The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2018

Part B of Schedule 4

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

7.  In the table in Part B of Schedule 4—

(a)after item 43 insert—

43A.Seeds of Solanum lycopersicum L.

The seeds must be accompanied by an official statement that they have been obtained by means of an appropriate acid extraction method and that they:

(a)

originate in an area in which Pepino mosaic virus is known not to occur;

(b)

no symptoms of Pepino mosaic virus have been observed on the plants at the place of production during their complete cycle of vegetation; or

(c)

have undergone official testing for Pepino mosaic virus on a representative sample and using appropriate methods, and have been found in these tests to be free from Pepino mosaic virus;

(b)omit item 44.