COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/2352 
of 14 December 2017 
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 as regards measures to prev ent the introduction 
into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) 
(notifi ed under document C(2017) 8356) 
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)  The exper ience gained with the application of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 (2), in 
particular since its last amendment by Imple menting Decision (EU) 2016/764 (3), has shown that several further 
measures need to be take n and that certain provis ions of that Decision should be adapt ed to ensure a more 
effective approach against the further introduction into, and spread within, the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et 
al.) (hereinaf ter: ‘the specif ied orga nism’). 
(2)  Notwithstanding the necessity of carrying out surveys based on the level of risk assessed at Member State level, 
exper ience has shown that surveys should be carried out in a more thorough and harmonised manner to ensure 
that all Member States achieve the same level of precaution against the specifi ed organism. For that reason, when 
carrying out those surveys, Member State s should take into account the relevant technical guidelines issued by 
the Commission. 
(3)  As refer red to in international standards, the identif ication of the specifi ed organism has been proven to be most 
reliable when based on at least two different tests, based on diffe rent biological principles or targeting different 
parts of the genome. The list of those tests should be available in a Commission database that should be public 
to ensure transparency . As the identif ication of the specified organism outside the demarcate d areas requires 
a differ ent level of sensitivity of the tests, there should be specifi c tests for demarcated areas and for areas other 
than demarcated areas. 
(4)  For transparency purposes, Member States should publish their national contingency plans on the internet. 
(5)  Scientific evidence refer red to by the European Food Safety Author ity (EFSA ) in the Scientific Opinion of Januar y 
2015 (4) indicates the possibility of genetic recombination between differ ent subspecies of the specified organism 
found in other parts of the world, affect ing new plant species whic h were never found infected before by the 
subspecies concer ned. Theref ore, in order to ensure a more precautionar y approac h, and given the fact that 
diffe rent subspecies have recently been repor ted within the Union, it is important to clarify that where more than 
one subspecies of the specifi ed orga nism have been found in an area, that area should be demarcate d with regar d 
to the specified organism and all of its possible subspecies. In addition, where the identif ication of the presence 
of a subspecies is pending, the Member State concer ned should, on a precautionar y basis, also demarcate that 
area with regar d to the specified organism and all of its possible subspecies. 
(6)  Exper ience has shown that, while carrying out surveys within the buffe r zones, the allocation of resources has to 
be prioritised according to the level of phyt osanitar y risk. Theref ore, in the buffe r zones, it would be propor ­
tionate to set out that the respective survey is based on a grid split into 100 m × 100 m squares within a zone of 
a width of at least 1 km surrounding the infec ted zone, and a grid split into 1 km × 1 km squares within the rest 
of the buff er zone. 16.12.2017 L 336/31 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 of 18 May 2015 as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the 
spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) (OJ L 125, 21.5.2015, p. 36). 
(3)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/764 of 12 May 2016 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 as regar ds 
measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) (OJ L 126, 14.5.2016, p. 77). 
(4)EFSA Journal 2015;13(1):3989, 262 pp., doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2015.3989 (7)  Based on current exper ience, and in line with scientific evidence repor ted by EFSA, the immediat e removal of all 
host plants, irrespective of their health status, located within a radius of 100 m around the infected plants, 
increases the prospects for successful eradication of the specifi ed orga nism. Compared to the containment 
measures, where the remo val of plants is limited only to those found infected and only if located in some parts 
of the demarcated area, the remo val of all host plants provides a higher level of guarantee vis-à-vis asymp tomat ic 
infections and thus the status of the specifi ed organism in the area. It is theref ore propor tionat e to reduce the 
width of the buffer zone surrounding the infest ed zone from 10 km to 5 km in all cases where the demarcate d 
zone is established for the purpose of eradication. However , that width should remain 10 km in the case of 
demarcate d areas established for the purpose of containment, because of the need to adop t a more precautionar y 
approac h due to the more extended presence of the specified organism in those demarcate d areas. 
(8)  It is also propor tionat e to reduce that buffe r zone to 1 km, under certain conditions which would guarantee that 
no further spread of the specified organism occur red, as well as the immediate removal of the infect ed plants and 
appropr iate monitoring of the situation. Similarly , it is propor tionate to allow the lifting of a demarcate d area, 
after 12 months since its initial establishment, if an intensive sampli ng scheme is adop ted to ensure the absence 
of the specified organism from that area. 
(9)  For the purpose of increasing transparency and public information about the measures taken against the specifi ed 
organism, Member States should publish and update the list of demarcated areas in their territory, and the 
Commission should further publish and update its list of those areas as notifi ed by the Member States. 
(10)  Exper ience has shown that it is propor tionate to allow that a demarcated area is not established where the 
specified organism has been found in a site with proven physical prote ction from the vect ors of that organism. 
That approach is propor tionate because of the low risk of spread of the specified organism and the higher 
possibility to immediately eliminate that organism due to the controlled environment of its appearance. 
(11)  Member States should have the option to author ise the planting of some or all host plants within the infected 
zones under containment outside the 20 km area adjacent to the buffer zone, under relevant conditions, to 
ensure more flexibility for the respective Member State. In doing so, they should give prefe rence to plants 
belonging to varieties assessed to be tolerant or resistant to the specifi ed organism, with the aim of reducing the 
level of bacterial inoculum in the respective areas. 
(12)  In order to respect the tradition and histo ry of a particular location, Member States should have the option to 
decide that host plants officially designate d as plants of histor ic value do not need to be removed if they are not 
infected with the specif ied organism, even if they are locat ed within a radius of 100 m around the plants which 
have been tested and found to be infec ted by the specified organism. However , and in order to prevent their 
poten tial infec tion and the spread of the specifi ed organism, they should be subject to particular conditions. 
(13)  In order to ensure that the monitori ng of the presence of the specifi ed organism in the demarcated areas takes 
place at appropr iate times and for purpose of legal certainty , it should be specified that such monitoring and the 
respective inspections take into account the relevant technical guidelines issued by the Commission. 
(14)  For reasons of clarity and legal certainty , it is appropr iate to limit the infec ted zones in which containment 
measures may be applied to those zones liste d in an Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789. 
(15)  Taking into account the developments of the specif ied organism in the Union and the recognition of containment 
areas also in other parts of the Union, the removal of the plants should apply to the whole containment area 
where the specifi ed organism is found to be present based on official surveys. However , in order to prot ect the 
rest of the Union territory , those offici al surveys should be carried out at least in proximity of sites of production 
author ised to move specifi ed plants out of the demarcate d areas, in proximity of the sites of plants with 
particular cultural, social and scientifi c value, and in areas within the infec ted zone measur ing 20 km from the 
border of that infect ed zone. Howe ver, this requirement should not apply in the case of islands whic h are entirely 
containment areas and are situated more than 10 km to the nearest Union land territory , given that these islands 
are in any event physically isolated. 16.12.2017 L 336/32 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     (16)  Due to the low phyt osanitar y risk as assessed by EFSA in March 2016 (1), it is appropr iate to allow the 
mov ement of specifi ed plants which belong to varieties proven to be not suscep tible to one or more of the 
subspecies of the specifi ed organism, out of the demarcat ed areas without plant passpor ts prepared and issued in 
accordance with Commission Directive 92/105/EEC (2). 
(17)  Based on the flight dispersal capacity of the insect vect ors, it is appropr iate and more propor tionat e to author ise 
the mov ement of specifi ed plants from production sites surrounded by a zone with a width of 100 meters whic h 
has been subject to inspections twice per year and where all of the plants found to have symp toms, or to be 
infected with the specifi ed organism, have been removed immediat ely. For reasons of consistency , a similar rule 
should apply to sites of production in third countr ies where the specifi ed organism is known to be present. 
(18)  Exper ience has shown that production sites where host plants are grown outside demarcate d areas are subject to 
annual inspections, and, in the case of symp toms, subject to sampli ng and testing to ensure a higher level of 
confidence concer ning the absence of the specifi ed organism. Theref ore, and in order to ensure a harmonised 
level of prote ction in the Union, the respective requirements for those sites should be adop ted. 
(19)  The species of Coffea, Lavandula dentata L., Nerium oleander L., Olea europaea L., Polygala myrtifolia L., and Prunus 
dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb have proven to be recur rently infec ted by the specifi ed organism and provid e an easy 
pathwa y for the spread of the disease within the Union. Although trace-bac k activities are still ongoing to 
confir m the source of the infected plants detected in the Union based on the precautionar y basis, those specified 
plants should only be grown in sites that are subject to annual official inspection, sampling and testing to 
confir m the absence of the specified orga nism. Due to the higher susceptibi lity of those plants to the specified 
organism, the presence of that organism should be identif ied on the basis of at least two positive tests , of which 
at least one should be a molecular test, listed in the respective Commission database. 
(20)  A similar requirement should apply to third countr ies where the specifi ed organism is not known to occur yet. In 
addition, when movin g those plants within the Union, profes sional operators should keep records for at least 
three years in order to ensure traceability and follow-up official inspections as appropr iate. 
