Requirements for the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of consignments of seed potatoes, and their use in Northern Ireland
Article 2
The entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of consignments of seed potatoes, and their use in Northern Ireland, shall be subject to compliance with all of the following requirements: (a) the seed potatoes are intended for registered professional operators in Northern Ireland; (b) the seed potatoes originate in parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland, in production sites that have been officially inspected and found to comply with Union requirements concerning: (i) Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and Union regulated non-quarantine pests (‘RNQPs’), referred to in Articles 5(2), 32(1) and 37(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) ; (ii) pests subject to Union measures laid down in Commission implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (c) the seed potatoes have been officially inspected in parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland, at the production sites or the packaging facilities, and found to comply with Union requirements concerning: (i) Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs referred to in Articles 5(2), 32(1) and 37(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (ii) pests subject to Union measures laid down in Commission implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (d) after their entry into Northern Ireland, the seed potatoes shall only be grown in sites of production in Northern Ireland, which are registered for this purpose by the competent authorities of the United Kingdom; (e) after their entry into Northern Ireland, the seed potatoes, as well as the plants grown from them, shall be subject to annual official inspections in their sites of production in Northern Ireland to ensure compliance with Union requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs referred to in Articles 5(2), 32(1) and 37(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, and pests subject to Union measures laid down in Commission implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation; (f) the quantities of seed potatoes entered into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom and the results of the inspections referred to in points (b), (c) and (e) shall be reported to the Commission by the United Kingdom by 30 June of each year concerning the entries between 1 May of year n-1 and 30 April of year n; (g) the entry into Northern Ireland of the consignments shall comply with the applicable rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/625.