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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION  
of XXX  
as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of 
Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.)    
EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION  
of XXX  
as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of 
Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,  
Having regard to Council Directive 2000 /29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures 
against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products 
and against their spread within the Community1, and in particular the fourth sentence of 
Article 16(3) thereof,  
Whereas : 
(1) In view of the audits carried out by the Commission and notifications of new 
outbreaks by the Italian authorities the measures provided for in Implementing 
Decision 2014/87/EU2 should be strengthened.  
(2) The European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter 'the Authority')  published on 
6 January 2015  a Scientific Opinion on the risk to plant health posed by Xylella 
fastidiosa  (Wells et al.) (hereinafter 'the specified organism') in the EU territory, with 
the identification and evaluation of risk reduction options3. That Opinion identified a 
list of plant species susceptible to the European and non - European isolates of the 
specified organism . In addition , on 20 March 2015, the Authority published  a 
scientific report on the categorisation of those plants for planti ng, excluding seeds, 
according to the ris k of introduction of the specified organism. The report  categorises 
the plant  species  which have been so far confirmed to be susceptible to the European 
and non -European isolates of the specified organism by natural infection, experimental 
infection via vector transmissio n, or unknown type of infection  (hereinafter 'specified 
plants') . That list is longer than the list set out in the Implementing Decision 
2014/497/EU4. Therefore, it is appropriate that this  Decision applies to a l onger  list of 
species than Implementing Decision 2014/497/EU. However, in order to ensure 
proportionality some measures should only apply to plant species susceptible to  the 
European isolate s of the specified organism (hereinafter  'host plants'). In this regard, 
while,  the EFSA Opinion of 6 January  2015 points to the uncertainty as regards  the 
range of plant  species  since research is still ongoing , the results of the investigations  
carried out  by the Italian authorities  have confirmed the capacity of certain specified 
plant s to be 'host plants' .  
                                                 
1 OJ L 169, 10.7.2000 , p. 1.  
2 Commission Implementing Decision 2014/87/EU of 13 February 2014 as regards measures to prevent 
the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa  (Well and Raju) (OJ L 45, 15.2.2014, p. 29).  
3 EFSA Journal 2015,13(1):  3989 . 
4 Commission Implementing Decisio n 2014/49 7/EU of 23 July 2014 as regards measures to prevent the 
introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Well and Raju) (OJ L 21 9, 
25.7.2014, p.  56).  
EN 3   EN (3) Member States should carry out annual surveys for the presence of the specified 
organism in their territories and should ensure that professional operators  are informed 
about its potential presence and the measures to be taken.   
(4) In order t o eradicate the specified organism and prevent its further spread  in the rest of 
the Union , Member States should establish demarcated areas consist ing of an infected 
zone and a buffer zone , and apply eradication measures. In view of the current 
situation in the South of Italy, the infected zone of the demarcated area established by 
the Italian authorities should , at least , cover the entire province of Lecce. In order to 
minimise the risk of t he specified organism spreading outside the demarcated area 
[infected zone] , the buffer zone should be 10 km wide .  
(5) In case s of isolated occurrences of the specified organism the establishment of a 
demarcated area should not be required  if the specified or ganism can be eliminated 
from the plants where it was found to be present . In such cases, immediate action 
should be taken to ascertain  whether other  plants have been infected.   
(6) Taking into account the epidemiology of the specified organism, and the risk o f further 
spreading in the rest of the Union, the planting in the infected  zone  of the host plants  
shall be prohibited , except in sites which are physically protected against the 
introduction of the specified organism by its vectors . This is important also  to prevent 
infection of the host plants by the specified organism within the demarcated area.  
(7) In the province of Lecce , the specified organism is already widely established . Where  
evidence shows that in certain parts of that area the specified organism has been  
present for more  than two years and it is no longer possible to eradicate it, the 
responsible official body should have the possibility  to apply containment measures , 
instead  of eradication measures , to protect at least production sites, plants with  
particular cultural, social or scientific value , as well as the border of the rest of the 
infected zone where eradication measures are applied . The containment measures 
should aim to minimise the amount of bacterial inoculum in that area and keep the 
vector population at the lowest level  possible . 
(8) In order to ensure effective protection of the rest of the Union territory from the 
specified organism , taking into account  the possib le spread of the specified organism 
by natural and human assisted means other than the movement of the specified plants 
for planting,  it is appropriate to establish a surveillance zone  immediately outside  the 
buffer zone surrounding the infected zone of the province of Lecce . 
(9) Plants known to be susceptible to the specified organism which have been grown for at 
least part of their life in a demarcated area or which have been moved through such an 
area are more likely to have been infected with the specified or ganism. Movement  of 
those plants  should therefore be subject to specific requirements aimed at preventing 
the further spread of the specified organism. To facilitate the earl y detection of the 
potential presence of the specified organism outside the demarc ated area, traceability 
requirements should be set for movement of plants known to be susceptible to the 
specified organism outside the demarcated areas.  
(10) In order to allow a follow up inspection at destination  of plants for planting moved out  
of the demar cated areas , the responsible official body of the place of origin and the 
responsible official body of the place of destination should be immediately inform ed 
by the professional operators of the movement of each lot  of the specified plants which 
have  been  grown  at least part of their lives in a demarcated area .  
EN 4   EN (11) In order to ensure close monitoring of the movement of plants for planting originating 
in the demarcated areas  and to provide an effective overview of the sites where the 
phytosanitary risk due to t he specified organism is high , the Commission and the 
Member States should have access to information concerning the production sites 
located in the demarcated areas. Therefore , Member State s should establish and update 
a list of all sites located in the d emarcated areas in their territory in which specified 
plants have been grown and communicate that list to the Commission and the other 
Member States.  The Commission sh ould make available a compilation of those lists to 
the Member States.   
(12) Official c hecks s hould be carried out in order to ensure that specified plants are only 
moved out  of the demarcated areas in accordance with the requirements set out in this 
Decision .  
(13) Taking into account the nature of the specified organism, specified plants originating 
in a thir d country  where the specified organism is not present  should, when introduced 
into the Union, be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate including an additional 
declaration stating that that country is free from the specified organism.  
(14) In order to ensure that specified plants introduced into the Union from third countries , 
where the specified organism is known to be present , are free from the specified 
organism, the requirements for the ir introduction into the Union, should be similar to  
those set out for movement of specified plants originating in demarcated areas.   
(15) Since October 2014 , numerous plants for planting , other than seeds,  of Coffea , 
originating in Co sta Rica and in Honduras, have been intercepted in the Union with 
the presence  of the specified organism. It is therefore concluded that the phytosanitary 
certification procedures  of Costa Rica and  Honduras  are insuffic ient to ensure that 
consignments of plants  of Coffea  are free from  the specified organism . Consequently , 
given the high probability of establishment of the specified organism  in the Union , the 
absence of any effective treatment once the specifi ed plants are infected, as well as the 
major economic  consequence s for the Union , the introduction into the Union of plants 
for planting of Coffea , other than seeds, originating in Costa Rica and Honduras should 
be prohibited.   
(16) Implementing Decision 2014/497/EU should be repealed.  
(17) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accorda nce with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee  on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION  
Article 1  
Definitions  
For the purposes of this Decision, the following defi nitions shall apply:  
(a) ‘specified organism’ means  European and non -European isolates of  Xylella 
fastidiosa  (Well s et al. );  
(b) ‘specified plants’ means all plants for planting, other than seeds, belonging to the 
genera or species listed in Annex I ; 
(c) ‘host plants’ means all specified plants belonging to the genera or species listed in 
Annex II ;   
EN 5   EN (d) 'professional  operator ' means any person involved professionally in one or more of 
the following activities concerning plants : 
(i) planting;  
(ii) breeding ; 
(iii) production , including growing, multiplying  and maintaining ; 
(iv) introduction  into, and movement within, and out of the Union territory;  
(v) making  available on the market . 
Article 2 
Detection or suspected presence of the specified organism  
1. Any person who suspects or becomes aware of the presence of the specifie d 
organism shall immediately  inform the responsible official body and provide it with 
all relevant information concerning the presence , or suspected presence,  of the 
specified organism .  
2. The responsible  official body shall immediately record such information.  
3. Where the responsible official body has been informed of a presence, or suspected 
presence , of the specified organism it shall take all necessary measures to confirm 
that presence , or the suspect ed presence .  
4. Member States shall ensure that any person having under its control plants which 
may be infected with the specified organism is immediately informed of the presence  
or the suspected presence of the specified organism, of the possible conse quences 
and risks  and of the measures to be taken.  
Article 3 
Surveys of the specified organism in the territories of the Member States  
Member States shall conduct annual surveys for the presence of the specified organism in 
their territory on the specified  plants.  
Those surveys shall be carried out by the responsi ble official body, or under official 
supervision of the responsible official body. They shall consist of visual examinations and, in 
the case of any suspicion of infection by the specified organis m, collection of samples and 
testing. Those surveys shall be based on sound scientific and technical principles and shall be 
carried out at appropriate times of the year  with regard to the possibility to detect the specified 
organism. Those surveys shall t ake account of the available scientific and technical evidence, 
the biology of the specified organism and its vectors, the presence and biology of specified 
plants, and any other appropriate information, concerning the presence of the specified 
organism.  
Article 4 
Establishment of demarcated areas  
1. Where the presence of the specified organism is confirmed,  the Member State  
concerned  shall without delay demarcate an area  in accordance with paragraph 2 , 
hereinafter  ‘demarcated area’ . 
2. The demarcated  area shall consist of an infected zone and a buffer zone.   
EN 6   EN The infected zone shall include all plants known to be infected by the specified 
organism, all plants showing symptoms indicating possible infection by that 
organism, and all other plants liable to be  infected by that organism due to their close 
proximity to infected plants, or common source of production, if known, with 
infected plants, or plants grown from them .  
As regards the presence of the specified organism in the province of Lecce, the 
infected zone shall at least include that entire province . 
The buffer zone shall be of a width of at least 10 km, surrounding the infected zone.  
The exact delimitation of the zones shall be based on sound scientific principles, the 
biology of the specified organism  and its vectors, the level of infection, the presence 
of the vectors, and the distribution of  specified  plants in the area concerned .  
3. If the presence of the specified organism is confirmed in the buffer  zone, the 
delimitation of the infected zone and buffer zone shall immediately be reviewed and 
changed accordingly.  
4. On the basis of the notification s by Member States in accordance with Commission 
Implementing Decision 2014/917/EU5, the Commission shall establish and update a 
list of the demarcated ar eas and communicate that list to the Member States.  
5. Where based  on the surveys referred to in Article 3 and on the monitoring  referred to 
in paragraph 7  of A rticle 6 the specified organism is not detected in a demarcated 
area for a period of five years,  this demarcation may be lifted.  In such cases, the 
Member State  concerned  shall notify the Commission and other Member States . 
6. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member State may decide not to 
establish a demarcated area immediately where all o f the following conditions are 
fulfilled:  
(a) there  is evidence that the specified organism was recently introduced into the 
area with the plants on which it was found;  
(b) there  is an indication that those plants were infected before their introduction 
into the  area concerned;  
(c) no vectors carrying the specified organism have been detected , on the basis of 
tests carried  out in accordance with internationally validated testing methods , 
in the vicinity of those plants .  
7. In the case referred to in paragraph 6, the Member State shall : 
(a) carry out a n annual survey for at least  two year s to determine whether any 
plants have been infected other than those on which the specified organism was 
first found to be present;  
(b) on the basis of that survey, determine whe ther there is a need to establish a 
demarcated area;  
                                                 
5 Commission Implementing Decision of 15 December 2014 setting out detail ed rules for the 
implementation of Council Directive 2000/29/EC as regards the notification of the presence of harmful 
organisms and of measures taken or intended to be taken by the Member States  (OJ L 360, 17.12.2014, 
p. 59).  
