Commission Directive 2008/61/ECShow full title

3. For the purposes of point 2 the plant material shall be indexed for harmful organisms (tested for and identified) according to the following procedures:

3.1.

In the case of Fragaria L., irrespective of the country of origin of the plant material, the testing shall use appropriate laboratory methods and, where appropriate, indicator plants, including Fragaria vesca, F. virginiana and Chenopodium spp. for the detection of at least the following harmful organisms:

(a)

Arabis mosaic virus

(b)

Raspberry ringspot virus

(c)

Strawberry crinkle virus

(d)

Strawberry latent ‘C’ virus

(e)

Strawberry latent ringspot virus

(f)

Strawberry mild yellow edge virus

(g)

Strawberry vein banding virus

(h)

Strawberry witches' broom mycoplasm

(i)

Tomato black ring virus

(j)

Tomato ringspot virus

(k)

Colletotrichum acutatum Simmonds

(l)

Phytophthora fragariae Hickman var. fragariae Wilcox & Duncan

(m)

Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King.

3.2.

In the case of Malus Mill.:

(i)

where the plant material originates from a country which is not known to be free of any of the following harmful organisms:

(a)

Apple proliferation mycoplasm; or

(b)

Cherry rasp leaf virus (American),

the testing shall use appropriate laboratory methods and, where appropriate, indicator plants for the detection of the relevant harmful organisms, and

(ii)

irrespective of the country of origin of the plant material, the testing shall use appropriate laboratory methods and, where appropriate, indicator plants for the detection of at least the following harmful organisms:

(a)

Tobacco ringspot virus

(b)

Tomato ringspot virus

(c)

Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.

3.3.

In the case of Prunus L., as appropriate for each Prunus species:

(i)

where the plant material originates from a country which is not known to be free of any of the following harmful organisms:

(a)

Apricot chlorotic leafroll mycoplasm;

(b)

Cherry rasp leaf virus (American); or

(c)

Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier et al.) Young et al.,

the testing shall use appropriate laboratory methods and, where appropriate, indicator plants for the detection of the relevant harmful organisms; and

(ii)

irrespective of the country of origin of the plant material, the testing shall use appropriate laboratory methods and, where appropriate, indicator plants for the detection of at least the following harmful organisms:

(a)

Little cherry pathogen (non-European isolates)

(b)

Peach mosaic virus (American)

(c)

Peach phony rickettsia

(d)

Peach rosette mosaic virus

(e)

Peach rosette mycoplasm

(f)

Peach X-disease mycoplasm

(g)

Peach yellows mycoplasm

(h)

Plum line pattern virus (American)

(i)

Plum pox virus

(j)

Tomato ringspot virus

(k)

Xanthomonas campestris pv. pruni (Smith) Dye.

3.4.

In the case of Cydonia Mill. and Pyrus L. irrespective of the country of origin of the plant material, testing by appropriate laboratory methods, and, where appropriate, indicator plants, for detection of at least the following harmful organisms:

(a)

Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.

(b)

Pear decline mycoplasm.