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. 2017 Oct 31;15(10):e05028. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5028

Table 4.

Regulated hosts and commodities that may involve Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas in Annexes III, IV and V of Council Directive 2000/29/EC

Annex III, Part A Plants, plant products and other objects the introduction of which shall be prohibited in all Member States
Description Country of origin
17. Plants of Phoenix spp. other than fruit and seeds Algeria, Morocco
Annex IV, Part A Special requirements which must be laid down by all member states for the introduction and movement of plants, plant products and other objects into and within all member states
Section I Plants, plant products and other objects originating outside the community
  Plants, plant products and other objects Special requirements
37. Plants of Palmae intended for planting other than seeds, originating in non‐European countries Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the plants listed in Annex III(A)(17), where appropriate, official statement that:

  1. (a) either the plants originate in an area known to be free from Palm lethal yellowing mycoplasm and Cadang‐Cadang viroid, and no symptoms have been observed at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation; or

  2. (b) no symptoms of Palm lethal yellowing mycoplasm and Cadang‐Cadang viroid have been observed on the plants since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation, and plants at the place of production which have shown symptoms giving rise to the suspicion of contamination by the organisms have been rogued out at that place and the plants have undergone appropriate treatment to rid them of Myndus crudus Van Duzee;

  3. (c) in the case of plants in tissue culture, the plants were derived from plants which have met the requirements laid down in (a) or (b)
Annex V Plants, plant products and other objects which must be subject to a plant health inspection (at the place of production if originating in the community, before being moved within the community — in the country of origin or the consignor country, if originating outside the community) before being permitted to enter the community
Part A Plants, plant products and other objects originating in the Community
I. Plants, plant products and other objects which are potential carriers of harmful organisms of relevance for the entire Community and which must be accompanied by a plant passport
2.3.1 Plants of Palmae, intended for planting, having a diameter of the stem at the base of over 5 cm and belonging to the following genera: Brahea Mart., Butia Becc., Chamaerops L., Jubaea Kunth, Livistona R. Br., Phoenix L., Sabal Adans., Syagrus Mart., Trachycarpus H. Wendl., Trithrinax Mart., Washingtonia Raf
Part B Plants, plant products and other objects originating in territories, other than those territories referred to in part a
I. Plants, plant products and other objects which are potential carriers of harmful organisms of relevance for the entire Community
2.

Parts of plants, other than fruits and seeds, of:

— Castanea Mill., Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul., Dianthus L., Gypsophila L., Pelargonium l'Herit. ex Ait, Phoenix spp., Populus L., Quercus L., Solidago L. and cut flowers of Orchidaceae,