Commission Decision of 27 January 2003 authorising certain Member States to provide for temporary derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of seed potatoes originating in certain provinces of Canada (notified under document number C(2003) 334) (Only the Spanish, Greek, Italian and Portuguese texts are authentic) (2003/61/EC)

Article 6 U.K.

1. The phytosanitary certificate required shall be made out separately for each consignment and only if it has been established by the scientists involved that the examinations referred to in Article 4 did not give rise to suspicions or to the detection of the presence of Clavibacter michiganensis in the consignment and that, in particular, the IF-testing was shown to be negative.

2. The phytosanitary certificate shall contain the following information under ‘Additional declaration’:

(a) confirmation of compliance with the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 4;

(b) the name of the establishment or establishments that have produced the lots of seed potato;

(c) the relevant seed potato certification lot numbers;

(d) the name of the area referred to in Article 2;

(e) the name of the establishment referred to in Article 2(4); and

(f) the number of bags.

3. The phytosanitary certificate shall mention, under ‘Distinguishing marks’, the colour code corresponding to a specified importer in the importing Member State, as well as the details of the numbered label used for each lot of seed potatoes within each consignment.

4. Documents attached to the phytosanitary certificate, as an integral part of the certificate, shall relate precisely to that certificate in both description and quantity of the seed potatoes.