COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 
of 25 September 2014 
amending Implementing Decision 2012/270/EU as regards its period of application and as regards 
the movement to packing facilities of potato tubers originating in areas demarcated in order to 
prev ent the spread within the Union of Epitr ix cucumer is (Har ris), Epitr ix similar is (Gentner), 
Epitr ix subcr inita (Lec.) and Epitr ix tuber is (Gentner) 
(notifi ed under document C(2014) 6731) 
(2014/679/EU) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regar d to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on prote ctive measures against the introduction into the 
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), and in 
particular the fourth senten ce of Article 16(3) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2012/270/EU (2) provides for emerg ency measures to prevent the introduc ­
tion into and the spread within the Union of Epitr ix cucumer is (Har ris), Epitr ix similar is (Gentner), Epitr ix subcr inita 
(Lec.) and Epitr ix tuber is (Gentner). 
(2)  The development of the situation since Implementing Decision 2012/270/EU took effect has shown that the 
measures it provides for are efficacious and should continue to apply . Theref ore, it is appropr iate that that Imple­
menting Decision applies without a limitation of time. 
(3)  Exper ience shows that it is necessar y to grant great er flexibility as regards the facility where the potato tubers 
undergo treatment ensur ing that no more than 0,1 % of soil remains on them and that the specifi ed organisms 
are remo ved. Theref ore, it should be permitted that those tubers are moved outside the demarcat ed areas before 
that treatment takes place. The movement to those facilities should, however , be subject to requirements ensur ing 
that the respective phytosanitar y risk is reduced to accept able levels. 
(4) In order to ensure that the specifi ed organisms cannot establish or spread outside a demarcat ed area, require ­
ments should be established concer ning disposal of the relevant waste soil and other waste mater ial. For the 
same purpose, requirements should also be established concer ning vehicles and packaging for the transpor t or 
handling of those potato tubers before they move outside the demarcated area or from a packing facility located 
outside that area. It is also necessar y that machi nery used for the handling of potato tubers in the packi ng facil­
ities locat ed outside demarcate d areas is cleaned to avoid infestation of other potatoes handled by the same 
machi nery. 
(5) In order to facilitat e control by Member States of the packing outside a demarcat ed area of potato tubers origin­
ating in such an area, it is impor tant that packing facilities locat ed outside demarcated areas are author ised for 
that purpose and required to keep records of the potat o tubers handled which originate in demarcated areas. 
(6)  Implementing Decision 2012/270/EU should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(7)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 27.9.2014 L 283/61 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Implementing Decision 2012/270/EU of 16 May 2012 as regar ds emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and 
the spread within the Union of Epitr ix cucumer is (Har ris), Epitr ix similar is (Gentner), Epitr ix subcr inita (Lec.) and Epitr ix tuber is (Gentner) 
(OJ L 132, 23.5.2012, p. 18). HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
Implementing Decision 2012/270/EU is amended as follows: 
(1)  Article 3 is replaced by the following: 
‘Article 3 
Movement of potato tubers within the Union 
1. Potato tubers originating in demarcated areas within the Union established in accordance with Article 5, 
pack ed within those areas or at the facilities refer red to in Article 3b may be moved within the Union only if they 
meet the conditions, as set out in point (1) of Section 2 of Annex I. 
Potato tubers originating in a demarcated area, may be moved from that demarcated area to a packi ng facility 
fulfilling the requirements of Article 3b whic h is in the vicinity of that demarcate d area provided that the conditions 
set out in point (2) of Section 2 of Annex I are fulfilled. Potato tubers may be store d at that facility . 
In the case of the second subparagraph, the responsible official body shall carry out the following actions: 
(a)  intensive monitoring for the presence of the specif ied organisms through appropr iate inspections on potato 
plants and, where appropr iate, other host plants, including fields where those plants are growing, within at least 
a radius of 100 m of the packi ng facility ; 
(b)  activities to raise public aware ness concer ning the threat of the specif ied organisms and the measures adopt ed to 
prevent its introduction into and spread within the Union in the vicinity of the packi ng facility . 
2. Potato tubers introduced into the Union in accordance with Article 2 from third countr ies where one or more 
of the specified orga nisms are kno wn to be present, may be moved within the Union only if they meet the condi ­
tions, as set out in point (3)of Section 2 of Annex I. 
Article 3a 
Requirements concer ning vehicles, packaging, machiner y and wast e soil 
1. Member States shall ensure that any vehicle and packag ing having been used to transpor t the potat o tubers 
originating in a demarcat ed area prior to fulfilment of point 1(b) of Section 2 of Annex I is decontaminat ed and 
cleaned in an appropr iate manner in the following cases: 
(a)  before they are moved outside the demarcated area; and 
(b)  before they leav e a pack ing facility , as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1). 
