Conditions for the introduction into the Union territory of specified fruits originating in Brazil as provided for in Article 3
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Conditions for the introduction into the Union territory of specified fruits originating in Brazil as provided for in Article 3 1. The specified fruits have been produced in a place 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 officially approved by the NPPO of Brazil 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 Brazil 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 Brazil. 4. 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 in the specified fruits. 5. A sample has been taken along the line between arrival and packaging in the packing facilities of at least 600 fruits of each species per batch of 30 tonnes, or part thereof, selected as much as possible on the basis of any symptom of the specified pest, and all sampled fruits showing symptoms have been tested and found free of that pest. 6. 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. 7. Before the start of the export season of the specified fruits, the NPPO of Brazil 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. 8. 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 II of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/632’. 9. The specified fruits have been produced in an approved site of production: (a) where, during official inspections referred to in point 4, 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 5, 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 Brazil or the checks carried out on consignments entering the Union.