Paragraph 3

England and Wales

A growing crop certificate may only be issued where an authorised officer is satisfied, in relation to the seed potatoes examined by that officer, that—

(a)

the seed potatoes are of a variety of potato species entered in a F1GB Variety List;

(b)

the seed potatoes in any one crop are of a single variety;

(c)

the seed potatoes are taken from a crop which is free from the following diseases or pests—

(i)

Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc);

(ii)

Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes);

(iii)

Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al ssp Sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Davis et al);

(iv)

Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al);

(v)

Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid;

F2(vi)

Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say));

(vii)

Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor (Thorne));

(viii)

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al.; and

(ix)

Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al;

(d)

the land on which the seed potatoes are growing or were grown is not land which is demarcated under F3Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Official Controls (Plant Health) Regulations as contaminated with Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc) or is within a safety zone demarcated under F4those Regulations;

(e)

blanking in any of the growing crop of the seed potatoes is not or was not excessive;

(f)

the growing crop has not been over-rogued; and

(g)

all reasonable husbandry practices for the prevention of the occurrence, development or spread of diseases and pests have been effectively carried out.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/809), regs. 1(b), 7(15)(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 21(4)(l)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Sch. 1 para. 3(c)(vi)-(ix) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 3(c)(vi)(vii) (24.7.2020) by The Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/682), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(a)
F3: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(d) substituted (14.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1517), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 4(4)(a)(i)
F4: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(d) substituted (14.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1517), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 4(4)(a)(ii)