Commission Directive 2000/23/EC of 27 April 2000 amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community
Date: 2000-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, protected area, protection of plant life

L 103/72

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.4.2000

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2000/23/EC

of 27 April 2000

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
their spread within the Community (1), as last
and against
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 partic-
ular plant health risks in the Community (3), as last amended
by Commission Directive 1999/84/EC (4) and in particular
Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Under Directive 92/76/EEC, as amended, Austria, Ireland
and the regions of Apulia, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia
and Veneto in Italy were provisionally recognised as
‘protected zone’
in respect of Erwinia amylovora for a
period expiring on 31 March 2000.

From information supplied by Austria, Ireland and Italy
and from the information gathered by the Food and
Veterinary Office during missions carried out in 1999 it
appears that the provisional recognition of the protected
zones for Austria, Ireland and Italy in respect of Erwinia
amylovora should be extended exceptionally for a further
limited period to enable the responsible official bodies of
these countries to complete the information on the
distribution of Erwinia amylovora and to complete their
efforts for the eradication of this harmful organism in
the relevant areas in the above countries.

(3)

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

Article 1

The date of ‘31 March 2000’ referred to in the first subpara-
graph of Article 1 of Directive 92/76/EEC is hereby replaced by
‘31 March 2001’.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive. They shall
immediately 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 of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall
apply from 31 March 2000.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2000.

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 273, 23.10.1999, p. 11.