Commission Directive 98/17/EC of 11 March 1998 amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: national implementing measure, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, protected area, protection of plant life

L 85/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20. 3. 98

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/17/EC

of 11 March 1998

amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognising protected zones exposed to particular
plant health risks in the Community

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21
December 1976 on protective measures against the intro-
duction into the Community of organisms harmful to
plants or plant products and against their spread within
the Community (1), as last amended by Commission
Directive 98/2/EC (2), and in particular the first subpara-
graph of Article 2(1)(h) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Directive 92/76/EEC of 6
October 1992 recognising protected zones exposed to
particular plant health risks in the Community (3), as last
amended by Directive 96/76/EC (4),

Whereas within the meaning of Commission Directive
92/76/EEC certain zones in France, Ireland and Italy were
provisionally recognised as ‘protected zones' in respect of
certain harmful organisms for a period expiring on 31
December 1997;

Whereas, from information supplied by Ireland and Italy
and from the survey monitoring information gathered by
Commission experts it appears that the provisional recog-
nition of the protected zones for Ireland and Italy in
respect of Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. should
be extended for a further limited period to enable the
responsible official bodies of
Ireland and Italy to
complete the information on the distribution of Erwinia
amylovora and to complete their efforts for the erad-
ication of this harmful organism in their respective coun-
tries;

Whereas, from information supplied by France and from
the survey monitoring information gathered by Commis-
sion experts it became apparent
the provisional
recognition of the protected zone for France in respect of
beet nectrotic yellow vein virus should be changed to a
‘permanent' status and extended beyond 31 December
1997;

that

Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Standing
Committee on Plant Health,

Article 1

In the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Directive 92/
76/EEC:
(a)

the text ‘in the case of (b) 2 for Ireland and the region
of Apulia in Italy the said zones are recognised until
31 December 1997' is replaced by ‘in the case of (b) 2
for Ireland and the region of Apulia in Italy the said
zones are recognised until 31 December 1998', and
(b) the text ‘and for France, the zone is recognised until

31 December 1997' is deleted.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regula-
tions and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with this Directive with effect from 15 March 1998. They
shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accom-
panied by such reference on the occasion of their official
publication. The procedure for such a reference shall be
adopted by Member States.

2. Member States shall immediately communicate to
the Commission the essential provisions of domestic law
which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
The Commission shall inform the other Member States
thereof.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 11 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 15, 21. 1. 1998, p. 34.
(3) OJ L 305, 21. 10. 1992, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 317, 6. 12. 1996, p. 20.