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establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of 
the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests 
of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending 
Commis sion Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019   
Ref. Ares(2019)5150577 - 08/08/2019 
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of 
the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests 
of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the T reaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council of 
26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) 
No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014  and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 
98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC1, and in particular Article  5(2), Article  
32(2), Article  37(2), Article  37(4), Article  40(2), Article  41(2), Article  53(2), Article  54(2), 
Article  72(1), Article  73, Article  79(2) and Article  80(2)  thereof , 
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 is to apply from 14 December 2019. In order for its 
provisions to become fully effective, implementing rules are to be adopted regulating 
the pests, plants, plant products  and other objects , as well as respective requirements  
needed to protect the Union territory from phytosanitary risks.  
(2) In view  of th is, specific rules should be set out in order to list the Union quarantine 
pests, the protected zone quarantine pests and the Union regulated non -quarantine 
pests, as well as measures to prevent their presence in the respective terr itories of the 
Union or on plants for planting.  
(3) The pests listed in Part A of Annex I to Council Directive 2000/29/EC2 and Section I 
of Part A of Annex II to that Directive have been reassessed by the European Food 
Safety Authority (EFSA) in order to set up the list of Union quarantine pests pursuant 
to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. The reassessment was necessar y to update 
the phytosanitary status of those pests in accordance with the most recent technical 
and scientific developments, and also to assess their compliance with the criteria of 
Article 3 of that Regulation in respect of the Union territory and Sectio n 1 of Annex I 
thereto .  
(4) As a result of that reassessment, some pests listed in Annexes I and II to Directive 
2000/29/EC should not be included in the list of Union quarantine pests because they 
do not fulfil the conditions provided for in Article 3 of Reg ulation (EU) 2016/2031 in 
respect of the Union territory .  
                                                 
1 OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4.  
2 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 
Community (OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1).   
EN 2  EN (5) Certain other pests, some of which are listed in Annexes I and II to Directive 
2000/29/EC, have been found to fulfil the conditions provided for in Article 3 of 
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 in respect  of the Union territory, therefore they should be 
included in the list of Union quarantine pests . 
(6) As a result of th e reassessment, some of the pests listed in Annexes I and II to 
Directive 2000/29/EC as pests not known to occur in the Union territory, shou ld be 
included in the list of Union quarantine pests as pests known to occur in the Union 
territory, due to their established presence in certain parts of it .  
(7) The name s of certain  pests should be updated to reflect the latest developments of the 
internati onal nomenclature. Those pests are to be listed together with the respective 
codes assigned by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation 
(‘EPPO’). This is necessary to ensure the identification of those pests, even in case of 
potential c hange of their names in the future .  
(8) The protected zones recognised in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 
690/20083 and the respective pests listed in Part B of Annex I and Part B of Annex II 
to Directive 2000/29/EC have been reassessed by the C ommission. The purpose of 
that reassessment was to conclude whether the respective pests correspond to the 
description of protected zone quarantine pest in Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) 
2016/2031 .  
(9) That reassessment has been based on  the respective appl ications by Member States to 
recognise, amend or revoke protected zones,  regular survey reports submitted by the 
Member States, Commission inspections and several other scientific and technical 
data.  
(10) Certain pests, some of which are listed in Annexes I and II to Directive 2000/29/EC, 
have been found to fulfil the conditions provided for in Article 32(1) of Regulation 
(EU) 2016/2031, therefore they should be included in the list of protected zone 
quarantine pests. Those pests should be listed together wit h the respective codes 
assigned by EPPO, in order to ensure the identification of those pests, even in  case of 
potential change of their names in the future . 
(11) Regulation (EC) No 690/2 008 should be repealed to avoid overlaps with the listing of 
protected zo nes in this Regulation.  
(12) EPPO has made a reassessment of the pests listed in Section II of Part A of Annex II 
to Directive 2000/29/EC, the crops under point 3 and the pests under point 6 of Annex 
I thereto, as well as the pests under point 3 of Annex II to Council Directive 
66/402/EEC4, Annex I to Council Directive 68/193/EEC5, as well as the pests listed in 
the acts adopted pursuant to Article 5(5) of Council Directive 98/56/EC6, Annex II to 
Council Directive 2002/55/EC7, Annex I and point B of Annex II to Council Directive 
                                                 
3 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).  
4 Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ L 125, 11.7.1966, 
p. 2309).  
5 Council Directive 68/1 93/EEC of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative 
propagation of the vine (OJ L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 15).  
6 Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July 1998 on the marketing of propagating material of ornamental 
plants (OJ L 226, 13.8.1998, p. 16). 
7 Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (OJ L 193, 
20.7.2002, p. 33).   
EN 3  EN 2002/56/EC8, and the acts adopted pursuant to point (c) of Article 18 of that Directive, 
point 4 of Annex I and point 5 of Part I of Annex II to Council Directive 2002/57/EC9, 
the acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 of Council Directive 20 08/72/EC10 and the acts 
adopted pursuant to Article 4 of Council Directive 2008/90/EC11.  
(13) That reassessment was necessary to update the phytosanitary status of those pests in 
accordance with the most recent technical and scientific developments, and also to 
assess their compliance with the respective criteria of Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 
2016/2031, in respect of the Union territory, and Section 4 of Annex I thereto .  
(14) Certain pests, some of which are listed in those Directives, have been found to fulfil 
the conditions provided for in Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 in respect of 
the Union territory, and should therefore be included in the list of Union regulated 
non-quarantine pests (‘RNQPs’). In accordance with Article 37(7) of that Regulation, 
that list is to provide for specific categories of relevant plants for planting referred to 
in Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 
2002/57/EC, 2008/72/EC and 2008/90/EC . 
(15) In certain cases , the respective plants for planting s hould not be introduced into, or 
moved within, the Union if the presence of the RNQPs or symptoms caused by 
RNQPs on them is above those thresholds, as set out in Article 37(8) of Regulation 
(EU) 2016/2031. As set out further by that Article, that threshol d should only be set 
where it is possible for professional operators to ensure that the incidence of that 
RNQP on those plants for planting does not exceed that threshold and it is possible to 
verify whether that threshold is not exceeded in lots of those plants for planting .  
(16) In accordance with Article 37(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, measures to prevent 
the presence of RNQPs on the plants for planting concerned, are to apply without 
prejudice to the measures adopted pursuant to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 
98/56/EEC, 1999/105/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 
2008/72/EC and 2008/90/EC. Therefore, this Regulation should not affect the 
measures, adopted pursuant to those Directives, concerning inspections, sampling and 
testing of the plants for planting  concerned, or the plants from which they originate, 
the origin of the plants for planting concerned from areas or sites free from, or with 
physical protection from, the RNQPs concerned, treatments of the plants for planting 
concerned, or the plants from w hich they originate, or the production of the plants for 
planting .  
(17) Moreover, this Regulation should not affect the exceptions or specific provisions for 
plants for planting, adopted pursuant to those Directives, from the marketing 
requirements set out by those Directives, and the specific provisions, exceptions for 
the supply of seed to official testing and inspection bodies, the supply of seeds to 
providers of certain services, the supply of seeds to providers of services for the 
production of certain agr icultural raw materials intended for industrial purposes,  seeds 
which do not satisfy the conditions in respect of germination, plants intended for 
scientific purposes, selection work, other test or trial purposes, as well as specific 
                                                 
8 Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, 
p. 60).  
9 Council Directive 2002/57/ EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (OJ L 
193, 20.7.2002, p. 74).  
10 Council Directive 2008/72/EC of 15 July 2008 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting 
material, other than seed (OJ L 205, 1.8.2008, p. 28).  
11 Council Directive 2008/90/EC of 29 September 2008 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating 
material and fruit plants intended for fruit production (OJ L 267, 8.10.2008, p. 8).   
EN 4  EN provisions concerning  bred seed of generations prior to basic seed and seed not finally 
certified . 
(18) The introduction into the Union of the plants, plant products and other objects, from 
all or certain third countries, as listed in Part A of Annex III to Directive 2000/29/EC 
is prohibited . 
(19) Those plants, plants products and other objects have been reviewed on the basis of any 
new evidence, their pest risk for the Union territory and the update of the list of Union 
quarantine pests .  
(20) On the basis of that review, certain of those plants, plant products and other objects are 
therefore to be listed pursuant to Article 40(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, together 
with the third countries, groups of third countries or specific areas of third countries to 
which that prohibition applies,  Such prohibition would be necessary because the 
phytosanitary protection of the Union would not be guaranteed by applying less 
stringent measures in this regard . 
(21) In view of the reassessment of Union quarantine pests, new provisions for the 
introduction in to the Union of certain plants, plant products and other objects, the 
respective special requirements, and for the movement within the Union of certain 
plants, plant products and other objects, and the respective special requirements, 
should be adopted . 
(22) The introduction of plants, plant products and other objects is prohibited in their 
respective protected zones and, where applicable, with regards to their third country of 
origin, as listed in Part B of Annex III to Directive 2000/29/EC. Moreover, the plant s, 
plant products and other objects, as listed in Part B of Annex IV to Directive 
2000/29/EC, may only be introduced into the respective protected zones if they fulfil 
the respective special requirements . 
(23) Those plants, plant products and other objects have  been reviewed on the basis of any 
new evidence, their pest risk for the respective protected zones and the update of the 
list of the protected zones quarantine pests and the protected zones .  
(24) On the basis of that review, certain of those plants, plant pro ducts and other objects, 
and the respective protected zones, should be listed in this Regulation as provided for 
in Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, together with the third countries and 
groups of third countries of origin to which that prohibit ion applies . 
(25) Moreover, certain of those plants, plant products and other objects, and the respective 
protected zones and special requirements, should be listed in this Regulation as 
provided for in Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 .  
(26) A list of plants, plant products and other objects for which a phytosanitary certificate 
is required for introduction into the Union territory, and the respective third countries 
of origin or dispatch, is to be established pursuant to Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU ) 
2016/2031 .  
(27) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 requires a phytosanitary certificate for the 
introduction into the Union territory of plants, other than the plants included in the list 
referred to in Article 72(1), pursuant to Article 73(1) of Regulat ion (EU) 2016/2031. 
However, certain fruits have been found fulfil the criteria set out in Annex VI to 
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and identified as plants which do not require a 
phytosanitary certificate. A phytosanitary certificate should therefore not be required  
EN 5  EN for the introduction into the Union of the fruits listed in Annex II of Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 . 
(28) For reasons of clarity , Article 2 and Annex II of that Regulation should be deleted, in 
order to avoid overlaps with this Regulation .  
(29) A list of plants, plant products and other objects for which a phytosanitary certificate 
is required for introduction into the respective protected zones, and the respective third 
countries of origin or dispatch, is to be established pursuant to Article 74 (1) of 
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 Such a list will help to ensure clarity for the professional 
operators, competent authorities and all of other users of those plants, plant products 
and other objects . 
(30) A list of plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is required 
for movement within the Union territory is to be established pursuant to Article 79(1) 
of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. Such a list will help to ensure clarity for the 
professional operators, competent authorities and all ot her users of those plants, plant 
products and other objects . 
(31) In order to refrain from imposing requirements on professional operators, those plant 
passports should not be required for the movement of seeds which are subject to 
derogations from the requirem ents of the respective Directives on the marketing of 
seeds. This is appropriate as this Regulation applies without prejudice to the measures 
adopted pursuant to those Directives and should not introduce for the professional 
operators additional certificat ion burdens than th e ones currently laid down in those 
Directives obligations . 
(32) A list of plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is required 
for being introduced into, or moved within, certain protected zones is to be establishe d 
pursuant to Article 80(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.  Those plant passports should 
bear the designation 'ZP' to be distinguished from the plant passports required for the 
movement within the entire Union territory. Such a list will help to ensure clar ity for 
the professional operators, competent authorities and all other users of those plants, 
plant products and other objects . 
(33) This Regulation should enter into force on the third day following that of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the Europ ean Union , to allow for the competent 
authorities and the professional operators the longest possible time to prepare for its 
application . 
(34) Seeds produced before the date of application of this Regulation should be excepted 
from its provisions. This is necessary in order to allow their introduction into, and 
movement within the Union, without disruption and in accordance with the standards 
applicable at the time of their production . 
(35) For reasons of legal certainty, this Regulation should apply from the sa me date as 
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, which is 14 December 2019 . 
(36) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,   
EN 6  EN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Subject mat ter  
This Regulation implements Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as regards the listing of Union 
quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and Union regulated non -quarantine pests, 
and the measures on plants, plant products and other objects to reduce th e risks of those pests 
to an acceptable level . 
Article 2  
Definitions  
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions provided for in Annex I shall 
apply.  
2. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:  
(a) ʽseedʼ means seed in the botanical sense;  
(b) ʽpractically free from pests’ means that the extent to which pests, other than 
Union quarantine pests or protected zone quarantine pests, are present on the 
plants for planting or fruit plants is sufficiently low to ensure acceptable quality 
and use fulness of those plants;  
(c) 'official statement' means a phytosanitary certificate, as referred to in Article 71 
of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, a plant passport, as referred to in Article 78 of 
that Regulation, the mark of wood packaging, wood or other objects , as 
referred to in Article 96 of that Regulation, or the attestations as referred to i n 
Article 99 of that Regulation;  
(d) ʽsystems approachʼ means the integration of different risk management 
measures, at least two of which act independently, and which, when  applied 
together, achieve the appropriate level of protection against Union quarantine 
pests.  
Article 3  
List of Union quarantine pest s 
The list of Union quarantine pests, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 , 
is set out in Annex I I to this Regulation.  
The list of Union quarantine pests not known to occur in the Union territory  is set out in Part 
A of Annex I I and the list of Union quarantine pests known to occur in the Union territory  is 
set out in Part B of Annex I I.  
Article 4  
List of protected zones and the respective protected zone quarantine pests   
The list of the protected zones and the respective protected zone quarantine pests, as referred 
to in Article 32(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 , is set out in Annex II I to this Regul ation.   
EN 7  EN Article 5  
List of Union regulated non -quarantine pests  and specific  plants for planting with 
categories and thresholds  
The list of Union regulated non -quarantine pests (‘RNQPs’) and specific plants for planting 
with categories and thresholds as referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, 
are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.  Those plants for planting shall not be introduced 
into, or moved within, the Union if the presence of the RNQPs, or symptoms caused by 
RNQPs, on those pl ants for planting is above those thresholds.  
The prohibition of introduction and movement provided for in the second subparagraph shall 
apply only to the categories of plants for planting as provided for in Annex IV.  
Article 6  
Measures to prevent the pre sence of RNQPs  on specific plants for planting   
1. The measures to prevent the presence of RNQPs concerning the movement within, 
and introduction into the Union of specific plants for planting, as referred to in 
Article 37(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 a re set out in Annex V to this 
Regulation.  
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall not affect the measures adopted 
pursuant to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 98/56/EC, 
1999/105/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 200 8/72/EC and 
2008/90/EC concerning:  
(a) inspections, sampling and testing of the plants for planting concerned or the 
plants from which they originate;  
(b) the origin of the respective plants for planting from the areas or sites, which are  
free from, or with physic al protection from, the RNQPs concerned;  
(c) treatments of the plants for planting concerned, or the plants from which they 
originate;  
(d) the production of the plants for planting.  
In addition, the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall not affect the exceptio ns for 
plants for planting, adopted pursuant to the Directives referred to in the first 
subparagraph, from the marketing requirements set out by those Directives, or 
specific provisions, including:  
(a) exceptions concerning the supply of seed to official test ing and inspection 
bodies;  
(b) exceptions concerning the supply of seed to providers of services for 
processing or packaging, provided the provider of services does not acquire 
title to seed thus supplied;  
(c) exceptions concerning the supply of seed under certain  conditions to providers 
of services for the production of certain agricultural raw materials, intended for 
industrial purposes, or seed propagation for that purpose;  
(d) exceptions for seeds which do not satisfy the conditions in respect of 
germination and fo r plants intended for scientific purposes, selection work, 
other test or trial purposes ;  
EN 8  EN (e) exceptions concerning bred seed of generations prior to basic seed, and seeds 
as grown, marketed for processing, provided that the identity of the seed is 
ensured;  
(f) specific provisions concerning seed not finally certified.  
Article 7 
List of plants, plant products and other objects whos e introduction into the Union from  
certain third countries is prohibited   
The list of plants, plant products and other objects whose introduction into the Union territory 
is prohibited, together with the third countries, groups of third countries or specific areas of 
third countries to which the prohibition applies as referred to in Article 40(2) of Regulation 
(EU) 2016/2031, is set out  in Annex VI to this Regulation.  
Article 8 
List of plants, plant products and other objects originating from third countries, or in 
the Union territory and the corresponding special requirements for their introduction 
into or movement within the Union terr itory  
1. The list of plants, plant products and other objects, originating from third countries, 
and the corresponding special requirements for their introduction into the Union 
territory, as referred to in Article 41(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, is se t out in 
Annex VII to this Regulation.  
2. The list of plants, plant products and other objects, originating in the Union territory, 
and the corresponding special requirements for their movement within the Union 
territory, as referred to in Article 41(2) of  Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, is set out in 
Annex VIII to this Regulation.   
Article 9 
List of plants, plant products and other objects , whose introduction into certain 
protected zones is prohibited  
The list of plants, plant products and other objects, origin ating from third countries or within 
the Union territory, whose introduction into certain protected zones is prohibited, as referred 
to in Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, is set out in Annex IX to this Regulation.  
Article 10 
List of plants, plant products and other objects to be introduced into, or moved within  
protected zones and corresponding special requirements for protected zones  
The list of plants, plant products and other objects, the respective protected zones and the 
corresponding sp ecial requirements for protected zones, as referred to in Article 54 (2) of 
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 , are set out in Annex X  to this Regulation.   
EN 9  EN Article 11 
List of plants, plant products and other objects, as well as the respective third countries 
of origi n or dispatch, for which phytosanitary certificates are required for their 
introduction into the Union territory, and list of plants for which a phytosanitary 
certificate is not required for th eir introduction into the Union territory  
1. The list of plants, p lant products and other objects, as well as the respective third 
countries of origin or dispatch, whose introduction into the Union territory requires a 
phytosanitary certificate, as referred to in Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) 
2016/2031, is set out in Part A of Annex XI to this Regulation.  
2. All plants, other than the plants referred to in paragraph 1 or Part B of Annex XI 
shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.  
Article 12 
List of plants, plant products and other objects for which a phytosani tary certificate is 
required for their introduction into a protected zone from certain third countries of 
origin or dispatch  
The list of plants, plant products and other objects, whose introduction into certain protected 
zones from certain third countries of origin or dispatch requires a phytosanitary certificate, as 
referred to in Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, is set out in Annex XII to this 
Regulation.  
Article 1 3 
List of plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is required 
for movement within the Union territory  
1. The list of plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is 
required for their movement within the Union territory, as referred to in Article 79(1) 
of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 , is set out in Annex X III to this Regulation.  
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a plant passport shall not be required for the 
movement within the Union of seeds which:  
(a) are subject to the exceptions or specific provisions referred to in the second 
subparagraph of Article 6(2); and  
(b) are not listed in Annex IX.  
Article 1 4 
List of plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport with the 
designation “ZP” is required for introduction into, and movement within certain 
protected zone s 
The list of plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is required for 
their introduction into, or movement within certain protected zones, as referred to in Article 
80(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, is set out in Annex XIV to this  Regulation.  
Plant passports referred to in paragraph 1 shall bear the designation 'ZP'.    
EN 10  EN Article 1 5 
Repeal of Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amendment of Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2018/2019  
Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 is repealed.  
Article 2 of, and A nnex II to, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 are deleted.   
Article 16  
Exception from application  
This Regulation shall not apply to seeds produced before 14 December 2019.  
Article 1 7 
Entry into force and application  
This Regulation shall enter into f orce on the third  day following that of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
It shall apply from 14 December 2019.   
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Jean -Claude JUNCKER  
Electronically signed on 07/08/2019 10:19 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563