ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IV Elements for the designation of items as probably infected by the specified pest pursuant to Article 5(2), point (b)(ii) and Article 5(4) second subparagraph, point (b) and for the determination of the possible spread of the specified pest pursuant to Article 5(2), point (c) and Article 5(4), first subparagraph, point (b) 1. The elements be considered for the designation of an item as probably infected by the specified pest pursuant to Article 5(2), point (b)(ii) and Article 5(4) second subparagraph, point (b) are the following: (a) specified plants grown at a place of production designated as infected pursuant to Article 5(2), point (d)(i); (b) place(s) of production with some production link to the specified plants designated as infected pursuant to Article 5(2), point (d)(i), including those sharing production equipment and facilities directly or through a common contractor; (c) specified plants produced in the place(s) of production referred to in point (b), or present in such place(s) of production during the period when the specified plants designated as infected pursuant to Article 5(2), point (d)(i), were present on the place of production referred to in point (a); (d) premises handling the specified plants from the places of production referred to in points (a), (b) and (c); (e) any machinery, vehicle, vessel, store, or units thereof, and any other objects including packaging material, that may have come into contact with the specified plants designated as infected pursuant to Article 5(2), point (d)(i); (f) any of the specified plants stored in, or in contact with, any of the structures or objects listed in the previous point, prior to the cleaning and disinfection of such structures and objects; (g) as a result of the investigation and testing pursuant to Article 5(2), point (a), in the case of potato, those tubers or plants with a sister or parental clonal relationship to, and in the case of tomato, those plants with the same source as the specified plants designated to be infected pursuant to Article 5(2), point (d)(i), and for which, although they may have tested negative for the specified pest, it appears that infection is probable through a clonal link; (h) place(s) of production of the specified plants referred to in point (g); (i) place(s) of production of the specified plants using water for irrigation or spraying designated as infected pursuant Article 5(4), third subparagraph, point (a); (j) specified plants produced on production sites flooded with surface water confirmed to be infected. 2. The elements to be considered in the determination of the possible spread of the specified pest pursuant to Article 5(2), point (c), and Article 5(4), first subparagraph, point (b), are the following: (a) in the demarcated area established pursuant to Article 5(2), point (b): (i) the proximity of other places of production growing the specified plants, (ii) the common production and use of stocks of tubers for planting; (iii) places of production using surface water for irrigation or spraying of specified plants in cases where there is or has been risk of surface water run-off from, or flooding of, place(s) of production designated to be infected pursuant to Article 5(2), point (d)(i); (b) in cases where surface water has been designated as infected pursuant to Article 5(4), third subparagraph, point (a): (i) place(s) of production producing specified plants adjacent to, or at risk from flooding by, the surface water designated as infected; (ii) any discrete irrigation basin associated with the surface water designated as infected; (iii) water bodies connected with the surface water designated as infected, taking into account: — the direction and rate of flow of the water designated as infected, — the presence of wild solanaceous host plants.