S.L. 433.3 Art. 48

Seeds of Solanum Official statement that the seeds have been obtained by lycopersicum L. means of an appropriate acid extraction method or an equivalent method approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/ 29, and

(a) either the seeds originate in areas where ssp. Clavibacter michiganensis michiganensis (Smith) Davis pv. et al., Xanthomonas campestris (Doidge) Dye and Potato spindle tuber vesicatoria viroid are not known to occur; or

(b) no symptoms of diseases caused by those harmful organisms have been observed on the plants at the place of production during their complete cycle of vegetation, or

(c) the seeds have been subjected to official testing for at least those harmful organisms, on a representative sample and using appropriate methods, and have been found, in these tests, free from those harmful organisms. 49.1.Seedsof Official statement that: Medicagosativa L. (a) no symptoms (Kühn) Filipjev Ditylenchus dipsaci have been observed at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and no (Kühn) has Ditylenchus dipsaci been revealed by laboratory tests on a representative sample; or

(b) fumigation has taken place prior to export; or

(c) the seeds have been subjected to an appropriate physical treatment against Ditylenchus dipsaci

(Kühn) Filipjev and have been found to be free of this harmful organism after laboratory tests on a representative sample. 49.2.SeedsofMedicagosativa Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to L., originating in countries plants listed in Schedule IV(A)(I)(49.1), official where Clavibacter statement that: michiganensis ssp. (a) Clavibacter michiganensis ssp., insidiosus Davis et insidiosus Davis et al. is al. has not been known to occur on the farm or in known to occur the immediate vicinity since the beginning of the past 10 years;

(b) either - the crop belongs to a variety recognised as being highly resistant to Clavibacter ssp., Davis michiganensis insidiosus et al., or - it had not yet started its fourth complete cycle of vegetation from sowing when the seed was harvested and there was not more than one preceding seed harvest from the crop, or - the content of inert matter which has been determined in accordance with the rules applicable for the certification of seed marketed in the Community, does not exceed 0.1% by weight;

(c) no symptoms of Clavibacter michiganensis ssp., insidiosus Davis et al. have been observed at the place of production, or on any Medicago sativa L. crop adjacent to it, during the last complete cycle of vegetation or, where appropriate, the last two cycles of vegetation;

(d) the crop has been grown on land on which no previous L. crop has been present Medicago sativa during the last three years prior to sowing.