Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925 of 29 May 2017 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 (notified under document C(2017) 2800)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925 of 29 May 2017 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 (notified under document C(2017) 2800)
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1. Belgium and France may until 31 December 2018 certify pre-basic material belonging to the relevant species listed in the Annex and produced in the open field under non-insect proof conditions, provided that the requirements set out in Articles 2, 3 and 4 are fulfilled.
Belgium and France may until 31 December 2018 also certify pre-basic material propagated from pre-basic mother plants belonging to the relevant species listed in the Annex, which were produced in the open field under non-insect proof conditions, provided that the requirements set out in Articles 2, 3 and 4 are fulfilled.
2. The Czech Republic and Spain may until 31 December 2022 certify pre-basic material belonging to the relevant species listed in the Annex and produced in the open field under non-insect proof conditions, provided that the requirements set out in Articles 2, 3 and 4 are fulfilled.
The Czech Republic and Spain may until 31 December 2022 also certify pre-basic material propagated from pre-basic mother plants belonging to the relevant species listed in the Annex, which were produced in the open field under non-insect proof conditions, provided that the requirements set out in Articles 2, 3 and 4 are fulfilled.
3. Sweden may until 31 May 2023 certify pre-basic material belonging to the relevant species listed in the Annex and produced in the open field under non-insect proof conditions, provided that the requirements set out in Articles 2, 3 and 4 are fulfilled.
Sweden may until 31 May 2023 also certify pre-basic material propagated from pre-basic mother plants belonging to the relevant species listed in the Annex, which were produced in the open field under non-insect proof conditions, provided that the requirements set out in Articles 2, 3 and 4 are fulfilled.
1. The pre-basic mother plants and the pre-basic material produced in the field shall be maintained in accordance with the requirements set out in Section A of the Annex for the Member States and species concerned.
2. Grafting and pruning tools and machinery shall be checked, cleaned and disinfected before and after each use on the pre-basic mother plants and the pre-basic material concerned.
3. There shall be an appropriate distance between pre-basic mother plants so as to minimise root contact between those plants. There shall also be an appropriate distance between pre-basic propagating materials so as to minimise root contact between those propagating materials.
In addition to the visual inspection, sampling and testing requirements set out in Articles 10 and 11 of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU, the Member States concerned shall ensure that the requirements set out in Section B of the Annex to this Decision for the species concerned are complied with.
Labelling of pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material
1. In addition to the information required by Article 2(2) of Commission Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU ( 4 ) , the label of pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material produced in Belgium and France in accordance with this Decision shall contain the indication: ‘Produced in the field in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925; certification authorised until 31 December 2018.’.
In addition to the information required by Article 2(2) of Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU, the label of pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material produced in the Czech Republic and Spain in accordance with this Decision shall contain the indication: ‘Produced in the field in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925; certification authorised until 31 December 2022.’.
In addition to the information required by Article 2(2) of Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU, the label of pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material produced in Sweden in accordance with this Decision shall contain the indication: ‘Produced in the field in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925; certification authorised until 31 May 2023.’.
2. Where an accompanying document is provided pursuant to Article 3(1) of Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU, the information on the official label referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be restricted to ‘Produced in the field’. In such a case, the accompanying document of the pre-basic mother plants and the pre-basic material concerned shall contain, in addition to the information required by Article 3(2) of Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU, the indication provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.
Labelling of basic material and certified material
1. In addition to the information required by Article 2(2) of Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU, the label of basic and certified material propagated from pre-basic material produced pursuant to this Decision shall contain the indication: ‘Derived from material produced in the field in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925.’.
2. Where an accompanying document is provided pursuant to Article 3(1) of Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU, the information on the official label referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be restricted to ‘Derived from material produced in the field’. In such a case the accompanying document shall contain, in addition to the information required by Article 3(2) of Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU, the indication provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.
Each Member State authorised to certify pre-basic material pursuant to Article 1 shall immediately notify the Commission and all other Member States of any certification under that Article. The notification shall contain the quantity of the pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material, and the species to which those pre-basic mother plants and that pre-basic material belong.
ANNEX
SECTION A
Lists of species referred to in Article 1 and requirements concerning their maintenance referred to in Article 2
1. Belgium
1.1. List of species:
Malus domestica Mill., Prunus avium , P. cerasus , P. domestica , P. persica , Pyrus communis L. and rootstocks of those species.
1.2. Requirements for all species listed above
1.2.1. Measures
Where visual inspections for the presence of insect vectors relevant for the pests listed in Part A of Annex I and in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU detect the presence of those vectors, there shall be an insecticide treatment.
1.3. Requirements specific for certain species
1.3.1. Prunus avium , P. cerasus , P. domestica , and P. persica
1.3.1.1. Growing conditions
Pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material shall be prevented from flowering.
2. The Czech Republic
2.1. List of species:
Castanea sativa Mill. and Juglans regia L.
2.2. Requirements for both species listed above
2.2.1. Measures
In case of doubts concerning the presence of the relevant pests listed in Part A of Annex I and in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU on pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material, those pre-basic mother plants and that pre-basic material shall immediately be removed.
2.2.2. Growing conditions
Pre-basic mother plants shall be prevented from flowering through annual pruning at the beginning of each vegetative period.
2.3. Requirements specific for certain species
2.3.1. Juglans regia L.
2.3.1.1. Growing conditions
Pre-basic mother plants shall be planted in areas where visual inspections have confirmed the absence of vectors of cherry leafroll virus.
3. France
3.1. List of species:
Castanea sativa Mill., Corylus avellana L., Cydonia oblonga Mill., Juglans regia L., Malus domestica Mill., Prunus amygdalus , P. armeniaca , P. avium , P. cerasus , P. domestica , P. persica , P. salicina , and Pyrus communis L.
3.2. Requirements for all species listed above
3.2.1. Measures
Where visual inspections for the presence of insect vectors relevant for the pests listed in Part A of Annex I and in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU detect the presence of those vectors, there shall be an insecticide treatment.
3.2.2. Growing conditions
Pre-basic mother plants shall be grafted on rootstocks produced by in vitro culture where available.
3.3. Requirements specific for certain species
3.3.1. Prunus amygdalus , P. armeniaca , P. avium , P. cerasus , P. domestica , P. persica , and P. salicina
Pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material shall be prevented from flowering.
4. Spain
4.1. List of species:
Olea europaea L., Prunus amygdalus x P. persica , P. armeniaca , P. domestica , P. domestica x P. salicina , P. dulcis , P. persica , and Pyrus communis L.
4.2. Requirements for all species listed above
4.2.1. Measures
Where visual inspections for the presence of insect vectors relevant for the pests listed in Part A of Annex I and in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU detect the presence of those vectors, there shall be an insecticide treatment.
4.3. Requirements specific for certain species
4.3.1. Olea europaea L.
4.3.1.1. Isolation distance
There shall be an isolation distance of at least 100 m to any cultivated or wild Olea europaea L. which is not subject to a certification scheme.
4.3.2. Prunus amygdalus x P. persica , P. armeniaca , P. domestica , P. domestica x P. salicina , P. dulcis , and P. persica
4.3.2.1. Isolation distance
There shall be an isolation distance of at least 500 m to any cultivated or wild Prunus amygdalus , P. cerasus and P. prunophora which are not subject to a certification scheme.
4.3.2.2. Growing conditions
Pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material shall be prevented from flowering.
4.3.3. Pyrus communis L.
4.3.3.1. Isolation distance
There shall be an isolation distance of at least 500 m to any cultivated or wild P. communis L. which is not subject to a certification scheme.
4.3.3.2. Growing conditions
Pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material shall be prevented from flowering.
5. Sweden
5.1. List of species:
Malus domestica Mill. and Pyrus communis L.
5.2. Requirements for all species listed above
5.2.1. Measures
Whenever the presence of the insects listed in Part A of Annex I to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU is detected, there shall be an insecticide treatment.
5.2.2. Isolation distance
There shall be an isolation distance of at least 500 m to any cultivated or wild plants of Malus domestica Mill. and Pyrus communis L. which are not subject to a certification scheme.
By way of derogation, there shall be an isolation distance of at least 40 m from a gene bank of Malus domestica Mill. plants which are not subject to a certification scheme, if
(a)
sampling and testing of the plants in that gene bank is carried out in accordance with the requirements of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU for the species concerned; and
(b)
visual inspections in that gene bank are carried out at least twice per growing season.
SECTION B
Requirements concerning visual inspection, sampling and testing referred to in Article 3
1. Belgium
1.1. Requirements for all species listed in point 1.1 of Section A
1.1.1. Visual inspection
Visual inspections shall be carried out at least once per year for the presence of the insect vectors relevant for the pests listed in Part A of Annex I and in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU.
1.2. Requirements specific for certain species
1.2.1. Malus domestica Mill. and Pyrus communis L.
1.2.1.1. Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every year for the insect-transmitted and pollen-transmitted viruses listed in Part A of Annex I and in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU.
1.2.2. Prunus avium , P. cerasus , P. domestica , and P. persica
1.2.2.1. Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every year and at each multiplication cycle for the insect-transmitted and pollen-transmitted viruses listed in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU.
2. The Czech Republic
2.1. Requirements specific for certain species
2.1.1. Castanea sativa Mill.
2.1.1.1. Visual inspection
Visual inspections referred to in Article 10(1) of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU shall be carried out from April to May.
2.1.2. Juglans regia L.
2.1.2.1. Visual inspection
Visual inspections referred to in Article 10(1) of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU shall be carried out in late summer or autumn.
3. France
3.1. Requirements specific for certain species
3.1.1. Corylus avellana L.
3.1.1.1. Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every year for apple mosaic virus (ApMV).
3.1.2. Cydonia oblonga Mill., Malus domestica Mill., and Pyrus communis L.
3.1.2.1. Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every year for apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), apple stem-grooving virus (ASGV), apple stem-pitting virus (ASPV) and rubbery wood.
3.1.3. Prunus amygdalus , P. armeniaca , P. avium , P. cerasus , P. domestica , P. persica , and P. salicina
3.1.3.1. Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every year and at each multiplication cycle for prune dwarf virus (PDV) and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV). In the case of P. persica , each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every year and at each multiplication cycle for peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd).
4. Spain
4.1. Requirements specific for certain species
4.1.1. Olea europaea L. and Pyrus communis L.
4.1.1.1. Sampling and testing
Each pre-basic mother plant shall be sampled and tested every year for the viruses and virus-like diseases listed in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU.
4.1.2. Prunus amygdalus x P. persica , P. armeniaca , P. domestica , P. domestica x P. salicina , P. dulcis , and P. persica
4.1.2.1. Sampling and testing
Sampling and testing shall be carried out every year for the viruses and virus-like diseases listed in Annex II to Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU.
5. Sweden
5.1. Requirements for all species listed in point 5.1 of Section A
5.1.1. Visual inspection
Visual inspections referred to in Article 10(1) of Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU shall be carried out at least twice per growing season.
