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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests, 
prohibitions and requirements for the introduction into, and movement within, the 
Union of plants, plant products and other objects, and repealing Decisions 98/109/EC 
and 2002 /757/EC and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/885 and (EU) 2020/1292  
This draft has not been adopted or endorsed by the European Commission. Any 
views expressed are the preliminary views of the Commission services and may not 
in any circumstances be regar ded as stating an official position of the Commission.    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests, 
prohibitions and requirements for the introduction into, and movement within, the 
Union of plants, plant products and other objects, and repealing Decisions 98/109/EC 
and 2002/757/EC and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/885 and (EU) 2020/1292  
THE EUROPEA N COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulat ions 
(EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 
98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC1, and in particular Article 5(2) , Article 
32(2), Article 37(2), Article 37(4), Article 40(2), Article 41(2), Article 53(2), Article 54(2), 
Article 72(1), Article 73, Article 79(2) and Article 80(2) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/20722 establishes a list o f Union 
quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and Union regulated non -quarantine 
pests (RNQPs). It further sets out requirements for the introduction into, or movement 
within, the Union or its protected zones of certain plants, plant products a nd other 
objects in order to prevent, as appropriate, the entry, establishment and spread of those 
pests.  
(2) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 should be amended to take into account 
available scientific and technical information from pest risk assessments, pest risk 
categorisations and pest risk analyses carried out by the European Food Safety 
Authority (‘th e Authority’), the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection 
Organisation (‘EPPO’) and the Member States. Such amendments are also motivated 
by recent information on interceptions of pests at the Union border and outbreaks in 
the Union territory, as well  as further analysis carried out by the respective 
Commission working groups.  
(3) A number of pests listed in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 
have been reassessed by the Authority to update their phytosanitary status in 
accordance with the most recent technical and scientific developments (‘the 
reassessment’). In the case of groups of regulated pests, that reassessment examined 
the respective pests with regard to their presence in the Union territory only, thus not 
as regards the entire Euro pean continent.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4.  
2 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform 
conditions for the implementation of  Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the 
Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation 
(EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319, 
10.12.2019, p. 1).   
EN 2  EN (4) As a result of that reassessment, the species and genera satisfying the criteria of Article 
3 and Section 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the groups Acleris  spp.3, 
Choristoneura  spp.4, Cicadellidae, known to be vectors of Xylella fastidiosa (Wel ls et 
al.)5, Margarodidae6, Premnotrypes spp.7, Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas8, 
Tephritidae9, viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas of potatoes10, viruses, viroids and 
phytoplasmas of Cydonia  Mill., Fragaria  L., Malus  Mill., Prunus  L., Pyrus  L., Ribes  
L., Rubus  L. and Vitis L.11, should be  specified in Annex II to Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.  
(5) Based on the reassessment of the group of Tephritidae , specific species and genera 
have been identified that are not present or have limited presence in the Union and 
should be listed as Union quarantine pests. Several genera should be listed as Union 
quarantine pests, in order to allow protective measures against them, pending the 
availability of methods to identify them at species lev el, notably at larval stages. 
Consequently, the respective special requirements set out in Annex VII to 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 should be amended accordingly.  
(6) Based on the reassessment, the non-European isolates of potato viruses A, M, V and  
Y, Arracacha virus B, oca strain and  Papaya leaf crumple virus  no longer fulfil the 
conditions of Article 3 and Section 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 in 
respect to their potential impact and no longer qualify as Union quarantine pests. They 
should therefore be removed from the list of Union quarantine pests in Annex II to 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.  
(7) Base d on the reassessment, Citrus chlorotic spot virus has been found to fulfil the 
conditions of Article 3 and Section 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 in 
respect of the Union territory, and therefore it should be included in the list of Union 
quaran tine pests in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.  
(8) The names of the pests Amauromyza maculosa (Malloch), Anomala orientalis 
(Waterhouse), Cicadellidae, known to be vectors of Xylella fastidiosa (Wel ls et al. ), 
Heliothis zea (Boddie) , Phoma andina (Turkensteen) , Rhizoecus hibisci  Kawai and 
Takagi, Scolytidae  spp. and Witches’ broom disease of lime  should be respectively 
replaced by Nemorimy za maculosa  (Malloch)12, Exomala orientalis (Waterhouse)13, 
                                                 
3 Scienti fic Opinion on the pest categorisation of non -EU Acleris  spp. EFSA Journal 2019;17(10):5856, 
37 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5856.  
4 Scienti fic Opinion on the pest categorisation of non -EU Choristoneura  spp. EFSA Journa l 
2019;17(5):5671, 31 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5671.  
5 Scienti fic Opinion on the pest categorisation of non -EU Cicadomorpha  vectors of Xylella  spp. EFSA 
Journal 2019;17(6):5736, 53 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5736.  
6 Pest categorisation of non -EU Margarodidae . EFSA Journal 2019;17(4):5672, 42 pp. 
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5672.  
7 Scienti fic Opinion on the pest categorisation of the Andean Potato Weevil (APW) complex (Coleoptera: 
Curculionidae ). EFSA Journal 2 020;18(7):6176, 38 pp. https://doi.org/10.2 903/j.ef s a.2020 .617 6.  
8 Scienti fic Opinion on pest categorisation of Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas. EFSA 
Journal2017;15(10):5028, 27 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5028.  
9 Pest categorisation of  non-EU Tephritidae . EFSA Journal 2020;18(1):5931, 62 pp. 
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5931  
10 Several EFSA scientific opinions (2019, 2020)  
11 Several EFSA scientific opinions (2019, 2020)  
12 Scienti fic Opinion on the pest categorisation of Nemorimyza  maculosa . EFSA Journal 2020;18(3):6036, 
29 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6036.  
13 Scienti fic Opinion on the pest categorisation of Exomala orientalis . EFSA Journal 2020;18(4):6103, 29 
pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6103.   
EN 3  EN Cicadomorpha , known to be vectors of Xylella f astidiosa (Wells et al .)14, 
Heliocoverpa zea  (Boddie)15, Stagonosporopsis andigena  (Turkensteen) Aveskamp, 
Gruyter & Verkley16, Ripersiella hibisci  Kawai and Takagi17, Scolytinae  spp.18 and 
Candidatus  Phytoplasma aurantifolia -reference strain19, in order to reflect the latest 
developments of the international nomenclature identified in the respective scientific 
opinions of the Authority.  
(9) Strawberry witches’ broom disease was reported as a disease affecting Fragaria  L. 
The phytoplasma being the causal agen t of the disease was not identified via molecular 
identiﬁcation tools in the past. Based on a recent scientific opinion of the Authority20 
the phytoplasma previously known and listed as Strawberry witches’ broom 
phytoplasma in Part A of Annex II, to Impleme nting Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 
should be removed and be replaced by Candidatus Phytoplasma hispanicum.  
(10) Furthermore, given the absence of Candidatus Phytoplasma  australiense  Davis  et al. in 
the Union territory, and taking into account the relevant opinion  of the Authority , it is 
technically justified to list the pest concerned as a Union quarantine pest in Annex II 
to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. Accordingly, that pest should be 
removed from the list of Union Regulated Non Quarantine Pests (‘ RNQPs’) contained 
in Part J of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 in relation to fruit 
propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production of Fragaria  L. 
(11) Consequently, the special requirement set out in Annex VII to Implemen ting 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 concerning Strawberry witches’ broom phytoplasma, 
should be replaced by special requirements concerning Candidatus  Phytoplasma 
australiense Davis et al. (reference strain), Candidatus  Phytoplasma fraxini (reference 
strain) Gr iffiths et al ., and Candidatus  Phytoplasma hispanicum (reference strain) 
Davis et al. , as those pests have been identified by the Authority to have an impact on 
Fragaria  L. 
