Notification of the confirmed presence of the specified pest on a resistant potato variety
Article 10
1. Professional operators, and any other person, that become aware of any symptoms of the specified pest, resulting from a breakdown or a change in the effectiveness of a resistant potato variety which relates to an exceptional change in the composition of nematode species, pathotype or virulence group, shall notify the competent authorities thereof. 2. In all cases reported pursuant to paragraph 1, as well as when they become aware of such cases, the competent authorities shall investigate the potato cyst nematode species and, where applicable, the pathotype or virulence group involved, and confirm their presence by appropriate methods. 3. By 31 January of each year, Member States shall notify to the Commission and to the other Member States the details of the confirmations made pursuant to paragraph 2 as regards the preceding year.