EN 7   EN (c) notify to the Commission and the other Member States the justification for not 
establishing a demarcated area, and the outcome of the survey referred to in 
point (a) as soon as they become available.  
Article 5 
Prohibition concerning the planting of host plants  in infected zones   
The planting of host plants in  infected zones  shall be prohibited, except in sites which are 
physically protected against the introduction of the specified organism by its vectors.  
Article 6  
Eradication measures  
1. The Member St ate having established the demarcated area referred to in Article 4 
shall take  in that area the measures  as set out in paragraphs 2 to 1 1:  
2. The Member State concerned shall, within a radius of 100 m around the plants  which 
have been tested and found to be infected by the specified organis m, immediately 
remove :  
(a) host plants, regardless of their health status;  
(b) plants known to be infected by the specified organism;  
(c) plants showing symptoms indicating possible infection by that organism  or 
suspected to be infected by that organism . 
3. The Member State concer ned shall sample and test the specified plants within a 
radius of 100 m around each of the infected plants, in accordance with  International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures ISPM 316.  
4. The Member State concerned shall carry out appropriate phytosani tary treatments 
prior to the removal of plants referred to in paragraph 2 against the vectors of the 
specified organism and plants that may host those vectors. That treatment may 
include , as appropriate,  removal of plants.   
5. The Member State concerned shall, in situ or in a nearby location designated for this 
purpose  within the  infected zone , destr oy the plants  and parts of plants referred to in 
paragraph 2, in a manner ensuring that the specified organism is not spread .  
6. The Member State concerned shall carry out appropriate investigations to identify the 
origin of the infection . It shall trace the  specified plants associated with the case of 
infection concerned, including those which were  moved before a demarcated area 
was established . The result s of such investigations shall be communicated to 
Member State s in which th ose plants  concerned originate, to the Member States 
through which those plants have moved and to the Member States where those plants 
have moved into.  
7. The Member State concerned shall monitor the presence of the specified organism by 
annual surveys at appropriate times . It shall carry out visual inspections of the 
specified plants and sample and test symptomatic  plants , as well as asy mptomatic 
plants in the proximity  of the sympto matic ones .  
                                                 
6 Methodologies for sampling of consignments – Reference Standard ISPM No 31 by the Secretariat of 
the International Plant Protection Convention, Rome. Published 2008.   
EN 8   EN In buffer zones, the survey ed area  shall be  based on a grid  split into 100 m x 100 m  
squares . Visual inspections  shall take place in each of those squares . 
8. The Member State concerned shall  raise public awareness concerning the threat of 
the specified organism and concerning the measures adopted to prevent its 
introduction into and spread within the Union . It shall set up road signs indicating the 
delimitation of the respective demarcated area . 
9. The Member State concerned shall , where neces sary,  take measures  address ing any 
particularity or complication that could reasonably be expected to prevent, hinder or 
delay eradication, in particular those related to the accessibility and adequate 
destruction  of all plants that are infected or suspected of infection, irrespective of 
their location, public or private ownership or the person or entity responsible for 
them . 
10. The Member State concerned shall  take any other measure, which may contribute to 
the eradication of the specified organism , in accordance with ISPM No 97 and 
applying an integrated approach in accordance with  the principles set out in ISPM 
No 148. 
11. The Member State concerned shall apply appropriate  agricultural practices for the 
management of the specified organism and its  vectors.  
Article 7 
Containment measures  
1. By way of derogation from Article 6, only in the province of Lecce, the responsible 
official body of the Member State concerned may decide to apply containment 
measures, as set out in paragraph s 2 to 6, (hereinafter: ‘containment area’) .  
2. The Member State concerned shall immediately remov e at least all plants which have 
been found to be infected by the specified organism if they are situated in any of the  
following locations :  
(a) in the proximity of t he sites referred to in  Article 9(2) ; 
(b) in the proximity of the sites of plants with particular cultural, social or 
scientific value ; 
(c) within a distance of 20 km from the border of the  containment area  with the 
rest of the Union territory . 
All necessary precautions shall be taken to avoid spreading of the specified organism 
during and after removal.  
3. The Member State concerned shall, within a radius of 100 m around the plants 
referred to in paragraph 2 and which have been found to be infec ted by the specified 
organism, sample and test the host plants , in accordance with International Standards 
for Phytosanitary Measures ISPM 31. That testing shall be carried out at regular 
intervals and, at least, twice  a year.  
                                                 
7 Guidelines for pest eradication programmes – Reference Standard ISPM No 9 by the Secret ariat of the 
International Plant Protection Convention, Rome. Published 15 December 2011.  
8 The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management – Reference Standard 
ISPM No 14 by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protecti on Convention, Rome. Published 
8 January 2014   
EN 9   EN 4. The Member State concerne d shall apply  appropriate phytosanitary treatments prior 
to the removal of plants referred to in paragraph 2 against the vectors of the specified 
organism and plants that may host those vectors. That treatment may include , as 
appropriate,  removal of plants .  
5. The Member State concerned shall , in situ  or in a nearby location designated for this 
purpose within the  containment area , destroy the plants and parts of plants referred to 
in paragraph 2, in a manner ensuring that the specified organism is not spread.  
6. The Member State concerned shall apply appropriate agricultural practices for the 
management of the specified organism and its vectors.  
Article 8  
Establishment of a surveillance zone in Italy  
1. A surveillance zone  with a width of at  least 30 km shall be  established adjacent to the 
demarcated area covering the infected zone  of the province of Lecce .  
2. In the surveillance zone referred to in paragraph 1, the Member State concerned  shall 
monitor the presence of the specified organism by annual surveys at appropriate 
times during the year. It shall carry out visual inspections of the specified plants and 
sample and test symptomatic plants.  
The surveyed area shall be based on a grid split i nto 100 m x 100 m squares. Visual 
inspections shall take place in each of those squares.  
The number of samples, methodology and results shall be indicated in the report 
referred to in Article 14.  
3. The Member  State concerned shall apply appropriate agric ultural practices for the 
management of the specified organism and its vectors.  
Article 9  
Movement of specified plants  within the Union  
1. The movement within the Union, within or out  of the demarcated areas, of specified 
plants which have been grown for at least part of their life in a demarcated area 
established in accordance with Article 4, shall be prohibited.   
2. By way of derogation of paragraph 1, such movement can take place if  the specified 
plants have been grown in a site where  all of the following conditions  are fulfilled : 
(a) it is registered in accordance with Commission Directive 92/90/EEC9; 
(b) it is authorised  by the responsible official body as a site free from the specified 
organism  and its vectors, taking into account the relevant Internat ional 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures ; 
(c) it is physically protected against the introduction of the specified organism and 
its vectors ; 
                                                 
9 Commission Directive 92/90/EEC of 3 November 1992 establishing obligations to which producers and 
importers of plants, plant products or other objects are subject and establishing details for their 
registrati on (OJ L 344, 26.11.1992, p. 38 ).  
EN 10   EN (d) it is surrounded by a zone with a width of 200 meters which has been found  by 
official visual inspection  and, in the case of suspected  presence of the specified 
organism, by sampling and testing,  to be free from the specified organism , and 
is sub ject to appropriate phytosanitary treatments against the vectors of the 
specified organism ; that treatment may include, as appr opriate, removal of 
plants;  
(e) it is subject to appropriate phytosanitary treatments to maintain freedom from 
vectors of the specified organism ; that treatment may include, as appropriate, 
removal of plants ; 
(f) it is subjected  annually, together with the zone re ferred to in point ( d), to at 
least two official inspections carried out at appropriate times ; 
(g) throughout the time of growth of the specified plants,  neither symptoms of the 
specified  organism nor its vectors were found in the site or, if suspect 
symptoms were observed, tests carried out confirmed the absence of the 
specified organism ;  
(h) throughout the time of growth of the specified plants, no symptoms of the 
specified  organism were found in the zone referred to in p oint (d) or, if suspect 
symptoms were observed, testing has been undertaken and absence of the 
specified organism has been confirmed.  
3. Representative samples of each species of specified plants from each site have been 
subject to annual testing, at the most appropriate time, and  the absence  of the 
specified organism has been confirmed  on the basis of tests carried out in accordance 
with internationally validated testing methods . 
4. As practically close to the  time of  movement  as possible  the lots of the specified 
plants were subjected to offi cial visual inspection, sampling and  molecular testing  
carried out in accordance with internationally validated testing methods , using a 
sampling scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability a level of presence of infected  
plants of 1 % or above  and targe ted especially at plants displaying suspect symptoms 
of that organism, in accordance with  ISPM 31.  
5. Prior to movement, the lots of the specified plants were subjected to phytosanitary 
treatments against any of the vectors of the specified organism.  
6. Specified plants moving through or within demarcated areas shall be transported in 
closed containers or packaging, ensuring that infection with the specified organism 
or any of its vectors cannot occur.   
7. All plants r eferred to in paragraph  1, shall only  be moved to and within the Union 
territory, if they are accompanied by a plant passport prepared and issued in 
accordance  with Commission Directive 92/105/EEC10. 
                                                 
10 Commission Directive 92/105/EEC of 3 December 1992 establishing a degree of standardization for 
plant passports to be used for the movement of certain plants, plant products or other objects within the 
Community, and est ablishing the detailed procedures related to the issuing of such plant passports and 
the conditions and detailed procedures for their replacement  (OJ L 4, 8.1.1993, p. 22 ).  
EN 11   EN Article 10 
Traceability  
1. Professional operators supplying specified plants which have been grown for at least 
part of their lives in a demarcated area,  or which have been moved through such an 
area,  shall keep a record of each lot supplied and of the professional operator who 
received it.  
2. Professional  operator s being supplied with specified p lants which have been grown 
for at least part of their life in a demarcated area, or which have been moved through 
such an area,  shall keep a record of each lot received and of the supplier .  
3. Professional operators shall keep the records referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 for 
three years from the date on which the respective lot was supplied to or by them.  
4. The professional operators referred to in paragraph s 1 and 2 shall  immediately  
inform the ir respective  responsible official bodies of each  lot suppl ied or received by 
them . That information shall include the origin,  consigner, consignee,  place of 
destination,  individual serial,  week or batch number  of the plant passport, identity 
and quantity of the lot  concerned . 
5. A responsible official body receiving information pursuant to paragraph 4 shall 
immediately inform the responsible official body of the place of destination of the lot 
concerned . 
6. The Member States shall, upon request, ma ke available t he information referred to in 
paragraph  4 to the Commission.  
Article 1 1 
Official c hecks on movements  of specified plants   
1. Member States shall carry out regular  official  checks on specified plants  being 
moved out of a demarcated area , or from an infected zone to a buffer zone .  
Such checks shall be performed at least in:  
(a) the points where the  specified plants are moved from infected zones into buffer 
zones;  
(b) the points where the  specified plants are moved from buffer zones into non -
demarcated areas;  
(c) the place of destination of the specified plants in the buffer zone ; 
(d) the place of destination in the non -demarcated areas.  
2. The checks as referred to in paragraph 1 shall include  a documentary check, and an 
identity check of the  specified plants .  
The checks as referred to in paragraph 1  shall be carried out  irrespective of the 
location  of the specified plants , ownership or the person or entity responsible for 
them . 
3. The intensity  of the checks referred to in paragraph 2 shall be based on the risk that 
the plants carry the specified organism or the known or potential vectors, taking into 
account the provenance of the lots, the degree of susceptibility of the plants, and the 
record of compliance by the professional operator responsible for the movement with  
EN 12   EN this Decision and with any other measure taken to contain or eradicate the specified 
organism.  
Article 1 2 
List of authorised sites  
Member States shall establish and update a list of all sites  authorised in accordance with 
Article 9(2) .  
The Member States shall sub mit that list to the Commission.  
On the basis of the information received from the Member States, the Commission shall 
establish and update a  list of all sites authorised in the Member States.   
The Commission shall transmit th at list to any Member State.  
