
Article 1 
By way of derogation from Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC with regard to point 15 of Part A of Annex III to that Directive, Member States shall be authorised to permit the introduction into their territory of plants of Vitis L., other than fruits, intended for grafting in the Community and originating in Croatia or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (hereinafter referred to as the plants).
In order to qualify for that derogation, the plants shall be subject, in addition to the requirements laid down in Annexes I and II to Directive 2000/29/EC, to the conditions provided for in the Annex to this Decision.
In order to qualify for that derogation, the plants shall be introduced into the Community, in the following periods:

((a)) between 1 January 2008 and 30 April 2008;
((b)) between 1 January 2009 and 30 April 2009;
((c)) between 1 January 2010 and 30 April 2010.
Article 2 

1. Member States which make use of the derogation provided for in Article 1 shall provide the Commission and the other Member States with:
(a) the information on the quantities of plants imported pursuant to this Decision; and
(b) a detailed technical report on the official inspections referred to in point 6 of the Annex.That information and that report shall be provided as regards introductions covered by Article 1(a) by 15 November 2008 at the latest, as regards introductions covered by Article 1(b) by 15 November 2009 at the latest, and as regards introductions covered by Article 1(c) by 15 November 2010 at the latest.
2. Any Member State in which the plants are subsequently grafted after their introduction into its territory shall also provide the Commission and the other Member States with a detailed technical report of the official inspections and testing referred to in point 8(b) of the Annex.That report shall be provided as regards introductions covered by Article 1(a) by 15 November 2008 at the latest, as regards introductions covered by Article 1(b) by 15 November 2009 at the latest, and as regards introductions covered by Article 1(c) by 15 November 2010 at the latest.
Article 3 
Member States shall immediately notify the Commission and the other Member States of all consignments introduced into their territory pursuant to this Decision, which were subsequently found not to comply with this Decision.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 December 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
1. 

((a)) intended to be grafted in the Community at the premises referred to in point 7, onto rootstocks produced in the Community;
((b)) harvested in stock nurseries, which are officially registered in Croatia or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Member States making use of this derogation shall make the lists of the registered nurseries available to the Commission and to the other Member States, at the latest by 31 December of the year preceding the introduction of the plants into the Community. These lists shall include the name of the variety, the number of rows planted with this variety, the number of plants per row for each of these nurseries, as far as they are deemed suitable for dispatch to the Community in 2008, 2009 or 2010 under the conditions laid down in this Decision;
((c)) properly packed and the packaging made recognisable with a marking, enabling the identification of the registered nursery and the variety.

2. 

 Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch)
 Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos) Willems et al.
 Grapevine Flavescence dorée
 Xylella fastidiosa (Well et Raju)
 Trechispora brinkmannii (Bresad.) Rogers
 Tobacco ringspot virus
 Tomato ringspot virus
 Blueberry leaf mottle virus
 Peach rosette mosaic virus

The certificate shall state under ‘Additional Declaration’, the indication ‘This consignment meets the conditions laid down in Decision 2007/847/EC’.

3. The official plant protection organisation of Croatia or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall ensure the identity and integrity of the plants from the time of harvesting as referred to in point 1(b) until they are exported to the Community.

4. 
Those points of entry and the name and address of the responsible official body referred to in Directive 2000/29/EC in charge of each point of entry shall be notified sufficiently in advance by the Member State making use of the derogation to the Commission and shall be made available on request to other Member States.

Where the introduction of the plants into the Community takes place in a Member State other than the Member State making use of the authorisation referred to in Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the authorisation), the responsible official bodies of the Member State of introduction shall inform and cooperate with the responsible official bodies of the Member States making use of the authorisation to ensure that this Decision is complied with.

5. 

((a)) the type of material;
((b)) the variety and the quantity;
((c)) the declared date of introduction and confirmation of the point of entry;
((d)) the names, addresses and the locations of the premises referred to in point 7 where the buds will be grafted and stored.

The importer shall inform the official bodies concerned of any changes to the above details as soon as they are known.

The Member State concerned shall inform the Commission of the above details, and details of any change to them without delay.

At least two weeks before the date of introduction the importer shall notify the responsible official body of the premises referred to in point 7 where the plants are to be grafted.

6. 
During those inspections, Member State(s) shall also inspect, and where appropriate, test for harmful organisms mentioned in point 2. Any finding of such harmful organisms shall immediately be notified to the Commission. Appropriate action shall be taken to destroy the harmful organisms and where appropriate the plants concerned.

7. 
The person intending to graft the plants shall notify in advance the responsible official bodies of the Member State in which the premises are situated of the name and address of the owner of those premises.

Where the place of grafting is situated in a Member State other than the Member State making use of the authorisation, the responsible official bodies of the Member State making use of the authorisation shall inform the responsible official bodies of the Member State where the plants are to be grafted of the names and addresses of the premises where the plants are to be grafted. Such information shall be given at the moment of the receipt of the advance notification from the importer as referred to in the fourth paragraph of point 5.

8. 

((a)) the plants which have been found free from the harmful organisms referred to in point 2 may then be used for grafting onto rootstock of Community origin. The grafted plants shall subsequently be kept under appropriate conditions in a suitable growing medium but shall not be planted or further grown in fields. The grafted plants shall remain at the premises for no more than 18 months before being exported to a destination outside the Community as referred to in point 9;
((b)) in the period following grafting the plants shall be visually inspected by the said responsible official bodies of the Member State in which they are grafted, at appropriate times, for the presence of harmful organisms or for signs or symptoms caused by any harmful organism; as a result of such visual inspection any harmful organism having caused such signs or symptoms shall be identified by an appropriate testing procedure;
((c)) any grafted plant which has not been found free, during the said inspections or testing referred to in points (a) and (b), from harmful organisms listed in point 2, or otherwise of quarantine concern, shall be immediately destroyed under the control of the said responsible official bodies.

9. Any plant resulting from a successful grafting using the buds referred to in point 1 shall only be released as grafted plants for export to Croatia or to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The responsible official bodies of a Member State making use of this authorisation shall ensure that any plant or part of the plant not so exported shall be officially destroyed. Records shall be kept of the amounts of successfully grafted plants, of officially destroyed plants and of plants subsequently re-exported to Croatia or to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This information shall be made available to the Commission.
