Commission Directive 1999/84/EC of 20 October 1999 amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community
Date: 1999-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, protected area, protection of plant life

23. 10. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 273/11

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/84/EC

of 20 October 1999

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

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 introduction into the
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
and against their spread within the Community (1), as amended
by Commission Directive 1999/53/EC (2) and in particular the
first subparagraph of Article 2(1)(h) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Directive 92/76/EEC of 6
October 1992 recognising protected zones exposed to par-
ticular plant health risks in the Community (3), as last amended
by Directive 98/100/EC (4),

(1) Whereas under Directive 92/76/EEC, as amended, the
United Kingdom was provisionally recognised as a
‘protected zone’ in respect of beet necrotic yellow vein
virus for a period expiring on 1 November 1999;

(2) Whereas,

from information supplied by the United
Kingdom and from the information gathered by the
Food and Veterinary Office during a mission carried out
in 1999 it appears that the provisional recognition of
the protected zone for the United Kingdom in respect of
beet necrotic yellow vein virus should be extended for a
further limited period to enable the responsible official
bodies of the United Kingdom to complete the informa-
tion on the distribution of beet necrotic yellow vein
virus and to complete their efforts for the eradication of
this harmful organism in the East Anglian area of the
United Kingdom;

(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are
the Standing

in accordance with the opinion of
Committee on Plant Health,

Article 1

The date of ‘1 November 1999’ referred to in the first subpara-
graph of Article 1 of Directive 92/76/EEC is hereby replaced by
‘1 November 2001’.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive with effect from 1 November 1999. They shall imme-
diately inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied 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
in the field governed by this Directive. The
they adopt
inform the other Member States thereof.
Commission shall

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, 20 October 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 142, 5.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 305, 21.10.1992, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 351, 29.12.1998, p. 35.