, one or more re-forwarding phytosanitary certificates.\n(2) The potatoes comprising the consignment shall have been directly derived from potatoes which were certified as seed potatoes in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, a Member State (other than Denmark or the Federal Republic of Germany) or in one of the following third countries:—\nAlgeria;\nAustria;\nCyprus;\nEgypt;\nIsrael;\nLibya;\nMalta;\nMorocco;\nSwitzerland;\nTunisia.\n(3) An official statement shall have been made:—\n(a) either that the potatoes were grown in an area within which during the last complete cycle of vegetation there has been no occurrence of Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata(Say)) within 25 km of the place of production; or\n(b) that the potatoes were grown at a place of production at which all potatoes have been treated under official supervision during the growing season with an insecticide specifically to controlLeptinotarsa decemlineata so as to prevent contamination of the harvested crop with that plant pest.\n(4) An official statement shall have been made:—\n(a) that, prior to export to Great Britain, the potatoes comprising it were riddled, brushed or washed and packed in an officially approved packing station in such a manner as to remove anyLeptinotarsa decemlineata and to prevent re-infestation therewith; and\n(b) that, in the case of potatoes which have been stored prior to export to Great Britain:—\n(i) the potatoes were riddled, brushed or washed in the manner described in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph before they were stored; or\n(ii) the potatoes have been freed from soil and officially examined to ensure freedom fromLeptinotarsa decemlineata within the tubers.\n(5) The consignment shall contain not more than 1% by weight of soil.\n(6) Where the packages or containers in which the consignment of potatoes is packed are not new they shall:—\n(a) be constructed in such manner and of such materials that they are capable of being effectively cleaned; and\n(b) have been cleaned in accordance with an officially approved method.\n(7) The consignment shall have been transported from the packing station to the place from which the consignment left the territory of the exporting country in containers which were closed in such a manner as to prevent the entry of plant pests.\n(8) Where the potatoes were grown in a Member State, in addition to complying with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1)—(7) of this Item, an official statement shall have been made that the potatoes:—\n(a) were grown in accordance with Council Directive 69/464/EEC; and\n(b) were grown in a country which is known to be free from Potato Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganense pv.sepedonicum(Spieck. and Kotth.) Daviset al.(syn.Corynebacterium sepedonicum(Spieck. and Kotth.) Skapt. and Burkh.)).\n(9) Where the potatoes were grown in a third country, in addition to complying with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1)—(7) of this Item, an official statement shall have been made that the potatoes were grown:—\n(a) in a country known to be free fromClavibacter michiganense pv.sepedonicum and from races ofSynchytrium endobioticum other than the common European race thereof;\n(b) at a place of production at which and in the immediate vicinity of which no symptoms ofSynchytrium endobioticum have been observed during the 30 years prior to the date on which the phytosanitary certificate accompanying the consignment was issued; and\n(c) in a country in which Potato Spindle Tuber viroid is not known to occur.\n(10) Where the consignment was directly consigned to Great Britain from a third country, in addition to complying with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1)—(7) and (9) of this Item, it shall be free from:—\n(a) the Potato Flea Beetles (Epitrix cucumeris(Harris);E. subcrinita(Le Conte); andE. tuberis Gentner);\n(b) the North American Chafer Beetles (Phyllophaga anxia(Le Conte);P. errans(Le Conte); andP. fusca(Froelich)).\n52.\nTubers of potato for planting.\nAn official statement shall have been made:—\n(a) that the potatoes were certified under any official certification scheme which complies with Council Directive 66/403/EEC;\n(b) that the potatoes were grown at a place of production at which no symptoms of Stolbur Disease mycoplasm have been observed on plants of potato and other plants of the family Solanaceae during at least one official inspection carried out since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation; and\n(c) that, on the basis of official soil sampling carried out not more than two years before the planting of the crop from which the potatoes comprising the consignment were derived but after the date of the harvest of the preceding potato crop, if any, grown on the same land, the land on which the potatoes comprising the consignment were grown is believed to be free from Potato Cyst Nematodes (Globodera rostochiensis(Wollenweber) Behrens andG. pallida(Stone) Behrens); and\n(d) that on the basis of official sampling of the potatoes and growing medium, the consignment is believed to be free fromG. rostochiensis andG. pallida; and\n(e) that the potatoes were grown in a region recognised as being free from Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein virus, the cause of Beet Rhizomania Disease.\n53.\nTubers of potato for planting of varieties other than those accepted for marketing in one or more Member State pursuant to Council Directive 70/457/EEC landed under a licence granted under article 42.\nAn official statement shall have been made:—\n(a) that the potatoes belong to breeders' advanced selections; and\n(b) that the potatoes were grown in a Member State other than Denmark or the Federal Republic of Germany; and\n(c) that the potatoes were either:—\n(i) derived in a direct line from plants which have been officially tested and found free from at least Potato Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganense pv.sepedonicum(Spieck. and Kotth.) Daviset al.(syn.Corynebacterium sepedonicum(Spieck. and Kotth.) Skapt. and Burkh.)), Andean strains of Potato virus S and Potato Spindle Tuber viroid; or\n(ii) derived in a direct line from plants which have been certified under an official certification scheme which complies with Council Directive 66/403/EEC and which includes routine testing for at leastClavibacter michiganense pv.sepedonicum, Potato Spindle Tuber viroid and Andean strains of Potato virus S; and\n(d) that since the testing specified in paragraph (c) of this Item, the potatoes and all plants from which they were derived have been maintained under appropriate conditions to ensure freedom from at least the plant pests specified in Schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L323, 24.12.69, p.1. (OJ/SE 1969 (II) p.561)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. 125, 11.7.66, p.2320 (OJ/SE 1965—66 p.154)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L225, 12.10.70, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/553",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/1741",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1990"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/1777",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1991"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/1016",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/2251",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1989"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1758/schedule/3/part/III",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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