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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-plant-material-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-plant-material-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2020/165",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-plant-material-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "text": "(1) The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “responsible official body” insert—\n““RNQP” means a Union regulated non-quarantine pest within the meaning given in Article 36 (definition of Union regulated non-quarantine pests) of the EU Plant Health Regulation;”.\n(3) In regulation 15 (supplier’s duties – removal of non-compliant materials and notification of disease), in paragraph (4), for the words from “Table IA” to the end substitute “schedule 6 or 6A.”.\n(4) In regulation 17 (supplier’s duties – record keeping), in paragraph (2)(b)—\n(a) omit “Table IA, IB, II or III of”,\n(b) for “schedule 6” substitute “schedules 6, 6A or 6B”.\n(5) In schedule 2 (certification requirements)—\n(a) in Part 2 (pre-basic material)—\n(i) in paragraph 9—\n(aa) in sub-paragraph (1), omit “Tables IA and IB of”,\n(bb) in sub-paragraph (2), for “Table II in schedule 6” substitute “schedule 6A”,\n(cc) in sub-paragraph (3), for “Table II of schedule 6” substitute “schedule 6A”,\n(dd) in sub-paragraph (4)(a), omit “Tables IA and IB in”,\n(ee) in sub-paragraph (4)(b), for “Table II of schedule 6” substitute “schedule 6A”,\n(ii) for paragraph 10 substitute—\n“Health requirements for pre-basic mother plants and for pre-basic material\n10. (1) A pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material must, by visual inspection in the facilities, fields and lots, be found free from the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A in accordance with the provisions of column 3 of schedule 7, as regards the genus or species concerned.\n(2) The visual inspection mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) must be carried out by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers and, where appropriate, the supplier.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and, where appropriate, the supplier must carry out sampling and testing of the pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material for the RNQPs listed in schedule 6A, in accordance with the provisions of column 4 of schedule 7, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.\n(4) Where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedule 6, the Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and, where appropriate, the supplier must carry out sampling and testing of the pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material concerned.\n(5) In relation to the sampling and testing referred to in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4)—\n(a) Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and the supplier must—\n(i) apply protocols of EPPO, or other internationally recognised protocols, or\n(ii) where the protocols referred to in sub-head (i) do not exist—\n(aa) apply the relevant protocols established at national level, and\n(bb) on request, make available those protocols to member States and to the European Commission, and\n(b) where appropriate, the supplier must submit the samples to laboratories officially accepted by the Scottish Ministers.\n(6) In the event of a positive test result for any of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A, as regards the genus or species concerned, the supplier must remove the infested pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material from the vicinity of other pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material pursuant to regulation 15, or take appropriate measures pursuant to columns 4 and 5 of schedule 7.\n(7) The measures to ensure compliance with the requirements of sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) are set out in schedule 7, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.\n(8) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) do not apply to pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material during cryopreservation.”,\n(iii) in paragraph 11—\n(aa) in the heading, after “requirements” insert “for pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material”,\n(bb) for “Table III of schedule 6” in each place where it occurs substitute “schedule 6B”,\n(b) in Part 3 (basic material)—\n(i) for paragraph 17 substitute—\n“Health requirements for basic mother plants and basic material\n17. (1) A basic mother plant or basic material must, by visual inspection in the facilities, fields and lots, be found free from the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A in accordance with the provisions of column 3 of schedule 7, as regards the genus or species concerned.\n(2) The visual inspection referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must be carried out by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers and, where appropriate, the supplier.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and, where appropriate, the supplier must carry out sampling and testing of the basic mother plant or basic material for the RNQPs listed in schedule 6A in accordance with the provisions of column 4 of schedule 7, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.\n(4) Where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedule 6, the Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and, where appropriate, the supplier must carry out sampling and testing of the basic mother plant or basic material concerned.\n(5) In relation to the sampling and testing referred to in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4)—\n(a) Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and the supplier must—\n(i) apply protocols of EPPO, or other internationally recognised protocols, or\n(ii) where the protocols referred to in sub-head (i) do not exist—\n(aa) apply the relevant protocols established at national level, and\n(bb) on request, make available those protocols to member States and to the Commission, and\n(b) where appropriate, the supplier must submit samples to laboratories officially accepted by the Scottish Ministers.\n(6) In the event of a positive test result for any of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A, as regards the genus or species concerned, the supplier must remove the infested basic mother plant or basic material from the vicinity of other basic mother plants and basic material pursuant to regulation 15, or take appropriate measures pursuant to columns 4 and 5 of schedule 7.\n(7) The measures to ensure compliance with the requirements of sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) are set out in schedule 7, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.\n(8) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) do not apply to basic mother plants and basic material during cryopreservation.”,\n(ii) in paragraph 18—\n(aa) in the heading, after “requirements” insert “for basic mother plants and basic material”,\n(bb) for “Table III in schedule 6” in each place where it occurs substitute “schedule 6B”,\n(c) in Part 4 (certified material)—\n(i) for paragraph 23 substitute—\n“Health requirements for certified mother plants and certified material\n23. (1) A certified mother plant or certified material must, by visual inspection in the facilities, fields and lots, be found free from the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A in accordance with the provisions of column 3 of schedule 7, as regards the genus or species concerned.\n(2) The visual inspection referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must be carried out by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers and, where appropriate, the supplier.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and, where appropriate, the supplier must carry out sampling and testing of the certified mother plant or certified material for the RNQPs listed in schedule 6A in accordance with the provisions of column 4 of schedule 7, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.\n(4) Where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedule 6, the Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and, where appropriate, the supplier must carry out sampling and testing of the certified mother plant or certified material concerned.\n(5) In relation to the sampling and testing referred to in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4)—\n(a) Scottish Ministers, persons acting on their behalf and the supplier must—\n(i) apply protocols of EPPO, or other internationally recognised protocols, or\n(ii) where the protocols referred to in sub-head (i) do not exist—\n(aa) apply the relevant protocols established at national level, and\n(bb) on request, make available those protocols to member States and to the Commission, and\n(b) where appropriate, the supplier must submit samples to laboratories officially accepted by the Scottish Ministers.\n(6) In the event of a positive test result for any of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A, as regards the genus or species concerned, the supplier must remove the infested certified mother plant or certified material from the vicinity of other certified mother plants and certified material pursuant to regulation 15, or take appropriate measures pursuant to columns 4 and 5 of schedule 7.\n(7) The measures to ensure compliance with the requirements of sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) are set out in schedule 7, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.\n(8) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) do not apply to certified mother plants and certified material during cryopreservation.”,\n(ii) in paragraph 24—\n(aa) in the heading, after “requirements” insert “for certified mother plants and certified material”,\n(bb) for “Table III in schedule 6” in each place where it occurs substitute “schedule 6B”,\n(cc) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—,\n“(2A) Unless otherwise stated, sampling and testing is not required under sub-paragraph (1) in the case of certified fruit plants.”,\n(d) after Part 4 (certified material) insert—\n“PART 5\nRequirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area\nRequirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area\n25. In addition to the health and soil requirements of paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23 and 24, propagating material and fruit plants must be produced in accordance with the requirements for the production site, place of production, or area as laid down in column 5 of schedule 7, in order to limit the presence of the RNQPs listed in that schedule for the genus or species concerned.”