Conditions for the introduction into the Union territory of specified fruits originating in Argentina as provided for in Article 3
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I Conditions for the introduction into the Union territory of specified fruits originating in Argentina as provided for in Article 3 1. The specified fruits have been produced in places of production, consisting of one or more sites of production, which have been identified as unique and physically distinct parts of a place of production, and both the place of production and its sites of production have been approved by the NPPO of Argentina for the purpose of export to the Union. 2. The approved places of production and the sites of production thereof have been registered by the NPPO of Argentina under their respective traceability codes. 3. The specified fruits have been produced in an approved site of production, which has undergone treatments and cultural measures effective against the specified pest, at the appropriate time since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, and their application has been verified under the official supervision of the NPPO of Argentina. 4. The verification referred to in point 3 is accompanied by sampling to confirm the application of treatments, where those treatments consist of the application of plant protection products, and the sampling has taken into account the non-compliances identified during the preceding growing and export season: (a) upon inspections in the field or at the packing facilities, prior to export; or (b) upon checks carried out on consignments at the border control posts in the Union. 5. Official inspections, consisting of physical checks and, if symptoms are detected, sampling to test for the presence of the specified pest, have been carried out in the approved sites of production since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, and the specified pest has not been detected on the specified fruits. 6. A sample has been taken: (a) upon arrival to the packing facilities, prior to processing, of 200-400 fruits per lot of specified fruits, defined upon arrival in the packing facility; (b) along the line between arrival and packing in the packing facilities, of at least 1 % per lot of specified fruits defined in the packing line; (c) before departure from the packaging facility, of at least 1 % per lot of specified fruits, defined after packing; (d) prior to export, as part of the final official inspection to issue the phytosanitary certificate, of at least 1 % per lot of specified fruits prepared for export. 7. All of the specified fruits referred to in point 6 have been sampled, as far as possible, on the basis of any symptom of the specified pest, and all of the sampled fruits referred to in point 6(a) have been found free from that pest on the basis of visual inspections, whereas all of the sampled fruits referred to in points 6(b), 6(c) and 6(d), which showed symptoms of the specified pest, have been tested and found free from that pest. 8. The specified fruits have been transported in packages, with each package bearing a label with the traceability code of the site of production from which they originate. 9. Before the start of the export season of the specified fruits, the NPPO of Argentina has communicated to the relevant professional operators and to the Commission the list of traceability codes of all approved sites of production per place of production, and any updates to that list have been immediately communicated to the Commission and to the relevant professional operators. 10. The specified fruits are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, which includes the date of the last inspection and the number of packages from each site of production, the relevant traceability codes, and under the heading ‘Additional Declaration’, the following statement: ‘The consignment complies with Annex I of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/632’. 11. The specified fruits have been produced in an approved site of production: (a) where, during the official inspections referred to in point 5, the specified pest has not been found on the specified fruits; (b) which is the origin of the specified fruits as referred to in point 6, on which the specified pest has not been found; (c) which is the origin of consignments of the specified fruits, on which the specified pest has not been found during the official checks carried out when entering the Union during the same growing and export season; and (d) which is the origin of the specified fruits on which the specified pest has not been found, during the preceding growing and export season, in official inspections in Argentina or the checks carried out on consignments entering the Union. 12. Where the specified fruits originate in a site of production located in the same place of production as a site of production where the presence of the specified pest has been confirmed, during the same growing and export season, on the samples referred to in point 6 or during the checks carried out on consignments on entry to the Union, those specified fruits have been exported only after that site of production has been confirmed to be free from the specified pest.