Commission Implementing Directive 2013/63/EU of 17 December 2013 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 2002/56/EC as regards minimum conditions to be satisfied by seed potatoes and lots of seed potatoes Text with EEA relevance

Amendments to Directive 2002/56/EC

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/56/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Transposition

Article 2

Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2015 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2016. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Entry into force

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Addressees

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/56/EC are amended as follows: (1) Annex I is amended as follows: (a) Points 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: ‘1. Basic seed potatoes shall satisfy the following minimum conditions: (a) on official inspection of the growing plants, the number affected by blackleg shall not exceed 1,0 %; (b) the number of growing plants not breeding true to the variety and the number of plants of a different variety shall, together, not exceed 0,1 % and in the direct progeny, shall, together, not exceed 0,25 %; (c) in the direct progeny the number of plants with symptoms of virus infection shall not exceed 4,0 %; (d) on official inspections of the growing plants, the number of plants with mosaic symptoms and the number of plants with symptoms caused by leaf roll virus shall, together, not exceed 0,8 %. 2. Certified seed potatoes shall satisfy the following minimum conditions: (a) on official inspection of the growing plants, the number affected by blackleg shall not exceed 4,0 %; (b) the number of plants not breeding true to the variety and the number of plants of a different variety, shall, together, not exceed 0,5 % and in the direct progeny, shall, together, not exceed 0,5 %; (c) in the direct progeny the number of plants with symptoms of virus infection shall not exceed 10,0 %; (d) on official inspections of the growing plants, the number of plants with mosaic symptoms and the number of plants with symptoms caused by leaf roll virus shall, together, not exceed 6,0 %.’ (b) Point 3 is deleted. (c) Point 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The tolerances allowed under points (1)(c) and (d), and points 2(c) and (d), shall only be applicable where the virus diseases are caused by viruses that are prevalent in Europe.’ (d) Points 5 and 6 are deleted. (e) The following point is added: ‘7. The maximum number of generations of basic potatoes shall be four, and the combined generations of pre-basic potatoes in the field and basic potatoes shall be seven. The maximum number of generations of certified seed potatoes shall be two. If the generation is not indicated on the official label, the potatoes concerned shall be considered as belonging to the maximum generation that is permitted within the respective category.’ (2) Annex II is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX II MINIMUM QUALITY CONDITIONS FOR LOTS OF SEED POTATOES Tolerances for the following impurities, blemishes and diseases allowed for seed potatoes: (1) presence of earth and extraneous matter: 1,0 % by mass for basic seed potatoes and 2,0 % by mass for certified seed potatoes; (2) dry and wet rot combined, except if caused by Synchytrium endobioticum , Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus or Ralstonia solanacearum : 0,5 % by mass, of which wet rot 0,2 % by mass; (3) external blemishes, e.g. misshapen or damaged tubers: 3,0 % by mass; (4) common scab affecting tubers over more than one third of their surface: 5,0 % by mass; (5) black scurf affecting tubers over more than 10,0 % of their surface: 5,0 % by mass; (6) powdery scab affecting tubers over more than 10,0 % of their surface: 3,0 % by mass; (7) shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf: 1,0 % by mass. Total tolerance for items 2 to 7: 6,0 % by mass for basic seed potatoes, and 8,0 % by mass for certified seed potatoes.’