(21)  Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 lays down strict provis ions for the movement of certain plant species  
(‘host plants’) within the Union as being found infect ed by the European isolate s of the specif ied organism. Those 
host plants are subject to strict conditions even if they are never grown within a demarcated area. 
(22)  At the same time, a temporar y author isation has been granted to Belgium, the Czech Republic, France and Spain 
by Commission Imple menting Decision (EU) 2017/167 (3), allowing the certification of pre-basic mother plants 
and pre-basic mater ial of specifi c species of fruit plants refer red to in Annex I to Council Directive 
2008/90/EC (4) and produced in the field under non-insect proof conditions. Several of those species, namely 
Juglans regia L., Olea europaea L., Prunus amygdalus Batsc h, P. amygdalus × P. persica, P. armeniaca L., P. avium (L.) L., 
P. cerasus L., P. domestica L., P. domestica × P. salicina, P. dulcis (Mill.) D.A . Webb, P. persica (L.) Batsch, and P. salicina 
Lindley are kno wn to be susceptible to the European and non-European isolates of the specifi ed organism and are 
listed as ‘specif ied plants’ in Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789. 
(23) Giving the emerging threat from the specifi ed organism for the Union territory , the author isation for the certifi­
cation of those pre-basic mother plants and that pre-basic mater ial, which derogat es from the insect-proof 
growing condition, should be compl emented by altern ative phytosanitar y guarant ees, even if the plants are not 
situated in an area demarcate d pursuant to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789. 
(24)  Theref ore, those pre-basic mother plants and that pre-basic mate rial whic h are subject to Implementing Decision  
(EU) 2017/167 should only be move d within the Union territory if they are accompan ied by a plant passpor t. 
The purpose is to guarantee that those pre-basic mother plants and that pre-basic mate rial, as well as all 16.12.2017 L 336/33 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)EFSA Journal 2016; 14(10):4601, 19 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4601 
(2)Commission Directive 92/105/EEC of 3 December 1992 establishing a degree of standardization for plant passpor ts to be used for the 
movement of certain plants, plant products or other objects within the Community , and establishing the detailed procedures relate d 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). 
(3)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/167 of 30 Januar y 2017 temporar ily author ising Belgium, the Czech Republic, France 
and Spain to certify pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic mat erial of specific species of fruit plants referred to in Annex I to Council 
Directive 2008/90/EC, produced in the field under non-insect proof conditions (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 143). 
(4)Council Directive 2008/90/EC of 29 Sept ember 2008 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for 
fruit production (OJ L 267, 8.10.2008, p. 8). propagati ng mater ial and fruit plants produced, are free from the specified organism. Further more, the pre-basic 
mother plants and the pre-basic mater ial concer ned should be subject to visual inspection, sam pling and 
molecular testing to ensure the absence of the specifi ed organism, while preser ving the health status of those 
plants and that mater ial during the propagation process. 
(25)  Finally , all plant species whic h have been identified as specified plants by the Commission since the last 
amendment of Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 should be included in Annex I to that Decision. 
(26)  Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(27)  In order to allow profess ional operat ors and responsible official bodies to adap t to the new requirements 
concer ning the mov ement of plants for planting, other than seeds, of species of Coffea, Lava ndula dentata L., 
Nerium oleander L., Olea europaea L., Polygala myrtifolia L., and Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A . Webb, the respective 
provis ion should apply from 1 March 2018. 
(28)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food, and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
Amendment to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 
Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 is amended as follows:  
(1) Article 3 is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘Article 3 
Sur veys of the specif ied organism in the territories of the Member States and identif ication 
1. 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 responsible official body , or under official super vision of the responsible 
official body . They shall consist of visual examinations and, in the case of any suspicion of infec tion by the 
specified organism, collection of samples and testing. Those surveys shall be based on sound scientifi c and 
technical principles and shall be carried out at appropr iate times of the year with rega rd to the possibility to detect 
the specifi ed organism by visual inspection, sampli ng and testing. Those surveys shall take account of the available 
scientific and technical evidence, the biology of the specifi ed organism and its vect ors, the presence and biology of 
specified plants, and any other appropr iate information, concer ning the presence of the specifi ed organism. They 
shall also take into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provided on the Commission 
website (*). 
2. The presence of the specified organism in areas other than demarcated areas, shall be screened by one 
molecular test, and in case of positive results, its presence shall be identified by carrying out, in line with internat ­
ional standards, at least one more positive molecular test. Those tests shall be listed in the Commission database of 
tests for the identif ication of the specifi ed organism and its subspecies and target differ ent parts of the genome. 
The presence of the specifi ed organism in demarcate d areas shall be screened by one test, and in case of positive 
results, its presence shall be identif ied by carrying out, in line with intern ational standards, at least one positive 
molecular test. Those tests shall be listed in the Commission database of tests for the identification of the specifi ed 
organism and its subspecies. 
3. The Commission shall manag e and updat e the database refer red to in paragraph 2 and provid e public access 
to it. 16.12.2017 L 336/34 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     The tests listed in that database shall be divided into two categor ies, depending on their appropr iateness for the 
identification of the specifi ed organism and its subspecies in demarcated areas and in areas other than demarcated 
areas.  
(*)‘Guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) in the Union territory’ http://ec.europa.eu/f ood/sites / 
food/files/plant/docs/ph_biosec_legis_guidelines_xylella-sur vey.pdf’  
(2) In Article 3a, paragraph 4 is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘4. Member States shall, on request, communicate their contingenc y plans to the Commission and shall inform 
all relevant professional operat ors through publication on the internet. ’  
(3) Article 4 is amended as follows: 
(a)  Paragraph 1 is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘1. Where the presence of the specifi ed organism is identif ied, the Member State concer ned shall without 
dela y demarcate an area in accordance with paragraph 2, hereinaf ter ‘demarcated area’ . 
By way of derog ation from the first subparagraph, where the presence of one particular subspecies of the 
specified organism is confir med, the Member State concer ned may demarcat e an area with regard to that 
subspecies only . 
Where the presence of more than one subspecies of the specifi ed organism is identified, the Member State 
concer ned shall demarcat e that area with regard to the specifi ed organism and all of its possible subspecies. 
Where the identif ication of the presence of a subspecies is pending, the Member State concer ned shall 
demarcate that area with regard to the specifi ed organism and all of its possible subspecies. 
The identif ication of the presence of the subspecies shall be based on the results of tests referred to in 
Article 3(2).’ 
(b)  In paragraph 2, the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the follo wing: 
‘The buffer zone shall be of a width of at least 5 km surrounding the infect ed zone. The buff er zone may be 
reduced to a width of no less than 1 km if there is a high degree of confidence that the initial presence of the 
specified organism did not result in any spread, and if all of the following conditions have been fulfilled: 
(a)  all host plants, irrespective of their health status, have been immediately remo ved within a radius of 100 m 
around the plant found infect ed; 
(b)  no other plants have been found infect ed by the specifi ed organism in the infected zone since the 
eradication measures have been taken, on the basis of official tests carried out at least once during the 
course of the year, taking into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provided 
on the Commission website. Those tests shall be based on a sampli ng scheme able to identify with 99 % 
reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 1 % or above, and targe ting symp tomat ic plants, as well 
as asymp tomat ic plants in the proximity of the symp tomatic ones; 
(c)  a delimiting survey has been carried out in a zone with a width of at least 5 km surrounding the infect ed 
zone, concluding that the specified orga nism has not been found present in that zone. That survey shall be 
based on a grid split into 100 m × 100 m squares within a zone of a width of at least 1 km surrounding 
the infect ed zone, and a grid split into 1 km × 1 km squares within the rest of the buffer zone. In each of 
those squares, the Member State concer ned shall carry out visual inspections of the specified plants and 
sample and test symp tomat ic plants, as well as asymp tomat ic plants in the proximity of the symp toma tic 
ones; 
(d)  no vectors carrying the specifi ed organism have been detect ed in the infect ed zone since the eradication 
measures have been taken, on the basis of tests carried out twice during the flight season of the vect or, and 
in accordance with intern ational standards. Those tests shall lead to the conclusion that natural spread of 
the specifi ed organism is excl uded. 16.12.2017 L 336/35 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     When reducing the width of the buffe r zone, the Member State concer ned shall immediate ly notify the 
Commission and the other Member State s of the justification for that reduction. 
In the case of an infect ed zone for the purpose of containment measures as refer red to in Article 7(1), the 
buffe r zone shall be of a width of at least 10 km.’ 
(c)  Paragraphs 4 and 5 are replaced by the following: 
‘4. Member States shall keep and update a list of the demarcate d areas established in their respective 
territories and shall publish that list and any updat es. They shall notify the Commission of their list and any 
updat es in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision 2014/917/EU (*). 
On the basis of those notifications, the Commission shall updat e and publish its list of demarcate d areas. 
5. Where based on the surveys refer red to in Article 3 and on the monitori ng refer red to in Article 6(7) the 
specified organism is not detect ed in a demarcate d area for a period of 5 years, this demarcation may be lifted. 
In such cases, the Member State concer ned shall notify the Commission and other Member State s. 
