Plant passport / phytosanitary certificate required for submitting tomato and pepper samples

Publicationdate: 29 januari 2025

Would you like to submit a tomato or pepper samples for DUS testing, maintenance control, trial field testing, authorization, or resistance testing? Then send a plant passport / phytosanitary certificate as a guarantee that the material is free of ToBRFV.

ToBRFV has RNQP status from 1 January

As of 1 January 2025, ToBRFV has the status of RNQP (Regulated Non-Quarantine Pest). See the NVWA announcement (in Dutch) for more details: Veranderingen in eisen en toezicht in verband met RNQP-status ToBRFV

According to EU regulations, seeds not intended for commercial trade do not need to meet RNQP requirements and do not require a plant passport. This exception strictly applies to seeds intended for DUS testing, maintenance control, trial field testing, authorization, or resistance testing. Strictly speaking, this material does not yet need to meet RNQP requirements.

We take no risks

At Naktuinbouw, however, we do not want to take any risks. We want to ensure that the material included in our trials is free from ToBRFV. Additionally, we do not want to create extra work for seed companies.

Please include a plant passport/phytosanitary certificate with your tomato and pepper samples

By including a plant passport with your samples, Naktuinbouw can guarantee that the material is free from ToBRFV. For imported seeds from non-EU countries, we accept the accompanying phytosanitary certificate along with the sample.

In the absence of a plant passport / phytosanitary certificate, we request a declaration, preferably by mentioning or imprinting on the seed package

If no plant passport / phytosanitary certificate is available for the tomato and pepper samples you submit, please declare that the sample is tested and free from ToBRFV by mentioning or imprinting this on the seed package.

This additional requirement from Naktuinbouw now applies to all tomato and pepper samples for DUS testing, maintenance control, trial field testing, authorization, or resistance testing.

Do you have any questions?

Please send your question by e-mail.

This is additional information about the announcement (in Dutch) in the newsletter of 19 December 2024.

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