Article 1 3  
Measures in case of  non-compliance with Article 9 
Where the checks referred to in Article 1 1(2) show that conditions  laid down in  Article 9 are 
not satisfied , the Member State which carried out those checks shall immediately destroy the  
non-compliant plant in situ  or in a nearby location.  That action shall be carried out taking all 
necessary precautions to avoid spreading of th e specified organism , and any  vectors  carried 
by that plant,  during and after removal.  
Article 1 4  
Reporting on measures  
Member States shall by 31 December of each year communicate to the Commission and to the 
other Member States:  
(a) a report on the measures taken pursuant  to Articles 3, 4, 6, 7, 8  and 1 1 and on the 
results of those measures ; 
(b) a plan about the measures , including the schedule time period of each measure,  to be 
taken pursuant to  Articles 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11 in the following year.   
In case the  Member State concerned decides to apply  containment measures pursuant to 
Article 7,  it shall  immediately  communicate  to the Commission  the reasons to apply 
containment measures , and measures taken or intended to be taken . 
Where justified by the development of the respective phytosanitary  risk, Member States shall 
adapt the respective measures and accordingly update the plan referred to point (b). They shall 
immediately communicate to the Commission and  the other Member States the update of the 
plan.  
Article 1 5 
Prohibition of plants for planting , other than seeds, of Coffea  originating in Costa Rica 
and Honduras  
The introduction into  the Union of plants for planting , other than seeds,  of Coffea  originating 
in Costa  Rica and Honduras shall be prohibited.   
EN 13   EN Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Coffea  originating in Costa Rica and Honduras  which 
have been introduced into the Union before the application of this Decision, shall only be 
moved within the Union  by professional op erators after they have informed  the responsible 
official body.  
Article 16  
Introduction into the Union of specified plants originating in  a third country where the 
specified organism is not present  
Specified plants originating in a third country where the specified organism is n ot present may 
be introduced into the Union if  the following conditions are fulfilled :  
(a) the national plant protection organisation of the third country concerned has 
communicated in writing to the Commission th at the specified organism is not 
present i n the country ; 
(b) the specified plants are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate , as referred to in 
Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC, stating under the rubric ‘Additional 
Declaration’ that  the specified organism  is not present in the country ; 
(c) on entry into the Union the specified plants have been checked by the responsible 
official body in accordance with Article 1 8(2) and neither  presence nor symptoms of 
the specified organism have been found.  
Article 17  
Introduction into the Union of s pecified plants originating in a third country where the 
specified organism is known to be present  
1. Specified plants originating in  a third country  where the specified organism is known 
to be present may be introduced into the Union where the following conditions are 
fulfilled:  
(a) they are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate , as referred to in Article 
13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC ; 
(b) they comply with paragraph 2 or with paragraphs 3 and 4;  
(c) on entry into the Union they have been checked by the responsible official 
body in accordance with Article 1 8 and neither  presence nor symptoms of the 
specified organism have been found.  
2. Where s pecified plants originat e in an area free from the specified organism , as 
established by the national pla nt protection organisation concerned in accordance 
with relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures , the following 
conditions shall be fulfilled : 
(a) the national plant protection organisation of the third country concerned has 
communicated  in writing to the Commission the name of that area.  
(b) the name of th at area is stated in the phytosanitary certificate under the rubric 
'place of origin '. 
3. Where specified plants originate in an area where the specified organism is known to 
be present, t he phytosanitary certificate shall state under the rubric ‘Additional 
Declaration’ t hat:  
EN 14   EN (a) the specified plants have been produced  in one or more sites fulfil ling the 
conditions  set out in  paragraph 4; 
(b) the national plant protection organisation of the third country concerned has 
communicated in writing to the Commission the list of those sites , including 
their location within the country ; 
(c) phytosanitary treatments against the vectors of the specified organism are 
applied in the site and its zone as r eferred to in p aragraph  4(c); 
(d) representative samples of each species of specified plants from each site have 
been subject to annual testing, at the most appropriate time, and the absence of 
the specified organism has been confirmed  on the basis of tests carried out in 
accordance with internationally validated testing methods;  
(e) the specified plants have been transported in closed containers or packaging, 
ensuring that infection with the specified organism or any of its known vectors 
cannot occur ;  
(f) As practically close to the time of  export as possible, the lots of the specified 
plants were subjected to official visual inspection, sampling and molecular 
testing,  carried out in accordance with internationally  validated testing 
methods , confirming the abs ence of the specified organism, using a sampling 
scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability a level of presence of infected 
plants of  1 % or above and targeted especially at plants displaying suspect 
symptoms of that organism ;  
(g) immediately prior to expo rt, the lots of the specified plants were subjected to 
phytosanitary treatments against any of the known vectors of the specified 
organism ;  
(h) the phytosanitary certificate referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1  shall 
indicate under the rubric ‘ Place of ori gin' the identification of the site referred 
to in point (a).  