By way of derog ation from the first subparagraph, where the Member State concer ned has reduced the buffe r 
zone to a width of no less than 1 km pursuant to the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 2, that Member State 
may lift that demarcated area after 12 months since its initial establishment, if both of the followi ng conditions 
are fulfilled : 
(a)  as result of the measures taken pursuant to the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 2, it is concluded with 
a high degree of confidence that the initial presence of the specifi ed organism was an isolate d case and no 
further spread occur red in the respective demarcat ed area; 
(b)  as practically close to the time of lifting, official tests have been carried out within the demarcated area, 
taking into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provided on the Commission 
website, using a sampling scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants 
of 1 % in accordance with international standards, and targe ting symp tomatic plants, as well as 
asymp tomatic plants in the proximity of the symp toma tic ones. 
Where a demarcated area is lifted pursuant to the second subparagraph, the specified plants locat ed in the 
previously established demarcated area shall be subject to intensive surveys during the followi ng two years. 
That survey shall be carried out using a sampling scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability a level of 
presence of infec ted plants of 1 % or abov e in accordance with international standards and based on scientifi c 
and technical principles related to the potential spreading of the specified organism in the immediate 
surroundings, and targeting symp tomatic plants, as well as asymp tomatic plants in the proximity of the 
symp tomatic ones. 
When lifting the demarcated area after 12 months since its initial establishment, the Member State concer ned 
shall immediately notify the Commission and the other Member States of the justification for that lifting.  
(*)Commission Imple menting Decision 2014/917/EU of 15 December 2014 setting out detailed rules for the 
imp lementation of Council Directive 2000/29/EC as regar ds the notifi cation of the presence of harmful 
organisms and of measures taken or intended to be taken by the Member State s (OJ L 360, 17.12.2014, 
p. 59).’ 
(d)  In paragraph 6, point (a) is replaced by the follo wing: 
‘(a)  there is evidence that the specified organism was recently introduced into the area with the plants on 
which it was found, or that the specified organism has been found in a site with physical protection from 
the vect ors of that orga nism;’  
(4) In Article 5, paragraph 2 is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member State concer ned may grant author isations for the 
planting of the host plants within the infect ed zones listed in Annex II where containment measures pursuant to 
Article 7 are applied, excep t in the 20 km area referred to in Article 7(7)(c). When granting those author isations, 
the Member State concer ned shall give preference to host plants belonging to varieties assessed as being resistant or 
tolerant to the specifi ed organism.’ 16.12.2017 L 336/36 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     (5) Article 6 is amended as follows: 
(a)  the follo wing paragraph 2a is inser ted: 
‘2a. By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 2, Member States may decide that individual host 
plants offici ally designated as plants with histo ric value do not need to be removed, provided that all of the 
follo wing conditions have been fulfilled: 
(a)  the host plants concer ned have been sampled and tested in accordance with Article 3(2) and have been 
conf irmed not to be infected by the specified organism; 
(b)  the individual host plants or the area concer ned have been appropr iately physically isolated from the 
vect ors in such a way that those plants do not contr ibut e to the further spread of the specified organism; 
(c)  appropr iate agricultural practices for the management of the specified organism and its vect ors have been 
applied. 
Before a derogation is granted, the Member State concer ned shall notify the Commission with the outcome of 
the samp ling and testing referred to in point (a), the descr iption of the measures referred to in points (b) and  
(c) whic h are intended to be take n, the justification for them, and the location of the individual plants. The 
Commission shall publish the list and the location of the host plants for whic h such derogation is grant ed. 
Each of those plants shall be officially inspected, during the flight season of the vect or, for symp toms of the 
specified organism and for checking the appropr iateness of the physical isolation. When symp toms are present, 
the plant shall be subject to sampling and testing for the presence of the specifi ed organism.’ 
(b)  Paragraph 7 is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘7. The Member State concer ned shall monitor the presence of the specif ied organism by annual surveys, 
taking into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provid ed on the Commission 
website. It shall carry out visual inspections of the specif ied plants and sample and test symp tomatic plants, as 
well as asymp tomatic plants in the proximity of the symp tomatic ones, in accordance with the respective 
provis ions of Article 3(1) and (2). 
In buff er zones, the surveyed area shall be based on a grid split into 100 m × 100 m squares within a zone of 
a width of at least 1 km surrounding the infec ted zone, and a grid split into 1 km × 1 km squares within the 
rest of the buff er zone. In each of those squares, the Member State concer ned shall carry out visual inspections 
of the specifi ed plants and samp le and test symp tomatic plants, as well as asymp tomatic plants in the 
proximity of the symp tomatic ones.’  
