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Medicago sativa seed

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Country:

 European Union (EU)

Scientific Name:

  

Group:

 Grains / Seeds

End Use:

 Sowing

NPPO Details:
European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety

Relevant Web Addresses:


​https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant_en

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Export Criteria

Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

General Requirements

This ICR applies to seeds produced before 14 December 2019. Refer to the MICoR case Medicago sativa seed 2 for exporting seeds produced on or after 14 December 2019.

Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

​It is the exporter’s responsibility to ensure that the phytosanitary certificate is issued within 14 days of the consignment being exported from Australia.

Refer to the departure date and inspection date in the Request for Permit.
​Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Explanation of endorsements

Endorsements 1926, 1927, 1930, 3468, 3469 and 3470:

The seed must be fumigated prior to export.

Treatment

The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Details of treatment are to be endorsed in the treatment section of the phytosanitary certificate.

Fumigation treatments for Stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci)
  • Methyl bromide at Atmospheric pressure – EPPO Standard

OR

  • Methyl bromide under vacuum (8 – 95 kPa) – EPPO Standard
    Temperature, ⁰C Initial dosage, g/m3Exposure period, hours
    10 - 205024
    21 - 255020
    26 - 305016
     

OR

  • Methyl iodide 

Fumigation with methyl iodide at 20 – 80 g/m3 for 24 hours

Additional Declaration/Endorsements

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 629)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(a) of Directive 2000/29/EC. No symptoms of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) have been observed at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and representative sample was found free through nematological laboratory testing of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(a) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Bacterial wilt of alfalfa (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp insidiosus) has been known not to occur on the farm or in the immediate vicinity since the beginning of the past 10 years.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 630)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(a) of Directive 2000/29/EC. No symptoms of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) have been observed at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and representative sample was found free through nematological laboratory testing of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(b) 1) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The crop belongs to a variety recognised as being highly resistant to Bacterial wilt of alfalfa (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp insidiosus).

Option 3 (EXDOC Endorsement 631)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(a) of Directive 2000/29/EC. No symptoms of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) have been observed at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and representative sample was found free through nematological laboratory testing of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(b) 2) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The crop has 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.

Option 4 (EXDOC Endorsement 1921)
1) Consignment complies with Annex V, Part A3 Point 2(b) of  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072; . No symptoms of Ditylenchus dipsaci have been observed at the site of production during the previous cropping and no Ditylenchus dipsaci has been found by laboratory tests on a representative sample2) Consignment complies with Annex V, Part A3 Point 1(c) of  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072; the crop belongs to a variety recognised as being highly resistant to Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus and the content of inert matter shall not exceed 0,1 % by weight.

Option 5 (EXDOC Endorsement 1923)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(a) of Directive 2000/29/EC. No symptoms of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) have been observed at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and representative sample was found free through nematological laboratory testing of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(c) of Directive 2000/29/EC. No symptoms of Bacterial wilt of alfalfa (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp insidiosus) have been observed at the place of production, or any Medicago sativa crop adjacent to it, during the last complete cycle of vegetation or, where appropriate, the last two cycles of vegetation.

Option 6 (EXDOC Endorsement 1924)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(a) of Directive 2000/29/EC. No symptoms of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) have been observed at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and representative sample was found free through nematological laboratory testing of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(d) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The crop has been grown on land on which no previous Medicago sativa crop has been present during the last three years prior to sowing.

Option 7 (EXDOC Endorsement 1926)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(b) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Fumigation effective against Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) has taken place prior to export.
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(a) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Bacterial wilt of alfalfa (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp insidiosus) has been known not to occur on the farm or in the immediate vicinity since the beginning of the past 10 years.

Option 8 (EXDOC Endorsement 1927)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(b) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Fumigation effective against Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) has taken place prior to export.
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(b) 1) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The crop belongs to a variety recognised as being highly resistant to Bacterial wilt of alfalfa (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp insidiosus).

Option 9 (EXDOC Endorsement 1930)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(b) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Fumigation effective against Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) has taken place prior to export.
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(b) 2) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The crop has 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.

Option 10 (EXDOC Endorsement 3468)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(b) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Fumigation effective against Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) has taken place prior to export.
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(b) 3) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Not more than 0.1% inert matter was found during inspection. 

Option 11 (EXDOC Endorsement 3469)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(b) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Fumigation effective against Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) has taken place prior to export.
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(c) of Directive 2000/29/EC. No symptoms of Bacterial wilt of alfalfa (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp insidiosus) have been observed at the place of production, or any Medicago sativa crop adjacent to it, during the last complete cycle of vegetation or, where appropriate, the last two cycles of vegetation.

Option 12 (EXDOC Endorsement 3470)
1) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.1(b) of Directive 2000/29/EC. Fumigation effective against Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) has taken place prior to export.
2) Consignment complies with Annex IV.A.I, point 49.2(d) of Directive 2000/29/EC. The crop has been grown on land on which no previous Medicago sativa crop has been present during the last three years prior to sowing.

Reference

Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 and 2016/2031of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants.

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