4. The site referred to in point (a) of paragraph 3 shall  fulfil  the following  conditions :  
(a) it is authorised by the national plant protection organisation as free from the 
specified organism and its vectors , in accordance with the relevant 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures;   
(b) it is physically protected against the introduction of the specified organism by 
its vectors;  
(c) it is surrounded by a zone with a width of 200 meters which has been found  by 
official  visual  inspection , and, in case of suspicion of the presence of the 
specified organism, by sampling and testing,  to be free from the specified 
organism , and is subject to appropriate phytosanitary treatments against the 
vectors o f the specified organism ; that treatment may include, as appropriate, 
removal of plants;   
(d) it is subject to phytosanitary treatments that aim to maintain freedom from 
vectors of the specified organism;  that treatment may include, as appropriate, 
removal of plants ; 
(e) it is subjected annually, together with the zone referred to in point ( c), to at 
least two official inspections carried o ut at appropriate times;   
EN 15   EN (f) throughout the production time of the specified plants, neither symptoms of the 
specified organism nor  its vectors were found in the site, or, if suspect 
symptoms were observed, testing has been undertaken and absence of the 
specif ied organism has been confirmed;   
(g) throughout the production time of the specified plants, no symptoms of the 
specified organism  were found in the zone referred to in point ( c) or, if suspect 
symptoms were observed, testing has been undertaken and absence of the 
specified organism has been confirmed . 
Article  18 
Official checks at introduction into the Union  
1. All consignments of specified plants introduced into the Union from a third country 
shall be  officially  checked  at the point of entry into the Union or at the place of 
destination established in accordance with  Article 1 of Commission Directive 
2004/103/EC11, and, as applicable, pursuant to paragraphs 2 or 3, and paragraph 4.  
2. In the case of specified plants originating in a third country where the specified 
organism is not present, the responsible  official body shall carry out the following 
checks :  
(a) a visual inspection, and  
(b) in the case of suspicion of the presence of the specified organism, sampling and 
testing of the lot of the specified plants to confirm the absence of the specified 
organism  or its symptoms . 
3. In the case of specified plants originating in a third country where the specified 
organism is known to be present, the responsible  official body shall carry out the 
following checks:  
(a) a visual inspection, and  
(b) sampling and testing of the lot of the specifi ed plants to confirm the absence of 
the specified organism  or its symptoms . 
4. The samples referred  to in paragraph s 2(b) and 3(b) shall be of a size that allows 
identifying with 99% reliability a level of infected plants of 1% or above , taking 
account of ISPM  31.  
Article 1 9 
Compliance  
Member States shall  repeal or  amend the measures  which they have adopted to protect 
themselves against the introduction and spread of the specified organism in order to  comply 
with this Decision. They shall immediately infor m the Commission of those measures.  
                                                 
11 Commission Directive 2004/103/EC of 7 October 2004 on identity and plant health c hecks of plants, 
plant products or other objects, listed in Part B of Annex V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC, which 
may be carried out at a place other than the point of entry into the Community or at a place close by and 
specifying the conditions related  to these checks (OJ L 313, 12.10.2004, p. 16).   
EN 16   EN Article 20 
Repeal  
Implementing Decision 2014/497/EC is repealed.  
Article 21 
Addressees  
This Decision is addressed  to the Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS  
 Member of the Commission