ANNEX IIU.K. REQUIREMENTS FOR MOVEMENT WITHIN THE UNION, AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3

(1)Specified plants originating in the Union may be moved within the Union only if they are accompanied by a plant passport prepared and issued in accordance with Commission Directive 92/105/EEC(1) and if they meet the requirements set out in point (2).U.K.

(2)The specified plants shall satisfy one of the following points:U.K.

(a)

The specified plants have been grown throughout their life in a Member State where the specified organism is not known to occur.

(b)

The specified plants have been grown throughout their life in a protected zone recognised as regards the specified organism in accordance with Article 2(1)(h) of Directive 2000/29/EC.

(c)

The specified plants have been grown throughout their life in a pest free area, established as regards the specified organism by the responsible official body of a Member State in accordance with the FAO ISPM No 4(2).

(d)

The specified plants have been produced in a pest free place or a pest free site of production, established as regards the specified organism by the responsible official body of the Member State of origin in accordance with the FAO ISPM No 10(3). The specified plants have been grown in a structure with a degree of isolation and protection from the outside environment that effectively excludes the specified organism. At that place the specified plants have been officially inspected twice at the most appropriate times for detecting symptoms of infection during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior to the movement and found free from the specified organism.

That place is surrounded by a zone with a radius of at least 500 m, where official inspections were carried out twice at the most appropriate times for detecting symptoms of infection during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior to the movement and any plants showing symptoms of infection which were found during those inspections and all adjacent specified plants within the distance of 5 m were immediately destroyed.

(e)

The specified plants have been produced in a pest free place of production, established as regards the specified organism by the responsible official body of the Member State of origin in accordance with the FAO ISPM No 10(3).

That place of production is surrounded by a zone with a radius of 500 m, hereinafter the ‘surrounding zone’. Official inspections, sampling and testing have been carried out at that place of production and throughout the surrounding zone twice at the most appropriate times for detecting symptoms of infection during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior to the movement. The specified organism has not been found during the official inspections, sampling and testing.

The surrounding zone is surrounded by a zone with a width of 4 km, where following official inspections, sampling and testing that have been carried out throughout that zone twice at the most appropriate times for detecting symptoms of infection during the last complete cycle of vegetation prior to the movement, eradication measures were taken in all cases when the specified organism has been identified on the specified plants. These measures consisted of the immediate destruction of the infected specified plants and all adjacent specified plants within the distance of 5 m.

(3)Where the requirements set out in point (2)(d) or (2)(e) are met, the specified plants shall, in addition, satisfy one of the following requirements:U.K.

(a)

The specified plants have been directly derived from mother plants grown under conditions compliant with point (2)(a) or (2)(b) or (2)(c) or 2(d).

(b)

The specified plants have been directly derived from mother plants, which were subject to prior individual testing confirming their freedom from the specified organism.

(c)

The specified plants have been tested according to a sampling scheme able to confirm with 99 % reliability that the level of presence of the specified organism in the specified plants is below 0,1 %.

(4)The specified plants introduced into the Union in accordance with Annex I from third countries may be moved within the Union only if they are accompanied by the plant passport referred to in point (1).U.K.

(2)

Requirements for the establishment of the pest free areas. ISPM No 4 (1995), FAO 2011.

(3)

Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of production and pest free production sites. ISPM No 10 (1999), FAO 2011.