Movements within the Union territory
Article 10
Open ↗1. Specified plants originating in demarcated areas established in accordance with Article 5 may be moved out of the demarcated areas and from the infested zones into the buffer zones only if accompanied by a plant passport prepared and issued in accordance with Articles 78 to 95 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, and if they have been grown during at least two years prior to movement, or in the case of plants which are younger than two years, throughout their life, in a place of production which fulfils all of the following requirements: (a) it is registered in accordance with Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (b) it has been subjected annually to at least two official inspections for any sign of the specified pest carried out at appropriate times, and no such sign has been found; (c) it is located in a demarcated area where official surveys for the presence or signs of the specified pest were carried out annually within a width of at least 1 km around the site at appropriate times and no specified pest or signs of it were found and where the plants have been grown in a site: (i) with physical protection against the introduction of the specified pest; or (ii) where appropriate preventive treatments have been applied; or (iii) where targeted destructive sampling is carried out on each lot of specified plants prior to movement. The inspections referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), shall include targeted destructive sampling of the roots and stems of plants. The size of the sample for inspection shall be such as to enable at least the detection of 1 % level of infestation with a level of confidence of 99 %. The targeted destructive sampling referred to in the first subparagraph, point (c), shall be carried out at the level set out in the table in Annex II. The surveys referred to in the first subparagraph, point (c), shall be based on the Authority’s General guidelines for statistically sound and risk-based surveys of plant pests, and the survey design and sampling scheme used shall be able to identify with at least 95 % confidence level, a level of presence of infested plants of 1 %. Rootstocks grown in a place of production which fulfils all of the requirements of the first subparagraph may be grafted with scions which have not been grown under the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph, but which are no larger than 1 cm in diameter at their thickest point. 2. Specified plants not originating in demarcated areas, but introduced into a place of production in such areas, may be moved within the Union territory only if that place of production complies with the requirements set out in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, point (c), and only if the plants are accompanied by a plant passport as referred to in paragraph 1. 3. Specified plants imported from third countries, where the specified pest is known to be present, in accordance with Chapter VI, may be moved within the Union territory only if accompanied by the plant passport as referred to in paragraph 1.