Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993

4.  In Schedule 4, Part A, (Conditions to be met before certain plants, plant products and other objects may be landed or moved within the European Community) Section 1(1), after Item 67 there shall be inserted the following new Items—

“67A.	Seeds of the genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA where Tilletia indica Mitra is known to occur.	Official statement that the seeds originate in an area where Tilletia indica Mitra is known not to occur. The name of the area shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate.
67B.	Grain of the genera Triticium, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA where Tilletia indica Mitra is known to occur.	Official statement that either: (i) the grain originates in an area where Tilletia indica Mitra is known not to occur, the name of the area or areas being mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate under the rubric “place of origin”; or (ii) no symptoms of Tilletia indica Mitra have been observed on the plants at the place of production during their last complete cycle of vegetation and representative samples of the grain have been taken both at the time of harvest and before shipment and have been tested and found free from Tilletia indica Mitra in these tests, the latter shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate, in the rubric “name of produce”, as “tested and found free from Tilletia indica Mitra”.”.

(1)

See S.R. 1995 No. 250 regulation 13(a)