(6) Article 7 is amended as follows: 
(a)  Paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: 
‘1. By way of derogation from Article 6, only in an infected zone listed in Annex II the responsible offici al 
body of the Member State concer ned may decide to apply the containment measures set out in paragraphs 2 
to 7 (hereinaf ter: ‘containment area’). 
2. The Member State concer ned shall remove all plants whic h have been found to be infect ed by the 
specified organism on the basis of the offici al surveys refer red to in paragraph 7. 
That remo val shall take place immediate ly after the official identif ication of the presence of the specifi ed 
organism. 
All necessar y precautions shall be take n to avoid spreading of the specified organism during and after remo val.’ 
(b)  Paragraph 7 is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘7. The Member State concer ned shall monit or the presence of the specif ied organism by annual official 
surveys, taking into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provid ed on the 
Commission website, at least in the follo wing locations: 
(a)  in the proximity of the sites referred to in Article 9(2); 16.12.2017 L 336/37 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     (b)  in the proximity of the sites of plants with particular cultural, social or scientifi c value; 
(c)  within an infected zone liste d in Annex II and situated within an area measur ing at least 20 km from the 
border of that infec ted zone with the rest of the Union territory . 
Those surveys shall be based on a grid split into 100 m × 100 m squares. In each of those squares, the 
Member State concer ned shall carry out visual inspections of the specifi ed plants and sample and test 
symp tomatic plants, as well as asymp tomatic plants in the proximity of the symp tomatic ones, in accordance 
with the respective provisions of Article 3(1) and (2). 
The Member State concer ned shall immediately notify the Commission and the other Member States of any 
official identif ication of the presence of the specifi ed organism in the locations refer red to in point (c). 
Point (c) of the first subparagraph shall not apply in the case of islands which are entirely containment areas 
and are situated more than 10 km to the nearest Union land territory.’  
(7) Article 9 is amended as follows: 
(a)  In paragraph 1, the first subparagraph is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘1. This Article shall only apply to the move ment of specifi ed plants other than: 
(a)  plants whic h have been grown for the entire production cycle in vitro; or 
(b)  plants belonging to varieties of specifi ed plants liste d in Annex III.’ 
(b)  In paragraph 2, points (d), (e) and (f) are replaced by the followi ng: 
‘(d)  it is surrounded by a zone with a width of 100 meters which has been subject to official inspections twice 
per year and where all the plants found to be infected with the specifi ed organism or to have symp toms, 
have been immediate ly removed and appropr iate phyt osanitar y treatments against the vect ors of the 
specifi ed organism have been applied before that removal; 
(e)  it is subject to phytosanitar y treatments at appropr iate times of the year to maintain freedom from vect ors 
of the specifi ed organism; those treatments may include, as appropr iate, removal of plants; 
(f)  it is subjected annually , together with the zone referred to in point (d), to at least two official inspections, 
taking into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provid ed on the Commission 
website;’ 
(c)  Paragraphs 7 and 8 are replaced by the following: 
‘7. Specifi ed plants which have been grown for at least part of their life in a demarcat ed area shall only be 
mov ed to and within the Union territory , if they are accompanied by a plant passpor t prepared and issued in 
accordance with Commission Directive 92/105/EEC (*). 
8. Host plants which have never been grown inside the demarcated areas shall only be mov ed within the 
Union if the following conditions have been fulfilled : 
(a)  they have been grown in a site that is subject to annual official inspection, and, in the case of symp toms of 
the specified organism, sam pling, taking into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella 
fastidiosa provided on the Commission website , as well as testing in line with intern ational standards for the 
presence of the specified organism; 
(b)  they are accompan ied by a plant passpor t prepared and issued in accordance with Directive 92/105/EEC. 
Howe ver, plants for planting, other than seeds, of Coffea, Lava ndula dentata L., Nerium oleander L., Olea 
europaea L., Polygala myrtifolia L. and Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb, shall only be moved within the Union if 
they have been grown in a site that is subject to annual official inspection, sampling, taking into account the 
technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provi ded on the Commission website, as well as testin g in 
line with intern ational standards for the presence of the specifi ed organism, conf irming the absence of the 
specified organism, using a sampling scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability the level of presence of 
infected plants of 5 %. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 3(2), the presence of the 16.12.2017 L 336/38 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     specified organism shall be screened by one test, and in case of positive results, its presence shall be identif ied 
by carrying out, in line with intern ational standards, at least one positive molecular test. Those tests shall be 
listed in the Commission database of tests for the identif ication of the specifi ed organism and its subspecies. 
Samp ling shall target symp tomatic plants, as well as asymp tomatic plants in the proximity of the symp tomat ic 
ones. 
Without prejudice to Part A of Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC, no plant passpor t shall be required for the 
mov ement of the host plants refer red to in this paragraph to any person acting for purposes which are outside 
his trade, business or profes sion, and who acquires those plants for his own use.  
(*)Commission Directive 92/105/EEC of 3 December 1992 establishing a degree of standardization for plant 
passpor ts to be used for the mov ement of certain plants, plant products or other objects within the 
Community , and establishing the detailed procedures relat ed 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).’ 
(d)  The followi ng paragraph 9 is added: 
‘9. Without prejudice to paragraph 8, pre-basic mother plants as defined in Article 1(3) of Commission 
Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU (*) or pre-basic mat erial as defined in Article 2(5) of Council Directive 
2008/90/EC (**) whic h belong to the species Juglans regia L., Olea europaea L., Prunus amygdalus Batsc h, 
P. amygdalus × P. persica, P. armeniaca L., P. avium (L.) L., P. cerasus L., P. domestica L., P. domestica × P. salicina, 
P. dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb, P. persica (L.) Batsch, and P. salicina Lindley and which have been grown outside the 
demarcate d areas and spent at least part of their life outside insect proof facilities, shall only be moved within 
the Union if they are accompanied by a plant passpor t prepared and issued in accordance with Directive 
92/105/EEC and if the following conditions have been fulfilled: 
(a)  they are subject to the author isation provid ed for in Commission Implemen ting Decision (EU) 
2017/167 (***); 
(b)  within the shor test possible time prior to their movement, they have been subjected to visual inspection, 
sampli ng and molecular testing for the presence of the specifi ed organism carried out in accordance with 
internati onal standards. 
Without prejudice to Part A of Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC, no plant passpor t shall be required for the 
mov ement of the pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic mat erial referred to in this paragraph to any person 
acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business or profess ion, and who acquires those plants for its 
own use.  
(*)Commission Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU of 15 October 2014 imple menting Council Directive 
2008/90/EC as regards specifi c requirements for the genus and species of fruit plants refer red to in 
Annex I thereto, specif ic requirements to be met by suppliers and detailed rules concer ning official 
inspections (OJ L 298, 16.10.2014, p. 22). 
(**) Council Directive 2008/90/EC of 29 Sept ember 2008 on the mark eting of fruit plant propagati ng 
mater ial and fruit plants intended for fruit production (OJ L 267, 8.10.2008, p. 8). 
(***) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/167 of 30 Januar y 2017 temporar ily author ising 
Belgium, the Czec h Republic, France and Spain to certify pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic mater ial 
of specifi c species of fruit plants referred to in Annex I to Council Directive 2008/90/EC, produced in the 
field under non-insect-proof conditions (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 143).’  
(8) Article 10 is amended as follows: 
(a)  The followi ng paragraph 2a is inser ted: 
‘2a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall also apply to the supply of plants for planting of Coffea, Lava ndula dentata L., 
Nerium oleander L., Olea europaea L., Polygala myrtifolia L. and Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A . Webb whic h have never 
been grown within a demarcat ed area.’ 
(b)  Paragraph 3 is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘3. Prof essional operators shall keep the records refer red to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a for 3 years from the 
date on whic h the respective lot was supplied to or by them.’  
(9) In Article 16, the follo wing second subparagraph is added: 
‘Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Coffea, Lava ndula dentata L., Nerium oleander L., Olea europ aea L., Polygala 
myrtifolia L., and Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb shall only be introduced into the Union if they have been grown in 16.12.2017 L 336/39 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     a site that is subject to annual official inspection, with sampling and testing carried out at the appropr iate times on 
those plants for the presence of the specified organism and in accordance with international standards, confir ming 
the absence of the specifi ed organism, using a sam pling sche me able to identify with 99 % reliability the level of 
presence of infect ed plants of 5 %, and targeting symp tomatic plants, as well as asymp tomatic plants in the 
proximity of the symp tomatic ones.’  
(10) In Article 17(4), points (c), (d) and (e) are replaced by the followi ng: 
‘(c)  it is surrounded by a zone with a width of 100 meters which has been subject to official inspections twice per 
year and where all of the plants found to be infected with the specifi ed orga nism or to have symp toms have 
been immediately remo ved, and appropr iate phytosanitar y treatments against the vectors of the specified 
organism have been applied before that removal; 
(d)  at appropr iate times throughout the year , it is subject to phytosan itary treatments to maintain freedom from 
vect ors of the specif ied orga nism; those treatments may include, as appropr iate, remo val of plants; 
(e)  it is subjected annually , together with the zone refer red to in point (c), to at least two official inspections 
during the flight season of the vect or;’  
(11) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.  
(12) Annex II is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.  
(13) Annex III is added, the text of whic h is set out in Annex III to this Decision. 
Article 2 
Deferr ed application 
Point (7)(c) of Article 1 as regar ds the second subparagraph of Article 9(8) of Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 
shall apply from 1 March 2018. 
Article 3 
Addre ssees 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2017. 
For the Commission 
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS 
Member of the Commission  16.12.2017 L 336/40 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX I 
Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 is amended as follows:  
(1) The followi ng entr ies are inser ted in alphabetical order: 
‘Acacia dealbata Link 
Anthyllis hermanniae L. 
Calicotome villosa (Poiret) Link 
Cercis siliquastr um L. 
Chenopodium album L. 
Chitalpa tashkenten sis T. S. Elias & Wisura 
Cytisus villosus Pourr. 
Eremophila maculata F. Muell. 
Erigeron bonar iensis L. 
Erigeron sumatrensi s Retz. 
Erysimum 
Fraxinus 
Genista corsica (Loisel.) DC. 
Helichr ysum italicum (Roth) G. Don 
Heliotropium europaeum L. 
Lavandula × allar di (syn. Lava ndula × heterophy lla) 
Lavandula × inter media 
Pelargonium 
Phagnalon saxatile (L.) Cass. 
Phillyrea latifoli a L. 
Rosa canina L. 
Streptocar pus’  
(2) The followi ng entr ies are delet ed: 
‘Chitalpa tashkinensis T. S. Elias & Wisura 
Fraxinus amer icana L. 
Fraxinus dipetala hook. & Arn. 
Fraxinus latifoli a Benth 
Fraxinus pennsylv anica Marshall 
Metrosider os excelsa Sol. ex Gaer tn 
Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér .’.  16.12.2017 L 336/41 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX II 
‘ANNEX II 
Infec ted zones refer red to in Article 4(2) which are cont ainment areas within the meaning of 
Article 7(1) 
PART A 
Infected zone in Italy 
The infect ed zone of Italy includes the follo wing areas:  
1. The province of Lecce  
2. Municipalities located in the province of Brindisi: 
Brindisi  
Carov igno  
Ceglie Messapica, Only land registr y plots (Fog li) 11, 20 to 24, 32 to 43, 47 to 62, 66 
to 135 
Cellino San Marco  
Erch ie  
Francav illa Fontana  
Latiano  
Mesagne  
Oria  
Ostuni Only land registr y plots (Fog li) 34 to 38, 48 to 52, 60 to 67, 74, 87 
to 99, 111 to 118, 141 to 154 and 175 to 222 
San Donaci  
San Michele Salentino  
San Pancrazio Salentino  
San Pietro Vernotico  
San Vito dei Nor manni  
Torch iarolo  
Torre Santa Susanna  
Villa Castelli    
3. Municipalities located in the province of Taranto: 
Avetrana  
Carosino  
Faggiano  
Fragag nano  
Grottag lie Only land registr y plots (Fog li) 5, 8, 11 to 14, 17 to 41, 43 to 47 and 49 
to 89 
Leporano Only land registr y plots (Fog li) 2 to 6 and 9 to 16 16.12.2017 L 336/42 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Lizzano  
Mandur ia  
Mar tina Franca Only land registr y plots (Fog li) 246 to 260 
Mar uggio  
Mont eiasi  
Mont eparano  
Pulsano  
Roccaf orzata  
San Giorgio Ionico  
San Marzano di San Giuseppe  
Sava  
Taranto Only : (Section A, land registr y plots (Fog li) 49, 50, 220, 233, 234, 250 
to 252, 262, 275 to 278, 287 to 293 and 312 to 318) (Section B, land 
registr y plots (Fog li) 1 to 27) (Section C, land registr y plots (Fog li) 1 
to 11) 
Torricella   
PART B 
Infected zone in France 
The infect ed zone in France includes the followi ng area: 
The region of Corsica 
PART C 
Infected zone in Spain 
The infect ed zone in Spain includes the followi ng area: 
The Autonomous Community of Balear ic Islands’  16.12.2017 L 336/43 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX III 
‘ANNEX III 
Varieties of specif ied plants which are non-susceptible to the respectiv e strai n of the subspecies of 
the specif ied organism, as refer red to in point (b) of the first subparag raph of Article 9(1) 
Varieties Species of varieties Subspecies of specified organism 
Caber net Sauvignon Vitis vinif era L. Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca ST 53 
Negroamaro Vitis vinif era L. Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca ST 53 
Primitivo Vitis vinif era L. Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca ST 53’    16.12.2017 L 336/44 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN