Commission Directive 98/100/EC of 21 December 1998 amending Directive 92/76/EC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community
Date: 1998-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, protected area, protection of plant life

29. 12. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 351/35

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/100/EC

of 21 December 1998

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 98/17/EC (4),

Whereas under Commission Directive 92/76/EEC, as
amended, certain zones in Ireland and Italy were provi-
in respect of
sionally recognised as ‘protected zones'
certain harmful organisms for a period expiring on 31
December 1998;

Whereas, from information supplied by Austria, Ireland
and Italy and from the survey monitoring information
gathered by Commission experts it appears that the provi-
sional recognition of
the protected zones for Austria,
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 Austria,
Ireland and Italy to complete the information on the
distribution of Erwinia amylovora and to continue and
complete their eradication programmes for this harmful
organism in their respective countries, and to enable
Commission experts to monitor and assess the effective-
ness of such programmes;

Whereas, from information supplied by Finland and from
the survey monitoring information gathered by Commis-
sion experts it has become apparent that the provisional
recognition of the protected zone for Finland in respect
of Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens should be changed
to a
and extended beyond 31
December 1998; whereas the necessity of such recogni-
tion shall be reviewed in the light of the outcome of the

‘permanent'

status

(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 85, 20. 3. 1998, p. 28.

review of Council Directive 69/465/EEC of 8 December
1969 on the control of potato cyst eelworm (5) and the
implementation thereof;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Article 1 of Directive 92/76/EEC is amended as follows:

1. in the first subparagraph the words ‘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 for
Austria until 31 December 1998' are replaced by ‘in
the case of (b)2 for Austria, Ireland and the regions of
Apulia, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia and Veneto in
Italy the said zones are recognised until 31 March
2000';

2. the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘In the case of point (a)5b, the zone is recognised until
31 December 1996'.

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 1 January 1999. They
shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompa-
nied 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.

(5) OJ L 323, 24. 12. 1969, p. 3.

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

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission