Minimum conditions for lots of pre-basic seed potatoes
Article 3
Member States shall provide that lots of pre-basic seed potatoes shall satisfy the following minimum conditions:
1. presence of earth and extraneous matter shall not exceed
1,0
% by mass;
2. the number of potatoes affected by rots, other than ring rot or brown rot, shall not be present in a quantity exceeding
0,2
% by mass;
3. the number of potatoes with external blemishes, including misshapen or damaged tubers, shall not exceed
3,0
% by mass;
4. the number of potatoes affected by common scab over more than one third of their surface shall not exceed
5,0
% by mass;
5. shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf shall not exceed
0,5
% by mass;
6. lots of pre-basic seed potatoes shall comply with the following requirements concerning the presence of RNQPs, or diseases caused by the respective RNQPs as set out in the table:
RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs | Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on the lots of pre-basic seed potato
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al . [LIBEPS] | 0 %
Ditylenchus destructor Thorne [DITYDE] | 0 %
Black scurf affecting tubers over more than 10 % of their surface as caused by Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk [RHIZSO] | 1,0 %
Powdery scab affecting tubers over more than 10 % of their surface as caused by Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh. [SPONSU] | 1,0 %
7. the total number of potatoes, as referred to in points (b) to (f), shall not exceed
6,0
% by mass.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant reproductive material (Text with EEA relevance).