.\n(6) In schedule 3 (CAC material)—\n(a) in paragraph 1—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—\n(aa) in head (c), for the words from “, or where there is doubt” to the end substitute “carried out in the facilities, fields and lots at the stage of production, to be substantially free from the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A, as regards the genus or species concerned, unless stated otherwise in schedule 7;”,\n(bb) after head (c) insert—\n“(ca) in relation to the RNQPs listed in schedule 6A, sampling and testing by the supplier is carried out in accordance with column 4 of schedule 7 with regard to the genus or species concerned and category;\n(cb) in the event that there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedule 6, it is found as a result of sampling and testing by the supplier to be substantially free from those RNQPs;”,\n(cc) omit head (d),\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) CAC propagating material and CAC fruit plants in lots, after the stage of production, may only be marketed if found free from signs or symptoms of the pests listed in schedules 6 and 6A, upon visual inspection carried out by the supplier.”,\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (2), for the words “mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c)” substitute “and sampling and testing mentioned in sub-paragraphs (1)(c), (ca) and (cb) and (1A)”,\n(b) in paragraph 2(1)(b), for “Tables IA, IB and II in schedule 6” substitute “schedules 6 and 6A”,\n(c) after paragraph 3 insert—\n“Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area\n4. In addition to the health and soil requirements of paragraph 1(1)(c), (ca) and (cb), (1A) and (2), propagating material and fruit plants must be produced in accordance with the requirements for the production site, place of production, or area as laid down in column 5 of schedule 7, in order to limit the presence of the RNQPs listed in that schedule for the genus or species concerned.”.\n(7) For schedule 6 (pests) substitute—\n“SCHEDULE 6\nRNQPs for the presence of which visual inspection and, where there are doubts, sampling and testing are required\nRegulations 15(4) and 17(2);schedule 2, paragraphs 9(1) and(4)(a), 10(1), (4) and (6), 17(1),(4) and (6) and 23(1), (4) and (6);and schedule 3, paragraphs 1(1)and (1A) and 2(1)\nColumn 1\nGenus or Species\nColumn 2\nRNQPs\nCastanea sativa Mill.\nFungi and oomycetes\nCryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr [ENDOPA]\nMycosphaerella punctiformis Verkley & U. Braun [RAMUEN]\nPhytophthora cambivora (Petri) Buisman [PHYTCM]\nPhytophthora cinnamomi Rands [PHYTCN]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nChestnut mosaic agent [ChMV]\nCitrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf.\nFungi and oomycetes\nPhytophthora citrophthora (R.E.Smith & E.H.Smith) Leonian [PHYTCO ]\nPhytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica (Dastur) Waterhouse [PHYTNP]\nInsects and mites\nAleurothrixus floccosus Maskell [ALTHFL]\nParabemisia myricae Kuwana [PRABMY]\nNematodes\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nTylenchulus semipenetrans Cobb [TYLESE]\nCorylus avellana L.\nBacteria\nPseudomonas avellanae Janse et al. [PSDMAL]\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina (Miller, Bollen, Simmons, Gross & Barss) Vauterin, Hoste, Kersters & Swings [XANTCY]\nFungi and oomycetes\nArmillaria mellea (Vahl) Kummer [ARMIME]\nVerticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold [VERTAA]\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nInsects and mites\nPhytoptus avellanae Nalepa [ERPHAV]\nCydonia oblonga Mill. and Pyrus L.\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]\nErwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. [ERWIAM]\nPseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall [PSDMSY]\nFungi and oomycetes\nArmillaria mellea (Vahl) Kummer [ARMIME]\nChondrostereum purpureum Pouzar [STERPU]\nGlomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spaulding & von Schrenk [GLOMCI]\nNeofabraea alba Desmazières [PEZIAL]\nNeofabraea malicorticis Jackson [PEZIMA]\nNeonectria ditissima (Tulasne & C. Tulasne) Samuels & Rossman [NECTGA]\nPhytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]\nSclerophora pallida Yao & Spooner [SKLPPA]\nVerticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold [VERTAA]\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nInsects and mites\nEriosoma lanigerum Hausmann [ERISLA]\nPsylla spp. Geoffroy [1PSYLG]\nNematodes\nMeloidogyne hapla Chitwood [MELGHA]\nMeloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]\nPratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nFicus carica L.\nBacteria\nXanthomonas campestris pv. fici (Cavara) Dye [XANTFI]\nFungi and oomycetes\nArmillaria mellea (Vahl) Kummer [ARMIME]\nInsects and mites\nCeroplastes rusci Linnaeus [CERPRU]\nNematodes\nHeterodera fici Kirjanova [HETDFI]\nMeloidogyne arenaria Chitwood [MELGAR]\nMeloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White) Chitwood [MELGIN]\nMeloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]\nPratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nFig mosaic agent [FGM000]\nFragaria L.\nBacteria\nCandidatus Phlomobacter fragariae Zreik, Bové & Garnier [PHMBFR]\nFungi and oomycetes\nPodosphaera aphanis (Wallroth) Braun & Takamatsu [PODOAP]\nRhizoctonia fragariae Hussain & W.E.McKeen [RHIZFR]\nVerticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold [VERTAA]\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nInsects and mites\nChaetosiphon fragaefolii Cockerell [CHTSFR]\nPhytonemus pallidus Banks [TARSPA]\nNematodes\nDitylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]\nMeloidogyne hapla Chitwood [MELGHA]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nCandidatus Phytoplasma asteris Lee et al. [PHYPAS]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma australiense Davis et al. [PHYPAU]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma fragariae Valiunas, Staniulis & Davis [PHYPFG]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma pruni [PHYPPN]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al. [PHYPSO]\nClover phyllody phytoplasma [PHYP03]\nStrawberry multiplier disease phytoplasma [PHYP75]\nJuglans regia L.\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis (Pierce) Vauterin et al. [XANTJU]\nFungi and oomycetes\nArmillaria mellea (Vahl) Kummer [ARMIME]\nChondrostereum purpureum Pouzar [STERPU]\nNeonectria ditissima (Tulasne & C. Tulasne) Samuels & Rossman [NECTGA]\nPhytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]\nInsects and mites\nEpidiaspis leperii Signoret [EPIDBE]\nPseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-Tozzetti [PSEAPE]\nQuadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock [QUADPE]\nMalus Mill.\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]\nErwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. [ERWIAM]\nPseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall [PSDMSY]\nFungi and oomycetes\nArmillaria mellea (Vahl) Kummer [ARMIME]\nChondrostereum purpureum Pouzar [STERPU]\nGlomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spaulding & von Schrenk [GLOMCI]\nNeofabraea alba Desmazières [PEZIAL]\nNeofabraea malicorticis Jackson [PEZIMA]\nNeonectria ditissima (Tulasne & C. Tulasne) Samuels & Rossman [NECTGA]\nPhytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]\nSclerophora pallida Yao & Spooner [SKLPPA]\nVerticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold [VERTAA]\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nInsects and mites\nEriosoma lanigerum Hausmann [ERISLA] Psylla spp. Geoffroy [1PSYLG]\nNematodes\nMeloidogyne hapla Chitwood [MELGHA]\nMeloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]\nPratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nOlea europaea L.\nBacteria\nPseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (Smith) Gardan et al. [PSDMSA]\nNematodes\nMeloidogyne arenaria Chitwood [MELGAR]\nMeloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White) Chitwood [MELGIN]\nMeloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nOlive leaf yellowing-associated virus [OLYAV0]\nOlive vein yellowing-associated virus [OVYAV0]\nOlive yellow mottling and decline associated virus [OYMDAV]\nPistacia vera L.\nFungi and oomycetes\nPhytophthora cambivora (Petri) Buisman [PHYTCM]\nPhytophthora cryptogea Pethybridge & Lafferty [PHYTCR]\nRosellinia necatrix Prillieux [ROSLNE]\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nNematodes\nPratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nPrunus domestica L. , and Prunus dulcis (Miller) Webb\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]\nPseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum (Wormald) Young, Dye & Wilkie [PSDMMP]\nFungi and oomycetes\nPhytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nInsects and mites\nPseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-Tozzetti [PSEAPE]\nQuadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock [QUADPE]\nNematodes\nMeloidogyne arenaria Chitwood [MELGAR]\nMeloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White) Chitwood [MELGIN]\nMeloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]\nPratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nPrunus armeniaca L.\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]\nPseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum (Wormald) Young, Dye & Wilkie [PSDMMP]\nPseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall [PSDMSY]\nPseudomonas viridiflava (Burkholder) Dowson [PSDMVF]\nFungi and oomycetes\nPhytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nInsects and mites\nPseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-Tozzetti [PSEAPE]\nQuadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock [QUADPE]\nNematodes\nMeloidogyne arenaria Chitwood [MELGAR]\nMeloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White) Chitwood [MELGIN]\nMeloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]\nPratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nPrunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L.