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The Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 2004

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Articles 2 and 4(1) and (2)

SCHEDULE

Susceptible MaterialRequirements to be met in respect of the issuing of any phytosanitary certificate accompanying susceptible material (“the certificate”)

I. Susceptible material, other than susceptible wood

  • Acer macrophyllum Pursh.

  • Aesculus californica Nutt.

  • Aesculus hippocastanum L.

  • Arbutus menziesii Pursh.

  • Arbutus unedo L.

  • Arctostaphylos spp. Adans

  • Castanea sativa Mill.

  • Fagus sylvatica L.

  • Hamamelis virginiana L.

  • Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindley) M. Roemer

  • Kalmia latifolia L.

  • Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steudel) Sleumer

  • Lithocarpus densiflorus (H & A)

  • Lonicera hispidula Dougl.

  • Pieris spp.

  • Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco

  • Quercus spp. L.

  • Rhamnus californica (Esch)

  • Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl

  • Syringa vulgaris L.

  • Taxus spp.

  • Trientalis latifolia (Hook)

  • Umbellularia californica (Pursh)

  • Vaccinium vitis-idaea Britt.

  • Vaccinium ovatum (Hook & Arn) Nutt.

Either—

(a)

The certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the material originates in an area in which non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum are known not to occur, in which case the name of the area from where the material originates shall be specified under “place of origin”;

or

(b)

the certificate shall be issued only after official verification by the official plant health service of the country from which the material originates (“the relevant plant health service”) that—

(i)

upon official inspections carried out during the last complete cycle of vegetation of the susceptible material the subject of the certificate, or upon laboratory testing of apparent symptoms of non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum, no signs of non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum have been found on susceptible material or susceptible plant material at the place of production; and

(ii)

representative samples of the susceptible material have been taken before shipment, and have been tested and found free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum in these tests, in which case the certificate shall be endorsed by the relevant plant health service under the heading “additional declaration” with the statement “tested and found free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum”.

II. Susceptible wood

a.

Wood of—

  • Acer macrophyllum Pursh.

  • Aesculus californica Nutt.

  • Lithocarpus densiflorus (H & A)

One of the following alternatives is satisfied—

(a)

The certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the material originates in an area in which non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum are known not to occur, in which case the name of the area from where the material originates shall be specified under “place of origin”;

(b)

the certificate shall be issued only after official verification by the relevant plant health service that the wood has been stripped of its bark, and that at least one of the following applies—

(i)

that it has been squared so as to remove entirely the rounded surface;

(ii)

that the moisture content of the wood does not exceed 20% (expressed as a percentage of the dry matter); or

(iii)

that the wood has been disinfected by an appropriate hot-air or hot-water treatment;

or

(c)

in addition to the issue of a certificate, in the case of sawn wood with or without residual bark attached, there is evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “KD” or another internationally recognised mark put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content (expressed as a percentage of dry matter) at the time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule.

b.

Wood of Quercus L.

Without prejudice to the requirements of item 25 of Schedule 4, Part A of the principal Order, if the wood originates in an area in which non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum are known not to occur, the certificate shall contain an additional declaration to that effect and the name of the area from where the material originates shall be specified under “place of origin”.

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