2. Member States shall ensure that machiner y used to handle the potato tubers referred to in paragraph 1 in a 
packing facility refer red to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) is decontaminat ed and cleaned in an appro ­
priate manner after each use. 
3. Member States shall ensure that the waste soil, or other waste mate rial, resulting from the fulfilment of the 
requirements of Article 3(1) and paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article is disposed of in such a manner to ensure that 
the specified organisms cannot establish or spread outside a demarcat ed area. 27.9.2014 L 283/62 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Article 3b 
Requirements concer ning packing facilities located outside the demarcated areas concer ned 
Packing facilities located outside the demarcate d areas concer ned and handling potato tubers originating in such 
areas, as refer red to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1), shall fulfil the following requirements: 
(a)  they are author ised by the responsible official body to pack potato tubers originating in a demarcate d area; and 
(b)  they keep, for one year from the time of arrival of the potato tubers at that facility , records of the potato tubers 
handled whic h originate in demarcated areas.’; 
(2)  Article 7 is delet ed; 
(3)  Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. 
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 25 Sept ember 2014. 
For the Commission 
Tonio BOR G 
Member of the Commission  27.9.2014 L 283/63 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/270/EU is amended as follows: 
Section 2 is replaced by the following: 
‘SECTION 2 
Conditions for movement 
(1)  Potato tubers originating in demarcated areas within the Union may be moved from such areas into non-demarcate d 
areas within the Union only if the following conditions are fulfilled : 
(a)  the potato tubers have been grown in a registered place of production in accordance with Commission Directive 
92/90/EEC (1) or by a register ed producer in accordance with Commission Directive 93/50/EEC (2), or moved 
from a warehouse or a dispatch ing centre register ed in accordance with Directive 93/50/EEC; 
(b)  the potato tubers have been washed or brushed so that there is no more than 0,1 % of soil remaining or have 
undergone an equivalent method specific ally applied in order to achieve the same outcome and remo ve the spe­
cified organisms concer ned and to ensure that there is no risk of spreading the specified organisms; 
(c)  the packag ing mater ial in which potato tubers are moved is clean; and 
(d) the potato tubers are accompanied by a plant passpor t prepared and issued in accordance with Commission Dir­
ective 92/105/EEC (3). 
(2)  For the movement of potato tubers to the packi ng facility , as refer red to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1), 
in addition to point (1)(a), the following conditions shall be fulfilled: 
(a) the potat o tubers have been grown in fields that have been submitted to insecticide treatments against the spe­
cified organisms at appropr iate times during the growing season; 
(b)  pre-har vest official inspections have been carried out, at appropr iate times, at those fields, and no specified 
organisms have been detect ed; 
(c)  the producer has, in advance, notified the responsible official bodies of its intention to move potato tubers in 
accordance with this point, and of the date of intended movement ; 
(d)  the potato tubers are transpor ted to the packi ng facility in closed vehicles, or in closed and clean packag ing, in 
such a manner to ensure that the specifi ed organisms cannot escape or spread; 
(e)  during their transpor t to the packi ng facility , the potato tubers are accompan ied by a document identifying their 
origin and destination; and 
(f)  immediate ly upon arrival at the packi ng facility , the potato tubers are subject to the treatment descr ibed in point 
1(b) of this Section. 
(3)  Potato tubers introduced into the Union in accordance with Section 1 from third countr ies where one or more of 
the specifi ed organisms are kno wn to be present may be moved within the Union only if they are accompan ied by 
the plant passpor t referred to in point (1)(d).  
(1)Commission Directive 92/90/EEC of 3 November 1992 establishing oblig ations to whic h producers and impor ­
ters of plants, plant products or other objects are subject and establishing details for their registration (OJ L 344, 
26.11.1992, p. 38). 
(2)Commission Directive 93/50/EEC of 24 June 1993 specifying certain plants not listed in Annex V, part A to 
Council Directive 77/93/EEC, the producers of whic h, or the warehouses, dispatching centres in the production 
zones of such plants, shall be liste d in an official register (OJ L 205, 17.8.1993, p. 22). 
(3)Commission Directive 92/105/EEC of 3 December 1992 establishing a degree of standardization for plant pass ­
ports to be used for the movement of certain plants, plant products or other objects within the Community , and 
establishing the detailed procedures related to the issuing of such plant passpor ts and the conditions and detailed 
procedures for their replacement (OJ L 4, 8.1.1993, p. 22).’   27.9.2014 L 283/64 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN