
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1480/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 3(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'In the case of potatoes, the independent phytosanitary experts shall verify that the potatoes in the consignment were grown directly from seed potatoes certified in one of the Member States or from seed potatoes certified in any other country for which the entry into the Union of potatoes intended for planting is not prohibited pursuant to Annex III to Directive 2000/29/EC or from farm saved seed potatoes which were, under supervision of the experts, grown as the first offspring of the certified seed potatoes referred to in this paragraph';
((2)) Annex III is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 May 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX


ANNEX III 
