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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
amending Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures 
against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant 
products and against their spread within the Community    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
amending Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures 
against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant 
products and against their spread within the Community  
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 points (c) and (d) of the 
second paragraph of Ar ticle 14 thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) With a view to protecting plants, plant products and other objects, in light of increased 
international trade and following pest risk assessments performed and recently 
published by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation, it is 
techni cally justified and consistent with the pest risks involved to add the harmful 
organisms Aromia bungii (Faldermann), Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) and 
Oemona hirta (Fabricius)  to Section I of Part A of Annex I to Directive 2000/29/EC.  
(2) Following the pe st risk categorisation performed and recently published by the 
European Food Safety Authority  ('the Authority' ), the hosts and pathways of entry in 
the Union  of the harmful organism Enarmonia packardi (Zeller) are wider tha n the 
ones currently regulated  in Section I of Part A of Annex II to Directive 2000/29/EC. 
Following  a revision of the respective scientific denomination, the harmful organism 
has been renamed to Grapholita packardii  (Zeller). Therefore, it is scientifically 
justified and consistent wi th the pest risk involved to delete the entry on Enarmonia 
packardi (Zeller) from  Section I of Part A of Annex II to Directive 2000/29/EC and to 
include it in Section I of Part A of Annex I to that Directive under the denomination 
Grapholita packardii  (Zeller). 
(3) In the pest risk categorisation performed and recently published by the Authority , the 
species of Elsinoe spp. Bitanc. and Jenk. Mendes, currently included in Section I of 
Part A of Annex II to Directive 2000/29/EC, causal agents of disease to Citrus  L. 
Fortunella  Swingle, Poncirus  Raf., and their hybrids, have been further defined. 
Additionally, based on the pest risk categorisation and the recent interceptions on 
fruits, it is evident  that the list of current ly regulated commodities do es not mitigat e all 
risks related to these harmful organisms. Therefore, it is scientifically and technically 
justified and consistent with the pest risk involved to delete the entry on Elsinoe spp. 
Bitanc. and Jenk. Mendes from Section I of Part A of Annex II to Direct ive 
2000/29/EC and to include in Section I of Part A of Annex I to that Directive  the 
species Elsinoë australis  Bitanc. and Jenk., Elsinoë citricola  X.L. Fan, R.W. Barreto 
                                                 
1 OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.   
EN 2  EN & Crous. and Elsinoë fawcettii  Bitanc. and Jenk. causal agents of disease to Citrus  L. 
Fortunella  Swingle, Poncirus  Raf., and their hybrids . 
(4) With a view to protecting plants, plant products and other objects, in light of increased 
international trade and following pest risk assessments performed and recently 
published by  the Authority  and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection 
Organisation, it is technically justified and consistent with the pest risks involved to 
add the harmful organisms Fusarium circinatum  Nirenberg & O'Donnell  and 
Geosmithia morbida  Kolarík, Freeland, Utley &  Tisserat and its vector Pityophthorus 
juglandis Blackman to Section II of Part A of Annex I  to the Directive 2000/29/EC. 
These  harmful organisms are currently present in the European Union and have a 
restricted distribution.  
(5) Following the  pest risk assess ments performed and recently published by the 
Authority , it is scientifically and technically justified and consistent with the pest risk 
involved to delete  Ceratocystis platani  (J. M. Walter) Engelbr. & T. C. Harr from 
Section II of Part A of Annex II to Directive 2000/29/EC and to include it in Section II 
of Part A  of Annex I to that Directive.  
(6) With a view to protecting plants, plant products and other objects, in light of increased 
international trade and following the pest risk assessment performed and published by 
the Authority  on soil and growing media and the relevant International Standards, it is 
scientifically justified and consistent with the pest risks involved to strengthen the 
requirements for soil and growing media through revising the relevan t requirements  in 
Annex III, in Section I of Part A of Annex IV and in Annex V to Directive 
2000/29/EC . 
(7) In order to protect the production and trade of plants, plant products and other objects, 
it is technically justified and consistent with the pest risk involved to add the harmful 
organisms Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess ) to Part 
B of Annex I to that Directive.  
(8) From information provided by Ireland and the United Kingdom it appears that the 
territories of Ireland and Northern Ireland, respectively, are free from Liriomyza 
huidobrensis (Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) and that Ireland and 
Northern Ireland fulfil the conditions set out in point (h) of Article 2(1) of Directive 
2000/29/EC for the establishment of a protected zone with respect to those harmful 
organisms. Therefore, Part B of Annex I to Directive 200 0/29/EC should be amended 
accordingly.  
(9) It is technically acceptable, on the basis of scientific and technical knowledge, to 
include special requirements for the introduction and movement, where applicable, of 
certain plants, plant products and other object s into the Union due to their likelihood 
of hosting Aromia bungii (Faldermann), Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) referred 
to in recital 1, Grapholita packardii  (Zeller), referred to in recital 2 and Geosmithia 
morbida  Kolarík, Freeland, Utley & Tisserat and its vector Pityophthorus juglandis 
Blackman referred to in recital 4. Therefore, the relevant plants, plant products and 
other objects should be listed in Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 
2000/29/EC. For Geosmithia morbida  Kolarík, Freeland , Utley & Tisserat and its 
vector Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman additional special requirements should be  
included for internal movement  in Section II of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 
2000/29/EC .  
EN 3  EN (10) In respect to Ceratocystis platani  (J. M. Walter) Engel br. & T. C. Harr referred to in 
recital 5 , it is necessary to amend the special requirements set out in Sections I and II 
of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC due to developments in scientific and 
technical knowledge and the recently published pes t risk assessment carried out by the 
Authority.  
(11) Based on pest risk assessment  of a number of Tephritidae  species of  the European and 
Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation, relevant international standards, 
technical information and the number of interceptions of Tephritidae  species (non -
European) on imported commodities , the special requirements set out in Section I of 
Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC should  be amended.  
(12) Based on the interceptions data on imported commodities , additional special 
requirements for Bactericera cockerelli  (Sulc.) and Thaumatotibia leucotreta 
(Meyrick)  should  be included in Sectio n I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 
2000/29/EC.  
(13) Based on the pest risk categorisations recently performed by the Authority , relevant 
international standards and technical information and in view of increased 
international trade, special requirements provided for  in Section I of Part A of Annex 
IV to Directive 2000/29/EC should  be laid down  for fruits of Malus  Mill. in 
connection to the harmful organisms Enarmonia prunivora  Walsh, Grapholita 
inopinata  Heinrich and Rhagoletis pomonella  (Walsch) and for fru its of Malus  Mill. 
and Pyrus  L. in connection to the harmful organisms Guignardia piricola  (Nosa) 
Yamamoto and Tachypterellus quadrigibbus  Say. 
(14) The aim of the amended requirements set out  in recitals 9 to 13  is to reduce to an 
acceptable level the phytosanitary risk caused by the introduction and where relevant 
the movement into the Union of those plants, plant products and other objects.  
(15) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/20082 certain zones have 
been recognised as protected zones  in respect of various harmful organisms. That 
Regulation has recently been amended to take into account the latest developments 
with regard to the protected zones within the Union and among others, to the 
following harmful organisms: Bemisia tabaci  Genn. (European populations), 
Candidatus  Phytoplasma ulmi, Ceratocystis platani (J.M.Walter) Engelbr. & 
T.C.Harr., Citrus tristeza virus (European strains), Erwinia amylovora  (Burr.) Winsl. 
et al ., Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens, Globodera rostochiensis (Woll enweber) 
Behrens, Gremmeniella abietina  (Lag.)  Morelet,  Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard), 
Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), Paysandisia archon (Burmeister), Rhynchophorus 
ferrugineus (Olivier), Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis & Schiffermüller,  
Thaumetopoea pro cessionea L., Tomato spotted wilt virus and Xanthomonas 
arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin  et al.  In order to ensure that the requirements 
concerning protected zones with regard to the respective harmful organisms  are 
consistent, the relevant requirements in Annexes I to V to Directive 2000/29/EC 
should be updated.  
(16) Moreover, several areas within the Union that have been recognised as protected zones 
with regard to certain harmful organisms no longer fulfil the require ments because 
those harmful organisms have become established there or the Member States 
concerned requested that the status as a protected zone be revoked. Those areas are the 
                                                 
2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 of 4 July 2008 recognising protected zones exposed to 
particular plant health risks in  the Community (OJ L 193, 22.7.2008, p. 1).   
EN 4  EN following: the territory of Finland with regard to Bemisia tabaci Genn. (Europe an 
populations); the Regional Units of Arta and Lakonia  in Greece with regard to Citrus 
tristeza virus (European strains); the entire territory of Emilia -Romagna, the 
communes of Scarnafigi and Villafalletto in the province of Cuneo in Piedmont and 
the mun icipalities of Cesarò (Messina Province), Maniace, Bronte, Adrano (Catania 
Province) and Centuripe, Regalbuto and Troina (Enna Province) in Sicily in Italy and 
the entire territory of Northern Ireland in the United  Kingdom and the entire territory 
of the c ounty of Dunajská Streda in Slovakia with regard to Erwinia amylovora  (Burr.) 
Winsl. et al. ; the territory of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom with regard to 
Gremmeniella abietina  (Lag.)  Morelet, local authority areas of Barking and 
Dagenham; Basildo n; Basingstoke and Dene; Bexley; Bracknell Forest; Brentwood; 
Broxbourne; Castle Point; Chelmsford; Chiltem; Crawley; Dacorum; Dartford; East 
Hertfordshire; Enfield; Epping Forest; Gravesham; Greenwich; Harlow; Hart; 
Havering; Hertsmere; Horsham; Littlesfo rd; Medway; Mid Sussex; Mole Valley; 
Newham; North Hertfordshire; Redbridge; Reigate and Banstead; Rushmoor; 
Sevenoaks; South Bedfordshire; South Bucks; St Albans; Surrey Heath; Tandridge; 
Three Rivers; Thurrock; Tonbridge and Malling; Waltham Forest; Watf ord; Waverley; 
Welwyn Hatfield; Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham and Wycombe  in the United 
Kingdom with regard to Thaumetopoea processionea L. and  the territory of Sweden 
with regard to Tomato spotted wilt virus . This information should be reflected in Pa rt 
B respectively of Annexes I to IV to Directive 2000/29/EC.  
(17) Continued findings of Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European populations) on certain plants 
and plant products moved within the Union into certain protected zones show that the 
current requirements for  the movement within the Union into certain protected zones 
of plants, plant products and other objects with regard to Bemisia tabaci Genn. 
(European populations)  are inadequate to reduce the phytosanitary risk in question to 
acceptable levels. Those requi rements should be reformulated in Part B of Annex IV 
to Directive 2000/29/EC.  
(18) The plants, plant products or other objects referred to in recitals 6 to 1 7 should be 
subject to plant health inspections before being introduced into or moved within the 
Union. Therefore, those plants, plant products and other objects should be listed in 
Parts A or B of Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC. Additionally, in view of h aving an 
increased phytosanitary protection, fruits of Actinidia  Lindl., Carica papaya  L., 
Fragaria  L., Persea americana  Mill.,  Rubus  L. and Vitis L. are listed in Part B of 
Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC , and for fruits of Annona  L., Cydonia  Mill., 
Diosp yros L., Malus L., Mangifera  L., Passiflora  L., Prunus  L., Psidium  L., Pyrus  L., 
Ribes  L., Syzygium  Gaertn. and Vaccinium L., already listed in Part B of Annex V to 
Directive 2000/29/EC , the geographical scope has been broaden ed. 
(19) Annexes I to V to Directiv e 2000/29/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(20) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:  
Article 1  
Annexes I  to V to Directive 2000/29/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this 
Directive.   
EN 5  EN Article 2 
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by [Office of Publications, please insert the 
date of the last day of the fifth month following the month of the entry into force of 
this Directive ] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions 
necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the 
Commission the text of those provisions.  
They shall apply those provisio ns from [Office of Publications, please insert the date 
following the date inserted in the first subparagraph, i.e. the first day of the next 
month ]. 
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this 
Directive or be accompan ied by such a reference on the occasion of their official 
publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.  
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions 
of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.  
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the third  day following that of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.  
Done at Bruss els, 
 For the Commission  
 The Presiden t 
 Jean -Claude JUNCKER