(12) The pest Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) is listed in Part A of Annex II to 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. However, Italy has informed that in certain 
parts of its territory, eradication of this pest is no longer feasible and has requested a 
containment regime. Consequently, this pest should be listed as a pest known to o ccur 
                                                 
14 Scienti fic Opi nion on the pest categorisation of non -EU Cicadomorpha  vectors of Xylella  spp. EFSA 
Journal 2019;17(6):5736, 53 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5736.  
15 Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of Helicoverpa zea . EFSA Journal 2020;18(7):6177, 31 
pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6177.  
16 Scienti fic Opinion on the pest categorisation of Stagonosporopsis andigena . EFSA Journal 
2018;16(10):5441, 25 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5441.  
17 Scienti fic Opinion on the pest categorisation of Ripersiella hibisci . EFSA Journal 2020;18(6):6178, 28 
pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6178.  
18 Scienti fic Opinion on the list of non -EU Scolytinae  of coniferous hosts. EFSA Journal 2020;18(1):5933, 
56 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5933 ; 
Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of non -EU Scolytinae  of coniferous hosts. EFSA Journal 
2020;18(1):5934, 39 pp. https://doi.org/10.29 03/j.efsa.2020 .5934.  
19 Scienti fic Opinion on pest categorisation of Witches’ broom disease of lime ( Citrus aurantifolia ) 
phytoplasma. EFSA Journal 2017;15(10):5027, 22 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5027.  
20 Scientific Opinion on the list of non -EU phytoplasmas of Cydonia  Mill., Fragaria  L., Malus  Mill., 
Prunus  L., Pyrus  L., Ribes  L., Rubus  L. and Vitis L. EFSA Journal 2020;18(1):5930, 25 pp. 
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa. 2020.5930;   
Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of the non -EU phytoplasmas of Cydonia  Mill., Fragaria  
L., Malus  Mill., Prunus  L., Pyrus  L., Ribes  L., Rubus  L. and Vitis L. EFSA Journal 2020;18(1):5929, 97 
pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5929 . 
   
EN 4  EN in the Union territory and therefore moved to Part B  of Annex II to Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.  
(13) Spain performed a pest risk analysis for the ambrosia beetle Euwallacea  sp. and its 
associated fungi Fusarium ambrosium  and Fusarium euwallacea e in 201521, and 
EPPO also produced a pest risk analysis report, based on Spain’s pest risk analysis on 
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato  and Fusarium euwallaceae  in 201722. According to 
those analyses, those pests fulfil the conditions provided for in Articl e 3 and Section 1 
of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 in respect of the Union territory. 
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato  is already regulated as a Union quarantine pest in 
Part A of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 under the group 
Scolytidae  spp. (non -European). This pest should now be specifically listed in Part A 
of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, as special requirements in 
relation to this pest should be stipulated. The symbionts Fusarium ambrosium  and 
Fusarium euwallaceae  should be regulated under the scientific names Neocosmospora 
ambrosia  and Neocosmospora euwallaceae , following taxonomic changes.  
(14) EPPO performed several risk analyses on the pests Apriona germari (Hope) , Apriona 
rugicollis Chevrolat, Apriona cinerea  Chevrolat23, Ceratothripoides claratris  
(Shumsher)24, Massicus raddei  (Blessig)25, Meloidogyne enterolobii  Yang & 
Eisenback26, Prodiplosis longifila  Gagné27, and Trirachys sartus  Solsky28. According 
to those analyses, those pests fulfil the conditions pr ovided for in Article 3 and Section 
1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 in respect of the Union territory and 
therefore should be listed in Part A of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2019/2072 as Union quarantine pests.  
(15) On the basis of a meth odology developed by EPPO29, it has been concluded that 
Pseudomonas syringae  pv. actinidiae  Takikawa, Serizawa, Ichikawa, Tsuyumu & 
Goto  fulfils the criteria for RNQPs as set out in Section 4 of Annex I to Regulation 
(EU) 2016/2031. It is therefore justifie d to include that pest in Parts D and M of 
Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 , listing RNQPs in relation to 
ornamental plants, and fruit propagating material and fruit plants of Actinidia  Lindl. , 
respectively. Moreover, and in order to prev ent the presence of that pest on the 
respective plants for planting, specific measures should be laid down  in Parts C and K 
of Annex V to  Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 . 
                                                 
21 PEST RISK ANALYSIS FOR  THE AMBROSIA* BEETLE Euwallacea  sp. Including all the species 
within the genus Euwallacea  that are morphologically similar to E.fornicatus , *Associated fungi: 
Fusarium  sp. (E.g: F. ambrosium , Fusarium euwallaceae ) or other possible symbionts. Spain, (2015 ). 
22 Report of a Pest Risk Analysis for Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato  and Fusarium euwallaceae EPPO 
(2017).  
23 EPPO (2013) Pest risk analysis for Apriona germari , A. japonica , A. cinerea . 
24 EPPO (2017) Pest risk analysis for Ceratothripoides brunneus  and C. claratris . 
25 EPPO (2018) Pest risk analysis for Massicus raddei . 
26 EPPO (20 10) Pest risk analysis for Meloidogyne  enterolobii .  
27 EPPO (2017) Pest risk analysis for Prodiplosis longifila . 
28 EPPO (20 00) Pest risk analysis for Aeolesthes sarta.  
29 A methodology for preparing a list of recommended regulated non -quarantine pests (RNQPs). EPPO 
Bulletin (2017) 47(3), 551 -558.  
EN 5  EN (16) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/88530 establishes measures to 
prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Pseudomonas 
syringae  pv. actinidiae .  
(17) For reasons of legal clarity, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/885  
should be repealed  in order to avoid overlaps wit h this Regulation . 
(18) Based on the methodology developed by EPPO, it has been concluded that 
Phytophthora ramorum  (EU isolates) Werres, De Cock & Man in 't Veld fulfils the 
criteria for RNQPs as set out in Section 4 of Annex  I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 . It 
is therefore justified to include that pest  in Parts D, E and J of Annex IV to 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 listing RNQPs of ornamental plants, forest 
reproductive material, other than seeds, and fruit propagating material and fruit plants, 
respectively. Moreover, and in order to prevent the presence of that pest on the 
relevant  plants for planting, specific measures should be laid down in Parts C and D of 
Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 .  
(19) Based on the methodology developed by E PPO, it has been concluded that Citrus bark 
cracking viroid (‘CBCVd’) fulfils the criteria of RNQPs as set out in Section 4  of 
Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. It is therefore justified to include that pest in 
Part L of Annex IV to Implementing Regula tion (EU) 2019/2072 listing RNQPs of 
plants for planting of Humulus lupulus  L. Moreover, and in order to prevent the 
presence of that pest on the respective plants for planting, specific measures should be 
laid down in Part J of Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 . 
(20) Based on the risk management measures against Candidatus  Phytoplasma pyri 
implemented by the Member States since the entry into force of Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, and following exchanges with Member States on the 
proportionality of these measures, the risk management measures for this pest should 
be revised. Updated measures to prevent the presence of Candidatus  Phytoplasma pyri 
on specific plants for planting should be laid down in Part C of Annex V to 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 . 
(21) In Part E of Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, the name of 
Bruchus pisorum  (L.) should be changed into Bruchus pisorum  (Linnaeus) and 
Bruchus rufimanus  L. should be changed into Bruchus rufimanus  Boheman to refle ct 
the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.  
(22) Seed potato tubers can currently be produced from plants growing in areas known to 
be free from Candidatus  Liberibacter solanacearum  Liefting et al . Therefore, 
measures concerning lots of s eed potatoes with regard to that pest in Part F of Annex 
V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 should be amended to take into 
account this fact and allow for less stringent requirements for seed potatoes produced 
in those areas.  
(23) On the basis of scien tific and technical knowledge, and a following pest risk 
assessment carried out by the Authority31 and the pest risk management document 
published by EPPO32, the introduction into the Union of isolated bark of Acer 
                                                 
30 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/885 of 26 June 2020 as regards measures to prevent 
the introduction into and the spr ead within the Union of Pseudomonas syringae  pv. actinidiae 
Takikawa, Serizawa, Ichikawa, Tsuyumu & Goto (OJ L 205, 29.6.2020, p. 9).  
31 Scientific Opinion on the Pest Risk Analysis on Phytophthora ramorum  prepared by the FP6 project 
RAPRA. EFSA Journal 201 1;9(6):2186. [108 pp.] doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2186.  
32 EPPO (2013) Pest risk management for Phytophthora kernoviae  and Phytophthora ramorum.    
EN 6  EN macrophyllum  Pursh, Aesculus californica  (Spach) Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus  
(Hook. & Arn.) Rehd., Quercus  L. and Taxus brevifolia  Nutt. originating from 
Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Viet Nam, should be prohibited 
due to the unacceptable risk they pose as regards the Uni on quarantine pest 
Phytophthora ramorum  (non-EU isolates) Werres, De Cock & Man in 't Veld. Those 
plant products should therefore be listed in Annex VI to Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2072 in respect of those third countries, and consequential changes  should 
be made to Annexes VII and XI to that Regulation, without prejudice to the 
application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland 
in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the 
Agree ment on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community in 
conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.  
(24) On the basis of scientific and technical knowledge, and a foll owing pest risk 
assessment carried out by the Authority and the pest risk management document 
published by EPPO, special requirements for the introduction and movement, of 
certain plants, plant products and other objects into the Union territory should be 
introduced, due to their likelihood of hosting the Union quarantine pest Phytophthora 
ramorum  (non-EU isolates) Werres, De Cock & Man in 't Veld . Therefore, the 
relevant plants and plant products should be listed in Annex VII to Implementing 
Regulation (EU ) 2019/2072.  
(25) Commission Decision 2002/757/EC33 establishes emergency measures to prevent the 
introduction into and the spread within the Union of Phytophthora ramorum  Werres, 
De Cock & Man in 't Veld.  
(26) For reasons of legal clarity, Commission Decision 2002/ 757/EC  should be repealed  in 
order to avoid overlaps with this Regulation . 
(27) Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 provides among other for a 
requirement for the registration of places where plants for planting are produced and 
the need for ins pection. Experience has shown that this practice contributes to the 
phytosanitary protection of the Union territory. For this reason, such a requirement 
should be set out for the introduction into the Union of all plants from planting from 
all third countr ies. 
(28) On the basis of scientific and technical knowledge provided in the respective pest risk 
analysis carried out by EPPO, it is necessary to set out special requirements for the 
introduction into the Union territory of certain plants, plant products and o ther objects 
due to their likelihood of hosting the pests Apriona germari (Hope) , Apriona rugicollis 
Chevrolat, Apriona cinerea  Chevrolat, Ceratothripoides claratris  (Shumsher), 
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato,  Massicus raddei  (Blessig), Meloidogyne enterolobii  
Yang & Eisenback,  Prodiplosis longifila  Gagné,  and Trirachys sartus  Solsky.  
Therefore, the relevant plants and plant products, as well as the respective 
requirements, should be listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2019/2072.  
(29) Given the spread of Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire) in some third countries, and its 
spreading from Ukraine and Russia towards the Union territory and Belarus, and given 
                                                 
33 Commission Decision 2002/757/EC of 19 September 2002 on provisional emergency phytosanitary 
measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Phytophthora 
ramorum  Werres, De Cock & Man in 't Veld sp. nov. (OJ L 252, 20.9.2002, p. 37).   
EN 7  EN the technical information available for that pest, additional special requirements sho uld 
be set out concerning the introduction into the Union territory of host plants, wood and 
bark from those countries. Those requirements should be similar to those set out in 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/129234 establishing measures to 
prevent the entry into the Union of Agrilus planipennis  Fairmaire from Ukraine , but 
with adaptations to take into account the evolution of technical and scientific 
knowledge incurred since the adoption of that Regulation. Points 36, 87, 88 and 89 of 
Annex VII  to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 should therefore be amended 
accordingly, and Ukraine and Belarus should be added to the countries of origin. In 
addition, based on the pest survey card for Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire) published 
by the Authorit y35, a new host plant Chionanthus virginicus L. should be added to 
points 36, 87, 88 and 89.  
(30) For reasons of legal clarity, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1292 should be 
repealed  in order to avoid overlaps with this Regulation .  
(31) In order to prevent the pr esence, establishment and spread of Agrilus planipennis 
(Fairmaire) within the Union territory, the movement of certain plants, as well as of 
certain species and types of wood and bark, should not be allowed out of areas of the 
Union territory, located at specified distance from the  outbreak areas, either in the 
Union territory or from outbreaks occurring in the neighbouring third countries. For 
that reason , special requirements should be added in Annex VIII to Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. Furthe rmore , special requirements concerning the 
movement within the Union territory of other types of that wood originating in such 
areas should be added in Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. 
Moreover, Annex XIII should be amended to require a plant passport for the 
commodities of that wood originating from those areas to move within the Unio n 
territory.  
(32) On the basis of scientific and technical knowledge, and following pest risk analysis 
performed by EPPO3637, the pest risk assessment performed by Spain (2019, 
unpublished pest risk assessment report), the pest survey cards published by the 
Autho rity3839 and the interception data it is necessary to set out special requirements 
for the introduction into the Union of certain plants, due to their likelihood of hosting 
Bactrocera dorsalis  (Hendel), Bactrocera latifrons  (Hendel),  and Bactrocera zonata 
(Saunders) . Therefore, the relevant plants, as well as the respective requirements, 
should be listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.  
(33) On the basis of the outbreak notifications from Member States and the pest risk 
assessment carried o ut by the Authority40, it is necessary to set out, in  Annex VII to 
                                                 
34 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1292 of 15 September 2020 as regards measures to 
preven t the entry into the Union of Agrilus planipennis  Fairmaire from Ukraine and amending Annex 
XI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 ( OJ L 302, 16.9.2020, p. 20).  
35 Pest  survey  card  on Agrilus  planipennis .  EFSA  supporting  publication 2020:EN -1945. 43 pp. 
doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2020.EN -1945 . 
36 EPPO (2009, revised 2017) Pest risk analysis for Bactrocera invadens.  
37 EPPO (2017) Pest risk analysis for Bactrocera latifrons ; https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/DACULA.  
38 Pest survey card on Bactrocera dor salis. EFSA supporting publication 2019:EN -1714. 24 pp. 
doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2019.EN -1714.  
39 Pest survey card on Bactrocera zonata . EFSA supporting publication 2021:EN -1999. 28 pp. 
doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2021.EN -1999.  
40 Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of Eotetranychus lewisi . EFSA Journal 2014;12(7):3776, 
35 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3776;   
EN 8  EN Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072,  special requirements for the introduction 
into the Union of certain plants, to protect it from Eotetranychus lewisi  (McGregor) . 
(34) On the basis of pest r isk assessment of Pantoea stewartii  subsp. stewartii  carried out 
by the Authority41, it is necessary to amend the special requirements set out in  Annex 
VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.  
(35) The import requirements laid down in Commission Decision 98/109/EC42 for the 
import into the Union of cut flowers of Orchidaceae  originating in Thailand,  should be 
included in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. This is necessary 
to improve legal clarity through the listing of all import requirements of plants under 
the same implementing act. For the same reason, that Decision should be repealed.  
(36) Certain CN codes, or their descriptions, used in the Annexes to Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, should be added or amended, in order to a dapt to the 
latest amendment of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 by 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/157743. 
(37) On the basis of scientific and technical knowledge, based on the pest risk 
categorisations performed by the Authority44, special requirements should be included 
for the introduction into, and movement within, the Union territory, where applicable, 
of certain plants due to their likelihood of hosting Aleurocanthus spiniferus  
(Quaintance),  Popillia japonica  Newman and Toxoptera citricida  (Kirkaldy), as those 
pests are listed in Part B of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 and 
they are known to be present in the Union territory. Moreover, Aleurocanthus 
spiniferus  (Quaintance) is a polyphagous pest, which is present  in the Union territory 
only in certain host plants, and it is therefore appropriate to restrict the respective 
special requirements to that list of host plants only.  
