Salvia spp

Country

European Union (EU)

Group

Nursery stock

End use

Cuttings

NPPO Details

European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety

Relevant Web Addresses

https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant_en

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

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

Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

It is the exporter’s responsibility to ensure the consignment is exported within 14 days of inspection and 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.

Production Area freedom - Appropriate evidence to be presented to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection.
Treated - Appropriate evidence to be presented to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection and details of treatment to be stated on the Phytosanitary certificate.

Note:

To attest to article 28 (point 6 of the endorsement); EU requires Xylella host plants to be tested for Xylella fastidiosa regardless of the exporting country status and laboratory test results must be presented to the authorised officer at the time of inspection.
To meet requirements stated in 1) Annex VII, point 2.1 (a-b) the “registered established name and number" (ABC / XXXX) must be added in the additional product description field of the Request for Permit (RFP) to export.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 7414)

1) Consignment complies with Annex VII, point 2.1 (a-b) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 - Plants have been grown in nurseries, which are registered and supervised by the national plant protection organization of the country of origin and have been inspected at appropriate times and prior to export.

2) Consignment complies with Annex VII, point 4 (a) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072- Plants have been grown in nurseries and originate in an area, established in the country of origin by the national plant protection service of that country, as being free from Melon thrips (Thrips palmi) in accordance with relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, and which is mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate referred to in Article 71 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/2031 under the rubric 'Additional declaration',

3) Consignment complies with Annex VII, point 7 (b.a) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 - No symptoms of the relevant Union quarantine pests have been observed on the plants during their complete cycle of vegetation and plants originate in areas known to be free from Tobacco whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) and other vectors of the Union quarantine pests,

4) Consignment complies with Annex VII, point 8 (a) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 - The plants have been grown in nurseries and originate in an area established by the national plant protection organisation in the country of origin as being free from Vegetable leaf miner fly (Liriomyza sativae) and Blotch leaf miner (Amauromyza maculosa) in accordance with relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures which is mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate referred to in Article 71 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/2031, under the rubric 'Additional declaration;

5) Consignment complies with Annex VII, point 5 (a-e) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 - Plants are clean (i.e. free from plant debris) and free from flowers and fruits, have been grown in nurseries, have been inspected at appropriate times and prior to export and found free from symptoms of harmful bacteria, viruses and virus-like organisms, and either found free from signs or symptoms of harmful nematodes, insects, mites and fungi, or have been subjected to appropriate treatment to eliminate such organisms.