Programme of special control over the presence of quarantine harmful organisms on stone fruits on the territory of the Republika Srpska in 2020.

This Special surveillance programme, as in accordance with the provisions of the Law on plant health protection (Republic of Srpska), determines the measures, deadlines, manner of management of those measures, entities that will implement them, sources and the manner of providing and using of funds, and the manner of control over the implementation of special presence control measures as regards quarantine harmful organisms on stone fruits on the territory of the Republika Srpska in 2020. Visual inspections, sampling and laboratory testing of samples are performed in relation to the presence of the following quarantine pests: 1) Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae - bacterial extinction of peach; 2) Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni - bacterial spotting of leaves and cancer-wounds of stone fruits. Special supervision for the detection of quarantine harmful organisms shall be carried out at the border and on the entire territory of the Republic Srpska where the production of planting material is based and where the production plantations of host plants are located. The phytosanitary inspector will allow the import of the shipment only if the consignment meets the prescribed conditions. However, import consignments covered by monitoring rules shall not stay at the border crossing while waiting for results of laboratory analyzes. Laboratory tests of samples are performed in accordance with internationally recognized and valid EPPO diagnostic methods as listed in article 9.
The Annex is part of this publication (containing indications on sampling; reporting sheets.).