(38) The special requirement for the movement within the Union territory of wood 
packaging mat erial in relation to Geosmithia morbida  Kolarík, Freeland, Utley & 
Tisserat and its vector Pityophthorus juglandis  Blackman, as set out in Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, should be amended with a clarification that it only 
concerns wood packaging m aterial of wood of Juglans  L. and Pterocarya  Kunth. The 
obligation of issuing a plant passport should be removed, as it poses an unacceptable 
burden on all professional operators, given the current limited distribution of the pest 
in the Union territory.  
                                                                                                                                                         
Scientific Opinion on the pest risk assessment of Eotetranychus lewisi for the EU territory. EFSA 
Journal 2017; 15(10):4878, 122 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4878.  
41 Scientific Opinion on the risk assessment of the entry of Pantoea stewartii  subsp. stewartii  on maize 
seed imported by the EU from the USA. EFSA Journal 2019;17(10):5851, 49 pp. 
https://doi.o rg/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5851.  
42 Commission Decision of 2 February 1998 authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency 
measures against the dissemination of Thrips palmi  Karny  as regards Thailand (98/109/EC) (OJ L 27, 
3.2.1998, p. 47).  
43 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1577 of 21 September 2020 amending Annex I to 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common 
Customs Tariff (OJ L 361, 30.10.2020, p. 1).  
44 Scientific Opinion on the pest c ategorisation of Aleurocanthus  spp. EFSA Journal 2018; 16(10):5436, 
31 pp. doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5436;  
Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of Popillia japonica . EFSA Journal 2018; 16(11):5438, 30 
pp. doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5438;  
Scient ific Opinion on the pest categorisation of Toxoptera citricida . EFSA Journal 2018; 16(1):5103, 22 
pp. doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5103.  
  
EN 9  EN (39) Due to changes in taxonomy of Pinales, all references to plants and wood of Pinales 
should be replaced by references to plants or wood of conifers (Pinopsida).  
(40) It should be clarified that, with regards to pollen intended for pollination, this 
Regulation sho uld only apply to pollen intended for planting, because this type of 
pollen introduces an unacceptable phytosanitary risk that requires management 
measures.  
(41) Annexes I, II, IV to VIII and X to XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 
should therefore b e amended accordingly.  
(42) This Regulation should apply from … [3 months after entry into force of this 
Regulation]. The measures for plants for planting in relation to the pest Grapevine 
flavescence dorée phytoplasma introduced by this Regulation should apply  from 1 
May 2022. This period is necessary to allow the competent authorities and 
professional operators to adapt to the new requirement and takes into account the 
period of the annual surveys for that pest. The measures for all plants for planting in 
relation to the pests Meloidogyne enterolobii and Euwallacea fornicatus  sensu lato  
introduced by this Regulation should apply from … [one year after entry into force of 
this Regulation]. Those periods are necessary to allow the competent authorities and 
professional operators to adapt to the new requirements.  
(43) The measures provided for i n this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072  
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended  as follows:  
(1) in Article 2(2), the following point (d) is added:  
‘(d) ‘pollen’ means pollen  intended for pollination , within the meaning of Article 
2(1), point (k) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, intended for planting.’;  
(2) Annexes I, II, IV to VIII and X to XIV are amended in accordance with the Annex to 
this Regulation.  
Article 2  
Repeals  
Decisions 98/109/EC and 2002/757/EC and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/885 and 
(EU) 2020/1292 are repealed.  
Article 3  
Entry into force and application  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union . 
It shall apply from … [ 3 months after entry into force of this Regulation ].  
However, point 7( e) of the Annex shall  apply from 1 May 2022 and points (6)(b)(i) and 
(6)(l)(i) of the Annex shall apply from … [ one year after entry into force of this Regulation ].  
EN 10  EN This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN