Requirements for the introduction of the specified plants into, and their movement within, the Union territory
Article 3
1. The specified plants may be introduced into the Union only if all of the following requirements are fulfilled: (a) prior to the start of trade, the National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) of Uganda has communicated in writing to the Commission the list of measures intended to ensure the fulfilment of the requirements set out in point 1 of Annex I; (b) the NPPO of Uganda submits to the Commission, by 31 December of each year, the list of production sites, with their respective traceability codes, that are approved for export of the specified plants to the Union in the following calendar year, and immediately communicates any amendment to that list; (c) the NPPO of Uganda submits to the Commission, by 31 March of each year, an annual report on the activities carried out in the previous calendar year, containing all the elements set out in point 2 of Annex I. 2. In order for the specified plants to be introduced into the Union territory, the importing professional operator shall present a document issued by the competent authority confirming that the professional operator receiving the specified plants fulfils the requirement set out in paragraph 3, point (a) or (b). 3. Once introduced into the Union, the specified plants may only be moved to: (a) the premises of professional operators that, pursuant to Article 89(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, are specifically authorised to issue plant passports for plants rooted or grown from the specified plants; or (b) the premises of the professional operators for whom the competent authorities issue the plant passports for the specified plants. Prior to receiving the specified plants, the professional operators referred to in the first subparagraph shall inform the competent authorities of the expected date of arrival of those plants and shall keep the traceability code referred to in point 1(c) (iii) of Annex I. 4. Plants that are directly rooted or grown from the specified plants shall be kept separated from any other plant susceptible to the specified pests. They shall be subjected to official inspections at least once before they are moved for the first time out of the premises of the professional operator concerned and as close as possible to the time of their movement. Those inspections shall include, in case of suspicion of infection, sampling and molecular testing for Cowpea mild mottle virus, Potato leafroll virus (non-EU isolates), Potato virus S (non-EU isolates), Potato virus X (non-EU isolates) and Tomato leaf curl Uganda virus. In case of findings of specified pests on plants rooted or grown from the specified plants, at least all the plants rooted or grown from the same lot of specified plants shall be immediately destroyed, and if appropriate, the respective premises shall be cleaned and disinfected. 5. Member States shall immediately notify the Commission and the other Member States of any finding of the presence of a specified pest on the specified plants, or on plants rooted or grown from the specified plants. The Commission shall immediately inform the NPPO of Uganda thereof. Where the NPPO of Uganda is informed of the presence of a specified pest on specified plants or on plants rooted or grown from the specified plants, the production site where those plants originate from shall no longer be approved for export to the Union and the NPPO of Uganda shall remove immediately that production site from the list of approved production sites referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), until it has been demonstrated that pest freedom has been restored.