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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION 
Brussels, 6.5.2013  
COM(2013) 267 final 
2013/0141 (COD) 
  
Proposal for a 
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 
on protective measures against pests of plants 
{SWD(2013) 168 final} 
{SWD(2013) 169 final}  EN 2   EN EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM  
1. CONTEXT  OF THE  PROPOSAL 
Plant health is a key factor for sustaina ble and competitive agriculture, horticulture 
and forestry. Healthy seeds and propagating material are required for profitable crops 
and for ensuring jobs, plant innovation and fo od security. In the case of trees and 
shrubs, protecting plant health is essential for the preservation of the Union's forests, 
landscape and public and priv ate green. Plant health is  also important for the 
protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services. 
Pests from other continents are especia lly dangerous. European plants and trees 
usually lack adequate genetic resistance ag ainst foreign pests, which moreover often 
do not have natural enemies here. When intr oduced into Europe, foreign pests cause 
severe economic damage. They may jump  to previously unaffected host species, 
spread fast across countries, and cause lasting yield reduction and permanently 
increased costs for production and contro l. The often severe economic losses 
undermine the profitability and competitiveness of agriculture and forestry. The establishment of new pests may elicit trade bans from third countries, damaging EU exports. Not all pests can be controlled with pesticides a nd, where available, 
pesticide use may be undesirable.  
Regulatory framework
 
The current EU regulatory framework for pl ant health aims to protect European 
agriculture and forestry by preventing the entry and spread of foreign pests. The 
main tool hereby is Council Directive 2000/29/EC1, which also reflects international 
trade agreements in this area. The EU phyt osanitary (plant health) regime is unique 
in that it is an open regime : movements of plants and pl ant products into and within 
the Union are allowed on condition that spec ific restrictions and requirements are 
respected (e.g. provenance from a pest free area or appropriate treatment). The high 
volumes of imports from other continents  nevertheless imply a high probability of 
future outbreaks of foreign pests.  
The regime is indispensable for protecting the health, economy and competitiveness 
of the EU plant production sector as well as for maintaining the Union's open trade 
policy. However, the existing regulatory fr amework is being criticised for being 
unable to stop the increased influx of dangerous new pest s caused by globalisation of 
trade. Moreover climate change enables those pests to survive in Europe, while they could not in the past, and renders crops  and ecosystems more vulnerable to new 
pests. Major outbreaks in the past decade of  dangerous import-related pests affecting 
forestry have raised societal and politic al awareness of the costs and impacts of 
inadequate protection.  
                                                
 
1 OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. EN 3   EN Problem analysis  
An evaluation of the regime (2010)2 has shown that the basic legislation has to be 
amended in order to be able to fully address these increased risks. The main 
problems identified relate to insufficient focus on prevention in relation to increased imports of high-risk commodities, the need for prioritising pests at EU level across 
all 27 Member States, the need for better in struments for controlling the presence and 
natural spread of pests in case they eventually reach th e Union territory, a need for 
modernising and upgrading the instruments concerning intra-EU movements (plant 
passports and protected zones), and a need to foresee additional resources.  
A need for "greening" of the regime has furthermore emerged and objectives relating 
to the natural environment have gained importance. This requires changes to the 
intervention logic, also in terms of fina ncing, of the regime, which is moving from a 
private good regime for agriculture to a mixed public/private good regime for 
agriculture, forestry, natural environment and landscape. 
The science base of the regime (research, laboratories) needs to be reinforced. There 
has been a steady erosion of  the classical plant path ology and pest taxonomy in 
universities, endangering the support from sc ience to assess risks from new pests and 
to adequately diagnose those pests in  the laboratory. A State of Emergency 
declaration has been issued in this resp ect by the European and Mediterranean Plant 
Protection Organisation.  
Finally, a new balance needs to  be struck as concerns co sts and responsibility sharing 
(partnership development) and there is a need to increase effectiveness and reduce 
unnecessary costs and administ rative burden. A need for mode rnisation of the regime 
furthermore exists in terms of incentives for compliance.  
Objective of the proposal
 
The present revision aims to overcome these flaws and to put in place a robust, 
transparent and sustainable regulatory fr amework that is 'fit for purpose'. The 
proposed Regulation replaces and repeals Directive 2000/29/EC.  
Relationship to other proposals in the package  
The proposal is part of a package of review s relating to the health  of plants, quality 
of plant reproductive material, health of anim als, official controls concerning plants, 
animals, food and feed, and Union expenditures for those policies.  
The proposal reinforces the synergies with  the plant reproductive material regime, 
while removing avoidable duplications and unnecessary burden from those duplications. This is achieved by repositioning the pests that are currently regulated under the so-called marketing Directives for seed and plant propagating material 
under the proposed plant health Regula tion. That repositioning will introduce 
flexibility to change the status of widespr ead quarantine pests in to quality pests, as 
requested by professional operators and Member States, so as to use the resources available to the phytosanitary authorities fo r true Union priorities. In the meanwhile, 
                                                
 
2 http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_health_biosafety/rules/index_en.htm EN 4   EN the proposal ensures that the existing prac tical arrangements in the Member States 
concerning the certification of plant re productive material for quality pests can 
remain. Altogether, the rearrangements between  the EU plant health regime and plant 
reproductive material regime should rein force the coherence between those two 
regimes (through shared use of certification sc hemes, labels and registers) and thus 
result in reduced burden for professional operators. The proposed new arrangements will, however, require enhanced coordinati on between the competent authorities in 
the Member States for plant health and plant reproductive material. 
The proposal does not contain provisions concerning official controls by the 
competent authorities of compliance by professional operators with the Union 
phytosanitary legislation, as are currentl y present in Directive 2000/29/EC. Those 
controls are now being positioned exclusiv ely in the proposal concerning official 
controls (replacing Regulation (EC) 882/2004
3). This will also allow improved 
coherence with the new Customs Code and allow simplified procedures at import. 
The proposal does not contain provisions on  expenditures eligible for a financial 
contribution from the Union, as exist in Directive 2000/29/EC. The provisions 
concerned, drafted in accorda nce with the preferred option of the impact assessment, 
are included in the accompanying legal pr oposal for a Regulation on food and feed 
expenditure, which concerns the management of Union expenditures relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfar e, and relating to plant health and plant 
reproductive material. 
The proposal will be complementary to the proposal concerning Invasive Alien 
Species foreseen under the EU Biodiversity Strategy. 
2. RESULTS
 OF CONSULTATIONS  WITH  THE  INTERESTED  PARTIES  AND  
IMPACT  ASSESSMENTS 
Consultation process  
The Council on 21 November 2008 invited the Commission to proceed to an 
evaluation of the EU plant health regime and to consider possible modifications to 
the existing legal framework and the impact of such modifications4. The Commission 
initiated a comprehensive ev aluation of the regime fr om the introduction of the 
internal market (1993)5 and contracted the necessary  study out to an external 
consultant6. Member State experts participated in the Inter-Service Steering Group 
for the evaluation. A conference took place on 23-24 February 2010 to inform the stakeholders and MS on the progress of the evaluation and to consult them on the 
provisional options for the future develope d by the consultant. The input received 
framed the final options and recommendations. The report of the evaluation
7 was 
presented in a second conference on 28 September 2010 including stakeholders, the 
                                                 
3 OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1. 
4 Council of the European Union, 2906th Economic and Financial Affairs / Budget, 21 November 2008. 
Council Conclusions on the Review of the EU Plant Health Regime. Document no. 104228. 
5 Taking account of a previous evaluation of the financial aspects of the regime, completed in 2008. 
6 Food Chain Evaluation Consortium (FCEC), consisting of Civic Consulting, Agra CEAS Consulting 
(project leader), Van Dijk Management Consultants and Arcadia International.  
7 http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_health_biosafety/rules/index_en.htm EN 5   EN general public, and representa tives of MS and third countries. Linked to this 
conference was a public cons ultation on the recommendations from the evaluation 
and the scope of the subsequent impact assessment. 
In preparation for the impact assessment, the options recommended by the external 
consultant were discussed with the Member  States in Council wi th the Chief Officers 
for Plant Health (COPHs) in many rounds  of meetings and, as concerns the 
coherence with the Plant Reproductive Mate rial (PRM) regime, the Heads of Service 
for that regime and the relevant Working Pa rty. Five task forces with Member State 
experts and Commission were c onvened to further discuss the main areas of change.  
Stakeholders (industry association repres entatives and NGOs) were consulted from 
the very start of the review process, prio r to the initiation of  the evaluation, during 
the evaluation study and again during the prep aration of the impact assessment. An 
ad-hoc Working Group on Plant Health wa s set up under the Advisory Group on the 
Food Chain, Animal and Plant Health. The progress was presented and discussed in 
several meetings of the aforementioned Advisory Group, in other Advisory Groups8 
and on invitation in meetings of COPA -COGECA, EUROPATAT, ESA and UNION 
FLEURS. Stakeholder consultation was a key element of the evaluation study and 
the supplementary economic st udy contracted out to an external consultant. The 
consultation concerned changes of the EU plant health regime itself as well as 
elements of the regime to be transferred to or from the plant reproductive material 
regime and the EU regime on official cont rols on food and feed, animal health and 
welfare, plant health and plant reproductive material. 
The conferences organised during the review  process ensured stakeholders' input and 
views concerning the recommendations and the scope of the impact assessment, both 
orally at the conferences and through the linked public consultation. A consultation 
on the technical change propos als was linked to the mee ting of the Working Group 
on Plant Health on 18 February 2011 and targ eted the preferred way forward for the 
changes with major impact. Consultati ons were additionally published on the 
dedicated web page9 of DG SANCO. A final consul tation on the strategic options 
was launched on 13 May 2011.  
Data collection  
The collection of data commenced with a comprehensive evaluation of the regime by 
the external consultant from 2009 to 2010. The evaluation included an ex post  
analysis of the regime for the period 1993- 2008, the collection of economic data on 
costs and administrative burden for competen t authorities and stakeholders stemming 
from the regime, as well as the development ex ante  of options and recommendations 
for the future. The evaluation report was delivered in May 2010. 
The internal process to develop the IA was further supported by a second contract 
with the consultant. This contract con cerned a study on the quantification of costs 
and benefits of amendments to the regime, supplementary to the data that had been 
collected during the evaluation. The study consisted of modules addressing the ex 
                                                 
8 Advisory Groups on Seeds, Advisory Group on Cotton, Advisory Group on Floriculture and 
Ornamentals, Advisory Group on Citrus, Advisory Group on Potato. 
9 http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_health_biosafety/rules/index_en.htm  EN 6   EN ante assessment of the economic impact of specific technical options for the revision 
of the legislation. The scope of the issues to be addressed had been subject to 
stakeholder consultation. The modules were  set up in such a way that aggregation 
was possible to potential overall policy op tions. In July 2011, the final report of the 
study was delivered by the consultant. Where necessary further information was gathered from the literature, study reports and queries to assess the key impacts the 
change in policy would have. Furthermore, the social and environmental impacts of 
the policy options were assesse d by Commission's services.  
Impact assessment
 
Four options were developed to improve the regime: Option 1: Improve only the legal form and clarity of the regime.  The legislation 
would be converted from a Directive into  a Regulation, and simplified and clarified. 
The status quo would be maintain ed in terms of substance.  
Option 2: Prioritise, modernise and step up prevention.  Additional to Option 1, 
prioritisation would be improved by tran sforming the current Annexes I and II, 
which list regulated pests accord ing to technical feat ures irrespective of their priority 
for the Union, into lists based on interven tion logic and priority. The plant passport 
and protected zone systems would be m odernised (responsibility sharing with 
professional operators) and upgraded (plant  passport scope, format, mandatory cost-
recovery based plant passport fees as al ready exist for import controls, rules for 
surveillance and outbreak eradication in pr otected zones). The c oherence between the 
PHR and the plant reproductive material regime would be improved to increase 
effectiveness and reduce costs for profe ssional operators. Pr evention would be 
reinforced by introducing a new provisi on concerning high-risk  plant reproductive 
materials (plants for planting) that are not  authorised for introduction into the Union 
or subject to specific enhanced physical co ntrols until completion of a risk analysis, 
and by removing exemptions for passenger lu ggage (to be subjec t to low frequency 
controls to minimise the cost impacts).  
Option 3: Prioritise, modernise, step up prevention and reinforce actions against 
outbreaks . Additional to Option 2, obligations w ould be introduced for surveillance 
and contingency planning. In analogy with the arrangements in the animal health regime, EU co-financing would be made available for surveillance and, in certain 
cases, for financial compensation of direct losses of professional operators. The legal 
instruments for eradication and contai nment would be further developed. The 
exclusion of natural spread related measures would be removed.  
Option 4: Prioritise, modernise, step  up prevention, reinfo rce actions against 
outbreaks and expand the scope to invasive plants . Additional to Option 3, the 
regime would also cover invasive plants, in terms of legal pr ovisions for measures 
and EU co-financing. Invasive plants (oth er than parasitic plants) would not be 
covered in Options 1, 2 and 3. 
The assessment of the impact s of the four options reveal ed that Option 3 provided 
the best way forward to achieve the objectives  with the best cost-benefit level and an 
optimal balance of inputs from Member St ates, professional operators and the Union. 
Option 3 should have a significant positiv e impact on profitability and economic EN 7   EN growth of the sectors involved; it was also the closest reflection of the outcome of the 
stakeholder and MS consultation.  
The EU budget necessary to implement Option 3 was secured in the Commission 
proposal for the Multi-Annual Financ ial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020. The 
corresponding legal provisions  are included in the lega l proposal for a Regulation 
laying down provisions for the management of  expenditure relating to the food chain, 
animal health and animal welfare, and rela ting to plant health and plant reproductive 
material.  
Small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises  
The nature of the plant health regime  requires that small and medium-sized 
enterprises (SME) are not exempted from the obligations of this Regulation. The 
majority of the enterprises affected by the regime are SME and exempting them a 
priori  would fundamentally jeop ardise the regime's objectives. However, the 
proposal exempts enterprises selling plants and plant pr oducts exclusively to the 
local market from the obligation to issue plant passports, which will moreover not be 
required for sales to final non-pro fessional consumers anyhow. For micro-
enterprises, special arrangements concerni ng potential refunding of fees for plant 
health controls, within the framework of St ate Aid rules, will be made possible under 
the new Regulation concerni ng official controls.  
Fundamental rights  
This Regulation respects the fundament al rights and observes the principles 
recognised in particular by the Charter on Fundamental rights of the European 
Union. It should be applied by the Member States in a ccordance with those rights 
and principles, implemented as appropriate  in their national legislation. Certain 
provisions of this Regulation nevertheless limit particular rights under the Charter, 
however only to the exte nt strictly necessary for protecting the general interest of the 
Union concerned by this Regula tion and conserving the essence of the rights at stake.  
Eradication of outbreaks of foreign pests can only be successful if all sources of 
infestation are removed. Apart from outbreak s of quarantine pests on the premises of 
professional operators, outbreaks may also take place in public or private green. In those cases, the eradication measures need to include the infested and potentially infested plants in that public and private gr een in order to be successful at all (any 
remaining infested plants will act as a source of new infestations elsewhere). This implies that, in certain cases, competent au thorities of Member States need to be 
given access to private premises for official controls, possibly followed by the imposition of treatment or erad ication measures or certain restrictions or prohibitions 
on the use of plants. This is a limitati on of Articles 7 and 17 of the Charter on 
Fundamental Rights concerning, respectivel y, the Respect for Private and Family 
Life and the Right to Property. That limitati on is necessary to achieve an objective of 
general interest, being the pr otection of plant health in  the Union. The limitation is 
proportionate because the objective of genera l interest cannot be achieved without 
ensuring that phytosanitary measures are respected equally by all (refraining from 
destruction of infested plants in private gardens would annihila te the benefits of 
eradication measures imposed on professi onal operators and carried out in public-
owned green). It will be th e responsibility of the Member  States to provide fair EN 8   EN compensation to affected citizens in good time for the suffered loss. The essence of 
the Right to Property is thus conserved.  
Anybody who is aware of the presence of a qua rantine pest will be obliged to notify 
the presence of that quarantine pest to the competent authorities, accompanied with 
the information concerning the origin and the nature of the material concerned. This 
will also apply to laboratories and res earch organisation encountering pests in 
samples provided to them. This may in some cases constitute a limitation of Article 8 of the Charter, concerning the Right to Pr otection of Personal Data. That limitation is 
necessary to achieve the public interest obj ective of plant health in the Union, as 
findings of quarantine pests n eed to be made known to th e competent authorities in 
order to ensure the immediate eradi cation of outbreaks. The limitation is 
proportionate because personal data are subjec t to the provision only to the extent 
that they are indispensable for the compet ent authorities to locate the outbreaks and 
take the necessary action. The essence of th e Right to Protection of Personal Data is 
thus conserved.  
3. LEGAL
 ELEMENTS  OF THE  PROPOSAL 
Chapter I: Subject matter, scope and definitions  
The territorial scope of the regime does not include any non- European outermost 
regions of Member States, as those region s belong to other bioge ographic regions of 
the world, where exactly those pests occur against which the European territories of the Member States require protection. The territorial scope of the regime does include part of the Macarone sian archipelago (the island of Madeira and the Azores), 
which forms a biogeographic region overla pping with the Mediterranean region, in 
particular the Iberian peninsula, in term s of natural vegetation. It is therefore 
appropriate to include that archipelago in the scope of the regime. Annex I lists the 
territories of the Member States that ar e covered by the Treaty on the Functioning of 
European Union but, for the purpose of th is Regulation, are considered as third 
countries.  
Invasive plants other than parasitic plants (physically  feeding on host plants) are 
excluded from the scope, in line with th e outcome of the impact assessment.  
Definitions are provided as necessary. 
Chapter II: Quarantine pests
 
In Directive 2000/29/EC, pests are listed in specific Annexes. The proposal, instead, 
sets out the conceptual natu re of quarantine pests and s ubsequently lists them in 
implementing acts, either as Union quarant ine pests or Protected Zone quarantine 
pests. Union quarantine pests require eradication measures in the entire Union territory, while for Protected Zone quarantine pests that is only the case within specified protected zones where certain pe sts are absent, while they are known to 
occur in other parts of the Union territo ry. The proposal empow ers the Commission 
to list certain quarantine pests as prior ity pests for the Union, up to a maximum of 
10% of the listed Union quarant ine pests. Those pests will be subject to an enhanced 
level of obligations concerning prepar edness and eradication, supplemented by 
enhanced financial support from the Union fo r the required actions. Criteria to decide EN 9   EN whether a pest qualifies as a quarantine pest, Union or Protected Zone quarantine 
pest, or priority pest are provided in Annex II of the Regulation. A transfer is 
foreseen of the pests currently listed in Annexes I and II of Di rective 2000/29/EC to 
the appropriate lists of the future implemen ting acts. No distinction will be made any 
longer between pests currently listed in  Annex I and Annex II of Directive 
2000/29/EC.  
This chapter furthermore sets out detailed rules on notification of the presence of 
quarantine pests, measures to be taken for the eradication of those pests including the 
restriction of areas subject to  eradication measures, survey s to be carried out for the 
presence of pests and the es tablishment of contingency plans and eradication plans 
concerning outbreaks of priority pests.  
The provisions in this chapter empower the Commission to adopt implementing acts 
on permanent measures to manage quarantine pests that have become established in 
the Union territory. Those acts can also be adopted on a tem porary basis for non-
listed quarantine pests, if necessary using the urgency procedure established under 
the Lisbon Treaty. The tools developed in th is chapter exist t oday under Directive 
2000/29/EC, however the proposal develops those tools explicitly. A provision is 
included allowing Member States to take stricter measures against pests than 
foreseen in the Union legislation, on conditi on that those measures do not restrict in 
any way the free movement of plants, plan t products and other regulated objects on 
the internal market. 
The chapter also covers the provisions c oncerning protected zones, which maintain 
the existing system, however explicitly reinfo rced to ensure that protected zones are 
technically justified and that any outbreak s of the Protected Z one quarantine pests 
concerned are properly and timely eradicated. If not, the protected zone will be revoked. With these changes, the Union's prot ected zone system aligns with the pest-
free area system under the In ternational Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), as 
requested by the regime's stakeholders and by third countries. 
Chapter III: Quality pests
 
Pests that affect the intended use of plants for planting, but do not require 
eradication, are regulated today under the ma rketing Directives for seed and plant 
propagating material and, partly, in Anne x II to Directive 2000/29/EC. The proposal 
categorises them all as Union quality pests. It  sets out the conceptual nature of such 
pests and subsequently lists them through implementing acts. Criteria to decide 
whether a pest qualifies as a Union quality  pest are provided in Annex II. Quality 
pests will not be regulated under the lega l proposal for Plant Reproductive Material, 
other than their inclusion, where a ppropriate, in certification schemes. EN 10   EN 
 
Schematic representation of the various types of pests in the proposal , the decision process 
for their qualification and the measures required against them.EN 11   EN Chapter IV: Measures concerning plan ts, plant products and other objects  
Directive 2000/29/EC has Annexes listing pr ohibitions for certain plants, plants 
products and other objects (Annex III), and sp ecific requirements for the introduction 
into and movement within the Union (Annex IV). The proposal empowers the 
Commission to adopt such lists through implementing acts. The provisions in 
Chapter IV furthermore concern rules for re cognition of measures of third countries 
as equivalent to the Union measures, and derogations to the prohibitions. The 
respective rules concerning the movement of  plants, plant products  and other objects 
into and within protected zones are also addressed. 
New to the Union plant health regime is  an Article empowering the Commission to 
adopt implementing acts to address emerging risks from certain pl ants for planting 
from certain third countries which requi re precautionary measures. Listed plant 
materials will require intensif ied visual examination and testing, or subjection to a 
quarantine period, or will be subject to a temporary prohibition of introduction into 
the Union. Those measures shall apply for two years, prolongable once. During that 
time, a full risk assessment shall be developed, followed by a decision to regulate the material concerned on a permanent basis,  or to drop the temporary measures. 
New is also an article setting out the basi c rules for quarantine stations, when the use 
of those stations is required by the Regulation or by secondary acts under the Regulation. 
The introduction into the Uni on of regulated plants by pa ssengers in their luggage 
will no longer be exempted from the respective requirements and prohibitions. This is necessary because plants in passenger luggage have been found an increasing risk 
for the phytosanitary status of the Union and jeopardise the success of the regime. 
New is finally an Article re quiring that exports of plan ts, plant products and other 
objects to third countries shall take place eith er in accordance to the Union rules, or, 
if the third country's rules so  allow or the third country e xplicitly so agrees through 
bilateral agreements or othe rwise, in accordance to the requirements of that third 
country. 
Chapter V: Registration of profe ssional operators and traceability
 
The proposal requires the relevant professi onal operators to be registered, in a 
register which will also c ontain the professional operators  required to be registered 
under the proposed Regulation concerning pl ant reproductive material. This should 
reduce burden for professional operators. Re gistered operators shall fulfil certain 
requirements for the traceability of th e plant material unde r their control. 
Chapter VI: Certification of plants , plant products and other objects  
Directive 2000/29/EC has an  Annex (V) listing requireme nts concerning certification 
of plants, plant products a nd other objects introduced in to or moved within the 
Union. The proposal empowers the Comm ission to adopt such lists through 
delegated acts. The respective rules concer ning the certification of plants, plant 
products and other objects intr oduced into and moved within  protected zones are also 
addressed. EN 12   EN The proposal foresees that all plants for planting, other than certain seeds, shall 
require a phytosanitary certificate for in troduction into the Union and a plant 
passport for movement within the Union. Pl ant passports shall be required for all 
movements between professional operato rs, but not for sales to final non-
professional users. The plant passport will be simplified and harmonised. Instead of a 
lot number, the plant passport may use a chip, barcode or hologram linking to the 
internal traceability systems of professional operators.  
Examinations on plants, plant products a nd other objects requiring a plant passport 
may require the use of certification schemes with regard to certain quarantine pests 
and/or quality pests, where examinations in the field during th e growing season are 
indispensable. This possibility could be created thanks to the inclusion of quality 
pests in the plant health Regulation. Wh ere certification schemes are required under 
the plant health Regulation, it is provided that the certification schemes created under 
the proposed Regulation concerning plant re productive material shall be used. This 
should preclude that double schemes are se t up, which would result in double costs 
for professional operators. 
Plant passports shall be issued by registered  operators that are authorised so by the 
competent authorities, or, on their request, by the competent authorities. Where plant 
material requires a plant passport unde r the plant health Regulation and a 
certification label under the proposed Re gulation concerning plant reproductive 
material, the plant passport and the certificat ion label shall be combined in a single 
document. This should preclude double cost s for professional operators, where the 
issuance is done by the competent authorities. 
Rules are foreseen concerning the author isation and supervision of professional 
operators issuing plant passports and for the examination of the plant material 
concerned, in order to ensure that that ma terial complies with all provisions of the 
Regulation.  
Rules are also foreseen concerning th e authorisation and supervision of wood 
packaging material producers who apply a cer tain mark to that material, following its 
treatment according to the International St andard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 
on Regulation of wood packaging mate rial in international trade. 
For export purposes, the proposal foresees th e introduction of a pre-export certificate, 
for cases where plant material is exporte d from a Member State which is not the 
Member State of origin. The pre-export certificate will replace the currently used 
informal guidance document agreed by the Member States. 
Chapter VII: Measures supporting th e implementation of the Regulation  
The proposal foresees the es tablishment of an electron ic notification system for 
notification and reporting. EN 13   EN Chapter VIII: Final provisions  
The proposal foresees that the Commissi on will be assisted by a new Standing 
Committee, which will include the existing Committees dealing with the food chain, 
animal and plant health and plant reproduc tive material (inste ad of the existing 
Standing Committee on Plant Health). 
The proposal foresees amendments to the Regulation laying down provisions for the 
management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health a nd plant reproductive material, which is 
foreseen to be adopted in advance of th e current legal proposal. Those amendments 
include the possibility for the Union to co-f inance measures concerning priority pests 
(a pest category created in the current proposal) and compensation to operators for 
the foregone value of plant material that is destroyed as part of eradication measures 
concerning priority pests. 
The proposal repeals six so-called Control Directives concerning the management of 
certain quarantine pests (potato wart f ungus, potato cyst nematodes, potato brown 
rot, potato ring rot,  carnation leafrollers and San José  scale) that are known to be 
present in the Union. Acts of such nature wi ll in future be adopted  as secondary acts 
under the proposed Regulation and not as co-decided acts. The Directives on pests of potato will be replaced by secondary acts under now proposed Regulation, without 
changing their substance. The Directives on carnation leafrollers and San José scale 
will not be replaced. 
4. BUDGETARY
 IMPLICATION 
The financial provisions and appropriations  for implementing the Regulation up to 
31 December 2020 will be presented in the forthcoming legal proposal for a Regulation on the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health a nd plant reproductive 
material. The current proposal does not im ply any expenditures which will not be 
part of the financial statement of the le gal proposal for that Regulation and it does 
not require additional human resources.  EN 14   EN 2013/0141 (COD) 
Proposal for a 
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 
on protective measures against pests of plants 
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE CO UNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Parliaments, Having regard to the opinion of the Eu ropean Economic and Social Committee
10,  
Having regard to the opinion of  the Committee of the Regions11,  
Acting in accordance with the or dinary legislative procedure, 
Whereas: (1) Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the 
introduction into the Community of organism s harmful to plants or plant products and 
against their spread within the Community
12 sets out a plant health regime. 
(2) On 21 November 2008, the Council inv ited the Commission to proceed to an 
evaluation of that plant health regime13. 
(3) In the light of the outcome of that ev aluation and the experience gained from the 
application of Directive 2000/ 29/EC, that Directive should be replaced. To ensure 
uniform application of the new rules, the ac t replacing that Dire ctive should take the 
form of a Regulation. 
(4) Plant health is very important for plan t production, public and private green, natural 
ecosystems, ecosystem services and biodiversity in the Union. Plant health is threatened by species injurious to plants and plant products, hereinafter 'pests'. To 
fight that threat, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the determination of the 
                                                
