Eradication measures
Article 8
1. In a production site which has been officially designated as infested pursuant to Article 5(1), the competent authorities, or the professional operators under the official supervision of the competent authorities, shall apply, for the purpose of eradicating the specified pests, all of the following measures: (a) no potatoes intended for the production of potato tubers for planting shall be planted; (b) no plants listed in Annex I and intended for the production of plants for planting shall be planted or stored, with the exception of specified plants listed in points 2 or 3 of Annex I, provided that these plants, after their harvest, are to be subject to the officially approved measures referred to in point 1 of Annex II, so that there is no identifiable risk of spreading the specified pest; and (c) machinery shall be cleaned from soil and plant debris before or immediately after being moved out of that production site and before entering any production site located outside, which has not been designated as infested pursuant to Article 5(1). 2. If production sites to be used for production of potatoes other than those intended for the production of potato tubers for planting are officially designated as infested pursuant to Article 5(1), those production sites shall be subject to an official control programme aiming to ensure that the specified pests are not spread out of those production sites. The official control programme referred to in the first subparagraph shall take into account, as applicable, all of the following elements: (a) the particular production and marketing systems for host plants of the specified pests in the relevant Member State; (b) the characteristics of the population of the present specified pests; (c) the use of resistant potato varieties of the highest levels of resistance available (resistance score 8 or 9, as specified in point 1 of Annex V, where available); (d) other agronomic options for pest suppression, as mentioned in point 1 of Annex III to Directive 2009/128/EC; and (e) the measures described in Article 12(1), point (b). Member States shall notify the official control programme to the Commission and the other Member States. 3. The degree of resistance of potato varieties shall be quantified in accordance with the standard scoring notation table set out in point 1 of Annex V. Testing for resistance shall be carried out in accordance with the protocol set out in point 2 of Annex V.