Conditions for the introduction into the Union territory of specified fruits originating in South Africa as provided for in Article 3
ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III Conditions for the introduction into the Union territory of specified fruits originating in South Africa 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 production sites have been approved by the NPPO of South Africa 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 South Africa 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 South Africa. 4. Official inspections, including testing in the case of doubts, have been carried out in the approved sites of production since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation by inspectors accredited by the NPPO for the detection of the specified pest, and the specified pest has not been detected in the specified fruits. 5. A sample has been taken: (a) upon arrival to the packing facilities, prior to processing, of at least 200-400 fruits per lot of specified fruits; (b) along the line between arrival and packing in the packing facilities, of at least 1 % of specified fruits; (c) before departure from the packing facility, as part of the final official inspection to issue the phytosanitary certificate, of at least 2 % of specified fruits. 6. All of the specified fruits referred to in point 5 have been found free from the specified pest on the basis of inspections carried out by accredited inspectors and in the case of doubts of the presence of the specified pest, by testing. 7. In the case of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck ‘Valencia’, in addition to the samples referred to in points 5 and 6, a representative sample per batch of 30 tonnes, or part thereof, has been tested for latent infection and found free from the specified 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 South Africa 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 III of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/632’. 11. The specified fruits are produced in an approved site of production: (a) where, during the 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 South Africa or the checks carried out on consignments entering the Union.