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origin,
grower,
packing facility,
type of packaging,
genus, species, variety, or degree of maturity,
exporter,
area of production,
regulated pests and their characteristics,
treatment at origin,
type of processing.
fruit in the botanical sense: 1 fruit,
cut flower: 1 stem,
foliage, leafy vegetable: 1 leaf,
tubers, bulbs, rhizomes: 1 tuber or bulb or rhizome,
plants intended for planting: 1 plant,
branches: 1 branch,
wood and bark: to be determined on a case by case basis, with the smallest piece weighing not less than 1 kg,
seed: one seed.
When the unit is not definable because of the size, shape or way of packaging, the smallest package unit shall be defined as the sampling unit.
rooted non-dormant plants for planting:
sampling scheme able to identify with 95 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 1 % or above;
dormant plants for planting including tubers, bulbs and rhizomes:
sampling scheme able to identify with 95 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 2 % or above;
seeds or plant products that comply with the specific conditions listed in [F1relevant legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain] Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1756/2004(2):
sampling scheme able to identify with 80 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 5 % or above;
unrooted cuttings, plants, plant products and other objects, not falling under points (a), (b) and (c):
sampling scheme able to identify with 95 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 5 % or above;
lots of seeds and leafy vegetables of less than or equal to 500 units:
hypergeometric sampling scheme able to identify with 95 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 10 % or above.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Annex 3 point 4(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 37(10)(a) (with reg. 46)
the history of the level of [F2GB quarantine pests, which has the meaning given in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants] intercepted and notified by the [F3competent authorities], according to point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, including priority pests, as defined in Article 6(1) of that Regulation, of a third country of origin;
the occurrence of a priority pest in the third country of origin, according to available scientific information;
information available via the [F4appropriate computerised information management system].
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Annex 3 para. 6(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 37(10)(b)(i)(aa) (with reg. 46)
F3Words in Annex 3 para. 6(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 37(10)(b)(i)(bb) (with reg. 46)
F4Words in Annex 3 para. 6(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 37(10)(b)(ii) (with reg. 46)
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC ( OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4.).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1756/2004 of 11 October 2004 specifying the detailed conditions for the evidence required and the criteria for the type and level of the reduction of the plant health checks of certain plants, plant products or other objects listed in Part B of Annex V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC ( OJ L 313, 12.10.2004, p. 6).