1.Prior to introduction into the Union, the importer shall provide advance notification of each introduction of a consignment sufficiently in advance to the responsible official bodies in the Member State concerned, as referred to in Article 2(1)(g) of Directive 2000/29/EC, giving details of the following:
(a)the variety of the seed potatoes;
(b)the quantity;
(c)the declared date of import;
(d)the names and addresses of the premises of the importers of the seed potatoes, and producers, or collective warehouses, or dispatching centres listed in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Directive 93/50/EECnote.
The Member State concerned shall, without delay, convey those details and any subsequent modifications thereto to the Commission.