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amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1201 as regards the list of plants known 
to be susceptible to  Xylella fastidiosa    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1201 as regards the list s of plants known 
to be susceptible to  Xylella fastidiosa  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 26 October 2 016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations 
(EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 
98/57/EC, 20 00/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC1, and in particular Article 28(1)  thereof ,  
Whereas:  
(1) Annexes I and II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/12012 list the 
plants for planting, other than seeds, known to be susceptible to one or more 
subspecies , and to specific subspecies , of Xylella fastidiosa  (Wells et al. ) (‘the 
specified pest’) .  
(2) Since the adoption of Implementing Regulation  (EU) 2020/1201 , the European Food 
Safety Authority (‘the Authority ’) has updated its database of plants for planting, other 
than seeds, known to be susceptible to  the specified pest by including Anthyllis barba -
jovis L., Arbutus unedo L., Argyranthemum frutescens (L.) Sch.Bip. , Berberis 
thunbergii DC.,  Calocephalus brownii (Cass.) F.Muell. , Cortaderia selloa na (Schult. 
& Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn. , Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck,  Citrus paradisi Macfad ., 
Citrus reticulata Blanco , Clematis vitalba L., Cortaderia selloana 
(Schult.  & Schult.f.)  Asch.  & Graebn.,  Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter , Elaeagnus 
angustifolia  L., Elaeagnus x submacrophylla Servett ., Erica cinerea L., Eriocephalus 
africanus L., Ficus carica L., Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn.,  Genista hirsuta Vahl ., 
Hypericum androsaemum L., Hypericum perforatum L., Jacobaea maritima 
(L.) Pelser  & Meijden , Magnolia  x soulangeana Soul. -Bod.,  Myoporum la etum G. 
Forst., Myrtus communis L., Olea europaea subsp . sylvestris (Mill .) Rouy , 
Pelargonium graveolens L’Hér.,  Phlomis italica L., Retama monosperma (L.) Boiss.,  
Ruta graveolens L., Salvia apiana Jeps., Scabiosa atropurpurea var. maritima L., 
Strelitzia reginae Aiton, Syringa vulgaris L., Thymus vulgaris  L., Ulex europaeus L., 
Viburnum tinus L. and Vitex agnus -castus L. as host s of certain subspecies  of the 
specified pest3. Annexes  I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1201  should 
therefore reflect that update .  
                                                 
1 OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4.  
2 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1201 of 14  August 2020 as regards measures to 
 prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of  Xylella fastidiosa  (Wells et al. ) (OJ 
 L 269, 17.8.2020, p.  2). 
3 Update of the Xylella  spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2022, EFSA 
 Journal 2023;21(1):7726.   
  
EN 2  EN (3) In the case of the genus Phoenix , it is appropriate  to list  the species  Phoenix reclinata 
Jacquin and  Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien  in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/1201 , as only those two species have been found to be susceptible to the 
specified pest  according to the latest update by the Authority of the database of plants 
for planting , other than seeds,  known to be susceptible to the specified pest.  
(4) In the case of the genus Lonicera , it is appropriate to list the species Lonicera implexa  
Soland. and Lonicera japonica  Thunb.  in Annex es I and II to Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2020/1201 , as only those two species have been found to be 
susceptible to the Xylella fastidiosa  subspecies multiplex  according to the latest update 
by the Authority of the database of plants for planting , other than seeds,  known to be 
susceptible to the specified pest .   
(5) Phillyrea latifolia  L. should be  removed  from the list of specified plants susceptible to 
the Xylella fastidiosa  subspecies multiplex  in Annex II to Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2020/1201  because it was mistakenly reported by Member States as a specified 
plant.  
(6) Fortunella should be removed from Annex  I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/1201 because it has never been reported by Member States and neither is it 
included in the Authority ’s database of plants for planting , other than seeds, known  to 
be susceptible to the specified pest.  
(7) The names of ce rtain plants in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/1201 should be updated to reflect the latest developments of the international 
nomenclature. In this respect,  the denominations of the species Osteospermum 
ecklonis  DC./Osteospermum ecklonis  DC. Norl. and Osteospermum fruticosum  (L.) 
Norl., which are listed in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/1201 , should be replaced by the denominations Dimorphotheca ecklonis  (DC.) 
Norl. and Dimorphotheca fruticosa  (L.) Norl.  
(8) For purposes of clarity and accuracy, the autho rs should be  added in the names of  
certain genera and species  in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/ 1201 , where  those indications were missing.  
(9) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1201 should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU)  2020/1201  
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1201 is amended as follows:  
(1) Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation;  
(2) Annex II is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.  
Article  2 
Entry into force  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the  twentieth  day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union .  
EN 3  EN This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For t he Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN