Resolution No. 220 of 2004 issuing the Regulation for the production, preparation, examination and exportation of potatoes to the European Union.

This Resolution is composed of 7 articles and the Regulation. Article 1 establishes that the production, preparation, examination and exportation of potatoes to the European Union shall comply with the attached Regulation. The Ministry of External Trade and Industry shall have the right to limit the loading of the exportation of potatoes to the European Union by defined ports (art. 2). Article 3 entrusts the Committee for the Regulation and Exportation of Potatoes to carry out the implementation of the attached Regulation. The exporter shall warn the concerned authorities in case of discovery of the brown mould pest (art. 4). Article 5 deals with the legal and administrative proceedings to be taken against the exporter in case of discovery of the brown mould pest. Article 6 provides for the suspension of exports in case of lack of any of the adopted requirements according to the recommendations of the Potatoes Exportation Regulating Committee. The contents of the attached Regulation are: (a) limits on the exportation of potatoes by producer companies; (b) requirements for the exported potatoes; (c) measures to be taken for the cultivation of potatoes; (d) measures to be taken for the preparation of potatoes for exportation; (e) quality of inspection and control measures on the exportation; and, (f) exportation.