2006D0473 — EN — 05.05.2016 — 004.001

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►B COMMISSION DECISION of 5 July 2006 recognising certain third countries and certain areas of third countries as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (notified under document number C(2006) 3024) ►C1 (2006/473/EC) ◄ (OJ L 187 8.7.2006, p. 35)

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 July 2006

recognising certain third countries and certain areas of third countries as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus)

(notified under document number C(2006) 3024)

►C1 (2006/473/EC) ◄







Article 1

1. For the purposes of point 16.2 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV, the following third countries are recognised as being free from all strains of Xanthomonas campestris pathogenic to Citrus:

(a) all citrus-growing third countries in Europe, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey;

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(b) Africa: South Africa, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland and Zimbabwe;

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(c) Central and South America and the Caribbean: the Bahamas, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, El Salvador, Surinam and Venezuela;

(d) Oceania: New Zealand.

2. For the purposes of point 16.2 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV, the following areas are recognised as being free from all strains of Xanthomonas campestris pathogenic to Citrus:

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(a) Australia: New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia;

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(b) Brazil, except the States of Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, Santa Catarina and São Paulo;

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(c) United States: Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Texas and the United States Virgin Islands;

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(d) Uruguay, except the Departments of Salto, Rivera and Paysandu — north of River Chapicuy.

Article 2

For the purposes of point 16.3 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV, the following third countries are recognised as being free from Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes:

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(a) all citrus-growing third countries in North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, except Bangladesh and Yemen, Europe and Oceania;

(b) all citrus-growing third countries in Africa, except Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Article 3

1. For the purposes of point 16.4 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV, the following third countries are recognised as being free from all strains of Guignardia citricarpa Kiely pathogenic to Citrus:

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(a) all citrus-growing third countries in Europe, North, Central and South America and the Caribbean except for Argentina, Brazil, the United States and Uruguay;

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(b) all citrus-growing third countries in Asia, except Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan;

(c) all citrus-growing third countries in Africa, except South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe;

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(d) all citrus-growing third countries in Oceania, except Australia and Vanuatu.

2. For the purposes of point 16.4 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV, the following areas are recognised as being free from all strains of Guignardia citricicarpa Kiely pathogenic to Citrus:

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(a) South Africa: Western Cape; Northern Cape: magisterial districts of Gordonia, Hartswater and Warrenton;

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(b) Australia: South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory;

(c) China: all areas, except Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang;

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(d) Brazil: all areas except the States of Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo;

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(e) the United States: all areas except counties of Collier, Hendry, Lee and Polk located in the State of Florida.

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Article 4

Decision 98/83/EC shall be repealed.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.