\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]\nPseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum (Wormald) Young, Dye & Wilkie [PSDMMP]\nFungi and oomycetes\nPhytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]\nInsects and mites\nQuadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock [QUADPE]\nNematodes\nMeloidogyne arenaria Chitwood [MELGAR]\nMeloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White) Chitwood [MELGIN]\nMeloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]\nPratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nPrunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus salicina Lindley\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]\nPseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum (Wormald) Young, Dye & Wilkie [PSDMMP]\nPseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie [PSDMPE]\nFungi and oomycetes\nPhytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nInsects and mites\nPseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-Tozzetti [PSEAPE]\nQuadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock [QUADPE]\nNematodes\nMeloidogyne arenaria Chitwood [MELGAR]\nMeloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White) Chitwood [MELGIN]\nMeloidogyne javanica Chitwood [MELGJA]\nPratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven [PRATPE]\nPratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen [PRATVU]\nRibes L.\nFungi and oomycetes\nDiaporthe strumella (Fries) Fuckel [DIAPST]\nMicrosphaera grossulariae (Wallroth) Léveillé [MCRSGR]\nPodosphaera mors-uvae (Schweinitz) Braun & Takamatsu [SPHRMU]\nInsects and mites\nCecidophyopsis ribis Westwood [ERPHRI]\nDasineura tetensi Rübsaamen [DASYTE]\nPseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-Tozzetti [PSEAPE]\nQuadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock [QUADPE]\nTetranychus urticae Koch [TETRUR]\nNematodes\nAphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer [APLORI]\nDitylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nAucuba mosaic agent and blackcurrant yellows agent combined\nRubus L.\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium spp. Conn [1AGRBG]\nRhodococcus fascians Tilford [CORBFA]\nFungi and oomycetes\nPeronospora rubi Rabenhorst [PERORU]\nInsects and mites\nResseliella theobaldi Barnes [THOMTE]\nVaccinium L.\nBacteria\nAgrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn [AGRBTU]\nFungi and oomycetes\nDiaporthe vaccinii Shear [DIAPVA]\nExobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin [EXOBVA]\nGodronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck [GODRCA]\n”.\n(8) Before schedule 7 (visual inspections, sampling and testing per genera, etc.) insert—\n“SCHEDULE 6A\nRNQPs for the presence of which visual inspection and, where applicable, sampling and testing are required\nRegulations 15(4) and 17(2);schedule 2, paragraphs 9(2),(3) and (4), 10(1), (3) and (6),17(1), (3) and (6) and 23(1), (3)and (6); and schedule 3,paragraphs 1(1) and (1A) and 2(1)\nColumn 1\nGenus or species\nColumn 2\nRNQPs\nCitrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Raf.\nBacteria\nSpiroplasma citri Saglio et al. [SPIRCI]\nFungi and oomycetes\nPlenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley [DEUTTR]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nCitrus cristacortis agent [CSCC00]\nCitrus exocortis viroid [CEVD00]\nCitrus impietratura agent [CSI000]\nCitrus leaf blotch virus [CLBV00]\nCitrus psorosis vírus [CPSV00]\nCitrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) [CTV000]\nCitrus variegation virus [CVV000]\nHop stunt viroid [HSVD00]\nCorylus avellana L.\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple mosaic virus [APMV00]\nCydonia oblonga Mill.\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]\nApple rubbery wood agent [ARW000]\nApple stem grooving virus [ASGV00]\nApple stem-pitting virus [ASPV00]\nPear bark necrosis agent [PRBN00]\nPear bark split agent [PRBS00]\nPear blister canker viroid [PBCVD0]\nPear rough bark agent [PRRB00]\nQuince yellow blotch agent [ARW000]\nFragaria L.\nBacteria\nXanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King [XANTFR]\nFungi and oomycetes\nColletotrichum acutatum Simmonds [COLLAC]\nPhytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J.Schröter [PHYTCC]\nPhytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman [PHYTFR]\nNematodes\nAphelenchoides besseyi Christie [APLOBE]\nAphelenchoides blastophthorus Franklin [APLOBL]\nAphelenchoides fragariae (Ritzema Bos) Christie [APLOFR]\nAphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer [APLORI]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nArabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]\nRaspberry ringspot virus [RPRSV0]\nStrawberry crinkle virus [SCRV00]\nStrawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]\nStrawberry mild yellow edge virus [SMYEV0]\nStrawberry mottle virus [SMOV00]\nStrawberry vein banding virus [SVBV00]\nTomato black ring virus [TBRV00]\nJuglans regia L\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nCherry leaf roll virus [CLRV00]\nMalus Mill.\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]\nApple dimple fruit viroid [ADFVD0]\nApple flat limb agent [AFL000]\nApple mosaic virus [APMV00]\nApple rubbery wood agent [ARW000]\nApple scar skin viroid [ASSVD0]\nApple star crack agent [APHW00]\nApple stem grooving virus [ASGV00]\nApple stem-pitting virus [ASPV00]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPMA]\nFruit disorders: chat fruit [APCF00], green crinkle [APGC00], bumpy fruit of Ben Davis, rough skin [APRSK0], star crack, russet ring [APLP00], russet wart\nOlea europaea L.\nFungi and oomycetes\nVerticillium dahliae Kleb [VERTDA]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nArabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]\nCherry leaf roll virus [CLRV00]\nStrawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]\nPrunus dulcis (Miller) Webb\nBacteria\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]\nApple mosaic virus [APMV00]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]\nPlum pox virus [PPV000]\nPrune dwarf virus [PDV000]\nPrunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]\nPrunus armeniaca L.\nBacteria\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]\nApple mosaic virus [APMV00]\nApricot latent virus [ALV000]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]\nPlum pox virus [PPV000]\nPrune dwarf virus [PDV000]\nPrunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]\nPrunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L.\nBacteria\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]\nApple mosaic virus [APMV00]\nArabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]\nCherry green ring mottle virus [CGRMV0]\nCherry leaf roll virus [CLRV00]\nCherry mottle leaf virus [CMLV00]\nCherry necrotic rusty mottle virus [CRNRM0]\nLittle cherry virus 1 and 2 [LCHV10], [LCHV20]\nPlum pox virus [PPV000]\nPrune dwarf virus [PDV000]\nPrunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]\nRaspberry ringspot virus [RPRSV0]\nStrawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]\nTomato black ring virus [TBRV00]\nPrunus domestica L., Prunus salicina Lindley, and other species of Prunus L. susceptible to Plum pox virus in the case of Prunus L. hybrids\nBacteria\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]\nApple mosaic virus [APMV00]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]\nMyrobalan latent ringspot virus [MLRSV0]\nPlum pox virus [PPV000]\nPrune dwarf virus [PDV000]\nPrunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]\nPrunus persica (L.) Batsch\nBacteria\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. [XANTPR]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]\nApple mosaic virus [APMV00]\nApricot latent virus [ALV000]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPR]\nPeach latent mosaic viroid [PLMVD0]\nPlum pox virus [PPV000]\nPrune dwarf virus [PDV000]\nPrunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]\nStrawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]\nPyrus L.\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple chlorotic leaf spot virus [ACLSV0]\nApple rubbery wood agent [ARW000]\nApple stem grooving virus [ASGV00]\nApple stem-pitting virus [ASPV00]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPY]\nPear bark necrosis agent [PRBN00]\nPear bark split agent [PRBS00]\nPear blister canker viroid [PBCVD0]\nPear rough bark agent [PRRB00]\nQuince yellow blotch agent [ARW000]\nRibes L.\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nArabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]\nBlackcurrant reversion virus [BRAV00]\nCucumber mosaic virus [CMV000]\nGooseberry vein banding associated virus [GOVB00]\nRaspberry ringspot virus [RPRSV0]\nStrawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]\nRubus L.\nFungi and oomycetes\nPhytophthora spp. de Bary [1PHYTG]\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nApple mosaic virus [APMV00]\nArabis mosaic virus [ARMV00]\nBlack raspberry necrosis virus [BRNV00]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma rubi Malembic-Maher et al. [PHYPRU]\nCucumber mosaic virus [CMV000]\nRaspberry bushy dwarf virus [RBDV00]\nRaspberry leaf mottle virus [RLMV00]\nRaspberry ringspot virus [RPRSV0]\nRaspberry vein chlorosis virus [RVCV00]\nRaspberry yellow spot [RYS000]\nRubus yellow net virus [RYNV00]\nStrawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]\nTomato black ring virus [TBRV00]\nVaccinium L.\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nBlueberry mosaic associated ophiovirus [BLMAV0]\nBlueberry red ringspot virus [BRRV00]\nBlueberry scorch virus [BLSCV0]\nBlueberry shock virus [BLSHV0]\nBlueberry shoestring virus [BSSV00]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma asteris Lee et al. [PHYPAS]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma pruni [PHYPPN]\nCandidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al. [PHYPSO]\nCranberry false blossom phytoplasma [PHYPFB]\nSCHEDULE 6B\nRNQPs the presence of which in soil is regulated\nRegulation 17(2); andschedule 2, paragraphs 11(1),(2), (3) and (4), 18(1), (2) and (4)and 24(1), (2) and (4)\nColumn 1\nGenus or species\nColumn 2\nRNQPs\nFragaria L.\nNematodes\nLongidorus attenuatus Hooper [LONGAT]\nLongidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne & Swanger [LONGEL]\nLongidorus macrosoma Hooper [LONGMA]\nXiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky) Thorne [XIPHDI]\nJuglans regia L.\nNematodes\nXiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky) Thorne [XIPHDI]\nOlea europaea L.\nNematodes\nXiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky) Thorne [XIPHDI]\nPistacia vera L.\nNematodes\nXiphinema index Thorne & Allen [XIPHIN]\nPrunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L.\nNematodes\nLongidorus attenuatus Hooper [LONGAT]\nLongidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne & Swanger [LONGEL]\nLongidorus macrosoma Hooper [LONGMA]\nXiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky) Thorne [XIPHDI]\nPrunus domestica L., Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus salicina Lindley\nNematodes\nLongidorus attenuatus Hooper [LONGAT]\nLongidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne & Swanger [LONGEL]\nXiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky) Thorne [XIPHDI]\nRibes L.\nNematodes\nLongidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne & Swanger [LONGEL]\nLongidorus macrosoma Hooper [LONGMA]\nXiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky) Thorne [XIPHDI]\nRubus L.\nNematodes\nLongidorus attenuatus Hooper [LONGAT]\nLongidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne & Swanger [LONGEL]\nLongidorus macrosoma Hooper [LONGMA]\nXiphinema diversicaudatum (Mikoletzky) Thorne [XIPHDI]\n”.\n(9) For schedule 7 (visual inspections, sampling and testing per genera, etc.) substitute—\n“SCHEDULE 7\nVisual inspections, sampling and testing per genus or species and category\nSchedule 2, paragraphs 10(1),(3), (6) and (7), 17(1), (3), (6)and (7) and 23(1), (3), (6) and (7);and schedule 3, paragraphs 1(1) and 4\n1. In this schedule, “Commission Implementing Decision 2017/925” means Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925 temporarily authorising certain Member States to certify pre-basic material of certain species of fruit plants, produced in the field under non-insect proof conditions, and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/167.\n2. Propagating material must comply with—\n(a) the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests and protected zone quarantine pests provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation, and\n(b) the following requirements per genera or species and category concerned—\nColumn 1\nGenus or species\nColumn 2\nCategory\nColumn 3\nFrequency of visual inspections\nColumn 4\nRequirements relating to sampling and testing\nColumn 5\nRequirements relating to the production site, place of production or area\nCastanea sativa Mill.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nIn the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision 2017/925, the following requirements apply concerning Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr, or\n(b) no symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr are observed at the site of production on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.\nBasic category\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr, or\nno symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr are observed at the site of production on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.\nCertified and CAC categories\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the certified and CAC categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr,\nno symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr are observed at the site of production on propagating material and fruit plants of the certified and CAC categories since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation, or\npropagating material and fruit plants of the certified and CAC categories showing symptoms of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr have been rogued out, the remaining propagating material and fruit plants must be inspected at weekly intervals and no symptoms are observed at the site of production for at least three weeks before dispatch.\nCitrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Raf.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested every year concerning the presence of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. Each pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested three years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of three years concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates).\nN/A.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested every six years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of six years concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) and Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al., listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nBasic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year with regard to Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley. Visual inspections must be carried out once a year for all RNQPs, other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley, listed in schedules 6 and 6A\nIn the case of basic mother plants which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, each basic mother plant must be sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates). A representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al.\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley,\nIn the case of basic mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested every year concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) and Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. in order to have all mother plants tested within an interval of 2 years. In the case of a positive test result for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) all basic mother plants in the production site must be sampled and tested. A representative portion of basic mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities must be sampled and tested every six years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) and Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al., listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nin the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories which have been grown in insect proof facilities, no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. or Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on that propagating material and those fruit plants over the last complete growing season and the material has been subjected to random sampling and testing Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) before marketing,\nin the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category which have not been grown in insect proof facilities, no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. or Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on that propagating material and those fruit plants over the last complete growing season, and a representative portion of the material has been sampled and tested for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) before marketing, or\nin the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category which have not been grown in insect proof facilities:\n(a) symptoms of Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley or Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. are 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\n(b) a representative portion of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category has been sampled and tested for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), before marketing and no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site have been found positive over the last complete growing season. That propagating material and those fruit plants have been rogued out and immediately destroyed. Propagating material and fruit plants in the immediate vicinity have been subjected to random sampling and testing, and any propagating material and fruit plants which have been found positive have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nCertified category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year with regard to Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley. Visual inspections must be carried out once a year for all RNQPs, other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley , listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nIn the case of certified mother plants which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants must be sampled and tested every four years concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) in order to have all mother plants tested within an interval of 8 years.\nIn the case of certified mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants must be sampled and tested every year concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) in order to have all mother plants tested within an interval of 3 years. A representative portion of certified mother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of pests, other than Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nIn the case of a positive test result for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) all certified mother plants in the production site must be sampled and tested.\nCAC category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must derive from an identified source of material, which has been found free, on the basis of visual inspection, sampling and testing, from the RNQPs as listed in schedule 6A.\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. and Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley,\nIn the case the identified source of material has been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of that material must be sampled and tested every eight years concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates).\nin the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category which have been grown in insect proof facilities, no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. or Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on that propagating material and those fruit plants over the last complete growing season and the material has been subjected to random sampling and testing for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) before marketing,\nIn the case the identified source of material has not been maintained in insect-proof facilities, a representative portion of that material must be sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates).\nin the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category which have not been grown in insect proof facilities, no symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. or Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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, and a representative portion of the material has been sampled and tested for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates) before marketing, or\nin the case of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category which have not been grown in insect proof facilities:\n(a) symptoms of Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al. or Plenodomus tracheiphilus (Petri) Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley are observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC 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\n(b) a representative portion of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category has been sampled and tested for Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates), before marketing and no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site have been found positive over the last complete growing season. That propagating material and those fruit plants have been rogued out and immediately destroyed. Propagating material and fruit plants in the immediate vicinity have been subjected to random sampling and testing, and any propagating material and fruit plants which have been found positive have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nCorylus avellana L.\nAll categories\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nN/A.\nCydonia oblonga Mill.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out over the last complete growing season for Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. For all RNQPs, other than Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., visual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested fifteen years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of fifteen years concerning the presence of RNQPs other than virus-like diseases and viroids listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nIn the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision 2017/925, the following requirements apply concerning Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\n(b) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category 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.\nBasic category\nA representative portion of basic mother plants must 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 virus-like diseases and viroids listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\npropagating 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.\nCertified category\nA representative portion of certified mother plants must 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 virus-like diseases and viroids listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nCertified fruit plants must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCAC category\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\npropagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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.\nFicus carica L.\nAll categories\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nN/A.\nFragaria L.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year during the growing season. The foliage of Fragaria L. must be visually inspected concerning the presence of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested one year after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and subsequently once per growing season concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6A, and, where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nN/A.\nFor propagating material and fruit plants produced by micropropagation, and which are maintained for a period shorter than three months, only one visual inspection during this period is necessary.\nBasic category\nA representative sample of roots must be sampled and tested in the case of symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman on the foliage. Sampling and testing must be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nPhytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, or\n(b) no symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman are observed on the foliage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any infected propagating material and fruit plants and plants in a surrounding zone of at least 5 m radius have been marked, excluded from lifting and marketing, and destroyed after uninfected propagating material and fruit plants have been lifted.\nXanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King, or\n(b) no symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category 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.\nPhytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman:\n(a) there must be a rest period, during which the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must not be grown, which must be of at least ten years between findings of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman and the next planting, or\n(b) the cropping and soil borne disease history of the production site must be recorded.\nThere must be a rest period, during which the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must not be grown, which must be of at least one year between findings of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King and the next planting.\nRequirements for RNQPs, other than Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King and Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman and other than viruses:\n(a) the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of the following RNQPs must not exceed:\n(i) 0.05% in the case of Aphelenchoides besseyi,\n(ii) 0.1% in the case of Strawberry multiplier disease phytoplasma,\n(iii) 0.2% in the case of Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris Lee et al., Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni, Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al., Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold and Verticillium dahliae Kleb,\n(iv) 0.5% in the case of Chaetosiphon fragaefolii Cockerell, Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev, Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood, Podosphaera aphanis (Wallroth) Braun & Takamatsu,\n(v) 1% in the case of Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen; and that propagating material and those fruit plants and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed, and\n(b) in the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must be rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nSymptoms of all viruses listed in schedules 6 and 6A must have been observed on no more than 1% of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic 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 must have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nCertified category\nA representative sample of roots must be sampled and tested in the case of symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman on the foliage. Sampling and testing must be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nPhytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category must be produced in areas known to be free from Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, or\n(b) no symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman are observed on the foliage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any infected propagating material and fruit plants and plants in a surrounding zone of at least 5m radius have been marked, excluded from lifting and marketing, and destroyed after uninfected plants have been lifted.\nXanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category must be produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King, or\n(b) symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King 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.\nPhytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman:\n(a) there must be a rest period, during which the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must not be grown, which must be of at least ten years between findings of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman and the next planting, or\n(b) the cropping and soil borne disease history of the production site must be recorded.\nThere must be a rest period, during which the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must not be grown, which must be of at least one year between findings of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King and the next planting.\nRequirements for RNQPs, other than Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King and Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman and other than viruses:\n(a) the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of the following RNQPs must not exceed:\n(i) 0.1% in the case of Phytonemus pallidus Banks,\n(ii) 0.5% in the case of Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie and Strawberry multiplier disease phytoplasma,\n(iii) 1% in the case of Aphelenchoides fragariae (Ritzema Bos) Christie, Candidatus Phlomobacter fragariae Zreik, Bové & Garnier, Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris Lee et al., Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Davis et al., Candidatus Phytoplasma fragariae Valiunas, Staniulis & Davis, Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni, Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al., Chaetosiphon fragaefolii Cockerell, Clover phyllody phytoplasma, Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipje, Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood, Podosphaera aphanis (Wallroth) Braun & Takamatsu, Pratylenchus vulnus Allen & Jensen and Rhizoctonia fragariae Hussain & W.E.McKeen,\n(iv) 2% in the case of Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold and Verticillium dahliae Kleb; and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed, and\n(b) in the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must be rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nSymptoms of all viruses listed in schedules 6 and 6A 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.\nCAC category\nA representative sample of roots must be sampled and tested in the case of symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman on the foliage. Sampling and testing must be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus , Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nPhytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman, or\n(b) no symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman are observed on the foliage of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any infected propagating material and fruit plants and plants in a surrounding zone of at least 5m radius have been marked, excluded from lifting and marketing, and destroyed after uninfected propagating material and fruit plants have been lifted.\nXanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King,\n(b) no symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out, or\n(c) symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King have been observed on no more than 5% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC 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.\nIn the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must be rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nJuglans regia L.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nEach flowering pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested one year after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of one year concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nN/A.\nBasic category\nA representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested every year on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCertified category\nA representative portion of certified mother plants must be sampled and tested every three years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCertified fruit plants must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCAC category\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nMalus Mill.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested fifteen years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of fifteen years concerning the presence of RNQPs other than virus-like diseases and viroids listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nIn the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision 2017/925, the following requirements apply concerning Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider and Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(a) Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider:\n(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider, or\n(ii) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category 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,\n(b) Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\n(ii) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category 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.\nBasic category\nIn the case of basic mother plants, which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested every fifteen years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider.\nCandidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider,\nIn the case of basic mother plants, which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider; a representative portion of basic mother plants must 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 the virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\n(b) 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\n(c) 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.\nCertified category\nIn the case of certified mother plants, which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants must 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 must be sampled and tested every five years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider; a representative portion of certified mother plants must 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 schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nErwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\nCertified fruit plants must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\n(b) 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.\nCAC category\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCandidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider,\n(b) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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\n(c) symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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, 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.\nErwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\n(b) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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.\nOlea europaea L.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested ten years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of ten years concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nN/A.\nBasic category\nA representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled in order to have all plants tested within an interval of thirty years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCertified category\nIn the case of mother plants used for the production of seeds (“seed mother plants”), a representative portion of those seed mother plants must be sampled in order to have all plants tested within an interval of forty years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A. In the case of mother plants other than seed mother plants, a representative portion of those plants must be sampled in order to have all plants tested within an interval of thirty years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCAC category\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nPistacia vera L.\nAll categories\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nN/A.\nPrunus armeniaca L., Prunus avium L., Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., Prunus cerasus L., Prunus domestica L., Prunus dulcis (Miller) Webb, Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus salicina Lindley\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year with regard to Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Plum pox virus, Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. and Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus salicina Lindley). Visual inspections must be carried out once a year for all RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Plum pox virus, Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. and Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie, listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category of Prunus armeniaca L., Prunus avium L., Prunus cerasus L., Prunus domestica L., and Prunus dulcis (Miller) Webb, must derive from mother plants, which have been tested within the previous growing season and found free from Plum pox virus.\nIn the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision 2017/925, the following requirements apply concerning Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Plum pox virus, Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. and Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie:\nPre-basic rootstocks of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and Prunus domestica L. must derive from mother plants, which have been tested within the previous growing season and found free from Plum pox virus. Pre-basic rootstocks of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and Prunus domestica L. must derive from mother plants, which have been tested within the previous five growing seasons and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider.\n(a) Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider:\n(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider,\nEach flowering pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested for Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus one year after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of one year. In the case of Prunus persica, each flowering pre-basic mother plant must be sampled one year after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and tested for Peach latent mosaic viroid. Each tree planted intentionally for pollination and, where appropriate, the major pollinating trees in the environment must be sampled and tested for Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus.\n(ii) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category 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\n(iii) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production site must be isolated from other host plants. The isolation distance of the production site must depend on regional circumstances, the type of propagating material, the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider in the area concerned and the relevant risks involved as set out by the competent authorities based on inspection,\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled five years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant, and with subsequent intervals of five years, and tested for Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider and Plum pox virus. Each pre-basic mother plant must be sampled ten years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant, and with subsequent intervals of ten years, and tested for RNQPs, other than Prune dwarf virus, Plum pox virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus, relevant for the species, as listed in schedule 6A, and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6. A representative portion of pre-basic mother plants must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.\n(b) Plum pox virus:\n(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Plum pox virus,\n(ii) no symptoms of Plum pox virus are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category 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\n(iii) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production site must be isolated from other host plants. The isolation distance of the production site must depend on regional circumstances, the type of propagating material, the presence of Plum pox virus in the area concerned and the relevant risks involved as set out by the competent authorities based on inspection,\n(c) Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie:\n(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie, or\n(ii) no symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category 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,\n(d) Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.:\n(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al., or\n(ii) no symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category 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.\nBasic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nA representative portion of basic mother plants that have been maintained in insect-proof facilities must be sampled every three years and tested concerning the presence of Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus and Plum pox virus. A representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled every ten years and tested concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider.\nCandidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider,\n(b) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum 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\n(c) symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider have been observed on no more than 1% 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 plants were found has been tested and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider.\nMother plants which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities:\n(a) a representative portion of basic mother plants, other than those intended for the production of rootstocks, must be sampled every year and tested for Plum pox virus in order to have all plants tested within an interval of ten years,\n(b) a representative portion of basic mother plants, intended for the production of rootstocks must be sampled every year and tested concerning the presence of Plum pox virus and found free from that RNQP. A representative portion of basic mother plants of Prunus domestica L. intended for the production of rootstocks must be sampled and tested in the previous five growing seasons concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider and found free from that RNQP, and\n(c) a representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. A representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested every ten years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus and Plum pox virus, listed in schedule 6A, and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nFlowering mother plants:\nPlum pox virus:\n(a) a representative portion of flowering basic mother plants must be sampled every year and tested for Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants, and\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Plum pox virus, or\n(b) no symptoms of Plum pox virus 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\n(c) symptoms of Plum pox virus have been observed on no more than 1% 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 plants were found has been tested and found free from Plum pox virus.\n(b) in the case of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, a representative portion of flowering basic mother plants must be sampled once a year and tested for Peach latent mosaic viroid on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants. A representative portion of trees planted intentionally for pollination and, where appropriate, the major pollinating trees in the environment must be sampled and tested Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants.\nA representative portion of non-flowering basic mother plants which have been not maintained in insect proof facilities must be sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus and Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants.\nPseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie,\n(b) no symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie 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\n(c) symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie 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.\nCertified category\nA representative portion of certified mother plants that have been maintained in insect proof facilities must be sampled every five years and tested concerning the presence of Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus and Plum pox virus in order to have all plants tested within an interval of fifteen years. A representative portion of certified mother plants must be sampled every fifteen years and tested concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider.\nMother plants that have not been maintained in insect proof facilities:\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.:\n(a) a representative portion of certified mother plants that have not been maintained in insect proof facilities must be sampled every three years and tested for Plum pox virus in order to have all plants tested within an interval of fifteen years,\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.,\n(b) no symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. 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\n(c) symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. 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.\n(b) a representative portion of certified mother plants intended for the production of rootstocks must be sampled every year and tested concerning the presence of Plum pox virus and found free from that RNQP. A representative portion of certified mother plants of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and Prunus domestica L. intended for the production of rootstocks have been sampled in the previous five growing seasons and tested concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider and found free from that RNQP, and\n(c) a representative portion of certified mother plants must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. A representative portion of certified mother plants must be sampled every fifteen years and tested on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Prune dwarf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus and Plum pox virus, listed in schedule 6A, and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nA representative portion of flowering certified mother plants must be sampled every year and tested for Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider, Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants. In the case of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, a representative portion of flowering certified mother plants must be sampled once a year and tested for Peach latent mosaic viroid on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants. A representative portion of trees planted intentionally for pollination and, where appropriate, the major pollinating trees in the environment must be sampled and tested for Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants.\nA representative portion of non-flowering certified mother plants, which have not been maintained in insect proof facilities, must be sampled every three years and tested concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum, Prune dwarf virus and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants.\nCAC category\nPropagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must derive from an identified source of material, of which a representative portion has been sampled and tested within the previous three growing seasons and found free from Plum pox virus.\nCandidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider,\n(b) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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,\n(c) symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider have been observed on no more than 1% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC 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 prunorum Seemüller & Schneider; or\n(d) symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie and Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC 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.\nCAC rootstocks of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and Prunus domestica L. must derive from an identified source of material of which a representative portion has been sampled and tested within the previous 5 years and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider and Plum pox virus.\nA representative portion of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.\nA representative portion of CAC fruit plants not showing any symptoms of Plum pox virus upon visual inspection must be sampled and tested on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those fruit plants concerning the presence of that RNQP and in the case of symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity.\nUpon the detection of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category showing symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider in the production site by visual inspection, a representative portion of the remaining asymptomatic CAC propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the lots where symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants have been found must be sampled and tested concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider.\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller & Schneider and Plum pox virus, listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nPlum pox virus:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Plum pox virus,\n(b) no symptoms of Plum pox virus are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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\n(c) symptoms of Plum pox virus have been observed on no more than 1% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC 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 Plum pox virus.\nPseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie,\n(b) no symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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\n(c) symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti &. Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC 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.\nXanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.,\n(b) no symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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\n(c) symptoms of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC 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.\nPyrus L.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested fifteen years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of fifteen years concerning the presence of RNQPs other than virus-like diseases and viroids listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nIn the case where a derogation is allowed to produce pre-basic material in the field under non-insect proof conditions, pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision 2017/925, the following requirements apply concerning Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider and Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(a) Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider:\n(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider, or\n(ii) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider are observed at the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed,\n(b) Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(i) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\n(ii) propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category 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.\nBasic category\nIn the case of basic mother plants which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested every fifteen years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider.\nCandidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider,\n(b) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider are observed at 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\n(c) symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri 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 pyri Seemüller & Schneider.\nIn the case of basic mother plants which have been not maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of basic mother plants must be sampled and tested every three years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider; a representative portion of basic mother plants must 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 pyri Seemüller & Schneider and other than the virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nCertified category\nIn the case of certified mother plants, which have been maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants must be sampled and tested every fifteen years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider.\nIn the case of certified mother plants, which have been not maintained in insect proof facilities, a representative portion of certified mother plants must be sampled and tested every five years concerning the presence of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider; a representative portion of certified mother plants must 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 pyri Seemüller & Schneider and other than virus-like diseases and viroids, listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nErwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\n(b) 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.\nCertified fruit plants must be sampled and tested where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCAC category\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nCandidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider,\n(b) no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider are observed at 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\n(c) symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC 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 pyri Seemüller & Schneider.\nErwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category must be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., or\n(b) propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category 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.\nRibes L.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested four years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of four years concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nN/A\nBasic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nThe percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season showing symptoms of Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer must not exceed 0.05% and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.\nCertified category\nThe percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season showing symptoms of Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer must not exceed 0.5% and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.\nCAC category\nN/A\nRubus L.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested two years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of two years concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nN/A.\nBasic category\nWhere propagating material and fruit plants are grown in the field or in pots, visual inspections must be carried out twice a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus, listed in schedules 6 and 6A\nIn the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus or Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must be rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nFor propagating material and fruit plants produced by micropropagation, and which are maintained for a period shorter than three months, only one visual inspection during this period is necessary.\nIn relation to RNQPs other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus, the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of the following RNQPs must not exceed 0.1% in the case of:\n(a) Agrobacterium spp. Conn.; and\n(b) Rhodococcus fascians Tilford; and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.\nSymptoms of all viruses listed in schedules 6 and 6A have been observed on no more than 0.25% of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic 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.\nCertified category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus, listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nIn the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus or Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must be rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nIn relation to RNQPs other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus, the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of the following RNQPs must not exceed:\n(a) 0.5% in the case of Resseliella theobaldi Barnes, and\n(b) 1% in the case of:\n(i) Agrobacterium spp. Conn., and\n(ii) Rhodococcus fascians Tilford,\nand that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.\nSymptoms of all viruses listed in schedules 6 and 6A have been observed on no more than 0.5% 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.\nCAC category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out if the symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus are unclear upon visual inspection. Sampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs, other than Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus and Tomato black ring virus, listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nIn the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus or Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material and fruit plants concerned must be rogued out and immediately destroyed.\nVaccinium L.\nPre-basic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year.\nEach pre-basic mother plant must be sampled and tested five years after its acceptance as a pre-basic mother plant and with subsequent intervals of five years concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6A, and where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedule 6.\nN/A.\nBasic category\nVisual inspections must be carried out twice a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nNo symptoms of Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn are observed at the production site over the last complete growing season.\nDiaporthe vaccinii Shear:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category must be produced in areas known to be free from Diaporthe vaccinii Shear, or\n(b) no symptoms of Diaporthe vaccinii Shear are observed at the production site over the last complete growing season.\nIn relation to Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin and Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck, the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of the following RNQPs must not exceed:\n(a) 0.1% in the case of Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck, and\n(b) 0.5% in the case of Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin,\nand that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.\nCertified category\nVisual inspections must be carried out once a year.\nSampling and testing must be carried out where there are doubts concerning the presence of RNQPs listed in schedules 6 and 6A.\nDiaporthe vaccinii Shear:\n(a) propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category must be produced in areas known to be free from Diaporthe vaccinii Shear, or\n(b) no symptoms of Diaporthe vaccinii Shear are observed at the production site over the last complete growing season.\nIn relation to Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn, Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin and Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck, the percentage of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season, showing symptoms of each of the following RNQPs must not exceed:\n(a) 0.5% in the case of:\n(i) Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn, and\n(ii) Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck, and\n(b) 1% in the case of Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin;\nand that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any surrounding host plants have been rogued out and destroyed.\nCAC category\nN/A.\n”.",
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      "text": "S.S.I. 2017/177, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2019/421."
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      "text": "OJ L 140, 31.5.2017, p.7."
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