 
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Council Conclusions on the Review of the EU Plant Health Regime. Document no. 104228. EN 15   EN phytosanitary risks posed by those pests an d the reduction of t hose risks to an 
acceptable level. 
(5) The need for such measures has long been recognised. They have formed the subject 
of international agreements and internati onal conventions, including the International 
Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of 6 December 1951 concluded at the United 
Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and its new revi sed text approved 
by the Food and Agriculture Organisation Conference in Nove mber 1997 at its 29th 
session. The Union is party to the IPPC. 
(6) It has appeared that for the determination of the scope of this Regulation it is 
important to take into account  bio-geographical factors to avoid that pest s not present 
in the European territory of  the Union spread to that  territory. Consequently, non-
European territories (outermost regions) of Member States referred to in Article 355(1) 
TFEU should be excluded from the terr itorial scope of this Regulation. Those 
territories should be list ed. Where the status of such a terr itory or a territory referred to 
in Article 355(2) TFEU is amended pursuant to Article 355(6) TFEU, that list should be amended to ensure that the territorial sc ope of this Regulation remains confined to 
the European part of the Union territory. Re ferences to third countries should be read 
as references also to the territories included in that list. 
(7) Directive 2000/29/EC sets out  rules concerning official cont rols to be carried out by 
the competent authorities as regards protec tive measures against the introduction into 
the Community of organisms harmful to pl ants or plant products and against their 
spread within the Community. Such rules are presently set out by Regulation (EU) No …/…. on official controls and other offici al activities performed to ensure the 
application of food and feed la w, rules on animal health an d welfare, plant health and 
plant reproductive material, plant protecti on products and amending Regulations (EC) 
No 999/2001, 1829/2003, 1831/2003, 1/2005, 396/2005, 834/2007, 1099/2009, 
1069/2009, 1107/2009, Regulations (EU) No 1151/2012, [….]/2013 [ Office of 
Publications, please insert number of Regulation laying down provisions for the 
management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal 
welfare, and relating to plant he alth and plant reproductive material ], and Directives 
98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/ 119/EC, 2008/120/EC and 2009/128/EC 
(Official controls Regulation)
14 [Office of Publications, pl ease insert number of 
Regulation on Official Controls and, in the footnote, the reference to the Official 
Journal ] and therefore should not be  part of this Regulation. 
(8) Criteria should be set out in order to allow pests to be identified for which it is 
necessary to adopt measures of control fo r the entire Union terr itory. Such pests are 
referred to as 'Union quarantine pests'. Criteria should also be set out for the 
identification of pests for which it is necessa ry to adopt measures of control only as 
regards one or more parts of that territory. Su ch pests are referred to as 'protected zone 
quarantine pests'. 
(9) In order to allow efforts for the contro l of Union quarantine pests to concentrate on 
pests whose economic, environmental or social  impact is most severe for the Union 
                                                 
14 OJ L …, ……, p. … EN 16   EN territory as a whole, a restrict ed list of such pests, herein after 'priority pests', should be 
established. 
(10) It is appropriate to provide for exemp tions from the prohibition of introduction into 
and movement within the Union territory of Union quarantine pests for scientific 
purposes, trials, varietal selec tions, breeding and exhibitions. 
(11) In order to ensure effe ctive and timely action in cas e of the presence of a Union 
quarantine pest, notification obligations should apply to  the public, professional 
operators and to the Member States. 
(12) Where those notifi cation obligations imply that pers onal data of natural or legal 
persons should be disclosed to the compet ent authorities, this may constitute a 
limitation of Article 8 (Protection of Pers onal Data) of the Charter on Fundamental 
Rights. However that limitation would be necessary and proportiona te to achieve the 
public interest objectiv e of this Regulation. 
(13) A professional operator becoming aware of the presence of a Union quarantine pest in 
a plant, plant product or other object which is or was under its control should be under 
an obligation to take all measures that may be appropriate as regards the elimination of 
the pest, the withdrawal or recall of the plants, plan t products or other objects 
concerned and the information of the compet ent authority, other persons in the trade 
chain and the public.  
(14) Member States should take all necessary measures to eradicate Union quarantine pests, 
when found present in their terr itories. It is appropriate to  set out measures which may 
be taken by Member States in such a case and the principles based on which they are 
to decide what measures to take. Those m easures should include the establishment of 
restricted areas, consisting of an infested zone and a buffer zone. 
(15) In certain cases, Member States shoul d impose measures for the eradication of 
quarantine pests on plants in private premises , because eradication of pests can only be 
successful if all sources of infestation are removed. For this purpose, the competent 
authorities of Member States  should have legal access to  those premises. This may 
constitute a limitation of Article 7 (Respect for Private and Family Life) and Article 17 (Right to Property) of the Charter on Funda mental Rights. That limitation is necessary 
and proportionate to achieve th e public interest objective of  the regime, in so far as 
Member States ensure fair compensation in  good time for the loss of private property.  
(16) Early detection of the pres ence of pests is ex tremely important for timely and effective 
eradication. Member States should ther efore conduct surveys for the presence of 
Union quarantine pests in the areas where thos e pests were not known to be present. In 
view of the number of Uni on quarantine pests and the time  and resources required to 
carry out those surveys, Member States should establish multi-annual survey programmes. 
(17) The Commission should be empowered to a dopt measures in case of the suspected or 
confirmed presence of specific Union quarant ine pests, concerning in particular their 
eradication and containment, and the esta blishment of restricted areas, surveys, 
contingency plans, simulation exercises and er adication plans as regards those pests.  EN 17   EN (18) In order to ensure sw ift and effective action agai nst pests which are no Union 
quarantine pests but which Member States  consider may fulfil the conditions for 
inclusion in the list of Union quarantine pe sts, provision should be made for measures 
to be taken by Member States in case they  become aware of the presence of such a 
pest. Similar provisions should be set out for the Commission. 
(19) Under certain conditions Member States should be allowed to adopt more stringent 
eradication measures than re quired by Union legislation.  
(20) Special provisions should apply to prio rity pests as regards the information of the 
public, surveys, contingency pl ans, eradication plans and co-financing of measures by 
the Union, in particular. 
(21) Quarantine pests which are present in th e Union territory but ab sent from specific 
parts of that territory designated as 'prote cted zones', and whose presence would have 
unacceptable economic, social or environm ental impacts only for those protected 
zones, should be specifically identified and li sted as 'protected zone quarantine pests'. 
The introduction into, moveme nt within, and release into the respective protected 
zones of protected zone quarant ine pests should be prohibited. 
(22) Rules should be set out concerning th e recognition, modification or revocation of 
recognition of protected zones,  survey obligations for prot ected zones, and actions to 
be taken in case protected z one quarantine pests are found present in the respective 
protected zones. In case of findings of th e presence of the prot ected zone quarantine 
pest inside the respective pr otected zone, strict rules s hould apply for the amendment 
and revocation of those protected zones.  
(23) A pest, which is no Union quarantine pest , should be referred to as a 'Union quality 
pest' in case that pest is mainly transm itted through specific plants for planting, its 
presence on those plants for planting has an  unacceptable economic impact as regards 
the intended use of those plants and it is listed as a Union quality pest. To limit the 
presence of such pests their introduction in to or movement within the Union territory 
on the plants for planting concerned should be  prohibited unless prov ided otherwise in 
that list. 
(24) Certain plants, plant products and other objects pose an unacceptable phytosanitary 
risk by their likelihood to host a Union quaran tine pest. For some of those, acceptable 
risk mitigation measures are available, while not for others. Depending on the availability of acceptable risk mitigati on measures, their introduction into, and 
movement within, the Union territory should be  either prohibited or subject to special 
requirements. Those plants, plant products  and other objects should be listed.  
(25) Derogations from the prohibitions or spec ial requirements as regards the introduction 
of plants, plant products and other objects in to the Union territory should be provided 
for. The Commission should be empowered to  recognise certain measures of third 
countries as equivalent to the requirem ents for the movement within the Union 
territory of plants, plant produc ts and other ob jects concerned. 
(26) Those prohibitions or requi rements should neither apply to  small quantities of plants, 
plant products and other objects, other than  plants for planting, for non-commercial 
and non-professional purposes nor to the introduction into and movement within 
frontier zones of plants, plant products and other objects. Nor shoul d they apply to the EN 18   EN introduction into and movement within the Union territory of pl ants, plant products 
and other objects for scientif ic purposes, trials, varietal  selection, breeding and 
exhibitions. Proper safeguards should be se t and information should be provided to 
those concerned. 
(27) A derogation from the Union rules for introduction into and movement within the 
Union territory should be pr ovided for plants, plant prod ucts and othe r objects in 
transit. 
(28) The international trade of  plants for planting with whic h there is limited phytosanitary 
experience can involve serious risks of the es tablishment of quarantine pests for which 
no measures have been adopted  pursuant to this Regulation.  In order to ensure swift 
and effective action against newly identified risks associated with plants for planting which are not subject to permanent require ments or prohibitions, but may qualify for 
such permanent measures, the Commission should have the possibility to adopt 
temporary measures in accordance with the precautionary principle.  
(29) It is necessary to set out prohibitions a nd special requirements, similar to those set out 
for the Union territory, in respect of the introduction into and movement within 
protected zones of plants, plant produc ts and other objects that would pose a 
phytosanitary risk of an unacceptable level by their likelihood to host the respective 
protected zone quarantine pest. 
(30) General requirements should be adopted concerning vehicles and packaging material 
of plants, plant products and other objects to  ensure that they are free from quarantine 
pests. 
(31) Member States should designate quara ntine stations. Requirements concerning the 
designation, operation and supe rvision of those quarantine stations as well as the 
release of plants, plant products or other objec ts from those stations should be set out. 
Where those requirements include the main tenance of lists of staff and visitors 
entering the stations, this may constitute a limitation of Article 8 (Protection of 
Personal Data) of the Charter on Fundament al Rights. However th at limitation would 
be necessary and proportionate to achieve  the public interest objective of this 
Regulation. 
(32) Where so required by a bilateral agreement concluded by the Union with a third 
country, or by the legislati on of a third country, plants , plant products and other 
objects moved out of the Union territory to the third country concerned should comply 
with those rules.  
(33) Where, as regards certain plants, plan t products or other obj ects moved out of the 
Union territory to third countries, no bila teral phytosanitary agreement concluded by 
the Union with a third country and no phytos anitary legislation of a third country 
applies, protection should be offered to thir d countries against Union quarantine pests 
because of their acknowledged harmful nature, except where a Union quarantine pest 
is officially known to be pres ent in the third country con cerned and not under official 
control, or where it can be  reasonably assumed that that  Union quarantine pest does 
not meet the criteria to qualify as a quaran tine pest for the third country concerned.  
(34) In order to ensure effective implementa tion of this Regulation, professional operators 
subject to obligations under this Regulation should be registered in registers set up by EN 19   EN the Member States. In order to reduce ad ministrative burden, those registers should 
also include professional ope rators falling within the ambit of Regulation (EU) No 
…/…. on ……15 [Office of Publications to insert number, title and, in a footnote, the 
OJ reference for the Regulati on on plant reproductive material ]. 
(35) Professional operators operating at more than one premise should be given the 
possibility to register separately for each of those premises. 
(36) To facilitate the detection of the source of an infestation by a quarantine pest, it is 
appropriate to require professional operators to keep records in respect of the plants, 
plant products and other objects supplied to  them by professional operators and 
supplied by them to other professional opera tors. In view of the latency periods of 
some quarantine pests, and the time requi red for the detection of the source of 
infestation, records should be kept for three years. 
(37) Professional operators should also have in place systems and procedures to allow 
identification of the movements of their pl ants, plant products an d other objects within 
their own premises.  
(38) A phytosanitary certificate should be requi red for the introduction from third countries 
into the Union territory, and into protected zones, of certain plants, plant products and 
other objects. Those plants, plant products and other objects shoul d be listed in the 
interest of clarity. 
(39) Those phytosanitary certifi cates should comply with the requirements of the IPPC and 
attest compliance with the requirements an d measures established pursuant to this 
Regulation. In order to ensure the credibili ty of the phytosanitary  certificates, rules 
should be established concerning the conditi ons of their validity and cancellation. 
(40) The movement within the Union territory, and into and within protected zones, of 
certain plants, plant products and other objects should only be permitted if accompanied by a plant passport, attesti ng compliance with the requirements and 
measures established pursuant to the provisi ons of this Regulation. Those plants, plant 
products and other objects should be listed in the inte rest of clarity. 
(41) Plant passports should not be required  for plants, plant produc ts and other objects 
intended for final users. 
(42) In order to ensure the credibility of the plant passpor ts, rules should be established 
concerning their contents.  
(43) Plant passports should generally  be issued by the prof essional operator. Where 
professional operators do not have the re sources to issue plant passports, the 
possibility should exist that, upon their re quest, plant passports are issued by the 
competent authorities. 
(44) Rules should be set out for the issuance of  plant passports, the examinations required 
for issuance, the authorisation and supervis ion of professional ope rators issuing plant 
                                                
 
15 OJ L …, ……, p. … EN 20   EN passports, the obligations of authorised operators and the withdrawal of that 
authorisation. 
(45) In order to reduce the burden of authorised operators, examinations for issuing plant 
passports should be combined with the ex aminations required under Regulation (EU) 
No …/…. [ Office of Publications to insert num ber of Regulation on plant reproductive 
material law ], where appropriate. 
(46) Authorised operators should possess the necessary knowledge concerning pests. 
(47) Certain operators may desire to establ ish a phytosanitary risk management plan, 
ensuring and demonstrating a high level of competence and awareness as regards phytosanitary risks as regards critical poi nts in their profe ssional activities and 
justifying special control arrangements with the competent authorities. Union rules should be established concerning the contents of those plans. 
(48) It is appropriate to provide for the repl acement of plant passports and of phytosanitary 
certificates. 
(49) In cases of non-compliance with the Uni on rules, plant passports should be removed, 
invalidated and, for reasons  of traceability, kept. 
(50) FAO Internationa l Standard for Phytosanitary Meas ures No 15 requires that wood 
packaging material is marked with a speci fic mark, applied by du ly authorised and 
supervised professional operators. This Regulation should set out the model and 
contents of that mark and the authorisati on and supervision of professional operators 
in the Union territory applying that mark. 
(51) Where so required by a third country, the respective plants, plant products or other 
objects should move from the Union territory to that third country with a phytosanitary 
certificate for export or re-export. In respect of the relevant provisions of IPPC, those 
certificates should be issued by the competen t authorities, respecti ng the contents of 
the model certificates for export and re-export set out by the IPPC. 
(52) Where a plant, plant product or other obj ect is moved through more than one Member 
States before it is exported to  a third country, it is importa nt that the Member State in 
which the plants, plant product or other obj ects were produced or processed exchanges 
information with the Member State which issues the phytosanitary certificate for 
export. This exchange of info rmation is important to enab le attestation of compliance 
with the requirements of the third count ry. Therefore, a harmonised 'pre-export 
certificate' should be established to ensure th at the exchange of that information takes 
place in a uniform manner. 
(53) The Commission should establish an electr onic system for the notif ications required in 
accordance with this Regulation.  
(54) In order to ensure that the exceptions for Union quarantine pests used for scientific 
purposes, trials, varietal selections, breed ing or exhibitions are implemented in a 
manner that does not pose any phytosanitary risk  to the Union territory or parts of it, 
the power to adopt acts in a ccordance with Article 290 TF EU should be delegated to 
the Commission in respect of rules concerni ng the exchange of information between 
Member States and the Commission as re gards the introduction into and movement EN 21   EN within the Union territory of the pests concerned, the respective assessments and 
authorisation, and the monitoring of complia nce, the action in case of non-compliance 
and the notification thereof. 
(55) In order to ensure an e ffective system of notifications , the power to adopt acts in 
accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect 
of rules concerning notifica tion obligations concerning the suspected presence of 
particular Union quarantine pests which has not yet been officially confirmed. 
(56) In order to take into account the technical and scient ific developments concerning 
surveys on the presence of pests, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 
290 TFEU should be delegated to the Comm ission in respect of rules amending or 
supplementing the elements to be covered by the multi-annual survey programmes. 
(57) In order to ensure the e ffective functioning of simulation exercises, the power to adopt 
acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU s hould be delegated to the Commission in 
respect of rules setting out the frequencies,  contents, format a nd other provisions on 
simulation exercises. 
(58) In order to ensure that  protected zones are establishe d and function in a reliable 
manner, the power to adopt acts in acco rdance with Article 290 TFEU should be 
delegated to the Commission in respect of  rules on surveys to be carried out for 
purposes of the recognition of protected z ones and on whether protected zones comply 
with the respective requirements. 
(59) In order to ensure a proportionate and restricted ap plication of the exemptions 
concerning the movement of plants, plant pr oducts or other objec ts into or within 
frontier zones, the power to adopt acts in  accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be 
delegated to the Commission in respect of rules concerning the maximum width of 
third country frontier zones and Member St ate frontier zones, the maximum distance 
of the movement of the plants, plant produc ts and other objects concerned within the 
third country frontier zones and Member State frontier zones and the procedures 
concerning the authorisation of the intr oduction into and move ment within the 
Member State frontier zones of plants , plant products and other objects. 
(60) In order to avoid phytosan itary risks during transit of pl ants, plant products or other 
objects, the power to adopt acts in accord ance with Article 290 TFEU should be 
delegated to the Commission in respect of  rules setting out the contents of a 
declaration concerning the pass ing of plants, plant product s or other objects through 
the Union territory for the purpos e of moving to a third country. 
(61) In order to ensure that th e registration of professional ope rators is proportionate to the 
objective of controlling phytosan itary risk, the power to adopt acts in accordance with 
Article 290 TFEU should be de legated to the Commission in  respect of rules setting 
out categories of, and conditions for, professi onal operators to be exempted from the 
obligation to regist er in a register. 
(62) In order to ensure the cr edibility of phytosanit ary certificates of third countries which 
are not parties to the IPPC, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to  the Commission in respect of rules supplementing the 
conditions for acceptance of phytosanitary cer tificates from those third countries. EN 22   EN (63) In order to minimise th e phytosanitary risks of plants, plant products or other objects 
moved within the Union territory, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 
290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commis sion in respect of ru les setting out the 
maximum figure for small quantities of par ticular plants, plant products or other 
objects to be exempted from plant passports. 
(64) In order to ensure the reliability of ex aminations of plants, plant products and other 
objects carried out for the issuance of plan t passports, the power to adopt acts in 
accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect 
of rules on visual examination, sampling and testing and the us e of certification 
schemes. 
(65) In order to enhance the credibility of plant passports , the power to adopt acts in 
accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect 
of rules setting out qualification requirements to be fulfilled by the professional operators in order for them to be authorised to issue plant passports. 
(66) In order to enhance the scope and utility  of the phytosanitary risk management plan, 
the power to adopt acts in a ccordance with Article 290 TF EU should be delegated to 
the Commission in respect of rules supplem enting or amending the elements covered 
by such plan. 
(67) In order to take into acc ount the development of interna tional standards,  the power to 
adopt acts in accordance w ith Article 290 TFEU should  be delegated to the 
Commission in respect of rules concerning attestations for commodities of a specific nature, other than wood packaging material, which would require the application of a 
specific attestation of compliance wi th the rules of this Regulation. 
(68) In order to ensure the utility and reliab ility of official attest ations and pre-export 
certificates, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be 
delegated to the Commission in respect of rules setting out the c ontents of official 
attestations, the authorisati on and supervision of professi onal operators issuing those 
attestations, and the contents of the pre-export certificate. 
(69) In order to adapt to th e technical and scientific developments, and to adapt to a 
decision of the European Council pursuant to  Article 355(6) TFEU, the power to adopt 
acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU s hould be delegated to the Commission in 
respect of rules amending the Annexes of this Regulation. 
(70) It is of particular importance that th e Commission carry out appropriate consultations 
during its preparatory work, including at  expert level. The Commission, when 
preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and 
appropriate transmission of relevant documen ts to the European Parliament and to the 
Council. 
(71) In order to ensure uniform conditions fo r the implementation of this Regulation with 
respect to establishing a list of Union quarantine pests, establishing a list of the 
priority pests, setting out measures agains t specific Union quara ntine pests, adopting 
measures for a limited time as regards the phytosanitary risks posed by pests 
provisionally qualifying as Union quaranti ne pests, recognising the protected zones 
recognised in accordance with the first subp aragraph of Article 2(1)(h) of Directive 
2000/29/EC and establishing a list  of the respective protected  zone quarantine pests, EN 23   EN amending or revoking protected zones, ame nding the list of those protected zones, 
listing of Union quality pests and the plants  for planting concerned, listing the plants, 
plant products and other objects whose intr oduction into and m ovement within the 
Union territory is to be prohi bited, and the third countries concerned, listing the plants, 
plant products and other objects , and the requirements for their introduction into and 
movement within the Union territory, settin g out equivalent requ irements of third 
countries to the requirements for movement within the Union territo ry of plants, plant 
products or other objects, setting out specif ic conditions or measures concerning the 
introduction of particular plants, plant produc ts and other objects in to frontier zones of 
Member States, adoption of temporary measur es as regards the introduction into and 
movement within the Union territory of plan ts for planting from third countries, listing 
of plants, plant products and other object s, whose introduction into, and movement 
within, particular protected zones is to be prohibited, listing requirements for the 
introduction into, and movement  within, particular protec ted zones of plants, plant 
products and other objects, listing of the pl ants, plant products and other objects, and 
the respective third countries of origin  or dispatch, for which a phytosanitary 
certificate is to be required for their introduction into the Union territory, listing of the 
plants, plant products and other objects, and th e respective third count ries of origin or 
dispatch, for which a phytosan itary certificate is to be required for their introduction 
into certain protected zones from those th ird countries, listing of the plants, plant 
products and other objects, for which a plan t passport is to be required for their 
movement within the Union territory, listing of the plants, plant products and other 
objects, for which a plant passport is to be required for their introduction into certain 
protected zones, and setting out the format of the plant passport, implementing powers 
should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in 
accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of  the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 16 February 2011 la ying down the rules and gene ral principles concerning 
mechanisms for control by Member Stat es of the Commissi on’s exercise of 
implementing powers16. 
(72) The advisory procedure should be used for the adoption of the initial list of Union 
quarantine pests given that that initial list should merely contain, without any 
modifications, the pests listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2000/29/EC and 
Section I of Part A of Annex II to that Directive, for the amendment of the scientific 
name of a pest, where such an amendment is  justified on the basi s of the development 
of scientific knowledge, for the adoption of th e initial list of protected zones and the 
respective protected zone quarantine pests given that that initial list should merely contain, without any modifications, the protec ted zones recognised in accordance with 
the first subparagraph of Article 2(1)(h) of Directive 2000/29/EC and the protected 
zone quarantine pests listed in Part B of A nnex I and Part B of Annex II to Directive 
2000/29/EC, for the amendment and revocation of  protected zones, for the adoption of 
the initial list of Uni on quality pests given that that in itial list should merely contain, 
without any modifications, the pests listed in certain Directives  on the production and 
marketing of seeds and propagating material , for the adoption of the initial list of 
plants, plant products and other objects w hose introduction into and movement within 
the Union territory is to be prohibited given that that init ial list should merely contain, 
without any modifications, the plants, pl ant products and other objects, and the 
prohibitions and the third countries concerned,  as set out in Part A of Annex III to 
                                                
 
16 OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13. EN 24   EN Directive 2000/29/EC, together with their Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes, for 
the adoption of the initial list of plan ts, plant products and other objects whose 
introduction into and movement within the Un ion territory is to be subject to special 
requirements given that that initial li st should merely contain, without any 
modifications, the plants, plant products and other objects, and the requirements and 
the third countries concerne d, as set out in Part A of  Annex IV to Directive 
2000/29/EC, together with their Combined No menclature (CN) codes, for the adoption 
of the initial list of plan ts, plant products and other ob jects whose introduction into 
certain protected zones is to be prohibited given that that initial list should merely 
contain, without any modifications, the plan ts, plant products and other objects, and 
the prohibitions and the third countries concerned, as set out in Part B of Annex III to Directive 2000/29/EC, together with their Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes, for 
the adoption of the initial list of plan ts, plant products and other objects whose 
introduction into, and movement within, cert ain protected zones is to be subject to 
special requirements given that that init ial list should merely contain, without any 
modifications, the plants, plant products and other objects, and the requirements, as set 
out in Part B of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, together wi th their Combined 
Nomenclature (CN) codes, for the adoption of the initial list of the plants, plant 
products and other objects, and the respective third countries of origin or dispatch, for 
which a phytosanitary certificate is require d for their introduction into the Union 
territory, given that that in itial list should merely contai n, without any modifications, 
the plants, plant products and other objects listed in Point I of Part B of Annex V to 
Directive 2000/29/EC, for the a doption of the initial list of  the plants, plant products 
and other objects, and the resp ective third countries of origin or dispatch, for which a 
phytosanitary certificate is required for thei r introduction into certa in protected zones, 
given that that initial list should merely contain, without any modifications, the plants, 
plant products and other objects listed in Po int II of Part B of Annex V to Directive 
2000/29/EC, for the adoption of the initial lis t of the plants, plant products and other 
objects, for which a plant passport is requir ed for their movement within the Union 
territory, given that that in itial list should merely contai n, without any modifications, 
the plants, plant products and other objects listed in Point I of Part A of Annex V to 
Directive 2000/29/EC, and for the adoption of  the initial list of  the plants, plant 
products and other objects, for which a plant passport is required for their introduction 
into certain protected zones, given that th at initial list should merely contain, without 
any modifications, the plants, plant products an d other objects listed in Point II of Part 
A of Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC. 
(73) Council Directive 74/6 47/EEC of 9 December 1974 on control of carnation leaf-
rollers
17 and Council Directive 69/466/EEC of  8 December 1969 on control of San 
José Scale18 set out measures on the control of the respective pests. Following the 
entry into force of those Directives, the c oncerned pests have become widely spread 
throughout the Union territory, thus their cont ainment is not feasible any more. Those 
Directives should therefore be repealed. 
(74) Council Directive 69/464/EEC of 8 D ecember 1969 on control of Potato Wart 
Disease19, Council Directive 93/85/EEC of 4 Oct ober 1993 on control of Potato Ring 
                                                 
17 OJ L 352, 28.12.1974, p. 41–42. 
18 OJ L 323, 24.12.1969, p. 5–6. 
19 OJ L 323, 24.12.1969, p. 1–2. EN 25   EN Rot20, Council Directive 98/57/EC of  20 July 1998 on control of Ralstonia 
solanacearum  (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.21 and Council Directive 2007/33/EC of 11 June 
2007 on the control of potato cyst nema todes and repealing Directive 69/465/EC22 
should be repealed, as new measures on th e pests concerned s hould be adopted in 
accordance with the provisions of this Regul ation. In view of the time and resources 
required to adopt those new measures, those acts should be repealed by 2021. 
(75) Regulation (EU) No …/2013 on ……23 [Office of Publications , please insert number 
and title of Regulation laying down provisi ons for the management of expenditure 
relating to the food chain, anim al health and animal welf are, and relating to plant 
health and plant reproductive ma terial and, in the footnote, th e reference to the Official 
Journal] sets out that grants for measures  against pests are to concern certain pests 
listed in the Annexes to Di rective 2000/29/EC, and certai n pests not listed in those 
Annexes but subject to temporary Union meas ures adopted with re gard to them. This 
Regulation establishes the category of priority  pests. It is appropriate that certain 
measures taken by the Member States as rega rds priority pests are to be eligible for 
Union grants, including compensation paid to  professional operators for the value of 
plants, plant products and ot her objects, subject to de struction pursuant to the 
eradication measures set out in this Regulation. Re gulation (EU) No XXX/2013 
should therefore be amended. 
(76) Since the objective of th is Regulation, namely to ensure  a harmonised approach with 
regard to protective measures against pests of plants, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of its effect, complexity, trans-
border and international character, be better  achieved at Union level, the Union may 
adopt measures, in accordance with the principl e of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 
of the Treaty on European Union. In accordan ce with the principl e of proportionality, 
as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not exceed what is necessary in order to 
achieve that objective. 
(77) For small and medium en terprises, this Regulation doe s not create disproportionate 
administrative burden or economic imp act. Under this Regulation, based on 
consultation with stakeholders, the special situation of small and medium enterprises 
has been taken into account where possibl e. A potential universal exemption for 
micro-enterprises, which make up the majority  of companies, has not been considered, 
in view of the public policy objec tive(s) to protect plant health. 
(78) This Regulation respects the IPPC, the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) a nd the guidelines set out under these.  
(79) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observe s the principles recognised 
in particular by the Charter of Fundamental  Rights of the European Union and notably 
respect for private and family life, the right  to property, the protec tion of personal data, 
freedom to conduct business and the freedom  of art and science. This Regulation 
should be applied by the Member Stat es in accordance with those rights and 
principles, 
                                                
