COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2022/1265 
of 20 July 2022
establishing measures to prev ent the introduction into and the spread within the Union territory of 
Rose Rosette Virus 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION,
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Havi ng regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on 
prote ctive measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (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/EC (1), and in particular Article 30(1),
Whereas:
(1) Rose Rosette virus (‘the specified pest’ ) and its vect or Phyl locoptes fructiphilus are currently not listed as Union 
quarantine pests in Annex II, nor as Union regulated non-quarantine pests in Annex IV to Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 (2).The specified pest and its vect or are not known to be present in the 
Union territory.
(2) A pest risk analysis carried out by the European and Mediterr anean Plant Prot ection Org anization (EPPO) (3)in 2018 
has demonstrated that the specifi ed pest and its damaging effects could be of signif icant plant health concer n to the 
Union territory, in particular for the production of all types of roses.
(3) Because of the signif icant plant health concer n posed by the specifi ed pest to the Union territory , Commission 
Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1739 (4)was adop ted, laying down requirements for the introduction into the 
Union of plants, other than seeds, of Rosa spp. (‘the specifi ed plants’) originating in third countr ies, where the 
specifi ed pest is known to occur (Canada, India and the United State s), as well as for official checks to be conducted 
at their introduction into the Union. That Implementing Decision provid es for a prohibition for the introduction of 
the specifi ed pest in the Union territory , for an immediate submission of information on the suspecte d presence of 
the specifi ed pest and of its specifi ed vect or in the Union and for rules for surveys for its presence in the Union 
territory .
(4) Since the adop tion of that Implementing Decision, no inter ceptions of infected specifi ed plants, during their 
introduction into, or move ment within, the Union territory, have been repor ted. However , the specifi ed pest has 
continued to spread in Canada, India and the Unit ed State s.
(5) The conclusions of the EPPO’s analysis remain valid toda y. That analysis indicated that the likelihood of entr y and 
establishment of the specified pest, of the magnitude of its spread and impact into the Union, and of the 
phytosanitar y risk for the Union territory is considered high.
(6) Moreover , the plant health concer ns indicated in the EPPO’s analysis have increased since the adoptio n of 
Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1739, because the specifi ed plants are impor ted into the Union in increasing ly 
high volume s from third countr ies where the presence of the specifi ed pest is expanding.
(1)OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4.
(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing unif orm conditions for the 
impl ementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regar ds protective measures agai nst 
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).
(3)EPPO (2018) Pest risk analysis for Rose rosette virus and its vector Phyllocoptes fructiphilus. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/ 
taxon/RR V000/documents
(4)Commission Implementin g Decision (EU) 2019/1739 of 16 October 2019 establishing emergency measures to prevent the 
introduction into and the spread within the Union of Rose Rosett e Virus (OJ L 265, 18.10.2019, p. 12).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 192/14 21.7.2022  (7) The Commission concludes that the specifi ed pest fulfils the criteria set out in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Annex I 
to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.
(8) On the basis of those facts, it is estimated that there is an imminent dange r for the entr y into, and the spread within, 
the Union territory of the specified pest, unless the measures provided for in Implementing Decision (EU) 
2019/1739, which apply until 31 July 2022 and have proven effective in preventing the entr y of the specified pest 
into the Union territory , are maintained.
(9) Theref ore it is appropr iate to provide for those measures in this Regulation which should apply from 1 August 2022
to ensure continued protection of the Union territory from the specif ied pest.
(10) This Regulation should apply until 31 July 2024 . Such application period is necessar y for a full risk assessment in 
order to deter mine the status of the specifi ed pest.
(11) The measures provid ed for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION:
Article 1
Def initions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the followi ng definitions apply:
(a) ‘specif ied pest’ means Rose Rosette Virus;
(b) ‘specif ied plants’ means plants, other than seeds, of Rosa spp. originating in Canada, India or the Unit ed States;
(c) ‘specif ied vector ’ means Phyl locoptes fructiphilus.
Article 2
Prohibition concer ning the specif ied pest
The specif ied pest shall not be introduced into, moved, held, multiplied or released in the Union territory .
Article 3
Informa tion on the suspected presence of the specif ied pest or of its specif ied vecto r
Member States shall ensure that any person in the Union territory in possession of plants which may be infected with the 
specifi ed pest or its specif ied vector , is immediately informed of the presence or the suspect ed presence of the specified 
pest or of its specifi ed vect or, of the possible consequences and risks, and of the respective measures to be taken.
Article 4
Sur veys
The compet ent author ities shall conduct annual surveys for the presence of the specifi ed pest and the specifi ed vect or on 
host plants in their territory.
Those surveys shall include sampling and testing, and shall be based on sound scientific and technical principles with regar d 
to the possibility to detect the specifi ed pest and the specifi ed vect or.
By 30 Apr il of each year, Member States shall notify to the Commission and the other Member States the results of the 
surveys carried out in the previous calendar year.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 21.7.2022 L 192/15  Article 5
Requirements for the introduction into the Union territory of the specif ied plants
1. The specif ied plants shall only be introduced into the Union territory if they are accompan ied by a phytosanitar y 
certificate whic h includes, under the heading ‘Additional declaration’, an official state ment containing one of the followi ng 
declarations:
(a) that the specifi ed plants have been produced in an area free from the specif ied pest, register ed and super vised by the 
National Plant Prote ction Org anisation of the third countr y of origin, with the indication of the name of the area 
under the heading ‘Place of origin’;
(b) in the case of specifi ed plants for planting, that:
(i) they have been produced in a place of production where neither symp toms of the specifi ed pest nor of the specifi ed 
vect or have been obser ved during official inspections, since the start of the last growing season; and
(ii) they have been sam pled and tested for the specifi ed pest before introduction in the Union territory, and found, on 
the basis of those tests, to be free from it;
(c) in the case of the specif ied plants, other than plants for planting, that :
(i) they have been produced in a place of production where neither symp toms of the specifi ed pest nor of the specifi ed 
vect or have been obser ved during official inspections, since the start of the last growing season; and
(ii) they have been inspected and, in case of presence of the specifi ed vect or or symp toms of the specified pest, they 
have been sam pled and tested before introduction in the Union territory, and found, on the basis of those tests, to 
be free from the specifi ed pest ;
(d) in the case of specifi ed plants in tissue culture, which do not originate in an area free from the specified pest, that they 
have been produced from mother plants tested and found free from the specifi ed pest.
2. The specified plants shall only be introduced into the Union territory if they are handled, packag ed and transpor ted in 
a manner to prevent infestation by the specified vector .
Article 6
Entr y into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2022 until 31 July 2024 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 July 2022 .
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYENEN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 192/16 21.7.2022