Regulation (EC) No 1480/2004 is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 3(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘In the case of potatoes, the independent phytosanitary experts shall verify that the potatoes in the consignment were grown directly from seed potatoes certified in one of the Member States or from seed potatoes certified in any other country for which the entry into the Union of potatoes intended for planting is not prohibited pursuant to Annex III to Directive 2000/29/EC or from farm saved seed potatoes which were, under supervision of the experts, grown as the first offspring of the certified seed potatoes referred to in this paragraph’;
(2)
Annex III is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX
‘ANNEX III
Model of the ‘Report of phytosanitary inspection’ referred to in Article 3(2)
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1. Report of phytosanitary inspection under Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004
Number
2. Name, or name of firm, and full address of consignor
3. Name, or name of firm, and full address of consignee
4. Registration number of producer (with the phytosanitary experts) and place of production
5. Name and full address of packing station
6. Description of consignment (distinguishing marks; name of produce; botanical name)
7. Quantity declared
8. Mean of conveyance
9. Post-harvest treatment (treatment; active ingredient; concentration; temperature)
10. The undersigning phytosanitary expert under Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004, having:
inspected the above mentioned produce according to appropriate procedures, at the stage of production and again at harvest and at the stage of preparation for marketing,
witnessed the loading of the mean of conveyance and sealed it when loading was finished,
hereby concludes that to the best of his knowledge and as far as can be determined the goods:
are considered to conform with the current phytosanitary regulations of the EU and in particular,
are considered to be free from the harmful organisms in Annex I and, where applicable, Annex II to Directive 2000/29/EC, as amended,
in the case of potatoes, that the potatoes in the consignment were grown directly from seed potatoes certified in one of the Member States or from seed potatoes certified in any other country for which the entry into the Community of potatoes intended for planting is not prohibited pursuant to Annex III to Directive 2000/29/EC or from farm saved seed potatoes which were, under supervision of the above experts, grown as the first offspring of the certified seed potatoes referred to above,
in the case of citrus fruits, that the fruits have been found to be free from leaves and peduncles and bear the appropriate origin mark.
Name and signature of the phytosanitary expert(s)
Place and date of issue
(1) …
(2) (optional co-signing expert)’