 
20 OJ L 259, 18.10.1993, p. 1–25. 
21 OJ L 235, 21.8.1998, p. 1–39. 
22 OJ L 156, 16.6.2007, p. 12–22. 
23 OJ L …, ……….., p. …. EN 26   EN HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: EN 27   EN Chapter I 
Subject matter, scope and definitions  
Article 1 
Subject matter and scope 
1. This Regulation lays down rules to dete rmine the phytosanitary risks posed by any 
species, strain or biotype of pathogenic agents, animals or  parasitic plants injurious 
to plants or plant products (h ereinafter “pests”) and measur es to reduce those risks to 
an acceptable level. 
2. For the purposes of this Regulation referen ces to third countries shall be read as 
references to third countries and to  the territories listed in Annex I. 
For the purposes of this Regul ation, references to the Union territory shall be read as 
references to the Union territory wit hout the territories listed in Annex I. 
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt  delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, amending Annex I to ensure that the scope of this Regulation is confined 
to the European part of the Union territor y. That amendment shall be either of the 
following: 
(a) an addition to Annex I of one or more te rritories that are referred to in Article 
355(1) of the Treaty; 
(b) a removal from Annex I of one or more te rritories that are referred to in Article 
355(2) of the Treaty. 
Article 2 
Definitions  
For the purposes of this Regulation, th e following definitions shall apply: 
(1) 'plants' means living plants and the following living parts of plants:  
(a) seeds, in the botanical sense, other than those not intended for planting; 
(b) fruits, in the botanical sense; 
(c) vegetables; 
(d) tubers, corms, bulbs, rhizomes , roots, rootstocks, stolons; 
(e) shoots, stems, runners; 
(f) cut flowers; 
(g) branches with foliage; EN 28   EN (h) cut trees retaining foliage; 
(i) leaves, foliage; 
(j) plant tissue cultures, including cell culture s, germplasm, meristems, chimaeric 
clones, micro-propagated material; 
(k) live pollen; 
(l) buds, budwood, cuttings, scions, grafts; 
(2) 'plant products' means products of pl ant origin, unprocessed or having undergone 
simple preparation, in so far as these are not plants. 
Except where otherwise provided, wood shall on ly be considered as a 'plant product' 
if it has not undergone processing elimina ting the phytosanitary risks, and complies 
with one or more of the following points:  
(a) it retains all or part of  its natural round surface, with or without bark; 
(b) it has not retained its natural round su rface due to sawing, cutting or cleaving; 
(c) it is in the form of chips, particles, saw dust, wood waste, shavings or scrap, and 
has not undergone processing involving the use of glue, heat or pressure or a 
combination thereof to produce pellet, br iquettes, plywood or particle board; 
(d) it is, or is intended to be, used as p ackaging material or dunnage, whether or 
not it is actually in us e for transport of goods; 
(3) 'plants for planting' means plants, whic h are capable of and intended for producing 
entire plants, and which are de stined to be planted, or repl anted, or remain planted;  
(4) 'other object' means any material or obj ect, other than plants  or plant products, 
capable of harbouring or spreading pest s, including soil or  growing medium; 
(5) 'competent authority' means a competent authority as defined in Article 2(5) of 
Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, pl ease insert number of 
Regulation on Official Controls ]; 
(6) 'lot' means a number of units of a singl e commodity, identifiable for phytosanitary 
purposes by its homogeneity of compos ition and origin, forming part of a 
consignment; 
(7) 'professional operator' means any pers on, governed by public or private law, 
involved professionally in one or more of the following activities concerning plants, 
plant products and other objects:  
(a) planting; 
(b) growing; 
(c) production; EN 29   EN (d) introduction into, and movement with in, and out of the Union territory; 
(e) making available on the market; 
(8) 'final user' means any person, acting fo r purposes which are outside its trade, 
business or profession, who acquires for its  own use plants or plant products; 
(9) 'test' means an official examination, other than visual, to determine if pests are 
present or to identify pests; 
(10) 'treatment' means a procedure for the kill ing, inactivation or removal of pests, or for 
rendering those pests infertile or for their devitalisation. 
Chapter II 
Quarantine pests 
SECTION 1 
QUARANTINE  PESTS 
Article 3 
Definition of quarantine pests  
A pest shall be referred to as a 'quarantine pest', with respect to a defined territory, if it fulfils 
all of the following conditions: 
(a) its identity is established, within the mean ing of point (1) of S ection 1 of Annex II; 
(b) it is not present in that territory, within th e meaning of point (2)(a) of Section 1 of 
Annex II, or, if present, only distributed to  a limited extent within that territory, 
within the meaning of poi nts (2)(b) and (c) of S ection 1 of Annex II;  
(c) it is capable of entering into that territo ry, of perpetuating its presence in that 
territory for the foreseeable future after its en try into it (hereinaft er: 'to establish') and 
of spreading within that territory, or, if present, those parts of it where it is 
distributed to a limited extent, in accordance with point (3) of Section 1 of Annex II; 
(d) its entry, establishment and spread would, w ithin the meaning of point (4) of Section 
1 of Annex II, have an unacceptable economic , environmental or social impact for 
that territory, or, if present, those parts of it where it is distributed to a limited extent; and 
(e) feasible and effective measures are availabl e to prevent the entry into, establishment 
or spread of that pest within that terri tory, and mitigate its phytosanitary risks and 
impacts. EN 30   EN SECTION 2 
UNION QUARANTINE PESTS  
Article 4 
Definition of Union quarantine pests 
A quarantine pest shall be referred to as a Uni on quarantine pest if the defined territory as 
referred to in the introductory words of Article 3 is the Union territory and it is included in the 
list referred to in Article 5(2). 
Article 5 
Prohibition of introduction and mo vement of Union quarantine pests 
1. A Union quarantine pest shall not be in troduced into or move d within the Union 
territory.  
No action shall be taken intentionally whic h may contribute to the introduction into, 
and establishment and spread within, the Un ion territory of a Un ion quarantine pest. 
2. The Commission shall, by means of an im plementing act, establish a list of pests 
fulfilling the conditions referred to in Article 3(b), (c) and (d) in respect of the Union 
territory, referred to as 'lis t of Union quarantine pests'. 
That list shall include  the pests listed in Part A of  Annex I to Directive 2000/29/EC 
and Section I of Part A of A nnex II to that Directive.  
Pests which are indigenous to any part of  the Union territory, whether naturally or 
due to their introduction from outside the Uni on territory, shall be marked in that list 
as pests known to occur in the Union territory. 
Pests which are not indigenous to any part of  the Union territory shall be marked in 
that list as pests not known to occur in the Union territory. 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2). 
3. The Commission shall amend the implementi ng act referred to in paragraph 2, where 
an assessment shows that a pest not listed in  that act fulfils the conditions referred to 
in Article 3(b), (c) and (d) in respect of the Union territory, or a pest listed in that act no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions . In the first case it shall add the pest 
concerned to the list referred to in paragraph 2, in the second case it shall delete the pest concerned from that list. 
The Commission shall make that assessm ent available to the Member States. 
The implementing acts amending the implem enting act referred to  in paragraph 2 
shall be adopted in accordance with the exam ination procedure referred to in Article 
99(3). The same procedure shall apply to  a repeal or a replacement of the 
implementing act referred to in paragraph 2. EN 31   EN 4. The Commission shall amend the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2 by 
amending the scientific name of a pest, wh ere such an amendment is justified by the 
development of scientific knowledge.  
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2). 
Article 6 
Priority pests 
1. A Union quarantine pest is a 'priority pest ' if it fulfils all of the following conditions: 
(a) it fulfils, as regards the Union territory, the condition set out in point (a) or in 
point (b) of point (2) of  Section 1 of Annex II; 
(b) its potential economic, environmental or so cial impact is most severe for the 
Union territory as set out in Section 2 of Annex II; 
(c) it is listed in accord ance with paragraph 2. 
2. The Commission shall, by means of an im plementing act, establish and amend a list 
of the priority pests, hereinaf ter: 'list of priority pests'. 
Where the results of an assessment show that a Union quarantine pest fulfils the 
conditions referred to in paragr aph 1, or a pest no longer fu lfils one or more of those 
conditions, the Commission shall amend the impl ementing act referred to in the first 
subparagraph by adding the pest concerned to, or removing it from, that list.  
The Commission shall make that assessm ent available to the Member States. 
The number of priority pests shall not exceed 10% of the number of the Union 
quarantine pests listed pursuant to Article 5(2) and (3). Where the number of priority 
pests has exceeded 10% of the number of the Union quarantine pests listed pursuant to Article 5(2) and (3), the Commission shall amend the implementing act referred to in the first subparagraph by accordingly adjust ing the number of pests in that list, on 
the basis of their potential economic, envir onmental or social impact as set out in 
Section 2 of Annex II. 
Those implementing acts shall be adopted  in accordance with the examination 
procedure referred to in Article 99(3).  
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency relating to a serious phytosanitary 
risk, the Commission shall adopt immediat ely applicable implementing acts, in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4), listing Union quarantine 
pests as priority pests.  
Article 7 
Amendment of Section 1 and Section 2 of Annex II 
1. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts in accordance with 
Article 98 amending Section 1 of Annex II on criteria to identify pests which qualify EN 32   EN as a quarantine pest, as regards the identity of the pest, its presence, its capability of 
entry, establishment and spread, and its po tential economic, social  and environmental 
impact, taking into account the developments  of technical and sc ientific knowledge.  
2. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts in accordance with 
Article 98 amending Section 2 of Annex II on criteria to identify Union quarantine pests which qualify as a prior ity pest, as regards their pot ential economic, social and 
environmental impact, taking into account  the developments of technical and 
scientific knowledge. 
Article 8 
Union quarantine pests used for scientific pur poses, trials, varietal selections, breeding 
or exhibitions  
1. By way of derogation from Article 5( 1), Member States may, on application, 
authorise the introduction into, and the move ment within, their territory of Union 
quarantine pests for use for scientific purposes , trials, varietal se lections, breeding or 
exhibitions if all of the following requirements are fulfilled: 
(a) the introduction, movement and use of th e pest concerned do not result in the 
establishment or spread of that pest within the Union territory if adequate restrictions are imposed; 
(b) the storage facilities in which that pest is to be kept and th e quarantine stations, 
as referred to in Article 56, in which th at pest is to be used are appropriate; 
(c) the scientific and technical  qualifications of the pers onnel by whom the activity 
involving that pest is to be carried out are appropriate. 
2. The competent authority shall assess the risk of establishment and spread of the pest 
concerned, as referred to in paragraph 1(a), taking into account the identity, biology and means of dispersal of the pest, the ac tivity envisaged, the interaction with the 
environment and other relevant factors re lating to the risk posed by that pest. 
It shall assess the storage facilities in which that pest is to be ke pt, as referred to in 
paragraph 1(b), and the scientific and t echnical qualifications of the personnel by 
whom the activity involving the pest is to be  carried out, as referr ed to in paragraph 
1(c).  
On the basis of those assessments the competent authority shall authorise 
introduction of the pest into, or moveme nt within, the Union territory if the 
requirements set out in paragraph 1 are fulfilled.  
3. Where an authorisation is granted, it shall include all of the following conditions:  
(a) the pest is to be kept in storage f acilities found to be appropriate by the 
competent authorities and referred to in the authorisation; 
(b) the activity involving the pest is to be  carried out in a quarantine station 
designated in accordance with Article 56 by the competent authority and referred to in the authorisation; EN 33   EN (c) the activity involving the pest is to be carried out by personne l whose scientific 
and technical qualifications are found to be appropriate by the competent 
authority and referred to in the authorisation; 
(d) the pest is to be accompanied by the authorisation when introduced into or 
moved within the Union territory. 
4. The authorisation shall be limited to the amount that is adequate for the activity 
concerned and shall not exceed the capacity  of the designated quarantine station.  
It shall include the restrictions necessa ry to adequately mitigate the risk of 
establishment and spread of the Union quarantine pest concerned. 
5. The competent authority shal l monitor compliance with th e conditions referred to in 
paragraph 3 and the limitation and the restric tions referred to in paragraph 4 and take 
the necessary action in case those conditions , that limitation or those restrictions are 
not complied with. Where appropriate, that  action shall be the revocation of the 
authorisation referred to in paragraph 1. 
6. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, laying down detail ed rules concerning:  
(a) the exchange of information between Member States and the Commission 
concerning the introduction into, and move ment within, the Union territory of 
the pests concerned; 
(b) the assessments and authorisation referred to in paragraph 2; and 
(c) the monitoring of compliance, the acti on in case of non-compliance and the 
notification thereof, as refe rred to in paragraph 5.  
Article 9 
Notification of Union quarantine pests to the competent authorities 
1. Where anyone becomes aware of the pres ence of a Union quarantine pest or has 
reason to suspect such a presence, that person shall notify, in writing, the competent 
authority within ten calendar days. 
2. If so requested by the competent authority, the person referred to in paragraph 1 shall 
provide that authority with the information concerning that presence which is in its 
possession. 
Article 10 
Measures in case of suspicion of the presence of a Union quarantine pest 
Where a competent authority suspect the presence of a Union quarantine pest, in a part of the 
territory of the respective Me mber State where that pest was previously not known to be 
present, it shall immediately take any measures  necessary to officially  confirm whether that 
pest is present or not.  EN 34   EN Article 11 
Notification of Union quarantine pests to the Commission and the other Member States 
1. A Member State shall notify, through the electronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and the other Member States, in case one of the 
following points is fulfilled: 
(a) its competent authority has received a di agnosis of an official laboratory, as 
referred to in Article 36 of  Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, 
please insert the number of the Regulation on Official Controls ], confirming 
(hereinafter: 'officially c onfirming') the presence in its territory of a Union 
quarantine pest not known to be present in that Member State;  
(b) its competent authority has officially conf irmed the presence in its territory of a 
Union quarantine pest, if that pest is found to be present in a part of its territory 
where it was previously not present; 
(c) its competent authority has officially conf irmed the presence in its territory of a 
Union quarantine pest in a consignmen t of plants, plant products or other 
objects introduced into, intended to be introduced into or moved within the 
Union territory.  
2. The notifications referred to  in paragraph 1 shall be submitted within three working 
days following the date of the official c onfirmation by the compet ent authority of the 
presence of the respective Union quarantine pest.  
3. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, laying down that th e notification oblig ations referred to in paragraph 1 
shall also apply to the suspected presence of  particular Union quarantine pests, which 
has not yet been officially confirmed. Thos e delegated acts may also determine the 
time limit within which those notifications shall be submitted. 
Article 12 
Information on Union quarantine pests provi ded to professional operators by the 
competent authorities 
Where the conditions of one of the points of  Article 11(1) are fulfilled, the competent 
authority concerned shall ensure that professi onal operators, whose plan ts, plant products or 
other objects may be affected, are immediat ely informed of the presence of the Union 
quarantine pest concerned.  
Article 13  
Information on priority pests provided to  the public by the co mpetent authorities 
Where the conditions of one of the points of Article 11(1)(a) or (b) are fulfilled as regards a 
priority pest, the competent authority shall info rm the public about the measures taken and to 
be taken by that competent authority and, wh ere applicable, to be taken by particular 
professional operators or other persons. EN 35   EN Article 14 
Notification of imminent dangers  
1. Where a Member State has evidence that th ere is an imminent danger of the entry of 
a Union quarantine pest into the Union territory  or into a part of that territory where 
it is not yet present, that Member State shall immediately and in writing notify the 
Commission and the other Member  States of that evidence. 
2. Professional operators shall immediately notify the competent authorities of any 
evidence they may have concerning an immine nt danger as referred to in paragraph 1 
concerning Union quarantine pests. 
Article 15  
Measures to be taken immediately by professional operators 
1. Where a professional operator becomes awar e that a Union quarant ine pest is present 
in plants, plant products or other objects which are under its control, it shall, 
immediately, and after informing and consulting with the competent authority concerned, take the phytosanitary measures n ecessary to eliminate that pest from the 
plants, plant products or ot her objects concerned and from its premises, where 
applicable, and prevent th e spread of that pest. 
That professional operator shall, immediately and after informing and consulting 
with the competent authority concerned, inform the persons in the trade chain from whom those plants, plant products or  other objects had been obtained. 
That competent authority shall, where appropriate, ensure that the professional 
operator concerned withdraws from the market the plants, plant products and other 
objects in which that pest may be present. 
2. Where the plants, plant products or other obj ects referred to in paragraph 1 have left 
the control of the professional operator c oncerned, that professi onal operator shall, 
immediately and after informing and co nsulting with the competent authority 
concerned, inform the persons in the trad e chain from whom those plants, plant 
products or other objects had been obtained and to whom those plants, plant products 
and other objects had been suppl ied, of the presence of the pest . 
3. The competent authority shall, where a ppropriate, ensure that the professional 
operator concerned recalls from the mark et the plants, plant products and other 
objects in which the pest may be present and, where the plants , plant products and 
other objects may have reached the final user , to recall them from those final users. 
4. Where paragraph 1 or 2 applies, the prof essional operator concerned shall provide all 
information which is relevant for the public to the competent authority concerned. That authority shall inform the public in cas e action needs to be ta ken with regard to 
the plants, plant products or other object s in which the respective pest may be 
present.  EN 36   EN Article 16 
Eradication of Union quarantine pests 
1. Where the presence of a Union quarantine pe st is officially confirmed, the competent 
authority shall immediately take all necessary  measures to eliminat e that pest in the 
area concerned and to prevent its spread out of that area (hereinafter: 'to eradicate'). 
Those measures shall be adopted in acco rdance with Annex IV on measures and 
principles for the management of the risks of pests. 
2. Where the presence of the Union quaran tine pest concerned may be related to 
movements of plants, plant products or othe r objects, the compet ent authority shall 
investigate the source of that presence and the possibility that the pest concerned has 
been spread to further plants, plant produc ts or other objects by those movements. 
3. Where the measures referred to in para graph 1 concern the introduction into, or 
movement within, the Union territory of pl ants, plant products and other objects, the 
Member State concerned shall immediately notify those measures to the Commission 
and the other Member States. 
4. Private premises of citizens shall not be exempted from the measures, referred to in 
paragraph 1, and the investigatio ns, referred to in paragraph 2. 
Article 17 
Establishment of restricted areas  
1. Following the official confirmation referre d to in Article 11(1)(a), the competent 
authority shall immediately establish an area  where the measures referred to in that 
Article are to be taken (herei nafter: 'restricted area').  
The restricted area shall consist of an infe sted zone, as provided for in paragraph 2, 
and a buffer zone, as provided for in paragraph 3. 
2. The infested zone shall contain:  
(a) all plants known to be infested by the pest concerned; 
(b) all plants showing signs or symptoms indicating possible infestation by that 
pest;  
(c) all other plants liable to be infested by that pest due to their susceptibility to 
that pest and their close proximity to  infested plants, or common source of 
production, if known, with infested plan ts, or plants grown from them. 
3. The buffer zone shall be adjacent to th e infested zone and shall surround it.  
Its size shall be appropriate in view of the risk of the pest concerned spreading out of 
the infested zone naturally, or by human activities in the infested zone and its 
surroundings, and shall be decided in accordance with the principles set out in Section 2 of Annex IV on measures and princi ples for the management of the risks of 
pests. EN 37   EN However, where any risk of the pest spreading out of the infested zone is sufficiently 
mitigated through natural or artificial barriers, no buffer zone need be established. 
4. By way of derogation from paragra ph 1, where upon first sight the competent 
authority concludes, in view of the nature of the pest concerned and the site where it 
was found, that the pest concerned can be  eliminated immediately, the competent 
authority may decide not to es tablish a restricted area.  
In that case, it shall carry out a survey to determine whether any further plants or 
plant products have been infested. On th e basis of that survey, the competent 
authority shall determine whether there is a need to establish a restricted area. The competent authority concerned shall notify to the Commission and the other Member 
States the conclusions of that survey. 
5. Where in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 a restricted area is to extend into the 
territory of another Member State, the Me mber State where the pest concerned was 
found to be present shall immediately contact  the Member State into whose territory 
the restricted area is to extend in order to allow that Member State to take all 
appropriate actions, as referre d to in paragraphs 1 to 4. 
6. By 31 March of each year, Member States shall notify to the Commission and the 
other Member States the number and locations  of the restricted areas established, the 
pests concerned, and the respective meas ures taken during the preceding year. 
Article 18 
Surveys and modifications of restricted areas, and lifting of restrictions  
1. Competent authorities shall annually carry out a survey of each restricted area as 
regards the development of the presence of the pest concerned. 
Those surveys shall be carried out in accord ance with the provisions on surveys as 
set out in Article 21(1) and (2). 
2. Where as a result of an a nnual survey a competent author ity finds a presence of the 
pest concerned in the buffer zone, the Me mber State concerned shall immediately 
notify that presence to the Commission and the other Member States specifying that 
the pest was found present in a buffer zone. 
3. Competent authorities shall modify the boundaries of infested zones, buffer zones 
and restricted areas, where appropriate, in vi ew of the results of the surveys referred 
to in paragraph 1. 
4. Competent authorities may decide to a bolish a restricted area and terminate the 
respective eradication measures, provided that during the surveys referred to in 
paragraph 1 no presence of the pest concerne d has been found in that restricted area 
for a sufficiently long period.  
5. When deciding on the modifications referred to in paragraph 3 or the abolition of the 
restricted area referred to in paragraph 4, the competent authority concerned shall at 
least take into account the biology of the pe st and the vector concerned, the presence EN 38   EN of host plants, the eco-climatic conditions  and the likelihood of the eradication 
measures having been successful. 
Article 19 
Reports on measures taken in acco rdance with Articles 16, 17 and 18 
Member States shall prepare a report on the m easures taken in accordance with Articles 16, 
17 and 18. 
Where those measures are taken by a Member St ate in an area adjacent  to the border with 
another Member State, that report shall be submitted to the latter Member State. 
That report shall be submitted, on request, to  the Commission and the other Member States. 
Article 20 
Amendment of Annex IV 
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt de legated acts in accordance with Article 98, 
amending Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to  manage the risks of quarantine pests, as 
regards the measures targeting prevention and elim ination of infestation of cultivated and wild 
plants, measures targeting consignments of plan ts, plant products and other objects, measures 
targeting other pathways for quarantine pest s, and amending Section 2 of that Annex on 
principles for the management of the risks of pe sts, as regards principles for the management 
of the risks of pests, taking into account th e developments of technical and scientific 
knowledge. 
Article 21 
Surveys on Union quarantine pests and pe sts provisionally qualifying as Union 
quarantine pest  
1. Member States shall conduct surveys, over specific periods of time, checking for the 
presence of any Union quarantine pest, and signs or symptoms of any pest 
provisionally qualifying as Union quarantine  pest, pursuant to S ection 3 of Annex II, 
in all areas where that pest was not known to be present.  
2. Those surveys shall consist, at least, of visual examinations by the competent 
authority, and, where appropria te, collection of samples a nd performance of tests. 
They shall be based on sound scientific and technical principles, and shall be carried 
out at appropriate times with regard to th e possibility to detect the pest concerned. 
Those surveys shall take account of scientif ic and technical evidence, and any other 
appropriate information, concerning th e presence of the pests concerned.  
3. Member States shall report to the Co mmission and the other Member States by 30 
April of each year the results of the surv eys referred to in paragraph 1, which have 
been carried out in the preceding year. EN 39   EN Article 22 
Multi-annual survey programmes and collection of information  
1. Member States shall establish multi-annua l programmes setting out the content of the 
surveys to be carried out pursuant to Ar ticle 21. Those programmes shall provide for 
the collection and recording of the scien tific and technical evidence and other 
information as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 21(2).  
Those programmes shall set out  the following elements: the specific objective of 
each survey, its spatial and temporary sc ope, the pests, plants and commodities 
targeted, the survey methodology and quality  management including a description of 
the procedures for visual examination, sampling and testing and their technical 
justification, the timing, frequency and num bers of scheduled visual examinations, 
samples and tests, the methods  of recording of the info rmation collected and their 
reporting.  
The multi-annual programmes shall be for a period of five to seven years. 
2. Member States shall notify their mu lti-annual survey programmes upon their 
establishment to the Commission a nd the other Member States.  
3. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, amending or supplementing the elements to be covered by the multi-annual survey programmes, as set out in paragraph 1. 
Article 23 
Surveys of priority pests 
1. For each priority pest, Member States shal l annually carry out a separate survey, as 
set out in Article 21(1). T hose surveys shall include a sufficiently high number of 
visual examinations, sampling and testing, as  appropriate for the relevant pests, to 
ensure, at a high level of proba bility, their timely detection.  
2. Member States shall report to the Co mmission and the other Member States by 30 
April of each year the results of the surv eys referred to in paragraph 1, which were 
carried out in the preceding year. 
Article 24 
Contingency plans for priority pests  
1. Each Member State shall draw up and keep up to date, for each priority pest which is 
capable of entering into and establishing in its  territory, or a part thereof, a separate 
plan containing information concerning th e decision making processes, procedures 
and protocols to be followe d, and resources to be made  available, in case of a 
confirmed or suspected presence of the pe st concerned, hereinaf ter ‘the contingency 
plan’. 
2. The contingency plan sha ll include the following:  EN 40   EN (a) the roles and responsibilities of the bodies involved in the execution of the 
plan, in case of a confirmed or susp ected presence of the priority pest 
concerned, the chain of command and procedures for the co-ordination of 
actions taken by competent authorities, ot her public authorities, as referred to 
in Article 3(2) of Re gulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, please 
insert number of Regulation of Official Controls ], delegated bodies or natural 
persons involved, as referre d to in Article 25(1) of  Regulation (EU) No …/…. 
[Office of Publication, please insert number of Regulation of Official 
Controls], laboratories and professional operators, including co -ordination with 
neighbouring Member States and ne ighbouring third countries, where 
appropriate; 
(b) access of competent authorities to premis es of professional operators and of 
natural persons, where necessary, laborator ies, equipment, personnel, external 
expertise and resources necessary for the rapid and effective eradication or, where appropriate, containment of  the priority pest concerned; 
(c) measures to be taken concerning the in formation of the Commission, the other 
Member States, the professional operators  concerned and the public, as regards 
the presence of the priority  pest concerned and the meas ures taken against it, in 
case a presence of the pest concerned is officially confirmed or suspected;  
(d) arrangements for recording findings of the presence of the priority pest 
concerned; 
(e) the available assessments as set out in Article 6(2), and any assessment of the 
Member State as regards the risk of the pr iority pest concerned for its territory;  
(f) the risk management measures to be im plemented as regards the priority pest 
concerned, in accordance with Section 1 of  Annex IV, and the procedures to be 
followed; 
(g) principles for the geographical de marcation of rest ricted areas; 
(h) protocols describing the methods of visual examinations, sampling and 
laboratory testing; and 
(i) principles concerning the training of personnel of the competent authorities. 
Where appropriate, points (a) to (i) shall take the form of instruction manuals. 
3. Within one year from the date of the incl usion of the pest concerned in the list of 
priority pests, Member States shall establish a contingency plan for the priority pest concerned.  
Member States shall regularly review  and, where appropr iate, update their 
contingency plans.  
4. Member States shall communicate their c ontingency plans to the Commission and to 
the other Member States on request. EN 41   EN Article 25 
Simulation exercises 
1. Member States shall carry out simulation exercises concerning the implementation of 
the contingency plans at intervals set according to the biology of the priority pest concerned and the phytosanitar y risk posed by that pest. 
Those exercises shall take place with regards to all priority pests concerned within a 
reasonable period of time. 
2. As regards priority pests whose presence in  one Member state could have impacts for 
neighbouring Member States, the simulation ex ercises shall be ca rried out together 
by the Member States concerned on the basis of their respective contingency plans. 
Where appropriate, Member States shall car ry out those simulation exercises with 
neighbouring third countries. 
3. Member States shall, on request, make available a report on the results of each 
simulation exercise to the Commissi on and to the other Member States. 
4. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, setting out:  
(a) the frequencies, contents and format of simulation exercises; 
(b) simulation exercises covering more than one priority pest; 
(c) co-operation between Member States, and of Member States with third 
countries; 
(d) contents of the reports on simulation exercises provided for in paragraph 3. 
Article 26 
Eradication plans for priority pests 
1. Where the presence of a prio rity pest is officially conf irmed in the territory of a 
Member State pursuant to Article 11(1 )(a), the competent authority shall 
immediately adopt a plan setting out the m easures for the eradication of the pest 
concerned, as provided fo r in Articles 16, 17 and 18, and a time schedule for the 
application of those measures. That plan is  referred to as the 'eradication plan.  
The eradication plan shall include a descrip tion of the design and organisation of the 
surveys to be carried out and set out the number of visual examinations, samples to 
be taken and laboratory te sts to be carried out. 
2. Member States shall notify, on request, to the Commission and the other Member 
States the eradication plans and an annual report on the measures taken in accordance 
with Articles 16, 17 and 18 under th e eradication plans concerned. EN 42   EN Article 27 
Union measures for specific Union quarantine pests 
1. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, set out measures against 
specific Union quarantine pests. Those measures shall implement, specifically for each of the pest(s) concerned, one or  more of the following provisions: 
(a) Article 10 concerning measures in case of  suspicion of the presence of a Union 
quarantine pest; 
(b) Article 15 concerning measures to be taken immediately by professional 
operators; 
(c) Article 16 concerning eradication of Union quarantine pests;  
(d) Article 17 concerning establis hment of restricted areas; 
(e) Article 18 concerning surveys, modificati ons of restricted areas and lifting of 
restrictions; 
(f) Article 21 concerning surveys on Union quarantine pests and pests 
provisionally qualifying as Union quarantine pest; 
(g) Article 23 concerning surveys for priority  pests, as regards the number of 
visual examinations, samples and test s for particular priority pests; 
(h) Article 24 concerning contingenc y plans for priority pests; 
(i) Article 25 concerning simulation exercises; 
(j) Article 26 concerning eradication plans for priority pests.  
Those implementing acts shall be adopted  in accordance with the examination 
procedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
2. Where, as regards a restricted area, th e Commission concludes, on the basis of the 
surveys referred to in Article 18 or other ev idence, that the erad ication of the Union 
quarantine pest concerned is not possible, the Commission may adopt implementing acts, as referred to in paragraph 1, which set out measures with the single purpose of 
prevention of the spread of those pests out of the areas concerned. Such prevention is 
referred to as 'containment'. 
3. In case the Commission concludes that pr evention measures in locations outside 
restricted areas are necessary to protect the part of the Union territory where the 
Union quarantine pest concerned is not  present, the Commission may adopt 
implementing acts, as referred to in pa ragraph 1, setting out such measures. 
4. The measures referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be taken in accordance with 
Annex IV on measures and principles for the management of the risks of pests, 
taking into account the specific risks of th e Union quarantine pests concerned and the 
need to implement the necessary risk mitigation measures in a harmonised manner at Union level. EN 43   EN 5. The implementing acts referred to in pa ragraph 1 may provide that the measures, 
referred to in points (a) to (j) of paragra ph 1, taken by the Member  States are to be 
repealed or amended. Until a measure ha s been adopted by the Commission, the 
Member State may maintain the measures that it has employed. 
6. On duly justified imperativ e grounds of urgency to a ddress a serious phytosanitary 
risk, the Commission shall adopt immediat ely applicable implementing acts, in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4). 
7. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and other Member States of any cases of non-compliance by professional operators with the measur es adopted pursuant to this Article. 
Article 28 
Measures by Member States concerning pest s not listed as Union quarantine pests 
1. Where the presence of a pest that is not in cluded in the list of Union quarantine pests 
in the territory of a Member State is officially confirmed, and the competent 
authority concerned considers that that pest  may fulfil the conditions for inclusion in 
the list of Union quarantine pests, it shall immediately assess whether that pest fulfils the criteria of Subsection 1 of Section 3 of A nnex II. If it concludes that those criteria 
are fulfilled, it shall immediately take er adication measures in accordance with 
Annex IV on measures and principles for the management of the risks of pests. 
Articles 16 to 19 shall apply. 
Where a competent authority suspects the pres ence in its territory of a pest fulfilling 
the criteria referred to in the first subparagraph, Article 10 shall apply accordingly. 
2. Following the actions referred to in para graph 1, the Member State shall assess 
whether the pest concerned fulfils, as rega rds the Union territory, the criteria for 
quarantine pests set out in Section 1 of Annex II.  
3. The Member State concerned shall imme diately notify to the Commission and the 
other Member States the presence of th at pest, the assessment referred to in 
paragraph 1, the measures taken and th e evidence justifying those measures. 
It shall notify to the Commission the re sults of the assessment referred to in 
paragraph 2 within 24 months of the offici al confirmation of the presence of that 
pest.  
Notifications of the presence of that pest  shall be submitted through the electronic 
notification system referred to in Article 97. 
Article 29 
Measures by the Union concerning pests not listed as Union quarantine pests 
1. Where the Commission receives the notificat ion referred to in the first subparagraph 
of Article 28(3), or has other evidence c oncerning the presence in, or imminent 
danger of entry into, the Union territory of a pest which is not included in the list of 
Union quarantine pests and it considers that  that pest may fulfil the conditions for EN 44   EN inclusion in that list, it shall immediat ely assess whether, as regards the Union 
territory, that pest fulfils the criteria of  Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Annex II.  
Where it concludes that those criteria are fulfilled, it shall immedi ately, by means of 
implementing acts, adopt measures for a limited time as regards the phytosanitary risks posed by that pest. Those implementi ng acts shall be adopted in accordance 
with the examination procedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
Those measures shall implement, specifically  for each of the pests concerned, one or 
more of the provisions referred to  in Article 27(1)(a) to (f).  
2. Where the Commission conclude s, on the basis of surveys referred to in Article 18 
and in Article 21, or other evidence, that th e eradication of the pest concerned is not 
possible in certain restricted areas, the im plementing acts referred to in the second 
subparagraph of paragraph 1 may set out meas ures with the single purpose to contain 
that pest. 
3. In case the Commission concludes that pr evention measures in locations outside 
restricted areas are necessary to protect the part of the Union territory where the pest 
concerned is not present, the implementi ng acts referred to in paragraph 1 may set 
out such measures. 
4. The measures referred to in paragraphs  1, 2 and 3 shall be adopted in accordance 
with Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to  manage the risks of quarantine pests and 
Section 2 of that Annex on principles for th e management of the risks of pests, taking 
into account the specific risk s of the pests concerned and the need to implement the 
necessary risk mitigation measures in a harmonised manner at Union level. 
5. The implementing acts referred to in pa ragraph 1 may provide that the measures 
taken by the Member States pursuant to Article 28 are to be repealed or amended. 
Until a measure has been adopted by the Commission, the Member State may maintain the measures that it has employed. 
6. On duly justified imperativ e grounds of urgency to a ddress a serious phytosanitary 
risk, the Commission shall adopt immediat ely applicable implementing acts, in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4). 
7. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and other Member States of any cases of non-compliance by professional operators with the measur es adopted pursuant to this Article. 
Article 30 
Amendment of Section 3 of Annex II  
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt de legated acts in accord ance with Article 98 
amending Section 3 of Annex II on criteria to be fulfilled by pests, as provided for in Articles 28 and 29, as regards the criteria concerning the identity of the pest, its presence, the 
probability of its entry, establishment and sp read, its potential economic, social and 
environmental impact, taking into account the developments of technical and scientific 
knowledge.  EN 45   EN Article 31 
More stringent requirements adopted by Member States 
1. Member States may apply within their terri tories more stringent measures than the 
measures adopted pursuant to Article 27(1), (2) and (3) and Article 29(1), (2) and (3), 
if justified by the objective of phytosan itary protection and in accordance with 
Section 2 of Annex IV on measures and princi ples for the management of the risks of 
pests. 
Those measures shall not impose, or result in, any prohibitions or  restrictions on the 
introduction into, or movement within, the Union territory of plants, plant products 
and other objects, other than those imposed by the provisions of Articles 40 to 54 and 
the provisions of Articles 67 to 96. 
2. Member States shall immediately notif y the Commission and the other Member 
States of measures adopted by them within the ambit of paragraph 1.  
Member States shall, on request, submit to the Commission and the other Member 
States an annual report on the measures  taken in accordance with paragraph 1. 
SECTION 3 
PROTECTED ZONE QUARANTINE PESTS  
Article 32 
Recognition of protected zones  
1. Where a quarantine pest is present in the Union territory but not present in the 
Member State concerned, and is not a Union quarantine pest, the Commission may, upon application of that Member State pursuant to paragraph 4, recognise the territory of that Member State as a prot ected zone in accordance with paragraph 3.  
Where a protected zone quarantine pest is ab sent from a part of the territory of a 
Member State the same shall appl y with respect to that part. 
Such a quarantine pest is referred to as  ‘a protected zone quarantine pest'. 
2. A protected zone quarantine pest shall not  be introduced into or moved within the 
respective protected zone.  
Nobody shall intentionally take an action wh ich contributes to the introduction into, 
and establishment and spread  within, a protected zone of the respective protected 
zone quarantine pest. 
3. The Commission shall, by means of an implem enting act, establish a list of protected 
zones and the respective protected zone quara ntine pests. That list shall include the 
protected zones recognised in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 
2(1)(h) of Directive 2000/29/EC  and the respective pests, listed in Part B of Annex I 
and Part B of Annex II to Directive 2000/ 29/EC. That implementing act shall be 
adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 99(2).  EN 46   EN The Commission may recognise additiona l protected zones, by amending the 
implementing act referred to in the first subparagraph, where the conditions provided 
for in paragraph 1 are fulfilled. Such an amendment shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to  in Article 99(3). The same procedure 
shall apply to a repeal or replacement of th e implementing act referred to in the first 
subparagraph. 
Where Article 35 applies, an implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with 
the advisory procedure refe rred to in Article 99(2).  
4. With the application referred to in para graph 1, the Member State concerned shall 
submit:  
(a) a description of the boundaries of th e protected zone concerned, including 
maps; and  
(b) the results of surveys showing that  during the three years preceding the 
application, the quarantin e pest concerned was not present in the territory 
concerned.  
Those surveys shall have been carried out at appropriate times and have been of 
appropriate intensity with regard to the possibility to detect the presence of the 
quarantine pest concerned. They shall ha ve been based on sound scientific and 
technical principles. 
The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, laying down detailed rules for su rveys to be carried out for purposes of 
the recognition of protected zones. 
Article 33 
General obligations concerning protected zones 
1. With regard to a protected zone, the obliga tions set out in the fo llowing Articles shall 
apply accordingly to the protec ted zone quarantine pests:  
(a) Articles 9 to 12 concerning the confirma tion, notification and information as 
regards the presence of Union quarantine pests; 
(b) Article 15 concerning measures to be taken immediately by professional 
operators; 
(c) Articles 16, 17 and 18 concerning the erad ication of Union quarantine pests, 
the establishment and modification of re stricted areas and surveys in those 
restricted areas. 
2. A plant, plant product or other object origin ating in a restricted area established, in 
accordance with Article 17, in a protected zone for the protected zone quarantine pest 
concerned, may not be moved within or into any protecte d zone established for that 
protected zone quarantine pest. When move d out of the protect ed zone concerned, 
that plant, plant product or ot her object shall be packed a nd moved in such a way that EN 47   EN there is no risk of spreading the respective protected zone quarantine pest within that 
protected zone. 
3. The restricted areas established within a protected zone and the eradication measures 
taken in those areas pursuan t to Articles 16, 17 and 18 sh all be immediately notified 
to the Commission and the other Member States. 
Article 34 
Surveys on protected zone quarantine pests 
1. The competent authority shall carry out an annual survey of each protected zone as 
regards the presence of the protected zone  quarantine pest concerned. Those surveys 
shall be carried out at appropriate times and be of an appropriate intensity with 
regard to the possibility to detect the pres ence of the protected zone quarantine pest 
concerned. They shall be based on sound scientific and technical principles. 
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt  delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, laying down detailed rules for thos e surveys to be carried out to confirm 
that the protected zones continue to fulf il the conditions set out in Article 32(1). 
2. Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States, by 
30 April of each year, of the results of th e surveys referred to in paragraph 1, which 
have been carried out in the preceding year. 
Article 35 
Amendment and revocation of the protected zones 
1. The Commission may amend the size of the protected zone on application by the 
Member State whose territory is concerned. 
Where the Commission amends the protected zone, the Member State concerned 
shall notify the Commission, the other Member States and, via the internet, the 
professional operators of the amendment to  that protected zo ne, including maps. 
Where that amendment concerns the exte nsion of a protected zone, Articles 32, 33 
and 34 shall apply. 
2. On application by the Member State refe rred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall 
revoke the recognition of a protected  zone or shall reduce its size. 
3. The Commission shall revoke the recognition of a protected zone in case the surveys 
referred to in Article 34 have not been car ried out in accordance with that Article. 
4. The Commission shall revoke the recogniti on of a protected zone, in case the 
respective protected zone quarantine pest ha s been found to be present in that zone 
and one of the following conditions is fulfilled: 
(a) no restricted area has been designated, in  accordance with Article 33(1), within 
three months after the presence of that pest was confirmed; EN 48   EN (b) the eradication measures taken in a re stricted area pursuant to Article 33(1) 
have not been successful within 24 months after the presence of that pest was confirmed; 
(c) information at the disposal of the Commi ssion demonstrates, with regard to the 
application of measures pur suant, by virtue of Artic le 33(1)(c), to Articles 16, 
17 and 18, negligent reaction to the presence of that pest in the concerned 
protected zone. 
Chapter III 
Union quality pests   
Article 36 
Definition of Union quality pests 
A pest shall be referred to as a 'Union quality pe st' if it fulfils the following conditions and it 
is included in the list referred to in Article 37: 
(a) its identity is established in accordance w ith point (1) of Section 4 of Annex II; 
(b) it is present in the Union territory; 
(c) it is no Union quarantine pest; 
(d) it is transmitted mainly through specific plan ts for planting, in accordance with point 
(2) of Section 4 of Annex II; 
(e) its presence on those plants for planting has an unacceptable economic impact, as 
regards the intended use of t hose plants for planting, in ac cordance with point (3) of 
Section 4 of Annex II; 
(f) feasible and effective measures are availabl e to prevent its presence on the plants for 
planting concerned. 
Article 37 
Prohibition of the introduction and moveme nt of Union quality pests on plants for 
planting  
1. A Union quality pest shall not be introduced  into or moved within the Union territory 
on the plants for planting through which it is  transmitted, as sp ecified in the list 
referred to in paragraph 2. 
2. The Commission shall, by means of an impl ementing act, establish a list setting out 
the Union quality pests and the specific plan ts for planting, as referred to in Article 
36(d), where appropriate with the categories referred to in paragraph 4 and thresholds 
referred to in paragraph 5. 
That list shall include  the pests, and the respective pl ants for planting, as set out in 
the following acts:  EN 49   EN (a) Section II of Part A of Anne x II of Directive 2000/29/EC;  
(b) points (3) and (6) of Anne x I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 
on the marketing of cereal seed24 and point (3) of Annex II thereto; 
(c) the Annex of Commission Directive 93/48/ EEC of 23 June 1993 setting out the 
schedule indicating the conditi ons to be met by fruit plant propagating material 
and fruit plants intended for fruit production, pursuant to Council Directive 
92/34/EEC25; 
(d) the Annex of Commission Directive 93/49/ EEC of 23 June 1993 setting out the 
schedule indicating the conditions to be  met by ornamental plant propagating 
material and ornamental plants pu rsuant to Council Directive 91/682/EEC26;  
(e) point (b) of Annex II to Council Dir ective 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the 
marketing of vegetable seed27; 
(f) point (6) of Annex I to  Council Directive 2002/56/EC28 of 13 June 2002 on the 
marketing of seed potatoes and point B of Annex II thereto; 
(g) point (4) of Annex I to Council Dir ective 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the 
marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants29 and point (5) of Annex II thereto. 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2). 
3. The Commission shall amend the implementi ng act referred to in paragraph 2, where 
an assessment shows that a pest not listed in  that act fulfils the conditions referred to 
in Article 36, a pest listed in that implementing act no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions or where amendments to that list are necessary, as regards categories referred to in paragraph 4 or thresholds referred to in paragraph 5. 
The Commission shall make that assessm ent available to the Member States. 
4. Where Article 36(e) is only fulfilled for one or more of the categories referred to in 
Article 12(1) of Regul ation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, please insert 
number of Regulation on plant  reproductive material law ], the list referred to in 
paragraph 1 shall set out thos e categories stating that th e prohibition of introduction 
and movement provided for in paragra ph 1 only applies to those categories. 
5. Where Article 36(e) is only fulfilled if th e pest concerned is present above a certain 
threshold, the list referred to in paragraph 1 shall set out that threshold stating that the prohibition of introduction and move ment provided for in paragraph 1 only 
applies above th at threshold. 
                                                
 
24 OJ L 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309. 
25 OJ L 250, 7.10.1993, p. 1. 
26 OJ L 250, 7.10.1993, p. 9. 
27 OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33. 
28 OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 60. 
29 OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 74. EN 50   EN A threshold shall only be set if the following points are fulfilled: 
(a) it is possible to ensure by measures ta ken by the professiona l operator that the 
presence of that Union quality pest on those plants for plan ting does not exceed 
that threshold; and 
(b) it is possible to verify whet her that threshold is not ex ceeded in lots of those 
plants for planting. 
The principles for the management of the ri sk of pests set out in Section 2 of Annex 
IV shall apply. 
6. For amendments to the implementing ac t referred to in paragraph 2 which are 
necessary to adapt that implementing act in vi ew of changes to the scientific name of 
a pest, the advisory procedure referr ed to in Article 99(2) shall apply. 
All other amendments to the implementing act  referred to in paragraph 2 shall be 
adopted in accordance with the examinati on procedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
The same procedure shall apply to a repeal or a replacement of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2. 
Article 38 
Amendment of Section 4 of Annex II 
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt de legated acts in accord ance with Article 98 
amending Section 4 of Annex II on criteria to identify pests which qualify as a Union quality 
pest, as regards the criteria concerning the ident ity of the pest, its relevance, the probability of 
its spread, its potential economic, social and environmental impact, taking account of the 
developments of technical and scientific knowledge. 
Article 39 
Union quality pests used for scientific purposes, trials, varietal selections, breeding or 
exhibitions 
The prohibition provided for in Article 37 shall not apply to Union quality pests present on 
the plants for planting concerned, and used for sc ientific purposes, trials , varietal selections, 
breeding or exhibitions. EN 51   EN Chapter IV 
Measures concerning plants, plan t products and other objects 
SECTION 1 
MEASURES RELATING TO THE ENTIRE UNION TERRITORY  
Article 40 
Prohibition of introduction of plants, plan t products and other objects into the Union 
territory 
1. The Commission shall adopt an impleme nting act, containing the plants, plant 
products and other objects, and the prohibiti ons and the third countries concerned, as 
set out in Part A of Anne x III to Directive 2000/29/EC. 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99( 2) of this Regulation. 
In the list established by that implementing act, the plan ts, plant products and other 
objects shall be identified by their re spective code in accordance with the 
classification in the Combined Nomenclature as laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the ta riff and statistical nomenclature and on 
the Common Customs Tariff
30 (hereinafter: 'CN code'). 
2. In case a plant, plant product or other object , originating in or being dispatched from 
a third country, poses a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptable le vel by its likelihood 
to host a Union quarantine pest, and that ri sk cannot be reduced to an acceptable 
level by applying one or more of the measures  set out in points 2 and 3 of Section 1 
of Annex IV on measures and principles for the management of the risks of pests, the 
Commission shall amend, as appropriate, the implementing act referred to in 
paragraph 1, to include in it that plant,  plant product or other object and the third 
countries, concerned.  
In case a plant, plant product or other obj ect included in that implementing act does 
not pose a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptabl e level, or it poses such a risk but that 
risk can be reduced to an acceptable level by applying one or more of the measures 
set out in points 2 and 3 of Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to manage the risks 
and pathways of quarantine pests, the Commission shall amend that implementing 
act, as appropriate. 
The acceptability of the level of that phytosanitary risk shall be assessed in 
accordance with the principles set out in Se ction 2 of Annex IV on principles for the 
management of the risks of pe sts. Where appropriate, the acceptability of that level 
of phytosanitary risk shall be  assessed with regards to one or more specific third 
countries. 
                                                 
30 OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. EN 52   EN Those amendments shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure 
referred to in Article 99( 3) of this Regulation. 
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency to addr ess a serious phytosanitary 
risk, the Commission shall adopt those amendments by immediately applicable 
implementing acts, in accord ance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4). 
3. A plant, plant product or other object listed in the im plementing act provided for in 
paragraph 1 shall not be introduced into th e Union territory from the third country, 
concerned by that listing. 
4. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and other Member States where plants, plant products or 
other objects have been introduced into the Union territory in vi olation of paragraph 
3. 
The third country from which the plants , plant products or other objects were 
introduced into the Union territory shall be notified.  
Article 41 
Plants, plant products and other objects s ubject to special and equivalent requirements 
1. The Commission shall adopt an impleme nting act, containing the plants, plant 
products and other objects, and the require ments and, where applicable, the third 
countries concerned, as set out in Part A of Annex IV  to Directive 2000/29/EC. 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99( 2) of this Regulation. 
In the list established by th at implementing act, those pl ants, plant products and other 
objects shall be identified by their respective CN code. 
2. In case a plant, plant product or other object poses a phytosan itary risk of an 
unacceptable level by its likelihood to host a Un ion quarantine pest, and that risk can 
be reduced to an acceptable level by applying one or more of the measures set out in 
points 2 and 3 of Section 1 of Annex IV  on measures and principles for the 
management of the risks of pests, the Commission shall amend the implementing act 
referred to in paragraph 1, to include in it th at plant, plant product or other object and 
the measures to be applied to it. Those measures, and the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, are hereinafter referre d to as 'special requirements'.  
Those measures may take the form of specific requirements, adopted in accordance 
with Article 42(1), for the introduction into the Union territory of particular plants, 
plant products or other objects, which are e quivalent to special requirements for the 
movement of those plants, plant products or other objects within the Union territory 
(hereinafter: 'equivale nt requirements'). 
In case a plant, plant product or other obj ect included in that implementing act does 
not pose a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptabl e level, or it poses such a risk but that 
risk cannot be reduced to an acceptable level by the special requirements, the Commission shall amend that implementing act. EN 53   EN The acceptability of the level of that phytos anitary risk shall be assessed, and the 
measures to reduce that risk to an accep table level shall be adopted, in accordance 
with the principles set out in Section 2 of Annex IV on principles for the management of the risks of pe sts. Where appropriate, the acceptability of that level 
of phytosanitary risk shall be assessed, an d those measures shall be adopted, with 
regards to one or more specific th ird countries or parts thereof. 
Those amendments shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure 
referred to in Article 99( 3) of this Regulation. 
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency to addr ess a serious phytosanitary 
risk, the Commission shall adopt immediat ely applicable implementing acts in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4). 
3. A plant, plant product or other object listed in the im plementing act provided for in 
paragraph 1 may only be introduced into, or moved within, the Union territory if the 
special requirements, or equivale nt requirements, are fulfilled. 
4. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and other Member States where plants, plant products or 
other objects have been in troduced into, or moved within, the Union territory in 
violation of paragraph 3. 
Where applicable, the third country from which the plan ts, plant products or other 
objects were introduced into the Union territory shall also be notified. 
Article 42 
Setting out of equivalent requirements 
1. Equivalent requirements, as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 41(2) 
shall be set out, by means of an implemen ting act, on request of a particular third 
country, if all of the follow ing conditions are fulfilled: 
(a) the third country concerned ensures, th rough the application under its official 
control of one or more specified meas ures, a level of phyt osanitary protection 
which is equivalent to the special re quirements adopted pursuant to Article 
41(1) and (2) in respect of  the movement within the Union territory of plants, 
plant products and other objects concerned; 
(b) the third country concerned objectively demonstrates to the Commission that 
the specified measures referred to in point (a) achieve the level of 
phytosanitary protection refe rred to in that point. 
2. Where appropriate, the Commi ssion shall investigate, in the third country concerned, 
and in accordance with Article 119 of the Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of 
Publications, please insert number of Regulation on Official Controls ], whether 
points (a) and (b) are fulfilled. 
3. The implementing acts referred to in paragr aph 1 shall be adopted in accordance with 
the examination procedure referred to in Article 99(3). EN 54   EN Article 43 
Information to be provided to travellers, clie nts of postal services and internet clients 
1. Member States and international transport operators shall make information available 
to passengers concerning the prohibitions , set out pursuant to Article 40(3), the 
requirements, set out pursua nt to Articles 41(1 ) and 42(2), and the exemptions, set 
out pursuant to Article 70(2), as regards th e introduction of plan ts, plant products and 
other objects into the Union territory. 
That information shall be provided in the form of posters or brochures, which, where 
appropriate, shall be made av ailable through the internet. 
Where that information is made available to  passengers at sea ports and airports, it 
shall be provided in the form of posters. 
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt  an implementing act, setting out those 
posters and brochures. That implementing act  shall be adopted in accordance with 
the advisory procedure referred to in  Article 99(2) of this Regulation. 
2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made available by postal services, 
and by professional operators involved in sa les through distance contracts, to their 
clients through the internet. 
3. Member States shall annually submit to the Commission a report summarising the 
information provided pursuant to this Article. 
Article 44 
Exception from prohibitions and requirements for frontier zones 
1. By way of derogation from Articles 40(3) and 41(3), Member States may authorise 
the introduction of plants, plant products a nd other objects into the Union territory, 
where the plants, plant products and othe r objects fulfil the following conditions: 
(a) they are grown or produced in areas of th ird countries in the vicinity of their 
border with Member States (hereinaft er: 'third country frontier zones'); 
(b) they are introduced into ar eas of Member States imme diately across that border 
(hereinafter: 'Member State frontier zones'); 
(c) they are to be processed in the respective Member State frontier zones in such a 
manner that any phytosanitary risk is eliminated; 
(d) they do not pose any risk of spreadi ng quarantine pests caused by movements 
within the frontier zone. 
Those plants, plant products and other objec ts shall only move into and within the 
Member State frontier zones, and only under the official contro l of the competent 
authority.  
2. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, setting out the following: EN 55   EN (a) the maximum width of third country fr ontier zones and Member State frontier 
zones, as appropriate for the specific plants, plant products and other objects 
individually; 
(b) the maximum distance of the movement of  the plants, plant products and other 
objects concerned within the third count ry frontier zones and Member State 
frontier zones; and 
(c) the procedures concerning the authoris ation of the introduction into, and 
movement within, the Member State fr ontier zones of plants, plant products 
and other objects referred to in paragraph 1. 
The width of those zones shall be such to  ensure that the introduction and movement 
of those plants, plant products and other ob jects in the Union territory does not pose 
any phytosanitary risks to the Un ion territory or parts of it. 
3. The Commission may lay down, by means of  implementing acts, specific conditions 
or measures concerning the introducti on into Member State frontier zones of 
particular plants, plant products and other ob jects, and specific third countries, which 
are subject to this Article. 
Those acts shall be adopted in accordance w ith Section 1 of Annex IV on measures 
to manage the risks of quarantine pests a nd Section 2 of that Annex on principles for 
the management of the risks of pests, taki ng into account the scientific and technical 
developments. 
Those implementing acts shall be adopted, an d as appropriate repe aled or replaced, 
in accordance with the examination pr ocedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
4. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and the othe r Member States where plants, plant 
products or other objects ha ve been introduced into, or  moved within, the frontier 
zones as referred to in paragraphs 1 a nd 2 in violation of those paragraphs. 
The third country from which the plants , plant products or other objects were 
introduced into the frontier zone concerned shall al so be notified. 
Article 45 
Exception from prohibitions and re quirements for phytosanitary transit  
1. By way of derogation from Article 40(3)  and Article 41(3), Member States may 
authorise the introduction of pl ants, plant products and ot her objects into, and their 
passing through, the Union territory to a th ird country (hereina fter 'phytosanitary 
transit'), where those plants, plant produc ts and other objects fulfil the following 
conditions: 
(a) they are accompanied by a signed declarat ion of the professi onal operator in 
control of those plants, plant products  and other objects stating that those 
plants, plant products or other objects are in phytosanitary transit; EN 56   EN (b) they are packed and moved in such a way that there is no risk of spreading of 
Union quarantine pests during their in troduction into, and passing through, the 
Union territory; 
(c) they are introduced into, passed through and, without delay, moved out of the 
Union territory under official control by the competent authorities concerned. 
The competent authority of the Member St ate where those plants , plant products or 
other objects are introduced  into, or for the first time moved within, the Union 
territory shall inform the competent authorities of  all other Member States through 
which those plants, plant products or other objects are to be moved prior to being 
moved out of the Union territory. 
2. Where so stipulated by the acts adopted pursuant to Article 27(1) and (2) and Article 
29(1) and (2), this Article shall apply accordingly. 
3. The Commission shall be empowered, in accordance with Article 98, to adopt 
delegated acts setting out the contents of the declaration referred to in point (a) of 
paragraph 1. 
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt format specifications 
for the declaration referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1. Those implementing acts 
shall be adopted in accordance with the exam ination procedure referred to in Article 
99(3). 
5. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and the othe r Member States where plants, plant 
products or other objects have been intr oduced into, or move d within, the Union 
territory as referred to in pa ragraph 1 in violation of the provisions of that paragraph. 
The third country from which the plants , plant products or other objects were 
introduced into the Union territory shall also be notified. 
Article 46 
Plants, plant products and other objects used  for scientific purposes, trials, varietal 
selection, breeding and exhibitions  
1. By way of derogation from Articles 40( 3) and 41(3), Member States may, on 
application, authoris e the introduction into, and the m ovement within, their territory 
of plants, plant products and other objects us ed for scientific purposes, trials, varietal 
selection, breeding and exhibitions, if all of  the following requirements are fulfilled: 
(a) the presence of the plants, plant produc ts or other objects concerned does not 
cause an unacceptable risk of the spread of a Union quarantine pest if adequate 
restrictions are imposed; 
(b) the storage facilities in which those pl ants, plant products or  other objects are 
to be kept and the quarantine stations, as referred to in Article 56, in which 
they are to be us ed are appropriate; EN 57   EN (c) the scientific and technical  qualifications of the pers onnel by whom the activity 
involving those plants, plant products or other objects is to be carried out are 
appropriate. 
2. The competent authority shall assess the ri sk of the spread of Union quarantine pests 
by the plants, plant products or other objects concerned, as  referred to in paragraph 
1(a), taking into account the identity, biology an d means of dispersal of the Union 
quarantine pests concerned, the activity envisaged, the interaction with the 
environment and other relevant factors rela ting to the risk posed  by those plants, 
plant products or other objects. 
It shall assess the storage facilities in wh ich those plants, plant products or other 
objects are to be kept, as referred to in  paragraph 1(b), and the scientific and 
technical qualificati ons of the personnel by whom the activity involving those plants, 
plant products or other objects is to be carri ed out, as referred to in paragraph 1(c). 
On the basis of those assessments the competent authority shall authorise the 
introduction of those plants, plant products or other objects into, or their movement 
within, the Union territory if the requirements set out in paragraph 1 are fulfilled. 
3. Where an authorisation is  granted, it shall include all of the following conditions: 
(a) the plants, plant products or other object s concerned are to be kept in storage 
facilities found to be appropriate by the competent authorities and referred to in the authorisation; 
(b) the activity involving those plants, plant products or other objects is to be 
carried out in a quarantine station desi gnated in accordance with Article 56 by 
the competent authority and referr ed to in the authorisation; 
(c) the activity involving those plants, plant products or other objects is to be 
carried out by personnel whos e scientific and technical  qualifications are found 
to be appropriate by the competen t authority and referred to in the 
authorisation; 
(d) those plants, plant products or other objects are to be accompanied by the 
authorisation when introduced into or moved within the Union territory. 
4. The authorisation shall be limited to the amount that is adequate for the activity 
concerned and shall not exceed the capaci ty of the designated quarantine station. 
It shall include the restrictions necessary to  adequately mitigate the risk of the spread 
of the Union quarantine pests concerned. 
5. The competent authority shal l monitor compliance with th e conditions referred to in 
paragraph 3 and the limitation and the restric tions referred to in paragraph 4 and take 
the necessary action in case those conditions , that limitation or those restrictions are 
not complied with. 
6. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, laying down deta iled rules concerning: EN 58   EN (a) the exchange of information between Member States and the Commission 
concerning the introduction into, and move ment within, the Union territory of 
the plants, plant products a nd other objects concerned; 
(b) the assessments and authorisation referred to in paragraph 2; and 
(c) the monitoring of compliance, the action in case of non-compliance and 
notification thereof, as re ferred to in paragraph 5. 
7. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and the othe r Member States where plants, plant 
products or other objects have been intr oduced into, or move d within, the Union 
territory in violation of the pr ovisions of paragraphs 1 to 4. 
Where applicable, those notifications sha ll also include the measures taken by the 
Member States on the plants, plant products and other objects concerned, and the whether the introduction into, or movement w ithin, the Union territory of those plant, 
plant products or other objects has been al lowed after the implementation of those 
measures. 
Where applicable, the third country from which the plan ts, plant products or other 
objects were introduced into the Union territory shall also be notified. 
Member States shall annually submit to  the Commission a report summarising the 
relevant information on the authorisations  granted pursuant to paragraph 1 and the 
results of the monitoring re ferred to in paragraph 5. 
Article 47 
Temporary measures concerning plants for planting  
1. The Commission may adopt, by means of im plementing acts, temporary measures as 
regards the introduction into, and movement w ithin, the Union territo ry of plants for 
planting from third countries, where the following conditions are fulfilled: 
(a) there is no or little phytosanitary expe rience as regards trade in the plants for 
planting concerned originating in or dispatched from the third country 
concerned; 
(b) no assessment has been carried out as regards the phytosanitary risks for the 
Union territory in respect of those plan ts for planting from the third country 
concerned; 
(c) those plants for planting are likely to pose phytosanit ary risks which are not 
linked, or cannot yet be linked, to Uni on quarantine pests listed pursuant to 
Article 5(2) and (3) or pests for which measures have been adopted pursuant to 
Article 29. 
Those implementing acts shall be adopted, an d as appropriate repe aled or replaced, 
in accordance with the examination pr ocedure referred to in Article 99(3). EN 59   EN 2. The temporary measures referred to in pa ragraph 1 shall be adopted in accordance 
with Annex III on elements to identify pl ants for planting which pose phytosanitary 
risks for the Union territory and Secti on 2 of Annex IV on principles for the 
management of the risks of pests. 
Those measures shall provide for one of the following, as necessary in the case 
concerned: 
(a) intensive sampling, at the point of in troduction, of each lot of plants for 
planting introduced into the Union te rritory and testing of samples; 
(b) where absence of the phytosanitary ri sk cannot be ensured by intensive 
sampling and testing at the introduction of the plants for planting concerned 
into the Union territory, a quarantine pe riod to verify the absence of that 
phytosanitary risk in those plants for planting; 
(c) where absence of the phytosanitary ri sk cannot be ensured by intensive 
sampling and testing at the introduction of the plants for planting concerned 
into the Union territory and a quarantin e period, prohibition of the introduction 
of those plants for planti ng into the Union territory. 
3. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply for a ma ximum of two years. 
This period may be prolonged once for a maximum of two years. 
4. On duly justified imperativ e grounds of urgency to a ddress a serious phytosanitary 
risk, the Commission shall adopt immediat ely applicable implementing acts, in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4). 
5. By way of derogation from the measures adopted pursuant to paragraph 1, Article 46 
shall apply to the introduction into, and th e movement within, the Union territory of 
plants for planting used for scientific purposes, trials, va rietal selection, breeding and 
exhibitions. 
6. Member States shall notify the Commissi on and the other Member States where a 
plant, plant product or other object has been  subject to the measures referred to in 
points (a) or (b) of paragraph 2. 
Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States where, 
following the application of the measures refe rred to in points (a) or (b) of paragraph 
2, a pest has been found which is likely to pose new phytosanitary risks. 
Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and the other Member States wh ere the introduction of a 
plant, plant product or other object into the Union territory was refused, or its 
movement within the Union territory prohibited, because the Member State concerned considered that the prohibition referred to in point (c) of paragraph 2 was violated. Where applicable, those notifica tions shall include the measures taken by 
the Member States on the plants, plant pr oducts and other object s concerned pursuant 
to Article 64(3) of Regulation (EU) No …/… [ Office of Publications, please insert 
number of Regulation on Official Controls ]. EN 60   EN Where applicable, the third country from which the plan ts, plant products or other 
objects were dispatched for introduction into the Union territory shall also be notified. 
Article 48 
Amendment of Annex III 
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt de legated acts, in accordance with Article 98, 
amending Annex III on elements to identify pl ants for planting which pose phytosanitary risks 
for the Union territory, as regards the characterist ics and origin of those plants for planting, to 
adapt to the developments of t echnical and scientific knowledge. 
SECTION 2 
MEASURES RELATING TO PROTECTED ZONES  
Article 49 
Prohibition of introduction of plants, plan t products and other objects into protected 
zones 
1. The Commission shall adopt an impleme nting act, containing the plants, plant 
products and other objects, an d the prohibitions and the pr otected zones concerned, 
as set out in Part B of An nex III to Directive 2000/29/EC. 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99( 2) of this Regulation. 
In the list established by that implementing act, the plan ts, plant products and other 
objects shall be identified by their respective CN code. 
2. In case a plant, plant product or other obj ect, coming from outsid e the protected zone 
concerned, poses a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptable level by its likelihood to 
host a protected zone quarantine pest, a nd that risk cannot be reduced to an 
acceptable level by applying one or more of th e measures set out in points 2 and 3 of 
Section 1 of Annex IV on meas ures to manage the risks and pathways of quarantine 
pests, the Commission shall amend, as appr opriate, the implemen ting act referred to 
in paragraph 1, to include in it that plant, plant pr oduct or other object and the 
protected zones concerned. 
In case a plant, plant product or other obj ect included in that implementing act does 
not pose a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptabl e level, or it poses such a risk but that 
risk can be reduced to an acceptable level by applying one or more of the measures 
set out in points 2 and 3 of Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to manage the risks 
and pathways of quarantine pests, the Commission shall amend that implementing 
act. 
Those amendments shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure 
referred to in Article 99( 3) of this Regulation. EN 61   EN The acceptability of the level of that phytosanitary risk shall be assessed in 
accordance with the principles set out in S ection 2 of Annex II on principles for the 
management of the risks of pests. 
3. A plant, plant product or other object listed in the im plementing act provided for in 
paragraph 1 shall not be intr oduced into the respective protected zone from the third 
country, or area of the Union territory, concerned. 
4. On duly justified imperativ e grounds of urgency to a ddress a serious phytosanitary 
risk, the Commission shall adopt immediat ely applicable implementing acts in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4). 
5. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and other Member  States of any cases where plants, 
plant products or other objects have been  introduced into, or moved within the 
protected zone concerned, in violation of the prohibitions adopted pursuant to this 
Article. 
Where applicable, the third country from which the plan ts, plant products or other 
objects were introduced into the protected zone concerned shal l also be notified. 
Article 50 
Plants, plant products and other objects s ubject to special requirements for protected 
zones 
1. The Commission shall adopt an impleme nting act, containing the plants, plant 
products and other objects, th e respective protected zones and the requirements, as 
set out in Part B of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC. 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99( 2) of this Regulation. 
In the list established by that implementing act, the plan ts, plant products and other 
objects shall be identified by their respective CN code. 
2. In case a plant, plant product or other obj ect, coming from outsid e the protected zone 
concerned poses a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptable leve l for that protected zone 
by its likelihood to host a protected zone quarantine pest, and that risk can be 
reduced to an acceptable level by applying on e or more of the measures set out in 
points 2 and 3 of Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to manage the risks and 
pathways of quarantine pests, the Comm ission shall amend the implementing act 
referred to in paragraph 1, to include in it th at plant, plant product or other object and 
the measures to be applied to it. Those measures, and the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, are hereinafter referred to as 'special requirements for protected zones'. 
In case a plant, plant product or other obj ect included in that implementing act does 
not pose a phytosanitary risk of an unac ceptable level for the protected zone 
concerned, or it poses such a risk but that risk cannot be  reduced to an acceptable 
level by the special requirements for protected zones, the Commission shall amend that implementing act. EN 62   EN Those amendments shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure 
referred to in Article 99( 3) of this Regulation. 
The acceptability of the level of that phytos anitary risk shall be assessed, and the 
measures to reduce that risk to an accep table level shall be adopted, in accordance 
with the principles set out in Section 2 of  Annex II on principles for the management 
of the risks of pests. 
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency to addr ess a serious phytosanitary 
risk, the Commission shall adopt immediat ely applicable implementing acts in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4). 
3. A plant, plant product or other object listed in the im plementing act provided for in 
paragraph 1 may only be introduced into, or  moved within, the respective protected 
zone if the special requirements for protected zones are fulfilled. 
4. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and other Member States where plants, plant products or 
other objects have been introduced into, or moved within, the protected zone 
concerned, in violation of the measures  adopted pursuant to this Article. 
Where applicable, the third country from which the plan ts, plant products or other 
objects were introduced into the Union territory shall also be notified. 
Article 51 
Information to be provided to travellers, client s of postal services and internet clients as 
regards protected zones 
Article 43 concerning information to be provided to travellers, clients of postal services and 
internet clients shall apply accordingly as rega rds the introduction of plants, plant products 
and other objects from third c ountries into protected zones. 
Article 52 
Exception from prohibitions and requirements  for frontier zones as regards protected 
zones 
Article 44 concerning the exceptions from proh ibitions and requirements for frontier zones 
shall apply as regards the plants, plant products  and other objects listed pursuant to Article 
49(1) and (2) and Article 50(1) and (2) with regard to protect ed zones bordering third country 
frontier zones. 
Article 53 
Exception from prohibitions and requiremen ts for phytosanitary transit as regards 
protected zones 
Article 45 concerning the excep tions from prohibitions and requirements for phytosanitary 
transit shall apply accordingly as regards the pl ants, plant products and other objects listed 
pursuant to Article 49(1) and (2) and Article 50(1) and (2) with regard to phytosanitary transit 
through protected zones. EN 63   EN Article 54 
Plants, plant products and other objects used  for scientific purposes, trials, varietal 
selection, breeding and exhibiti ons as regards protected zones  
By way of derogation from the prohibitions an d requirements provided for in Articles 49(3) 
and 50(3), Article 46 shall apply as regards the plants , plant products and ot her objects listed 
pursuant to Article 49(1) and (2) and Article 50(1)  and (2) with regard to the introduction into 
and the movement within protected zones of pl ants, plant products and other objects used for 
scientific purposes, tria ls, varietal selection, breeding and exhibitions. 
SECTION 3 
OTHER MEASURES CONCERNING PLANTS , PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS  
Article 55 
General requirements for packaging and vehicles 
1. Packaging material used for plants, plant products or other objects,  referred to in the 
implementing acts adopted pursu ant to Articles 27(1) and (2), 29(1) and (2), 40(1), 
41(1) and (2), 47(1), 49(1) and 50(1) and m oving into or within the Union territory, 
shall be free from Union quarantine pests.  
The same shall apply to vehicles transpor ting such plants, plant products and other 
objects. 
2. The packaging material referred to in  paragraph 1, other than wood packaging 
material, shall cover the plants, plant produc ts and other objects concerned in such a 
way that, during their movement into or with in the Union territory, there is no risk of 
spreading of Union quarantine pests. 
The vehicles referred to in pa ragraph 1 shall, as appropriat e, be covered or closed in 
such a way that, during their movement into or within the Union territory, there is no 
risk of spreading of Union quarantine pests. 
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall a pply to protected zones also  as regards the respective 
protected zone qua rantine pests. 
Article 56 
Designation of quarantine stations 
1. Member States shall designate in their te rritory quarantine stations for plants, plant 
products, other objects and pests, or au thorise the use of designated quarantine 
stations in other Member States, provided that those stations fulfil the requirements set out in paragraph 2. 
The competent authority may, in addition, on request, designate a facility as a 
quarantine station provided th at it fulfils the requiremen ts set out in paragraph 2. 
2. Quarantine stations shall meet the following conditions: EN 64   EN (a) they provide physical isolation of the pl ants, plant products an d other objects to 
be kept in quarantine a nd ensure they cannot be accessed or removed from 
those stations without consent of the competent authority; 
(b) where the activities carried out in the quarantine stations concern plants, plant 
products or other objects, they provi de suitable growing or incubation 
conditions conducive for the developmen t on those plants, plant products and 
other objects of signs and sy mptoms of quarantine pests; 
(c) they have surfaces of smooth and impe rvious material allowing effective 
cleaning and decontamination; 
(d) they have surfaces resistant to deteriora tion and to attack by insects and other 
arthropods; 
(e) they have irrigation, sewage and ve ntilation systems which exclude the 
transmission or escapi ng of quarantine pests; 
(f) they have systems for sterilisation, decont amination or destruction of infested 
plants, plant products and other objects , waste and equipment before removal 
from the stations; 
(g) they provide for protective clothing and shoe covering; 
(h) they have, if appropriate, systems for de-contamination of personnel and 
visitors upon exit of the station; 
(i) a definition of the tasks of those stat ions, and the conditions under which they 
shall carry out those tasks, is available; 
(j) a sufficient number of suitably qualifie d, trained and experienced personnel is 
available. 
3. Member States shall communicate a list of the designated quarantine stations in their 
territory to the Commission and the other Member States upon request. 
Article 57 
Operation of quarantine stations 
1. The person responsible for the quarantine st ation shall monitor th at station and the 
immediate vicinity of that station fo r the presence of quarantine pests. 
Where such a pest is found to be present,  the person responsible for the quarantine 
station concerned shall take the appropria te action. It shall notify the competent 
authority of that presence and of that action. 
2. The person responsible for the quarantine station shall ensure  that personnel and 
visitors wear protective clothing and s hoe covering and, where appropriate, are 
subject to decontamination upon leaving that station. 
3. The person responsible for the quarantine st ation shall keep records on the following 
points: EN 65   EN (a) the personnel employed; 
(b) the visitors acce ssing the station; 
(c) the plants, plant products and other obj ects entering and leaving the station; 
(d) the place of origin of such plants , plant products and other objects; 
(e) observations concerning the presence of pests on such plants, plant products 
and other objects. 
Those records shall be kept for three years. 
Article 58 
Supervision of quarantine stations  and revocation of designation 
1. The competent authority shall organise audits or inspections  of the quarantine 
stations, at least one per year, to verify whether those stations meet the conditions 
referred to in Article 56(2) and Article 57. 
2. The competent authority shall revoke th e designation referred to  in Article 56(1) 
without delay where: 
(a) following an audit or inspection, it appear s that that quarantine station fails to 
fulfil the conditions referred to in Article 56(2) or Article 57; 
(b) the person responsible for that quarantine station fails to take appropriate and 
timely remedial action. 
Article 59 
Release of plants, plant products and other objects from quarantine stations  
1. Plants, plant products and other objects sh all only leave the quarantine stations, upon 
authorisation by the competent authorities, if  it is confirmed that they are free from 
Union quarantine pests, or, where appli cable, protected zone quarantine pests. 
2. Competent authorities may authorise the movement of plants, plant products and 
other objects from the quarantine stations to other quarantine stations or to any other 
locations only if measures are taken to ensure that no Union quarantine pests, or, 
where applicable, protected zone quarantine pests, are spread in the area concerned. 
Article 60 
Movement out of the Union territory 
1. Where the movement of a plant, plant pro duct or other object out of the Union is 
governed by a phytosanitary agreement with  a third country, that movement shall 
comply with that agreement. 
2. Where the movement of a plant, plant produc t or other object out of the Union is not 
governed by a phytosanitary agreement with  a third country, that movement shall EN 66   EN take place in accordance with the phytosanit ary rules of the third country into which 
that plant, plant product or ot her object is to be moved. 
3. Where the movement of a plant, plant pro duct or other object out of the Union is 
neither governed by a phytosanitary agreem ent with a third country nor by the 
phytosanitary rules of the third country into which that plant, plant product or other 
object is to be moved, the requirements fo r movement of plants , plant products and 
other objects within the Union territory, as se t out in the list referred to in Article 
41(1) and (2), shall apply.  
Those requirements shall, however, not appl y where they concern a pest that fulfils 
either of the following conditions: 
(a) it is recognised by that third country as being present in it s territory and not 
under official control; 
(b) it can be reasonably assumed that it does not qualify as a quarantine pest with 
respect to the territory of that third country. 
Chapter V 
Registration of professional operators and traceability 
Article 61 
Official register of pr ofessional operators 
1. The competent authority shal l keep and update a register containi ng the professional 
operators who carry out the activities, listed in the second subparagraph, in the 
territory of the Member State concerned, and are covered by one of the following 
points:  
(a) they are professional operators whose ac tivities concern plants, plant products 
or other objects covered by an implemen ting act provided for in Articles 27(1), 
(2) or (3), 29(1), (2) or (3), 40(1), 41(1) or (2), 47(1), 49(1) or 50(1), or subject 
to the provisions of Articles 43(1) or  (2), 44(1), 45(1), 51, 52 or 53;  
(b) they are professional operators within  the meaning of Article 3(6) of 
Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, please insert number of 
Regulation on plant reproductive material law ]. 
This paragraph shall apply as re gards the following activities: 
(a) planting; 
(b) growing; 
(c) production; 
(d) introduction into the Union territory; 
(e) movement within the Union territory; EN 67   EN (f) movement out of the Union territory; 
(g) producing and/or making available on the market in the meaning of Article 
3(5) of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, please insert 
number of Regulation on plant  reproductive material law ]; 
(h) sales through distance contracts. 
That register shall be referred to as 'the register'. Professional operators registered 
pursuant to points (a) and (b ) of the first subparagraph shall be referred to as 
'registered operators'. 
2. A professional operator may be registered in the register of a competent authority 
more than once, provided that each regi stration is linked to different premises, 
collective warehouses and dispat ching centres as referred to  in Article 62(2)(d). For 
each of those registrations, the pr ocedure of Article 62 shall apply. 
3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to a professi onal operator covered by one or more of the 
following points: 
(a) it supplies exclusively small, as appropr iate to the plants, plant products and 
other objects concerned, quantities of plants, plant products and other objects 
to final users, by other means than  sales through distance contracts; 
(b) its professional activity concerning plan ts, plant products and other objects is 
limited to transporting such plants, plan t products or other objects for another 
professional operator; 
(c) its professional activity exclusively c oncerns the transport of objects of all 
kinds using wood packaging material. 
The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, setting out one or more of the following:  
(a) further categories of pr ofessional operators to be exempted from the 
application of paragraph 1, where th at registration would constitute a 
disproportionate administrative burden fo r them compared to the phytosanitary 
risk of their profe ssional activities;  
(b) particular requirements for the registrati on of certain categories of professional 
operators; 
(c) the maximum figure for small quantities of  particular plants, plant products or 
other objects as referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph. 
Article 62 
Procedure of registration  
1. Professional operators falling within the scope of points (a) or  (b) of the first 
subparagraph of Article 61( 1) shall submit an applic ation to the competent 
authorities for inclusion in the register. EN 68   EN 2. That application shall include the following elements: 
(a) name, address and contact details of the professional operator; 
(b) a statement concerning the intention of the professional operator to exercise 
each of the activities referred to in Article 61(1) concerning plants, plant 
products and other objects; 
(c) a statement concerning the intention of the professional opera tor to carry out 
each of the following activities: 
(i) issuing of plant passports for plan ts, plant products and other objects, 
pursuant to Article 79(1); 
(ii) placing of the mark on wood packag ing material, referred to in Article 
91(1); 
(iii) issuing of any other attestati on, as referred to in Article 93(1); 
(iv) issuing of official labels for plant reproductive material, pursuant to 
Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, please 
insert number of Regulation on plant reproductive material ]; 
(d) address of the premises, collective ware houses and dispatching centres used by 
the professional operator in the Member State concerned to carry out the activities referred to in Article 61(1) for the purpose of the registration; 
(e) the genera and species of the plants and plant products , and, where appropriate, 
nature of other objects, concerned by th e activities of the pr ofessional operator. 
3. The competent authorities shall register a professional operator where the application 
for registration contains the elements of paragraph 2. 
4. Registered professional operators shall, where appropriate, submit an application for 
updating the data referred to in points (a), (d) and (e) of paragraph 2, and the statements referred to in point s (b) and (c) of paragraph 2. 
5. Where the competent authority becomes aw are that the registered operator does not 
carry out any more the activities of Article 61(1), or that the registered operator has 
submitted an application no longer complying with the requirements of paragraph 2, 
it shall request that operator to comply with those requirements immediately or 
within a specified period of time. 
In case the registered operator does not co mply with those requirements within the 
period of time set by the competent authority, the competent authority shall revoke the registration of that operator. 
Article 63 
Content of the register 
The register shall contain the el ements set out in points (a), (b ), (d) and (e) of Article 62(2) 
and the following elements:  EN 69   EN (a) the official registration number;  
(b) the two-letter code indicated in norm ISO 3166-1-alpha-231 for the Member State in 
which the professional operator is registered; 
(c) an indication whether the pr ofessional operator is authoris ed for each of the activities 
referred to in point (c) of Article 62(2). 
Article 64 
Availability of informatio n of official registers 
1. The Member State keeping the register sh all, on request, make the information it 
contains available to the other Me mber States or the Commission.  
2. The Member State keeping the register  shall make available, on request, the 
information referred to in Article 63, with  the exception of points (d) and (e) of 
Article 62(2), to any professional operator. 
Article 65 
Traceability 
1. A professional operator to which plants, pl ant products or other objects are supplied 
that are subject to prohibiti ons, requirements or conditions pursuant to Articles 40(1), 
41(1) and (2), 44(1) and (3), 45(1), 46(1) an d (3), 47(1), 49(1) and (2), 50(1) and (2), 
52, 53 and 54 shall keep a record for each plant, plant product or other object supplied, allowing that operator to identif y the professional operators supplying it. 
2. A professional operator supplying plants, pl ant products or other objects that are 
subject to prohibitions, requi rements or conditions pursuan t to Articles 40(1), 41(1) 
and (2), 44(1) and (3), 45(1), 46(1) and (3),  47(1), 49(1) and (2), 50(1) and (2), 52, 
53 and 54 shall keep a record allowing that  professional operator to identify, for each 
plant, plant product or other object it s upplied, the professiona l operators whom it 
was supplied. 
3. Professional operators shall keep the reco rds referred to in pa ragraphs 1 and 2 for 
three years from the date on which the plan t, plant product or ot her object concerned 
was supplied to or by them. 
4. On request, they shall communicate the information in the records referred to in 
paragraphs 1 and 2 to th e competent authorities. 
5. Paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply to the professional operato rs referred to in point (b) 
of Article 61(3). 
                                                
 
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Movements of plants, plant products and ot her objects within the premises of the 
professional operator 
1. Professional operators shall have in place traceability systems and procedures to 
allow identification of the movements of  their plants, plant products and other 
objects within their own premises. 
The first subparagraph shall not apply to the professional operato rs referred to in 
point (b) of Article 61(3). 
2. The information, as identified by the system s and procedures referred to in paragraph 
1, on the movement of the plants, plant pr oducts and other objects within those 
premises shall be made available to the competent authority on request. 
Chapter VI 
Certification of plants, plan t products and other objects 
SECTION 1 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATES REQUIRED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF PLANTS , PLANT 
PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS INTO THE UNION TERRITORY  
Article 67 
Phytosanitary certificate for intro duction into the Union territory 
1. A phytosanitary certificate for introduction of plants, plant products and other objects 
into the Union territo ry shall be a document, issued by a third country, which fulfils 
the conditions of Article 71, has the contents set out in Part A of Annex V, or, where 
applicable, Part B of Annex V, and certifies that the plan t, plant product or other 
object concerned complies with a ll of the following requirements: 
(a) it is free from Union quarantine pests;  
(b) it complies with the provisions of Article 37(1) concerning the presence of 
Union quality pests on plants for planting; 
(c) it complies with the requirements refe rred to in Article 41(1) and (2); 
(d) where applicable, it complies with rules adopted in accordance with the 
provisions adopted pursuant to Article  27(1) and (2) and Article 29(1). 
2. Where applicable, the phytosanitary cer tificate shall specify under the heading 
'Additional Declaration', and in accordan ce with the implementing acts adopted 
pursuant to Articles 41(1) and (2) and 50(1) and (2), which specific requirement is fulfilled, where there is a choice between several options. This specification shall 
include a reference to the releva nt option provided in those acts. 
3. Where applicable, the phytosanitary certifi cate shall state that the plants, plant 
products or other objects concerned comply  with phytosanitary measures recognised EN 71   EN as equivalent, pursuant to Article 42, to the requirement s of the implementing act 
adopted pursuant to Article 41(2). 
4. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, amending Parts A and B of Annex V to adapt them to the scientific and 
technical developments and the devel opment of interna tional standards. 
Article 68 
Plants, plant products and other objects for which phytosanitary certificates are 
required 
1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish a list of the 
plants, plant products and other objects, and th e respective third countries of origin or 
dispatch, for which a phytosanitary certificat e is required for introduction into the 
Union territory. 
That list shall include: (a) the plants, plant products and other objects listed in Point I of Part B of Annex 
V to Directive 2000/29/EC; 
(b) plants, plant products and other object s for which requirements have been 
adopted pursuant to Articles 27(1) and 29(1) concerning thei r introduction into 
the Union territory; 
(c) seeds listed pursuant to Article 37(2); 
(d) plants, plant products and other objects listed pursuant to Articles 41(1) and 
(2). 
Points (a) to (d) shall not apply, however, where the act adopted pursuant to Articles 
27(1), 29(1) or 41(1) and (2) requires proof of compliance in  the form of an official 
mark, as referred to in Article 91(1), or anot her official attestation, as referred to in 
Article 93(1). 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2). 
2. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, amend the implementing 
act referred to in paragraph 1, in the following cases: 
(a) where a plant, plant product or other ob ject, listed in that implementing act, 
does not fulfil paragra ph 1(b), (c) or (d); 
(b) where a plant, plant produc t or other object, not lis ted in that act, fulfils 
paragraph 1(b), (c) or (d). 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2). 
3. The Commission may, by means of an implementing act, amend the implementing 
act referred to in paragraph 1, in accordance with the principles set out in Section 2 EN 72   EN of Annex IV, where there is a risk that a plant, plant product or other object, not 
listed in that act, hosts  a Union quarantine pest, or wher e, for a plant, plant product or 
other object listed in that act , that risk no longer exists. 
That implementing act shall be adopted  in accordance with the examination 
procedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, no phytosanitary certificate shall 
be required for the plants, plant products or other objects, which are subject to 
Articles 44, 45, 46 and 70. 
Article 69 
Plants, plant products and other objects for which phytosanitary certificates are 
required for introduction into a protected zone  
1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish a list of the 
plants, plant products and other objects, and th e respective third countries of origin or 
dispatch, for which a phytosanitary certificat e is required, in a ddition to the cases 
referred to in Article 68 (1), (2) and (3),  for their introduction in to certain protected 
zones from those third countries. 
That list shall include: (a) the plants, plant products and other objects listed in Point II of  Part B of Annex 
V to Directive 2000/29/EC; 
(b) plants, plant products and other objects li sted pursuant to Article 50(1) or (2). 
Points (a) and (b) shall not apply, however, where the act adopted pursuant to Article 
50(1) or (2) requires proof of compliance in th e form of an official mark, as referred 
to in Article 91(1), or anothe r official attestation, as re ferred to in Article 93(1). 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2).  
2. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, amend the implementing 
act referred to in paragraph 1, in the following cases: 
(a) where a plant, plant product or other ob ject, listed in that implementing act, 
does not fulfil paragraph 1(b); 
(b) where a plant, plant produc t or other object, not lis ted in that act, fulfils 
paragraph 1(b). 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2). 
3. The Commission may, by means of an implementing act, amend the implementing 
act referred to in paragraph 1, in accordance with the principles set out in Section 2 
of Annex IV, where there is a risk that a plant, plant product or other object, not EN 73   EN listed in that act, hosts the respective protect ed zone quarantine pest, or where, for a 
plant, plant product or other object listed in that act,  that risk no longer exists. 
That implementing act shall be adopted  in accordance with the examination 
procedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, no phytosanitary certificate shall 
be required for the plants, plant products or other objects, which are subject to 
Articles 52, 53, 54 and 70. 
Article 70 
Exceptions for travellers' luggage, clients of  postal services and internet clients 
1. Small quantities of particular plants, pl ant products and other objects from a third 
country may be exempted from the requireme nt for a phytosanitary  certificate set out 
in Article 68(1) and Article 69(1), if they comply with all of the following conditions: 
(a) they are introduced into the Union territory as part of travellers' personal 
luggage, as consignments shipped follo wing sales through distance contracts to 
final users (hereinafter: 'int ernet clients'), or as sh ipments delivered by postal 
services to final users; 
(b) they are not to be used for prof essional or commercial purposes; 
(c) they are listed pursuant to paragraph 2. 
That exemption shall not apply to pl ants for planting, other than seeds. 
2. The Commission shall, by means of implem enting acts, list the plants, plant products 
and other objects referred to in paragraph 1 and the third countries concerned, and set 
out the maximum quantity, as appropriate, of the plants, plant products and other 
objects concerned that shall be subject to the exemption of that paragraph and, where 
appropriate, one or more of the risk mana gement measures set out in Section 1 of 
Annex IV. 
That listing and the setting out of th e maximum quantity concerned and, where 
appropriate, the risk management measures  shall be decided on the basis of the 
phytosanitary risk posed by small quantities of those plants, plant products and other 
objects, in accordance with the criteri a set out in Section 2 of Annex IV. 
That implementing act shall be adopted  in accordance with the examination 
procedure referred to in Artic le 99(3) of this Regulation. 
Article 71 
Conditions to be fulfilled by a phytosanitary certificate 
1. The competent authority shall only accept a phytosanitary certificate accompanying 
plants, plant products or other objects to be introduced from a third country, if the 
content of that certificate co mplies with Part A of Annex V. Where the plants, plant EN 74   EN products or other objects are to be introdu ced from a third country from which they 
do not originate, the competent authority shall only accept a phytos anitary certificate 
complying with Part B of Annex V. 
It shall not accept that phytosanitary cer tificate where the a dditional declaration 
referred to in Article 67(2), where applicable , is not present or not  correct, and where 
the statement referred to in Article 67 (3), where applicable , is not present. 
2. The competent authority shall only accept a phytosanitary certificat e if it fulfils the 
following requirements: 
(a) it is issued in at least one of th e official languages of the Union; 
(b) it is addressed to the Union or one of its Member States; 
(c) it has been issued no more than 14 days before the date on which the plants, 
plant products or other objects covered by it have left the third country, in 
which it was issued. 
3. In the case of a third c ountry which is party to the IPPC, the competent authority 
shall only accept the phytosanitary certificat es issued by the official national plant 
protection organisation of th at third country or, under its responsibility, by a public 
officer who is technically qua lified and duly authorised by that official national plant 
protection organisation. 
4. In the case of a third country which is not  party to the IPPC, the competent authority 
shall only accept the phytosanitary certificates  issued by the authorities competent in 
accordance with the national rules of that third country and notified to the 
Commission. The Commission shall inform the Member States and the operators, 
through the electronic notificati on system referred to in Ar ticle 97, pursuant to point 
(a) of Article 131 of the Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, please 
insert number of Regula tion on Official Controls ], of the notifications received. 
The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, supplementing the conditions for acceptance referred to in the first 
subparagraph, to ensure the relia bility of those certificates. 
5. Electronic phytosanitary certificates sh all only be accepted when provided through, 
or in electronic exchange with, the com puterised information management system 
referred to in Article 130 of  Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, 
please insert number of Re gulation on Official Controls ]. 
Article 72 
Invalidation of phytosanitary certificate  
1. Where a phytosanitary certificate has been issued in accordance with Article 67(1), 
(2) and (3), and the competent authority concerned concludes that the conditions 
referred to in Article 71 are not fulfilled, it shall invalidate that phytosanitary 
certificate and ensure that it does not accompany any longer those plants, plant 
products or other objects concerned. In that  case, and in respect of the plants, plant 
products or other objects concerned, the co mpetent authority shall take one of the EN 75   EN measures as set out in Article 64 (3) of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of 
Publications, please insert numbe r of Regulation on Official Controls ]. 
2. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and other Member States where a phytosanitary 
certificate was invalidated pursuant to paragraph 1. 
The third country which had issued that phytosanitary certific ate shall also be 
notified. 
SECTION 2 
PLANT PASSPORTS REQUIRED FOR THE MOVEMENT OF PLANTS , PLANT PRODUCTS  
AND OTHER OBJECTS WITHIN THE UNION TERRITORY  
Article 73 
Plant passports 
A plant passport shall be an official label fo r movement of plants, plant products and other 
objects within the Union territory  and, where applicable, into and within protected zones, 
which certifies compliance with all requirements set out in Article 80 and, for movement into 
protected zones, Article 81, and has the c ontent and format set out in Article 78. 
Article 74 
Plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is required for 
movement within the Union territory  
1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish a list of the 
plants, plant products and ot her objects, for which a plan t passport is required for 
their movement within the Union territory. 
That list shall include: (a) all plants for planting, other than seeds; 
(b) the plants, plant products and other objects  listed in point (I) of Part (A) of 
Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC; 
(c) plants, plant products and other object s for which requirements have been 
adopted pursuant to Articl e 27(1), (2) or (3) or 29( 1), (2) or (3) concerning 
their movement within the Union territory; 
(d) seeds listed pursuant to Article 37(2); 
(e) plants, plant products and other objects li sted pursuant to Article 41(1) and (2). 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2).  
2. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, amend the implementing 
act referred to in paragraph 1, in the following cases:  EN 76   EN (a) where a plant, plant produc t or other object, not lis ted in that act, fulfils 
paragraphs 1(c), (d) or (e); 
(b) where a plant, plant product or other obj ect , listed in that implementing act, 
does not fulfil paragra ph 1(c), (d) or (e); 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(3). 
3. The Commission may, by means of an implementing act, amend the implementing 
act referred to in paragraph 1, in accordan ce with the principles of Section 2 of 
Annex IV, where there is a risk that a plan t, plant product or other object, not listed 
in that act, hosts a Union quarantine pest or where, for a plant, plant product or other 
object listed in that act, th at risk no longer exists. 
That implementing act shall be adopted  in accordance with the examination 
procedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, no plant passport shall be required 
for the plants, plant products or other objec ts, which are subject to Articles 44, 45, 46 
and 70. 
Article 75 
Plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is required for 
introduction into, and moveme nt within, protected zones 
1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish a list of the 
plants, plant products and ot her objects, for which a plan t passport is required for 
their introduction into ce rtain protected zones. 
That list shall include: (a) the plants, plant products and other object s listed in point (II) of Part A of 
Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC; 
(b) other plants, plant products and other obj ects listed pursuant to Article 50(2). 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2). 
2. The Commission may, by means of an implementing act, amend the implementing 
act referred to in paragraph 1, in the following cases:  
(a) where a plant, plant produc t or other object, not lis ted in that act, fulfils 
paragraph 1(b); 
(b) where a plant, plant product or other object , listed in that implementing act, 
does not fulfil paragraph 1(a) or (b). 
That implementing act shall be adopted in  accordance with the advisory procedure 
referred to in Article 99(2). EN 77   EN 3. The Commission may, by means of an implementing act, amend the implementing 
act referred to in paragraph 1, and in accordan ce with the principles of Section 2 of 
Annex IV, where there is a risk that a plan t, plant product or other object, not listed 
in that act, hosts the respective protected z one quarantine pest, or where, for a plant, 
plant product or other object  listed in that act, that  risk no longer exists. 
That implementing act shall be adopted  in accordance with the examination 
procedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, no plant passport shall be required 
for the plants, plant products or other objec ts, which are subject to Articles 52, 53, 54 
and 70. 
Article 76 
Exception for final users 
No plant passport shall be required for the moveme nt of small, as appropriate to the plants, 
plant products and other objects concerned, quan tities of plants, plant products or other 
objects to a final user. 
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt de legated acts, in accordance with Article 98, 
setting out the maximum figure for small quantitie s of particular plants , plant products or 
other objects. 
Article 77 
Exceptions for movements within and between the premises of a professional operator 
No plant passport shall be re quired for the movements of pl ants, plant products and other 
objects within and between the premises  of the same professional operator. 
Article 78 
Content and format of the plant passport 
1. The plant passport shall take the form of a distinct label, which shall be printed on 
any suitable substrate, provided that the pl ant passport is kept separate from any 
other information or label which may al so be indicated on that substrate. 
The plant passport shall be cl early legible and indelible. 
2. The plant passport for movement within  the Union territory shall contain the 
elements set out in Part A of Annex VI. 
The plant passport for introduction into, and movement within, a protected zone shall 
contain the elements set out  in Part B of Annex VI. 
3. In the case of plants for planting produce d, or made available on the market, in the 
meaning of Article 3(5) of  Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, please 
insert number of Regulation on plant reproductive material law ], as pre-basic, basic 
or certified material in the meaning of Article 10 of that Regulation, the plant passport shall be included, in a distinct form, in the official label produced in EN 78   EN accordance with Article 22 of that Regulation, or, where applicable, in the master 
certificate issued in ac cordance with Article 122( 1) of that Regulation. 
Where this paragraph applies, the plant passport for movement within the Union 
territory shall contain the elements  set out in Part C of Annex VI. 
Where this paragraph applies, the plant passport for introduction into, and movement 
within, a protected zone shall contain the elements set out in Part D of Annex VI. 
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt , pursuant to Article 98, delegated acts 
amending Parts A, B, C and D of Annex VI, to adapt those elements, where applicable, to scientific and technical developments. 
5. Within one year from the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall 
adopt, by means of implementi ng acts, the format specificat ions of the plant passport 
for movement within the Un ion territory and th e plant passport for introduction into, 
and movement within, a protected zone, as regards the plant passports referred to in 
the first and second subparagraphs of pa ragraph 2 and in the second and third 
subparagraphs of paragraph 3. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in 
accordance with the examination proce dure referred to in Article 99(3). 
Where the nature of particular plants, plan t products or other objects so requires, 
specific size specifications may be set out for them. 
Article 79 
Issuance by authorised professional operators and competent authorities
 
1. Plant passports shall be issued by registered  operators, authorised, in accordance with 
Article 84, by the competent authorities to issue plant passports, hereinafter 
'authorised operators', under the superv ision of the competent authorities. 
Authorised operators shall issue plant passp orts only for the plan ts, plant products or 
other objects for which they are responsible. 
2. Plant passports may, however, be issued by the competent authorities where a 
registered operator requests so. 
3. Authorised operators shall only issue pl ant passports in the premises, collective 
warehouses and dispatching centres referred to in Article 62(2)(d). 
Article 80 
Substantive requirements for a plant passport for movement within the Union territory 
A plant passport shall be issued for movement within the Union territory for a plant, plant 
product or other object only where it  fulfils the following requirements: 
(a) it is free from Union quarantine pests; 
(b) it complies with the provisions of Article 37(1) concerning the presence of Union 
quality pests on plants for planting; EN 79   EN (c) it complies with the requirements refe rred to in Article 41(1) and (2);  
(d) where applicable, it complies with rules adopted in accordance with the provisions 
adopted pursuant to Article 27(1) and (2) and Article 29(1) and (2); and 
(e) where applicable, it complies with measures adopted by the competent authorities for 
the eradication of Union quarantine pest s pursuant to Article 16(1) and the 
eradication of pests provisionally qualifyi ng as Union quarantine pests pursuant to 
Article 28(1). 
Article 81 
Substantive requirements for a plant passport fo r movement into and within a protected 
zone  
1. A plant passport shall be issued for introduction into, and movement within, a 
protected zone for a plant, pl ant product and other object on ly where it fulfils all of 
the requirements of Article 80, and in  addition the following requirements: 
(a) it is free from the respective prot ected zone quara ntine pest; and 
(b) it complies with the requirements refe rred to in Article 50(1) and (2). 
2. Where Article 33(2) applies, the plant passp ort referred to in para graph 1 shall not be 
issued. 
Article 82 
Examinations for plant passports 
1. A plant passport may only be issued for pl ants, plant products an d other objects for 
which a meticulous examination in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 has shown that they fulfil the requirements of  Article 80, and, where applicable, Article 
81. 
Plants, plant products and other objects may either be examined individually or by 
representative samples. The examination sh all also cover the packaging material of 
the plants, plant products or  other objects concerned. 
2. The examination shall be carried out by the authorised operator, or, where applicable 
under Article 79(2), by the competent authorities.  
3. The examination shall fulfil the following conditions: 
(a) it shall be carried out frequently, at a ppropriate times and taking into account 
the risks involved; 
(b) it shall be carried out at  the premises, collective warehouses and dispatching 
centres referred to in Article 62(2)(d); and 
(c) it shall be made by visual examination and, in the case of suspicion of the 
presence of a Union quarantine pest or, in case of a protected zone, the protected zone quarantine pest concerned, by sampling and testing. EN 80   EN That examination shall take place without  prejudice to any specific examination 
requirements or measures adopted in accordan ce with Article 27(1), (2) or (3), 29(1), 
(2) or (3), 41(1) and (2), and 50(1) and (2). 
4. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, setting ou t detailed measures concerning  visual examination, sampling 
and testing, and the frequency and timi ng of the examinations, referred to in 
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, with regard to specifi c plants, plant products  and other objects, 
on the basis of the particular phytosan itary risks they may present. Those 
examinations shall, where appropriate, conc ern certain plants fo r planting belonging 
to the categories referred to in Arti cle 12(1) of Regula tion (EU) No …/… ( Office of 
Publications, please insert number of Regulation on the production and making 
available on the market of  plant reproductive material ), and, where appropriate, shall 
be carried out for any of the elements, as a ppropriate, set out in Part D of Annex II to 
that Regulation.  
Where the Commission adopts such a delega ted act for specific plants for planting, 
and those plants for planting are subject to certification schemes pursuant to Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of Publications, pl ease insert number of 
Regulation on the production and making available on the market of plant 
reproductive material ], the respective examinations shall be combined in a single 
certification scheme. 
When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall take into account the 
technical and scientific know ledge and developments.  
Article 83 
Attaching of the plants passports 
Plant passports shall be attach ed by the authorised operators, or, where so applicable under 
Article 79(2), by the competent authorities, to e ach lot of the plants, plant products and other 
objects concerned before they are moved within the Union territory purs uant to Article 74 or 
into or within a protected zone pursuant to Article 75. Where such plants, plant products or 
other objects are moved in a pack age, bundle or container, the pl ant passport sha ll be attached 
to that package, bundle or container. 
Article 84 
Authorisation of professional oper ators to issue plant passports  
1. The competent authority shall grant an au thorisation to a professional operator to 
issue plant passports (hereinafter 'the aut horisation to issue plant passports') where 
that professional operator complie s with the following conditions: 
(a) it possesses the necessary know ledge to carry out the ex aminations referred to 
in Article 82 concerning the Union quara ntine pests, protecte d zone quarantine 
pests and Union quality pests that coul d affect the plants, plant products and 
other objects concerned, and concerning the signs of the presence of those 
pests and the symptoms caused by them, th e means to prevent the presence and 
spread of those pests, and the means to eradicate them; EN 81   EN (b) it has in place systems and procedures enabling it to fulfil its obligations 
concerning traceability pursuant to Article 65 and 66. 
2. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, setting out qualific ation requirements to be fulfilled by the professional 
operators in order for them to comply with the conditions of paragraph 1(a).  
Article 85 
Obligations of authorised operators   
1. Where an authorised operator intends to issue a plant passport, it shall identify and 
monitor the points of its production process,  and the points concerning the movement 
of plants, plant products and other objects by that operator, which are critical as 
regards compliance with the rules adopted pursuant to Article 27(1), (2) and (3), 
Article 29(1), (2) and (3), Article 37(1), Article 41(3), Article 80 and Article 82, and, 
where applicable, Article 33(2), Article 50(3) and Article 81.  
It shall keep records concerning the iden tification and monitoring of those points. 
2. The authorised operator referred to in para graph 1 shall provide appropriate training 
to its personnel involved in the examinations  referred to in Article 82, to ensure that 
that personnel possesses the necessary know ledge to carry out those examinations. 
Article 86 
Phytosanitary risk management plans 
1. The competent authority may approve , as appropriate, phytosanitary risk 
management plans of authorised operators , setting out the measures implemented by 
those operators to fulfil the obligations set out in Article 85(1). 
2. The phytosanitary risk management plan sh all cover, where appropriate in the form 
of instruction manuals, at least the following: 
(a) the information required under Article 62( 2) concerning the registration of the 
authorised operator; 
(b) the information required under Article 65(3) and 66(1) concerning the 
traceability of plants, plant products and other objects; 
(c) a description of the production processe s of the authorised operator and its 
activities as regard s movement and sales of plan ts, plant products and other 
objects; 
(d) an analysis of the critical points referre d to in Article 85(1) and the measures 
taken by the authorised operator to mitig ate the phytosanitary risks associated 
with those critical points; 
(e) the procedures in place and actions fores een in the case of suspicion or findings 
of quarantine pests, the recording of  those suspicion or findings and the 
recording of the actions taken; EN 82   EN (f) the roles and responsibilit ies of the personnel involve d in the not ifications 
referred to in Article 9(1), the examinati ons referred to in Article 82(1), and the 
issuance of plant passports pursuant to Article 79(1), Article 88(1) and (2) and 
Article 89; 
(g) the training provided to the pers onnel referred to in point (f). 
3. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, amending the elements referred to in paragraph 2. 
Article 87 
Withdrawal of authorisation  
1. Where the competent authority becomes aware that an authorised operator does not 
comply with Article 82(1), (2), (3) or (4 ) or Article 84(1), or that a plant, plant 
product or other object, for which that professional operator has issued a plant 
passport, does not comply with Article 80 or, where applicable, Article 81, that 
authority shall without dela y take the measures nece ssary to ensure that non-
compliance with those provi sions does not continue. 
2. Where the competent authority has taken m easures in accordance with paragraph 1, 
other than the withdrawal of the authoris ation to issue plant passports, and non-
compliance continues, that authority shall without delay withdraw  that authorisation. 
Article 88 
Replacing a plant passport 
1. An authorised operator which has received a lot of plants, plant products or other 
objects, for which a plant passport has been issued, or the compet ent authority acting 
on request of a professional operator, may issue a new plant passport for that lot, 
replacing the plant passport initially issued for that lot, provided that the conditions of paragraph 3 are fulfilled. 
2. Where a lot of plants, plan t products or other objects, for which a plant passport has 
been issued, is divided into two or more lots, the authorised operator responsible for 
those new lots, or the competent author ity acting on request of a professional 
operator, shall issue a plant passport for each new lot resulting from the division, provided that the conditions set out in para graph 3 are fulfilled. Those plant passports 
shall replace the plan t passport issued for the initial lot. 
Where two lots, for each of which a plant passport has been issued, are combined 
into a single lot, the authorised operato r responsible for that new lot, or the 
competent authority acting on request of a professional operator, shall issue a plant 
passport for that lot. That plant passport sh all replace the plant passport issued for the 
initial lots, provided that the condi tions in paragraph 3 are fulfilled. 
3. A plant passport, as provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, may only be issued if the 
following conditions are fulfilled: EN 83   EN (a) the identity of the plan ts, plant products or othe r objects concerned is 
guaranteed; and 
(b) the plants, plant products or other object s concerned continue to comply with 
the requirements referred to in Articles 80 and 81. 
4. Where a plant passport is issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 or 2, the examination 
referred to in Article 82(1)  shall not be required. 
5. Following the replacement of a plant passpor t referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the 
authorised operator concerned shall retain the replaced plant passport for three years. 
In case a plant passport is issued by the competent authority to replace a plant 
passport, the professional ope rator, on whose request it is issued, shall retain the 
replaced plant passport for three years. 
Article 89 
Plant passports replacing phytosanitary certificates  
1. By way of derogation from Article 82, wher e a plant, plant product or other object, 
introduced into the Union territory from a third country, which for movement within 
the Union territory requires a plant pa ssport pursuant to the implementing acts 
referred to in Article 74(1) and 75(1), su ch a passport shall be issued where the 
checks pursuant to Article 47(1 ) of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of 
Publications, please insert numbe r of Regulation on Official Controls ]concerning the 
introduction of the respective plant, pl ant product or other object have been 
completed satisfactorily. 
2. Following the issuance of a plant passport re ferred to in paragraph 1, the authorised 
operator issuing that plant passport shall, where applicable, reta in the phytosanitary 
certificate for three years. 
Where point (c) of Article 95(2) applies,  that phytosanitary certificate shall be 
replaced by a certif ied copy of it. 
Article 90 
Obligation to remove the plant passport  
1. The professional operator which has under its  control a lot of plants, plant products 
or other objects, shall remove the plant pa ssport from that lot, in case it becomes 
aware that any of the requirements of Articles 78 to 82, 84 or 85 are not fulfilled. 
The professional operator shall invalidate that plant passport by drawing a clearly 
visible and indelible di agonal red line over it. 
2. In case the professional operator fails to  comply with paragraph 1, the competent 
authorities shall remove the plant pass port from the lot concerned and shall 
invalidate that plant passpor t by drawing a clearly visibl e and indelible diagonal red 
line over it. EN 84   EN 3. Where paragraphs 1 and 2 apply, the profe ssional operator concer ned shall retain the 
invalidated plant passport for three years. 
4. Where paragraphs 1 and 2 apply, the prof essional operator concerned shall inform 
accordingly the authorised operator, or  competent authority, who issued the 
invalidated plant passport. 
5. Member States shall notify, through the elec tronic notification system referred to in 
Article 97, the Commission and other Memb er States where a plant passport was 
removed and invalidated pursuant to paragraph 2. 
SECTION 3 
OTHER ATTESTATIONS  
Article 91 
Marking of wood packaging material 
1. The mark attesting that wood packaging material has been treated against Union 
quarantine pests and protected zone quarant ine pests, in accordance with a method 
established pursuant to Article 27(1) or (2), Article 29(1) or (2), Article 41(1) or (2) 
or Article 50(1) or (2), shall contain the elements set out in Annex VII. 
2. The Commission shall be empowered, in accordance with Article 98, to adopt 
delegated acts amending Annex VII to adapt that mark to the development of international standards. 
3. The mark shall only be applied by a prof essional operator authorised in accordance 
with Article 92. 
4. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format 
specifications of the mark referred to in  paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall 
be adopted in accordance with the examina tion procedure referred to in Article 99(3). 
Article 92 
Authorisation and supervision of profession al operators applying the mark of wood 
packaging material in the Union territory  
1. An authorisation to apply the mark referred to in Article 91(3) shall be granted to a 
registered operator provided that  it fulfils the following conditions: 
(a) it possesses the necessary knowledge to carry out the treatment of the wood 
packaging material required pursuant to  the acts referred to in Article 91(1); 
(b) it operates appropriate facilities to carry out that treatment (hereinafter: 
'treatment facilities'). 
The Commission shall be empowered, in accordance with Article 98, to adopt 
delegated acts amending the requirements for authorisation, where appropriate in 
view of the development of scie ntific and technical knowledge. EN 85   EN The authorisation shall be granted by the competent authority on application. 
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the authorisation referred to in that 
paragraph may be granted, concerning th e marking of wood packaging material 
entirely composed of treated wood, where th e registered operator fulfils all of the 
following conditions: 
(a) it exclusively uses wood from treatment facilities operated by a registered 
operator authorised purs uant to paragraph 1; 
(b) it ensures that the wood used for that purpose can be traced back to those 
treatment facilities; 
(c) where applicable pursuant to Articles 27(1) and (2), 29(1) and (2), 41(1) and 
(2) and 50(1) and (2), it exclusively uses  wood referred to in point (a) which is 
accompanied by a plant passport. 
3. The competent authority shall supervise the professional ope rators authorised 
pursuant to paragraph 1, to verify and ensure that they treat and mark wood packaging material in accordance with Arti cle 91(1) and fulfil the conditions set out 
in paragraphs 1 and 2. 
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt  delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, supplementing the requirements se t out in this para graph concerning the 
supervision of professional opera tors by the competent authority. 
4. Where the competent authority becomes aw are that a professional operator does not 
comply with the requirements referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 or 3, that authority shall 
without delay take the measur es necessary to ensure that  non-compliance with those 
provisions does not continue. 
Where the competent authority has taken t hose measures, other than the withdrawal 
of the authorisation referre d to in paragraph 1, and non- compliance continues, that 
authority shall without delay withdraw the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1. 
Article 93 
Attestations other than the mark  of wood packaging material 
1. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, setting out the elements to be c ontained in official at testations, specific 
for plants, plant products or other object s, other than wood packaging material, 
which are required by the appl icable international standard s as form of proof of the 
implementation of measures adopted pursuant to  Article 27(1) or (2), Article 29(1) or 
(2), Article 41(1) or (2) or Article 50(1) or (2). 
2. Those delegated acts may also set out re quirements concerning one or more of the 
following: 
(a) the authorisation of professional operat ors as regards the issuance of the 
official attestations refe rred to in paragraph 1; EN 86   EN (b) the supervision by the competent aut hority of the professional operators 
authorised pursuant to point (a); 
(c) the withdrawal of that authoris ation referred to in point (a). 
3. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format 
specifications of the attestations referred to in paragraph 1. Those implementing acts 
shall be adopted in accordance with the exam ination procedure referred to in Article 
99(3). 
SECTION 4 
EXPORT OF PLANTS , PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS FROM THE UNION TERRITORY  
Article 94 
Phytosanitary certificate for export  
1. Where for the export of a plan t, plant product or other object from the Union territory 
to a third country, a phytosan itary certificate is required by the rule s of that third 
country (hereinafter: 'phytosanitary certificat e for export'), that certificate shall be 
issued by the competent authority, at the request of the professional operator which 
has under its control the plant, plant pr oduct or other object to be exported. 
2. The phytosanitary certificate for export shall be issued provided that the information 
available is sufficient to certify complia nce with the requirements of the third 
country concerned. That information may or iginate, where applicable, from one or 
more of the following elements: 
(a) a plant passport, as referred to in Article 73, accompanying the plant, plant 
product or other object concerned; 
(b) the mark of wood packaging material as referred to in Ar ticle 91(1), or the 
attestation referred to in Article 93(1); 
(c) the information included in the pre-export certificate referred to in Article 96; 
(d) official information included in the phyt osanitary certificate as referred to in 
Article 67, where the plant, plant products  or other object concerned has been 
introduced into the Union te rritory from a third country; 
(e) official inspections, sampling and testi ng of the plant, plant product or other 
object concerned. 
3. The phytosanitary certificate fo r export shall contain the elements set out in Part A of 
Annex VIII. 
4. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, amending Part A of Annex VIII to  adapt it to scientific and technical 
developments and the developmen t of international standards. 
5. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format 
specifications of the phytos anitary certificate as referre d to in paragraph 1. Those EN 87   EN implementing acts shall be adopted in acc ordance with the ex amination procedure 
referred to in Article 99(3). 
6. Electronic phytosanitary certificates for export shall only be valid when provided 
through, or in electronic exchange with, the computerised information management 
system referred to in Article 13 0 of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of 
Publications, please insert numbe r of Regulation on Official Controls ]. 
Article 95 
Phytosanitary certificate for re-export  
1. Where a plant, plant product or other objec t originates in a third country and has 
been introduced into the Union territory from that, or another, third country, a 
phytosanitary certificate for re-export may be issued instead of the phytosanitary 
certificate for export. 
The phytosanitary certificate fo r re-export shall be issued by the competent authority 
at the request of the profe ssional operator which has under it s control the plant, plant 
product or other obj ect to be exported. 
2. The phytosanitary certificate for re-export sh all be issued provided that all of the 
following conditions are complied with: 
(a) the plant, plant product  or other object concer ned has not been grown, 
produced or processed in the Member St ate from which it is exported to the 
third country concerned; 
(b) the plant, plant product or  other object concerned ha s not been exposed to any 
risk of infestation with qua rantine pests, listed as such  by the third country of 
destination, during storage in the Member State from which it is to be exported 
to that third country; 
(c) where available, the phytosanitary cer tificate accompanying the plant, plant 
product or other object concerned from the third country of origin, or a 
certified copy of it, is attached to the phytosanitary certificate for re-export. 
3. The provisions of Article 94(2), concer ning the information sufficient to certify 
compliance with the requirements of the third country concerned, shall apply 
accordingly. 
4. The phytosanitary certificate fo r re-export shall cont ain the elements set out in Part B 
of Annex VIII. 
5. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, amending Part B of  Annex VIII to adapt it to scientific and technical 
developments and the developmen t of international standards. 
6. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format 
specifications of the phytos anitary certificate as referre d to in paragraph 1. Those 
implementing acts shall be adopted in acc ordance with the ex amination procedure 
referred to in Article 99(3). EN 88   EN 7. Electronic phytosanitary certificates for re -export shall only be valid when provided 
through, or in electronic exchange with, the computerised information management 
system referred to in Article 13 0 of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of 
Publications, please insert numbe r of Regulation on Official Controls ]. 
Article 96 
Pre-export certificates 
1. The Member State from which the plants, pl ant products and other objects referred to 
in Article 94(1) are exported and the Me mber State in which the plants, plant 
products and other objects we re grown, produced or pr ocessed, shall exchange 
information as necessary for issuing, wit hout delay, the phytosanitary certificate for 
export.  
2. The exchange of information referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the form of a 
harmonised document (hereinafter 'pre-export certificate'), in which the Member State, in which the plants, plant products  and other objects were grown, produced or 
processed, attests compliance of those plan ts, plant products or other objects with 
specific phytosanitary requirements con cerning one or more of the following: 
(a) the absence of particular pests in the plants, plants product s or other objects 
concerned;  
(b) the origin of the plants, plant pr oducts or other objects concerned; 
(c) the phytosanitary procedures applied to  the production or processing of the 
plants, plant products or other objects concerned. 
3. The pre-export certificate sh all be issued, on request of the professional operator, by 
the Member State in which the plants, pl ant products or other objects were grown, 
produced or processed, while those plants, plant products or othe r objects are on the 
premises of the professi onal operator concerned. 
4. The pre-export certificat e shall accompany the plants, plant products and other 
objects concerned during their movement within the Union territory, unless the 
information contained in it is exchanged between the Member States concerned by 
electronic means. 
5. The Commission shall be empowered to a dopt delegated acts, in accordance with 
Article 98, setting out the contents of the pre-export certificate.  
6. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format 
specifications of the pre-expor t certificate. Those implem enting acts shall be adopted 
in accordance with the examination pr ocedure referred to in Article 99(3). EN 89   EN Chapter VII 
Supporting measures by the Commission 
Article 97 
Establishment of electronic notification system 
1. The Commission shall establish an el ectronic system for the submission of 
notifications by the Member States. 
That system shall be connected to and compatible with the computerised information 
management system referred to in Artic le 130(1) of Regula tion (EU) No …/…. 
[Office of Publications, please insert number of Regulation on Official Controls ]. 
2. Where the notification concerns the presence  of a pest in plan ts, plant products or 
other objects introduced into, officially presented for introduc tion into, or moved 
within, the Union territory, th e notification referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain a 
reference to the plants, plan t products and other objects c oncerned, the nature of the 
non-compliance and the measures taken. 
Where the notification concerns  the presence of a pest in  the territory of a Member 
State, other than in a plan t, plant product or other objec t introduced into, officially 
presented for introduction into, or moved w ithin, the Union territory, the notification 
referred to in paragraph 1 sh all contain a reference to th e plants, plant products and 
other objects concerned, the name of the pest, the location and GPS coordinates of 
that presence, and the measures taken. 
Chapter VIII 
Final provisions 
Article 98 
Exercise of the delegation 
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the 
conditions laid down in this Article. 
2. The delegation of power referr ed to in Articles 1(2), 7( 1) and (2), 8(6), 11(3), 20, 
22(3), 25(4), 30, 32(4), 34(1), 38, 44(2), 45( 3), 46(6), 48, 61(3), 67(4), 71(4), 76, 
78(4), 82(4), 84(2), 86(3), 91(2), 92(1) and (3), 93(1), 94(4), 95(5) and 96(5) shall be 
conferred on the Commission for an indeterm inate period of time from the entry into 
force of this Regulation. 
3. The delegation of power referr ed to in Articles 1(2), 7( 1) and (2), 8(6), 11(3), 20, 
22(3), 25(4), 30, 32(4), 34(1), 38, 44(2), 45( 3), 46(6), 48, 61(3), 67(4), 71(4), 76, 
78(4), 82(4), 84(2), 86(3), 91(2), 92(1) and (3 ), 93(1), 94(4), 95(5) and 96(5) may be 
revoked at any time by the European Par liament or by the Council. A decision of 
revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. 
It shall take effect the day following  the publication of the decision in the Official EN 90   EN Journal of the European Union  or at a later date specified  therein. It shall not affect 
the validity of any delegate d acts already in force. 
4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to 
the European Parliament and to the Council. 
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article s 1(2), 7(1) and (2),  8(6), 11(3), 20, 22(3), 
25(4), 30, 32(4), 34(1), 38, 44(2), 45(3), 46(6), 48, 61(3), 67(4), 71(4), 76, 78(4), 
82(4), 84(2), 86(3), 91(2), 92(1) and (3), 93(1) , 94(4), 95(5) and 96(5) shall enter into 
force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of  that act to the European 
Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European 
Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be ex tended by two months at the initiative of the European 
Parliament or the Council. 
Article 99 
Committee procedure 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, 
Food and Feed established by Article 58(1)  of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council. That committee shall be a committee within 
the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 
2. Where reference is made to this para graph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 
182/2011 shall apply. 
Where the opinion of the committee is to be  obtained by writte n procedure, that 
procedure shall be terminated without re sult when, within the time-limit for delivery 
of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a simple majority of 
committee members so requests. 
3. Where reference is made to this para graph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 
182/2011 shall apply. 
Where the opinion of the committee is to be  obtained by writte n procedure, that 
procedure shall be terminated without re sult when, within the time-limit for delivery 
of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a simple majority of 
committee members so requests. 
4. Where reference is made to this para graph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 
182/2011, in conjunction with Article 5 thereof shall apply. 
Article 100 
Penalties  
The Member States shall lay down the rules on pe nalties applicable to infringements of this 
Regulation and shall take all measures necessary  to ensure that they are implemented. The 
penalties provided for must be eff ective, proportionate and dissuasive. EN 91   EN The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by …… [ Office of 
Publications, please inse rt date of application  of this Regulation ] at the latest and shall notify 
them without delay of any subsequent amendments affecting them. 
Article 101 
Repeals 
1. Directive 2000/29/EC is repealed. 
The following acts are also repealed: (a) Directive 69/464/EEC; 
(b) Directive 69/466/EEC; 
(c) Directive 74/647/EEC ; 
(d) Directive 93/85/EEC; 
(e) Directive 98/57/EC; 
(f) Directive 2007/33/EC. 
2. References to those repealed acts shall be  construed as references to this Regulation 
and shall be read in accordan ce with the correlation table set out in Annex IX hereto. 
Article 102 
Amendment of Regulation (EU) […]/2013  
[Office of Publications, please  insert number of Regulation laying down provisions for the 
management of expenditure relating to the f ood chain, animal health and animal welfare, and 
relating to plant health and plant reproductive material ] 
Regulation (EU) No [.…]/2013 [ Office of Publications, please  insert number of Regulation 
laying down provisions for the management of ex penditure relating to the food chain, animal 
health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material ] is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In Article 1, point (e) is replaced by the following: 
'(e) on protective measures against pests of plants;' 
(2) In Article 17(1), points (a), (b) and (c) are replaced by the following: 
'(a) measures to eradicate a pest from an infested area, taken by the competent 
authorities pursuant to Article 16(1), 27( 1) or 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 
[…]/[…] of the European Parliament  and of the Council [on protective 
measures against pests of plants]*; 
(b) measures to contain a priority pest, lis ted pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation 
(EU) No […]/[…]*, against which Union containment measures have been adopted pursuant to Article 27(2) or Ar ticle 29(2) of that  Regulation, in an EN 92   EN infested area from which that priority  pest cannot be eradicated, where those 
measures are essential to protect the Un ion territory against further spread of 
that priority pest. Those measures shal l concern the eradication of that pest 
from the buffer zone surrounding that infe sted area in case its presence is 
detected in that buffer zone; 
(c) prevention measures taken against the sp read of a priority pest, listed pursuant 
to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU)  No […]/[…]*, against which Union 
measures have been adopted pursuant to Article 27(3) or Article 29(3) of that 
Regulation, where those measures are esse ntial to protect th e Union territory 
against further spread of  that priority pest. 
* OJ L …, ……., p. …' [ Office of Publications, please insert this footnote, referring to the 
present Regulation, in Regulation (EU) No [.…]/2013 laying down provisions for the 
management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material ] 
(3) Article 18 is amended as follows: 
(a) In the first paragraph, points (a) a nd (b) are replaced by the following: 
'(a) they concern Union quarantine pests not known to occur in the Union 
territory, listed pursuant to Artic le 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 
[…]/[…]*; 
(b) they concern priority pests listed pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation 
(EU) No […]/[…]*; 
(c) they concern pests, not listed as Union quarantine pests, which are 
covered by a measure adopted by th e Commission pursuant to Article 
29(1) of Regulation (EU) No […]/[…]*. 
* OJ L …, ……., p. …' [ Office of Publications, please insert this footnote, referring to the 
present Regulation, in Regulation (EU) No [.…]/2013 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and 
relating to plant health and plant reproductive material ]
 
