The Plant Health ("Phytophthora ramorum") (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2002

article 7

SCHEDULE 2

Susceptible materialRequirements to be met in respect of susceptible material produced in Wales or moved into Wales from elsewhere in the United Kingdom, or from another member State, or from the Channel Islands or Isle of Man

Rhododendron spp. L., other than Rhododendron simsii Planch.

Viburnum spp. L.

Either:

(a)

they originate in areas in which European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum are known not to occur;

(b)

upon official inspection at the place of production, carried out at least once at an appropriate time when the susceptible material is in active growth, or upon laboratory testing of apparent symptoms of European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum, no signs of European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum have been found on the susceptible material during the last complete cycle of vegetation; or

(c)

where signs of European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum have been found on susceptible material at the place of production, appropriate procedures aimed at eradicating Phytophthora ramorum have been implemented which include at least the following measures:

(i)

the destruction of susceptible material found to be infected by Phytophthora ramorum (“infected material”) and any other susceptible material within a radius of two metres of the infected material;

(ii)

susceptible material within a radius of ten metres of infected material and all other susceptible material from the same lot as the infected material have been retained at the place of production and found free from Phytophthora ramorum, after additional inspections carried out at least twice in the three months following the finding of infection referred to in sub-paragraph (i); and

(iii)

all other susceptible material at the place of production has been inspected frequently following the finding of infection referred to in sub-paragraph (i) and found on such inspections to be free from Phytophthora ramorum.