S.L. 433.33 Art. 11Movement within the Union of specified plants which have grown in vitro. S.L. 433.03 S.L. 433.03

(1) Specified plants which have been grown for the entire production cycle in vitro and for at least part of their life in a demarcated area established in accordance with regulation 6, may only be moved out of the demarcated areas and from the infected zones into the respective buffer zones if the conditions set out in sub-regulations (2) to (5) are fulfilled.

(2) The specified plants referred to in sub-regulation (1) have been grown in a site where all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a) it is registered in accordance with the Plant Quarantine (Harmful Organisms) Regulations;

(b) it is authorised by the Directorate as a site free from the specified organism and its vectors, taking into account the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures;

(c) it is physically protected against the introduction of the specified organism by its vectors;

(d) it is subjected annually to at least two official inspections carried out at appropriate times;

(e) throughout the time of growth of the specified plants, neither symptoms of the specified organism nor its vectors were found in the site or, if suspect symptoms were observed, tests carried out confirmed the absence of the specified organism.

(3) The specified plants referred to in sub-regulation (1) have been grown in a transparent container under sterile conditions and fulfil one of the following conditions:

(a) they have been grown from seeds;

(b) they have been propagated, under sterile conditions, from mother plants which have spent their entire lives in an area of the Union territory free from the specified organism and which have been tested and found free from the specified organism;

(c) they have been propagated, under sterile conditions, from mother plants which have been grown in a site fulfilling the conditions set out in sub-regulation (2) and which have been tested and found free from the specified organism.

(4) The specified plants referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be transported in a transparent container under sterile conditions that precludes the possibility of infection by the specified organism through its vectors.

(5) They shall be accompanied by a plant passport prepared and issued in accordance with regulation 8 of the Plant Quarantine

(Harmful Organisms) Regulations.