(b) The second paragraph is re placed by the following: 
'For measures fulfilling the condition laid down in point (c) of the first 
paragraph, the grant shall not cover co sts incurred after the expiry of the 
measure adopted by the Commission pursuan t to Article 29(1)  of Regulation 
(EU) No […]/[…]*. 
* OJ L …, ……., p. …' [ Office of Publications, please insert this footnote, referring to the 
present Regulation, in Regulation (EU) No [.…]/2013 laying down provisions for the 
management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material ]
 
(4) Paragraph 1 of Article 19 is amended as follows: 
(a) The following point (ca) is inserted after point (c): EN 93   EN '(ca) costs incurred by Member States  for compensation to the operators 
referred to in Article 2(7)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) […]/[…]* 
for the value of the destroyed plan ts, plant products or other objects 
subject to the measures referred to in  Article 16 of that Regulation, as 
regards priority pests, listed pursuant to Article 6(2) of that Regulation; 
* OJ L …, ……., p. …' [ Office of Publications, please insert this footnote, referring to the 
present Regulation, in Regulation (EU) No [.…]/2013 laying down provisions for the 
management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and 
relating to plant health and plant reproductive material ] 
(b) Point (d) is replaced by the following: 
'(d) in exceptional and duly justified cases, taking into account the Union 
added value of the measures, the co sts incurred in carrying out other 
necessary measures than those referre d to in points (a) to (ca), provided 
that such measures are set out in the grant decision referred to in Article 35(3).' 
(c) The following second subparagraph is added: 
'For the purposes of point (ca) of the first subparagraph, the compensation shall 
not exceed the market value of the pl ants, plant products or other objects 
immediately before they we re destroyed and the salvag e value, if any, shall be 
deducted from the compensation.' 
(5) Article 20 is amended as follows: 
(a) In the first paragraph, points (a) a nd (b) are replaced by the following: 
'(a) they concern Union quarantine pests not known to occur in the Union 
territory, listed pursuant to Artic le 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 
[…]/[…]*; 
(b) they concern priority pests listed pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation 
(EU) […]/[…]*; 
(c) they concern pests not listed as Union quarantine pests which are covered 
by a measure adopted by the Commi ssion pursuant to Article 29(1) of 
Regulation (EU) No […]/[…]*. 
* OJ L …, ……., p. …' [ Office of Publications, please insert this footnote, referring to the 
present Regulation, in Regulation (EU) No [.…]/2013 laying down provisions for the 
management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and 
relating to plant health and plant reproductive material ] 
(b) The third paragraph is replaced by the following: 
'For measures fulfilling the condition laid down in point (c) of the first 
paragraph, the grant shall not cover co sts incurred after th e expiry of the 
measure adopted by the Commission pursu ant to Article 29(1) of Regulation 
(EU) No […]/[…]*. EN 94   EN * OJ L …, ……., p. …' [ Office of Publications, please insert this footnote, referring to the 
present Regulation, in Regulation (EU) No [.…]/2013 laying down provisions for the 
management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and 
relating to plant health and plant reproductive material ] 
Article 103 
Entry into force and application 
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its 
publication in the Official J ournal of the European Union. 
It shall apply [ Office of Publications, please inse rt date counting 36 months from the 
entry into force ]. 
2. Article 97(2) shall apply from the date when the systems referred to in Article 97(1) 
are established. 
3. The acts referred to in points (a), (d), (e) and (f) of Article 101( 1) shall be repealed 
on 31 December 2021. In case of conflict between the provis ions of thos e acts and 
the provisions of this Regulation, the provi sions of this Regulat ion shall prevail. 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels,  
For the European Parliament For the Council 
The President The President EN 95   EN ANNEX I  
Territories for which, for the purpose of th is Regulation, references to third countries 
shall be read as references to third countries  and to those territ ories, and for which 
references to the Union territory shall be read as references to the Union territory 
without those territories, as referred to in Article 1(2) 
The territories of: 
1. Guadeloupe 2. French Guiana 3. Martinique 4. Réunion 5. Saint-Martin 6. Mayotte 7. Ceuta 8. Melilla 9. The Canary Islands EN 96   EN ANNEX II  
Criteria for the qualification of pests according  
to their risk to the Union territory 
SECTION 1 
CRITERIA TO IDENTIFY PESTS WHICH QUALIFY AS A QUARANTINE PEST , AS REFERRED TO IN 
ARTICLES 3, 7(1)  AND 28(2) 
(1) Identity of the pest  
The taxonomic identity of the pest shall be clearly defined or, alternatively, the pest 
shall have been shown to produce consiste nt symptoms and to be transmissible. 
The taxonomic identity of the pest shall be de fined at species level or, alternatively, a 
higher or lower taxonomic level, where that taxonomic level is scientifically 
appropriate based on its vi rulence, host range or  vector relationships. 
(2) Presence of the pest in the territory in question  
One or more of the following conditions shall apply: (a) the pest is not known to be presen t in the territory  in question; 
(b) the pest is not known to be present in  the territory in question, except in a 
limited part of it; 
(c) the pest is not known to be present in the territory in question, except for 
scarce, irregular, isolated a nd infrequent presences in it. 
Where points (b) or (c) apply, the pest shall be considered to be distributed to a 
limited extent. 
(3) Capability of entry, establishment and spread of the pest in the territory in question
 
(a) Capability of entry  
The pest shall be considered capable of entry into the territory in question, or, 
if present, into the part of that territory where it is distributed to a limited extent (hereinafter: 'endangered area'), either by natural spread, or if all of the 
following conditions are fulfilled: 
(i) it is associated, as re gards plants, plant products  or other objects which 
are moved into the territory in question, with those plants, plant products and other objects in  the territory where they or iginate or from where they 
are moved into the territory in question; 
(ii) it survives during transport or storage; (iii) it may be transferred to a suitable  host plant, plant pr oduct or other object 
in the territory in question. EN 97   EN (b) Capability of establishment  
The pest shall be considered capable of perpetuating its presence for the 
foreseeable future (hereinafter: 'establis hment') in the territory in question, or, 
if present, the part of that territory wher e it is distributed to a limited extent, if 
all of the following conditions are fulfilled: 
(i) hosts of the pest and, where relevant , vectors for transmission of the pest 
are available; 
(ii) the decisive environmental factor s are favourable for the pest concerned 
and, where applicable, its vector, en abling it to survive periods of 
climatic stress and complete its life cycle; 
(iii) cultivation practices and control m easures applied in that territory are 
favourable; 
(iv) the survival methods, reproductive strategy, genetic adaptability of the 
pest and its minimum viable populati on size support its establishment. 
(c) Capability of spread  
The pest shall be considered capable of territorial spread in the territory in 
question, or, if present, the part of that  territory where it is  distributed to a 
limited extent, if one or more of the following conditions is fulfilled: 
(i) the environment is suitable for natural spread of the pest;  (ii) barriers to natural spread of the pest are insufficient; (iii) commodities or conveyances allow for movement of the pest; (iv) hosts and, where relevant, v ectors of the pest are present; 
(v) natural enemies and antagonists of  the pest are not present or not 
sufficiently capable to suppress the pest.  
(4) Potential economic, social and environmental impact
 
The entry, establishment and sp read of the pest in the te rritory in question, or, if 
present, the part of that territory where it is distributed to a limited extent, shall have 
unacceptable economic, social and/or environm ental impacts for that territory, or the 
part of that territory where it  is distributed to a limited ex tent, as regards one or more 
of the following points: 
(a) crop losses in terms of yield and quality; 
(b) costs of control measures; 
(c) costs of replanting and losses due to the necessity of growing substitute crops; 
(d) effects on existing production practices; EN 98   EN (e) effects on street trees, parks and public and private green; 
(f) effects on native plants, biodive rsity and ecosystem services; 
(g) effects on the establishment, spread and impact of other pests, due to the 
capacity of the pest concerned to act as a vector for other pests; 
(h) changes to producer costs or input de mands, including control costs and costs 
of eradication and containment; 
(i) effects on producer profits that result fr om changes in production costs, yields 
or price levels; 
(j) changes to domestic or foreign consumer  demand for a product resulting from 
quality changes; 
(k) effects on domestic and export markets and prices paid, including effects on 
export market access and lik elihood of phytosanitary re strictions imposed by 
trading partners; 
(l) resources needed for additional research and advice; 
(m) environmental and other undesired effects of control measures; 
(n) effects on Natura 2000 or other protected areas; 
(o) changes in ecological processes and the st ructure, stability or processes of an 
ecosystem, including further effects on plant species, erosion, water table 
changes, fire hazards, nutrient cycling; 
(p) costs of environmental restoration; 
(q) effects on food security; 
(r) effects on employment; 
(s) effects on water quality, recreation, t ourism, animal grazing, hunting, fishing. 
As regards points (a) to (g), direct eff ects on hosts in the endangered area shall be 
taken into account. Those eff ects shall be assess ed taking account of the range of the 
host species, and on the basis of the type s, amount and frequency of the damage 
suffered by those host species. 
As regards points (h) to (s), indirect e ffects within and outside the endangered area 
shall be taken into account. EN 99   EN SECTION 2 
CRITERIA TO IDENTIFY UNION QUARANTINE PEST S WHICH QUALIFY AS A PRIORITY PEST AS 
REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 6(1)  AND 7(2) 
A Union quarantine pest shall be considered  to have most severe economic, social or 
environmental impact for the Union territory, if its entry, establishment and spread fulfils one or more of the following points:  
(a) Economic impacts: the pest has the potential to cause ma jor losses in terms of the 
direct and indirect effects referred to in point (4) of Section I for crops with a total 
annual production value for the Union te rritory of at least EUR 1 billion. 
(b) Social impacts: the pest has the potent ial to cause one or more of the following 
effects: 
(i) a significant employment decrease in the agriculture, horticulture of forestry 
sector concerned; 
(ii) risks to food security or food safety; (iii) the disappearance of, or permanent la rge-scale damage to, main tree species 
growing or cultivated in the Union territory. 
(c) Environmental impacts: the pest has th e potential to cause one or more of the 
following effects: 
(i) effects on species and habitats listed  under the provisions of Council Directive 
92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservati on of natural habitats and of wild 
fauna and flora
32 and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds33; 
(ii) major and permanent increases of th e use of plant protection products on the 
crops concerned. 
                                                 
32 OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7. 
33 OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7. EN 100   EN SECTION 3 
CRITERIA FOR A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY PESTS WHICH PROVISIONALLY 
QUALIFY AS A UNION QUARANTINE PEST REQUIRING TEMPORARY MEASURES AS REFERRED TO IN 
ARTICLES 21(1),  28(1),  29(1)  AND 30  
SUBSECTION 1 
CRITERIA FOR A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY PESTS WHICH PROVISIONALLY 
QUALIFY AS A UNION QUARANTINE PEST REQUIRING TEMPORARY MEASURES AS REFERRED 
TO IN ARTICLE 28(1)   
(1) Identity of the pest  
The pest shall meet the criterion defined in point (1) of Section 1. 
(2) Presence of the pest in th e Member State´s territory  
The pest is not previously known to be pres ent in the territory of a Member State. 
Based on the information available to that Member State, the pest is also not previously known to be present in Union te rritory, or is considered to fulfil the 
conditions set out in points (b ) or (c) of point (2) of S ection 1 as regards the Union 
territory.  
(3) Probability of establishment and spread of  the pest in the Union territory, or the 
specific part(s) of the Union te rritory where it is not present  
Based on the information available to the Me mber State, the pest meets the criteria 
defined in points (3)(b) and (c) of Section 1 as regards its territo ry and, to the extent 
possible for the Member State to assess this, the Union territory. 
(4) Potential economic, social and environmental impact of the pest  
Based on the information available to the Me mber State, the pest has unacceptable 
economic, social and/or environmental imp acts as regards its territory and, to the 
extent possible for the Member State to assess this, the Union territory, if it would establish and spread in that territory, as concerns one or several of the areas defined 
in point (4) of Section 1. 
Those impacts shall include at least one or  more of the direct effects listed under 
point (4)(a) to (g) of Section 1. 
S
UBSECTION 2 
CRITERIA FOR A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY PESTS WHICH PROVISIONALLY 
QUALIFY AS A UNION QUARANTINE PEST REQUIRING TEMPORARY MEASURES AS REFERRED 
TO IN ARTICLE 29(1)   
(1) Identity of the pest  
The pest shall meet the criterion defined in point (1) of Section 1. EN 101   EN (2) Presence of the pest in the Union territory  
The pest is not previously known to be presen t in Union territory or is considered to 
fulfil the conditions set out in points (b) or (c ) of point (2) of Section 1 as regards the 
Union territory.  
(3) Probability of establishment and spread of  the pest in the Union territory, or the 
specific part(s) of the Union te rritory where it is not present  
Based on the information available to the Union, the pest meets the criteria defined in 
points (3)(b) and (c) of Section 1 as regards the Union territory. 
(4) Potential economic, social and environmental impact of the pest  
Based on the information available to the Union, the pest has unacceptable 
economic, social and/or environmental impact s as regards the Union territory, if it 
would establish and spread in that territory , as concerns one or several of the areas 
defined in point (4) of Section 1. 
Those impacts shall include at least one or  more of the direct effects listed under 
point (4)(a) to (g) of Section 1. 
SECTION 4 
CRITERIA TO IDENTIFY PESTS WHICH QUALIFY AS A UNION QUALITY PEST AS REFERRED TO IN 
ARTICLE  36 AND 38 
(1) Identity of the pest  
The pest shall meet the criterion defined in point (1) of Section 1. 
(2) Probability of spread in th e Union territory of the pest  
The spread of the pest shall be assessed to take place mainly via specific plants for 
planting, rather than via natural spread or  via movement of plant products or other 
objects.  
That assessment shall include, as a ppropriate, the following aspects: 
(a) the number of life cycles of th e pest on the concerned hosts; 
(b) the biology, epidemiology and survival of the pest; 
(c) possible natural, human-assist ed or other pathways for transmission of the pest 
to the concerned host and pathway e fficiency, including mechanisms of 
dispersal and dispersal rate; 
(d) secondary infestation and transmission of  the pest from the concerned host to 
other plants and vice versa; 
(e) climatological factors; 
(f) cultural practices before and after harvest; EN 102   EN (g) soil types; 
(h) susceptibility of the concerned host a nd relevant stages of host plants; 
(i) presence of vectors for the pest; 
(j) presence of natural enemies and antagonists of the pest; 
(k) presence of other hosts susceptible to the pest; 
(l) prevalence of the pest in the Union territory; 
(m) intended use of the plants. 
(3) Potential economic, social and environmental impact of the pest  
Infestations of the plants for planting referred to in point (2) with the pest shall have 
an unacceptable economic impact on the intend ed use of those plan ts as regards one 
or more of the following points: 
(a) crop losses in terms of yield and quality; 
(b) extra costs of control measures; 
(c) extra costs of harvesting and grading; 
(d) costs of replanting; 
(e) losses due to the necessity of  growing substitute crops; 
(f) effects on existing production practices; 
(g) effects on other host plants at the place of production; 
(h) effects on the establishment, spread and impact of other pests, due to the 
capacity of the pest concerned to act as a vector for those other pests; 
(i) effects on producer costs or input demands , including control costs and costs of 
eradication and containment; 
(j) effects on producer profits that result fr om changes in production costs, yields 
or price levels; 
(k) changes to domestic or foreign consumer  demand for a product resulting from 
quality changes; 
(l) effects on domestic and export markets and prices paid; 
(m) effects on employment. 
As regards points (a) to (h), direct eff ects on hosts in the endangered area shall be 
taken into account. Those effects shall be assessed on the basis of the types, amount 
and frequency of the respective damage. EN 103   EN As regards points (i) to (m), indirect eff ects within and outside the endangered area 
shall be taken into account. EN 104   EN ANNEX III  
Elements to identify plants for planting which pose phytosanitary risks for the Union 
territory, as referred to in Articles 47(2) and 48  
Plants for planting from third c ountries shall be considered li kely to pose phytosanitary risks 
for the Union territory, as referred to in Articl e 47(1), where those plan ts for planting fulfil at 
least three of the following conditions, including at least one of the conditions provided in points (1)(a), (b) and (c):  
(1) Characteristics of the plants for planting
 
(a) They belong to a plant genus or family known to commonly host pests 
regulated as quarantine pests in the Un ion territory or in third countries. 
(b) They belong to a plant genus or fa mily known to commonly host polyphagous 
pests, or monophagous pests known to ha ve major impact to plant species 
grown in the Union territory which have major economic, social or 
environmental importance to the Union territory. 
(c) They belong to a plant genus or family known to commonly harbour pests 
without signs and symptoms of those pest s, or with a late nt period for the 
expression of those signs or symptoms of at least three months, implying that the presence of pests on t hose plants for planting is likely to be missed during 
official controls at introduction into the Union territory, without recourse to 
sampling and testing or submi ssion to quarantine procedures. 
(d) They are grown outdoors in the third countries of origin. 
(e) They are not treated with generic plan t protection products prior to or during 
shipment. 
(f) They are not subject to official export  controls and certification in the third 
country of origin. 
(g) They are not shipped in closed containe rs or packaging, or when shipped in 
such a way, the shipments because of their size cannot be opened in closed 
premises for purposes of official cont rols at introduction into the Union 
territory. 
(2) Origin of the plants for planting
 
(a) They originate from, or are moved from, a third country which is the source of 
frequent notifications of interceptions of quarantine pests not listed pursuant to 
Article 5(2). 
(b) They originate from, or are moved from, a third country which is not a member 
of the IPPC. EN 105   EN ANNEX IV  
Measures and principles for the ma nagement of the risks of pests 
SECTION 1 
MEASURES TO MANAGE THE RISKS OF QUARANTINE PESTS AS REFERRED TO  
IN ARTICLES 16(1),  20, 24(2),  27(4),  28(1),  29(4),  40(2),  41(2),  44(3),  49(2)  AND 50(2)   
The management of the risks of quarantine pests shall consist of one or  more, as appropriate, 
of the following measures: 
(1) Measures targeting prevention and elimination of infestation of cultivated and wild 
plants  
(a) Restrictions as regards the identity, nature, origin, ancestry, provenance and 
production history of cultivated plants.  
(b) Restrictions on the cultivation, harvesting and use of plants. 
(c) Restrictions on the use of plant products , premises, land, water, soil, growing 
media, facilities, machinery, equipment and other objects. 
(d) Surveillance, visual examination, samp ling and laboratory testing of plants, 
plant products, premises, land, water, soil, growing media, facilities, machinery, equipment and other objects fo r the presence of quarantine pests. 
(e) Surveillance for breakdown or change in the effectiveness of a resistant plant 
species or plant variety which relates to a change in the composition of the 
quarantine pest or its biotype, pathotype, race or virulence group. 
(f) Physical, chemical and biol ogical treatment of plants , plant products, premises, 
land, water, soil, growing media, facili ties, machinery, equipment and other 
objects, infested or po tentially infested with quarantine pests. 
(g) Destruction of plants, plan t products and other objects,  infested or potentially 
infested with quarantine pests or for preventive purposes. 
(h) Information, data recording, commu nication and reporting obligations. 
For the purposes of point (b), those measur es may include requirements with regard 
to the testing of plant species and plant varieties for resistance to the quarantine pest concerned and the listin g of plant species and plant vari eties found to be  resistant to 
the quarantine pest concerned. 
For the purposes of point (f), those measur es may include requirements with regard 
to: 
(a) the registration, authorisation and official  supervision of pr ofessional operators 
applying the treatment concerned; EN 106   EN (b) the issuance of a phytosanitary  certificate, plant passport,  label or other official 
attestation for the treated plants, plan ts products or other objects and the 
placing of the mark referred to in Articl e 91(1) following the application of the 
treatment concerned.  
(2) Measures targeting consignments of pl ants, plants products and other objects  
(a) Restrictions on the identity, nature, or igin, provenance, ancestry, production 
method, production history and traceability of plants, plant products and other 
objects.  
(b) Restrictions on the introduction, m ovement, use, handling, processing, 
packaging, storage, distribution and des tination of plants, plant products and 
other objects. 
(c) Surveillance, visual examination, sampli ng, laboratory testi ng of plants, plant 
products and other objects for the presence of quarantine pests, including through subjection to quarantine procedures. 
(d) Physical, chemical and biological treatme nt and, where appropriate, destruction 
of plants, plant products and other objects, infested or potentially infested with 
quarantine pests. 
(e) Information, data recording, commu nication and reporting obligations. 
For the purposes of points (a) to (d), t hose measures may include requirements with 
regard to: 
(a) the issuance of a phytosanitary  certificate, plant passport,  label or other official 
attestation, including the placing of the ma rk referred to in Article 91(1) to 
attest compliance with the provisions referred to in point (a) to (d);  
(b) the registration, authorisation and official  supervision of pr ofessional operators 
applying the treatment refe rred to in point (d). 
(3) Measures targeting pathways for quarantine pests, other than consignments of plants, 
plant products or other objects  
(a) Restrictions on the introduction and m ovement of quarantine pests as a 
commodity. 
(b) Surveillance, visual examination, samp ling and laboratory testing and where 
appropriate destruction of co mmodities of quarantine pests. 
(c) Restrictions on plants, plant products a nd other objects carried by travellers. 
(d) Surveillance, visual examination, samp ling and laboratory testing and where 
appropriate treatment or destruction of plants, plant products and other objects 
carried by travellers. 
(e) Restrictions on vehicles, packaging a nd other objects used in transport of 
commodities. EN 107   EN (f) Surveillance, visual examination, samp ling and laboratory testing and where 
appropriate treatment or destruction of vehicles, packaging and other objects 
used in transport of commodities. 
(g) Information, data recording, commu nication and reporting obligations. 
SECTION 2 
PRINCIPLES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RISKS OF PESTS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 16(1),  
17(2),  27(4),  28(1),  29(4),  31(1),  37(5),  44(3),  47(2),  68(3),  69(3),  70(2),  74(3)  AND 75(3)   
The management of the risks of Union quarantin e pests, protected zone quarantine pests and 
Union quality pests shall resp ect the following principles: 
(1) Necessity  
Measures to manage the risk of a pest sh all be applied only where such measures are 
necessary to prevent the introduction, es tablishment and spread of that pest. 
(2) Proportionality  
Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest  shall be consistent with the risk posed by 
the pest concerned and the level of protection that is required. 
(3) Minimal impact  
Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest shall represent the least restrictive 
measures available, and result in the minimum impediment to the international movement of people, commodities and conveyances. 
(4) Non-discrimination
 
Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest  shall not be applied in such a way as to 
constitute either a means of  arbitrary or unjustified di scrimination or  a disguised 
restriction, particularly on in ternational trade. They shal l be no more stringent for 
third countries than measures applied to th at same pest if present within the Union 
territory, if third countries can demonstrat e that they have the same phytosanitary 
status and apply identical or eq uivalent phytosanitary measures. 
(5) Technical justification  
Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest  shall be technically justified on the basis 
of conclusions reached by using an appropria te risk analysis or , where applicable, 
another comparable examination and evaluati on of available scientific information. 
Those measures should reflect, and, where appropriate, be modified or removed to 
reflect new or updated risk analysis or relevant scientific information. 
(6) Feasibility  
Measures taken to manage the risk of a pe st should be such as  to allow that the 
objective of those measur es is likely achieved. EN 108   EN ANNEX V  
Contents of phytosanitary certificates fo r introduction into the Union territory 
PART A 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATES FOR EXPORT AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 71(1)   
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Model Phytosanitary Certificate  
 No. _________________________ 
Plant Protection Organization of _________________________________________________ TO: Plant Protection Organization(s) of ___________________________________________ 
I. Description of Consignment  
Name and address of exporter:___________________________________________________ 
Declared name and address of consignee: __________________________________________ Number and description of packages: _____________________________________________ 
Distinguishing marks: _________________________________________________________ 
Place of origin:_______________________________________________________________ Declared means of conveyance:__________________________________________________ Declared point of entry: ________________________________________________________ Name of produce and quantity declared: ___________________________________________ Botanical name of plants:_______________________________________________________ 
This is to certify that the plants, plant products or other regulated article s described herein have 
been inspected and/or tested according to appropri ate official procedures and are considered to be 
free from the quarantine pests specified by the impor ting contracting party a nd to conform with the 
current phytosanitary requirements of the importing contracting party, includi ng those for regulated 
non-quarantine pests.  
They are deemed to be practically free from other pests.*  EN 109   EN II. Additional Declaration  
[Enter text here] 
III. Disinfestation and/or  Disinfection Treatment  
Date ________ Treatment ___________ Chemical (active ingredient) ___________________ 
Duration and temperature_______________________________________________________ 
Concentration________________________________________________________________ 
Additional information_________________________________________________________ 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
 Place of issue____________________________________ 
(Stamp of Organization) ________ Na me of authorized officer _________________________ 
 Date ___________________________________________ 
 (Signature) 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
No financial liability with respect to this certificate shall attach to ____________ (name of Plant 
Protection Organization) or to any of  its officers or representatives.* 
* Optional clause EN 110   EN PART B 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATES FOR RE -EXPORT AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 71(1) 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Model Phytosanitary Cert ificate for Re-Export  
 No. _________________________ 
Plant Protection Organization of ___ ____________________ (contracting party of re-export) 
TO: Plant Protection Organiza tion(s) of ________________ (contracti ng party(ies) of import) 
I. Description of Consignment  
Name and address of exporter:___________________________________________________ 
Declared name and address of consignee: __________________________________________ Number and description of packages: _____________________________________________ Distinguishing marks: _________________________________________________________ Place of origin:_______________________________________________________________ 
Declared means of conveyance:__________________________________________________ 
Declared point of entry: ________________________________________________________ Name of produce and quantity declared: ___________________________________________ Botanical name of plants:_______________________________________________________ 
This is to certify that the plants, plant produc ts or other regulated articles described above 
________________ were imported into (contracting party of re-export) ________________ from _________________ (contracting party of origin) cove red by Phytosanitary Certificate No. 
__________________, 
*original  *certified true copy  
of which is attached to this certificate; that they are 
*packed  *repacked  
in 
*original  *new  
 EN 111   EN containers, that based on the 
*original phytosanitary certificate  
and 
*additional inspection  
they are considered to  conform with the curre nt phytosanitary requirem ents of the importing 
contracting party, and that dur ing storage in ______________ (contracti ng party of re-export), the 
consignment has not been subjected to the risk of infestation or infection. 
*Insert tick in appropriate  boxes 
II. Additional Declaration  
[Enter text here] 
III. Disinfestation and/or  Disinfection Treatment  
Date ________ Treatment ___________ Chemical (active ingredient) ___________________ 
Duration and temperature_______________________________________________________ 
Concentration________________________________________________________________ 
Additional information_________________________________________________________ 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
 Place of issue____________________________________ 
(Stamp of Organization) _______ Na me of authorized officer _________________________ 
 Date ___________________________________________ 
 (Signature) 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
No financial liability with respect to this certificate shall attach to ____________ (name of Plant 
Protection Organization) or to any of  its officers or representatives.* 
* Optional clause  EN 112   EN ANNEX VI  
Plant passports 
PART A 
PLANT PASSPORTS FOR MOVEMENT WITHIN THE UNION TERRITORY AS REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST 
SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 78(2)   
(1) The plant passport for movement within th e Union territory shall contain the following 
elements: 
(a) in its upper left hand corner, the words 'Plant Passport'; 
(b) in its upper right hand corner, th e flag of the European Union; 
(c) the letter 'A.', followed by the botanical name of the plant species or taxon 
concerned, in case of plants and plant pr oducts, or, where appropriate, the name of 
the object concerned; 
(d) the letter 'B.', followed by subsequently the tw o-letter code, referred to in point (b) of 
Article 63, for the Member State in which the professional operat or issuing the plant 
passport is registered, a hyphen and the re gistration number of  the professional 
operator concerned; 
(e) the letter 'C.', followed by the lot number of the plant, plant product or the other 
object concerned; 
(f) the letter 'D.', optionally followed by the name  of the third country of origin or two-
letter code, referred to in point (b) of Article 63, for the Member State of origin. 
(2) The lot number referred to in point 1(e)  may be replaced by a reference to a unique 
traceability barcode, hologram, chip or other data carrier, present on the lot. 
PART B 
PLANT PASSPORTS FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND WITHIN  PROTECTED ZONES AS REFERRED TO IN THE 
SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 78(2) 
(1) The plant passport for movement into a nd within protected zones shall contain the 
following elements:  
(a) in its upper left hand corner, the words 'Plant Passport ─ ZP'; 
(b) immediately underneath those words, the sc ientific name(s) of the protected zone 
quarantine pest(s) concerned; 
(c) in the upper right hand corner, the flag of the European Union; 
(d) the letter 'A.', followed by the botanical name of the plant species or taxon 
concerned, in case of plants and plant pr oducts, or, where appropriate, the name of 
the object concerned; EN 113   EN (e) the letter 'B.', followed by subsequently the tw o-letter code, referred to in point (b) of 
Article 63, for the Member State in which the professional operat or issuing the plant 
passport is registered, a hyphen and the re gistration number of  the professional 
operator concerned; 
(f) the letter 'C.', followed by the lot number of the plant, plant product or the other 
object concerned; 
(g) the letter 'D.', optionally followed by the name  of the third country of origin or two-
letter code, referred to in point (b) of Article 63, for the Member State of origin. 
(2) The lot number referred to in point 1(f)  may be replaced by a reference to a unique 
traceability barcode, hologram, chip or other data carrier, present on the lot. 
PART C 
PLANT PASSPORTS FOR MOVEMENT WITHIN THE UNION TERRITORY , COMBINED WITH A CERTIFICATION 
LABEL , AS REFERRED TO IN TH E SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 78(3) 
(1) The plant passport for movement within the Un ion territory, combined in a joint label with 
the official label referred to in Ar ticle 19 of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of 
Publications, please insert number of Re gulation on plant repr oductive material law ], or 
the master certificate referred to in Article 122 of that Regulation, shall contain the 
following elements: 
(a) in the upper left hand corner of the jo int label, the words 'Plant Passport'; 
(b) in the upper right hand corner of the joint label, the flag of the European Union. 
The plant passport shall be positioned in the joint label immediately above, and have the 
same width as, that official  label or, where applicable, that master certificate. 
Where point (c), (d), (e) or (f) as referred to in  point (1) of Part A is not contained in that 
official label or, where applicable , that master certificate, that  point shall be provided in the 
plant passport referred to in  the first subparagraph. 
(2) Point (2) of Part A shall apply accordingly. 
PART D 
PLANT PASSPORTS FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND WITHIN PROTECTED ZONES , COMBINED WITH A 
CERTIFICATION LABEL , AS REFERRED TO IN TH E THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 78(3) 
(1) The plant passport for movement into and with in protected zones, combined in a joint label 
with the official label referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office of 
Publications, please insert number of  Regulation on plant reproductive material ] law, or 
the master certificate referred to in Article 122 of that Regulation, shall contain the 
following elements: 
(a) in the upper left hand corner of the jo int label, the words 'Plant Passport ─ ZP'; 
(b) immediately underneath those words, the sc ientific name(s) of the protected zone 
quarantine pest(s) concerned; EN 114   EN (c) in the upper right hand corner of the joint label, the flag of the European Union. 
The plant passport shall be positioned in the joint label immediately above, and have the 
same width as, that official  label or, where applicable , that master certificate. 
Where point (d), (e), (f) or (g) as referred to in point (1) of Pa rt B is not contained in that 
official label or, where applicable , that master certificate, that  point shall be provided in the 
plant passport referred to in  the first subparagraph. 
(2) Point (2) of Part B shall apply accordingly. EN 115   EN ANNEX VII  
Mark for wood packaging materi al referred to in Article 91(1)  
The mark applied to wood packaging material pursua nt to Article 91(1) sha ll contain the following 
elements: 
(a) on its left hand, the logo of the IPPC; (b) on its right hand, subsequently the two-letter co de, referred to in point (b) of Article 63, for 
the Member State in which the professional operator applying that mark is registered, a hyphen, the registration number of the prof essional operator concerned, and the letters 
'HT'. 
No other information shall be contai ned within the border of the mark.  
The mark shall not be hand drawn. EN 116   EN ANNEX VIII  
Contents of phytosanitary certificates for export  and re-export as referred to in Articles 94(3) 
and 95(4) 
PART A 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATES FOR EXPORT AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 94(3)   
(1) The phytosanitary certificate for movement out  of the Union territory, for the purpose of 
export to a third country, sha ll contain the following elements: 
(a) the words 'Phytosanitary certificate', followed by subsequently: 
(i) the letters 'EU'; (ii) the two-letter code, referred to in point (b) of Article 63, for the Member State 
in which the professional operator reques ting the issuance of the phytosanitary 
certificate for export is registered; 
(iii) a slash; (iv) a unique identification code for the certificate, consisting of numbers or a 
combination of letters and numbers, the letters representing, as applicable, the province and district of the Member St ate where the certif icate is issued; 
(b) the words 'Name and address of exporter', followed by the name and address of the 
registered operator requesting the issuance of the phytosanitary ce rtificate for export; 
(c) the words 'Declared name and address of consignee', followed by the declared name 
and address of the consignee; 
(d) the words "Plant protection organisation of ", followed by the name of the Member 
State of which the plant protection orga nisation issues the certificate, and 
subsequently the words 'to the plant prot ection organisation(s) of', followed by the 
name or, as applicable, names, of the country or, as appli cable, countries of 
destination; 
(e) the words 'Place of origin', followed by the place of origin of the plants, plant 
products or other objects included in the consignment for which the certificate is 
issued; 
(f) the words "Declared means of conveyance", followed by the declared means of 
conveyance of that consignment; 
(g) the words "Declared point of entry", followed by the declared point of entry into the 
country of destination of that consignment; 
(h) the words "Distinguishing marks: number and description of packages; name of 
produce; botanical name of plants", follo wed by the number and type of packages 
included in the consignment; EN 117   EN (i) the words "Quantity declared", followed by the quantity of the plants, plant products 
or other objects included in that consig nment, expressed by number or weight; 
(j) the words 'This is to certify that the plan ts, plant products or other regulated articles 
described herein have been inspected and/or  tested according to appropriate official 
procedures and aree considered to be free fr om the quarantine pe sts specified by the 
importing contracting party and to c onform with the cu rrent phytosanitary 
requirements of the importing contractin g party, including t hose for regulated non-
quarantine pests. They are deemed to be  practically free from other pests.'; 
(k) the words "Additional declaration", followed by the additional declaration referred to 
in Article 67(2) and the statement referre d to in Article 67(3) and, optionally, any 
further phytosanitary information relevant to the consignment. If there is insufficient 
space for the whole of the additional declara tion, the text is to be continued on the 
back of the form; 
(l) the words 'Disinfestation and/or disinfection treatment'; 
(m) the word "Treatment", followed by the treatment that has been applied to that 
consignment; 
(n) the words "Chemical (active ingredient)", followed by the active ingredient of the 
chemical used for the treatment referred to in point (m); 
(o) the words "Duration and temperature" , followed by the duration and, where 
applicable, temperatur e of that treatment; 
(p) the word "Concentration", followed by the co ncentration of that chemical reached 
during that treatment; 
(q) the word "Date", followed by the date on which that treatment was applied; 
(r) the word "Additional information", followed by any additional information that the 
competent authority wishes to include in the certificate; 
(s) the words 'Place of issue', followed by th e place of issuance of the phytosanitary 
certificate; 
(t) the word 'Date', followed by the date of i ssuance of the phytosan itary certificate; 
(u) the words 'Name and signature of author ised officer', followed by the name and 
signature of the officer issuing and signing the phytosanitary certificate; 
(v) the words 'Stamp of organisation', followed by the official stamp of the competent 
authority issuing the phytosanitary certificate. 
(2) The paper used shall contain the embossed seal of the competent authority that signs the 
certificate. EN 118   EN PART B 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATES FOR RE -EXPORT AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 95(4)   
(1) The phytosanitary certificate for movement out  of the Union territory, for the purpose of 
re-export to a third country, shal l contain the following elements: 
(a) the words 'Phytosanitary certificate for re-export', followed by subsequently: 
(i) the letters 'EU'; (ii) the two-letter code, referred to in point (b) of Article 63, for the Member State 
in which the professional operator reques ting the issuance of the phytosanitary 
certificate for re-export is registered; 
(iii) a slash; (iv) a unique identification code for the certificate, consisting of numbers or a 
combination of letters and numbers, the letters representing, as applicable, the province and district of the Member St ate where the certif icate is issued; 
(b) the words 'Name and address of exporter', followed by the name and address of the 
registered operator requesting the issuan ce of the phytosanitary certificate for re-
export; 
(c) the words 'Declared name and address of consignee', followed by the declared name 
and address of the consignee; 
(d) the words "Plant protection organisation of ", followed by the name of the Member 
State of which the plant protection orga nisation issues the certificate, and 
subsequently the words 'to the plant prot ection organisation(s) of', followed by the 
name or, as applicable, names, of the country or, as appli cable, countries of 
destination; 
(e) the words 'Place of origin', followed by the place of origin of the plants, plant 
products or other objects included in the consignment for which the certificate is 
issued; 
(f) the words "Declared means of conveyance", followed by the declared means of 
conveyance of that consignment; 
(g) the words "Declared point of entry", followed by the declared point of entry into the 
country of destination of that consignment; 
(h) the words "Distinguishing marks: number and description of packages; name of 
produce; botanical name of plants", follo wed by the number and type of packages 
included in the consignment; 
(i) the words "Quantity declared", followed by the quantity of the plants, plant products 
or other objects included in that consig nment, expressed by number or weight; 
(j) the following text: EN 119   EN 'This is to certify 
– that the plants or plant products described above were imported into 
…….……… (country of re-export) from ………………. (country of origin) covered by phytosanitary certificate No ………………. 
 *original *certified true copy of which is  attached to this certificate, 
– that they are 
 *packed *repacked 
in 
 *original  *new containers, 
– that based on the 
 *original phytosanitary certificate 
and 
 *additional inspection, 
they are considered to conform with th e current phytosanitar y regulation of the 
importing country, and 
– that during storage in ……………… (country  of re-export) the consignment 
has not been subjected to the ri sk of infestation or infection. 
* Insert tick in appropriate boxes', 
in which text the required information shall be filled and the applicable boxes ticked; 
(k) the words "Additional declaration", followed by the additional declaration referred to 
in Article 67(2) and the statement referre d to in Article 67(3) and, optionally, any 
further phytosanitary information relevant to the consignment. If there is insufficient 
space for the whole of the additional declara tion, the text is to be continued on the 
back of the form; 
(l) the words 'Disinfestation and/or disinfection treatment'; 
(m) the word "Treatment", followed by the treatment that has been applied to that 
consignment; 
(n) the words "Chemical (active ingredient)", followed by the active ingredient of the 
chemical used for the treatment referred to in point (m); 
(o) the words "Duration and temperature" , followed by the duration and, where 
applicable, temperatur e of that treatment; 
(p) the word "Concentration", followed by the co ncentration of that chemical reached 
during that treatment; 
(q) the word "Date", followed by the date on which that treatment was applied; EN 120   EN (r) the word "Additional information", followed by any additional information that the 
competent authority wishes to include in the certificate; 
(s) the words 'Place of issue', followed by th e place of issuance of the phytosanitary 
certificate; 
(t) the word 'Date', followed by the date of i ssuance of the phytosan itary certificate; 
(u) the words 'Name and signature of author ised officer', followed by the name and 
signature of the officer issuing and signing the phytosanitary certificate; 
(v) the words 'Stamp of organisation', followed by the official stamp of the competent 
authority issuing the phytosanitary certificate. 
(2) The paper used shall contain the embossed seal of the competent authority that signs the 
certificate. EN 121   EN ANNEX IX  
Correlation table 
Council Directive 69/464/EEC This Regulation Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office 
of Publications, please insert 
number of Regulation on Official 
Controls ] 
Article 1 Article 27(1) ─ 
Article 2 Article 27(1)(d) ─ 
Articles 3, 4 and 5 Article 27(1)(c) ─ 
Article 6 Article 27(1)(e) ─ 
Article 7 ─ ─ 
Article 8 Article 8 ─ 
Article 9 Article 31(1) ─ 
Articles 10 and 11 Article 27(1)(c) ─ 
Articles 12 and 13 ─ ─ 
Council Directive 93/85/EEC This Regulation Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office 
of Publications, please insert 
number of Regulation on Official 
Controls ] 
Article 1 Article 27(1) ─ 
Article 2 Article 27(1)(f) ─ 
Article 3 Article 9 ─ 
Articles 4 to 8 Article 27(1)(a), (b) and (c) ─ 
Article 9 ─ ─ 
Article 10 Article 8 ─ 
Article 11 Article 31(1) ─ 
Article 12 Article 27(1) ─ 
Articles 13 to 15 ─ ─ 
Annexes I to V Article 27(1) ─ 
Council Directive 98/57/EC This Re gulation Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office 
of Publications, please insert 
number of Regulation on Official 
Controls ] 
Article 1 Article 27(1) ─ EN 122   EN Article 2 Article 27(1)(f) ─ 
Article 3 Article 9 ─ 
Article 4 to 7 Article 27(1)(a), (b) and (c) ─ 
Article 8 ─ ─ 
Article 9 Article 8 ─ 
Article 10 Article 31(1) ─ 
Article 11 Article 27(1) ─ 
Articles 12 to 14 ─ ─ 
Annexes I to VII Article 27(1) ─ 
Council Directive 2007/33/EC This Regulation Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office 
of Publications, please insert 
number of Regulation on Official 
Controls ] 
Article 1 Article 27(1) ─ 
Articles 2 and 3 Article 27(1) and (2) ─ 
Articles 4 to 8 Article 27(1)(f) ─ 
Articles 9 to 13 Article 27(1) and (2) ─ 
Article 14 Article 8 ─ 
Article 15 Article 31(1) ─ 
Article 16 Article 27(1) ─ 
Article 17 Article 99 ─ 
Articles 18 to 20 ─ ─ 
Annexes I to IV Article 27(1) ─ 
Council Directive 2000/29/EC This Regulation Regulation (EU) No …/…. [ Office 
of Publications, please insert 
number of Regulation on Official 
Controls ] 
Article 1(1), (2) and (3) Article 1 ─ 
Article 1(4) ─ Article 3 
Article 1(5) and (6) ─ ─ 
Article 2(1)(a) Article 2(1) ─ 
Article 2(1)(b) Article 2(2) ─ EN 123   EN Article 2(1)(c) ─ ─ 
Article 2(1)(d) Article 2(3) ─ 
Article 2(1)(e) Article 1(1)  ─ 
Article 2(1)(f) Article 73 ─ 
Article 2(1)(g) ─ Articles 3, 25 and 36 
Article 2(1)(h) Articles 32 to 35 ─ 
Article 2(1)(i), first subpar agraph Article 71 Article 4 
Article 2(1)(i), second subparagraph ─ Articles 4 and 19 
Article 2(1)(i), third subparagraph ─ Article 129 
Article 2(1)(j) ─ Article 2(28) 
Article 2(1)(k) ─ Article 3 
Article 2(1)(l) ─ Article 3 
Article 2(1)(m) ─ Article 3 
Article 2(1)(n) ─ Article 3 
Article 2(1)(o) Article 2(6) ─ 
Article 2(1)(p) ─ Article 2(26) 
Article 2(1)(q) ─ ─  
Article 2(1)(r) ─ Article 2(48) 
Article 2(2) Article 2(2), second subparagraph ─ 
Article 3(1) Article 5(1) ─ 
Article 3(2) and (3) Articles 5(1), 37(1) and 41(3) ─ 
Article 3(4) ─ ─ 
Article 3(5) Article 32(2) and 50(3) ─ 
Article 3(6) Articles 5(2) and 32(3) ─ 
Article 3(7) Articles 5(3), 27(1) and 37(1) ─ 
Articles 3(8) and (9) Articles 8, 46 and 54 ─ 
Article 4(1) Article 40(1) ─ 
Article 4(2) Article 49(1) ─ 
Article 4(3) ─  ─ EN 124   EN Article 4(4) ─ ─ 
Article 4(5) Articles 8, 46 and 54 ─ 
Article 4(6) Article 44 ─ 
Article 5(1) Article 40(3) ─ 
Article 5(2) Article 49(3) ─ 
Article 5(3) Articles 40(2) and 49(2)  ─ 
Article 5(4) Articles 51 and 70 ─ 
Article 5(5) Articles 8, 46 and 54 ─ 
Article 5(6) Article 44 ─ 
Article 6(1) to (4) Article 82(1), (2) and (3) ─ 
Article 6(5), first and second 
subparagraphs Article 82(1), (2) and (3) ─ 
Article 6(5), third subparagr aph Articles 61 and 64  ─ 
Article 6(5), fourth su bparagraph Article 10 ─ 
Article 6(5), fifth subp aragraph Article 76 ─ 
Article 6(6) Articles 61 and 65 ─ 
Article 6(7) Article 76 ─ 
Article 6(8), first indent ─ ─ 
Article 6(8), second indent Article 53 ─ 
Article 6(8), third indent Article 82(4) ─ 
Article 6(8), fourth indent Articles 62, 65 and 85 ─ 
Article 6(8), fifth indent ─ ─ 
Article 6(8), sixth indent Article 76 ─ 
Article 6(9) Article 62 ─ 
Article 10(1) Articles 78(3), 80, 81 and 82  ─ 
Article 10(2) Articles 74, 75 and 76 ─ 
Article 10(3) Article 88 ─ 
Article 10(4) Article 82(4) ─ 
Article 11(1) Article 82(1) ─ 
Article 11(2) ─  ─ EN 125   EN Article 11(3)  ─ Article 19(d) 
Article 11(4) Article 87 ─ 
Article 11(5) Article 87 ─ 
Article 12(1) ─  Articles 43, 134, 135 and 136 
Article 12(2) Articles 65(3), 88(5) and 90(2) Article 4(1)(g) and (h) 
Article 12(3) ─ Article 115 
Article 12(4) Articles 41(4) and 90(1) and (5) Articles 19(d), 103, 130, 134, 135 
and 136 
Article 13(1) and (2) Article 71 (5) Articles 45 and 89(1)(f) 
Article 13(3) and (4) ─  ─ 
Article 13a(1) ─ Article 47 
Article 13a(2) ─ Article 52 
Article 13a(3)  Article 71 ─  
Article 13a(4)  Article 71 ─  
Article 13a(5)  ─ Articles 50 and 52 
Article 13b(1) ─ Article 63 
Article 13b(2) ─ Article 49 
Article 13b(3) ─ Article 46 
Article 13b(4) ─ Article 46 
Article 13b(5) ─ Article 46 
Article 13b(6) ─ ─ 
Article 13c(1)(a) ─ Article 55 
Article 13c(1)(b) Article 61 ─  
Article 13c(1)(c)  ─ Article 54, 55 and 56 
Article 13c(2)(a)  ─ Article 47 
Article 13c(2)(b)  ─ Article 51 
Article 13c(2)(c)  ─ Article 51 
Article 13c(2)(d)  ─ Article 51 
Article 13c(2)(e)  ─ Article 49, 50 and 51 
Article 13c(2)(f)  ─ Article 47 EN 126   EN Article 13c(3)  ─ Articles 55 and 130  
Article 13c(4) ─ Articles 55, 58 and 62 
Article 13c(5) ─ ─ 
Article 13c(6) Article 89 ─ 
Article 13c(7) Article 72 Articles 134, 135 and 136 
Article 13c(8) Articles 40(4), 41(4), 49(5), 50(4) 
and 97 Article 130 
Article 13d(1) ─ Articles 77 and 78 
Article 13d(2) ─ Article 79 
Article 13d(3) ─ Articles 79 and 83 
Article 13d(4) ─ Article 80 
Article 13d(5) ─ Articles 78 and 79  
Article 13d(6) ─ ─  
Article 13d(7) ─ ─ 
Article 13e Articles 94 and 95 ─ 
Article 14 Articles 5(3) and (4), 32(3), 37(2) 
and (3), 40(2), 41(2), 49(2), 50(2), 
68(2) and (3), 69(2) and (3), 74(2) 
and (3) and 75(2) and (3) ─ 
Article 15(1) Article 41(2), first subparagraph ─ 
Article 15(2) Article 41(2), second subparagraph ─ 
Article 15(3) Article 67(3) ─ 
Article 15(4) ─ ─ 
Article 16(1) Article 10(1) and (2) and Article 16 ─ 
Article 16(2), first subparagraph Article 28 ─ 
Article 16(2), second subparagraph Article 14(1) ─ 
Article 16(2), third subparagraph Article 14(1) ─ 
Article 16(2), fourth subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 16(3) Article 29 ─ 
Article 16(4) Articles 27(1), 29(1) and 47(1)  ─ 
Article 16(5) Articles 27(6), 29(6) and 47(4)  ─ EN 127   EN Article 18 Article 99 ─ 
Article 20 ─ ─ 
Article 21(1) ─ Article 115(1) and (2) 
Article 21(2) ─ Article 115(4) 
Article 21(3) ─ Article 115(1) and (3) 
Article 21(4) ─ Article 115(1) and (3) 
Article 21(5) ─ Articles 117 and 118 
Article 21(6) Article 97 Article 130 
Article 21(7) ─ ─  
Article 21(8) ─ ─ 
Article 22 ─ ─ 
Article 23(1) ─ ─ 
Article 23(2) ─ ─ 
Article 23(3) Article 102 ─ 
Article 23(4) ─ ─ 
Article 23(5), first subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(5), second subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(5), third subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(5), fourth subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(5), fifth subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(6), first subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(6), second subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(6), third subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(6), fourth subparagraph ─ ─ 
Article 23(7) ─ ─ 
Article 23(8) ─ ─ 
Article 23(9) ─ ─ 
Article 23(10) ─ ─ 
Article 24(1) ─ ─ EN 128   EN Article 24(2) ─ ─ 
Article 24(3) ─ ─ 
Article 25 ─ ─ 
Article 26 ─ ─ 
Article 27 ─ Article 87(2) 
Article 27a ─ Articles 107 to 110 
Article 28 ─ ─ 
Article 29 ─ ─ 
Annex I, Part A, Section I Article 5(2) ─ 
Annex I, Part A, Section II Article 5(2) ─ 
Annex I, Part B Article 32(3) ─ 
Annex II, Part A, section I  Article 5(2) ─ 
Annex II, Part A, Section II Article 37(2) ─ 
Annex II, Part B Article 32(3) ─ 
Annex III, Part A Article 40(1) ─ 
Annex III, Part B Article 49(1) ─ 
Annex IV, Part A Article 41(1) ─ 
Annex IV, Part B Article 50(1) ─ 
Annex V, Part A, Point I Article 74(1) ─ 
Annex V, Part A, Point II Article 75(1) ─ 
Annex V, Part B, Point I Article 68(1) ─ 
Annex V, Part B, Point II Article 69(1)  ─ 
Annex VI ─ ─ 
Annex VII Annex VIII ─ 
Annex VIII ─ ─ 
Annex VIIIa ─ ─ 
Annex IX ─ ─