Commission Directive 2003/22/EC of 24 March 2003 amending certain Annexes to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, protection of plant life

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2003/22/EC

of 24 March 2003

amending certain Annexes to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the
introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against
their spread within 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 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000
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 Council Directive 2002/89/EC (2), and in particular
Article 14(c) thereof,

Whereas:

From information supplied by Sweden based on updated
surveys, certain areas in the county of Skåne should no
longer be recognised as a protected zone in respect of
Beet necrotic yellow vein virus as it appears that this
harmful organism is established in these areas.

From information supplied by Italy based on updated
surveys, certain areas in the region of Veneto should no
longer be recognised as a protected zone in respect of
Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. as it appears that
this harmful organism is established in these areas.

The amendments are in accordance with the requests of
Italy and Sweden.

The current provisions against Tilletia indica Mitra should
be modified to take into account of the updated infor-
mation on the presence of this harmful organism in
South Africa.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Article 1

Annexes I,
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

IV and V to Directive 2000/29/EC are

III,

II,

Article 2

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 March
2003 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall
forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 April 2003.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such
reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

immediately communicate to the
2. Member States shall
Commission the text of the main provisions of national law
which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. The
Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.

Article 3

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

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

The relevant Annexes to Directive 2000/29/EC should
therefore be amended accordingly.

Done at Brussels, 24 March 2003.

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

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 45.

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ANNEX

The Annexes to Directive 2000/29/EC are amended as follows:

1.

2.

3.

in Part B of Annex I, under heading (b), in point 1, the entry in the right hand column is replaced by the following:
‘DK, F (Britanny), IRL, P (Azores), FIN, S (with the exception of the District Council areas of Bromölla, Hässleholm,
Kristianstad and Östra Göinge in the county of Skåne), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

in Part B of Annex II, under heading (b), in point 2, the entry in the right hand column is replaced by the following:
‘E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Apulia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena,
Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia;
Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto:
except in the province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia
Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, Arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara, Canda,
Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di
Po, Giacciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, and in the province of Padova
the communes Castelbaldo, Barbona, Piacenza d'Adige, Vescovana, S. Urbano, Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the province
of Verona the communes Palù, Roverchiara, Legnago, Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano,
Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), and for A (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tirol (administrative district Lienz),
Styria, Vienna), P, FIN, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)’;

in Part B of Annex III, in point (1), the entry in the right hand column is replaced by the following:
‘E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Apulia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena,
Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia;
Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto:
except in the province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia
Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, Arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara, Canda,
Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di
Po, Giacciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, and in the province of Padova
the communes Castelbaldo, Barbona, Piacenza d'Adige, Vescovana, S. Urbano, Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the province
of Verona the communes Palù, Roverchiara, Legnago, Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano,
Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), and for A (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tirol (administrative district Lienz),
Styria, Vienna), P, FIN, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)’;

4. In Part B of Annex IV, in points 20.1, 20.2, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27.1, 27.2 and 30, the entry in the right hand column is

replaced by the following:
‘DK, F (Britanny), IRL, P (Azores), FIN, S (with the exception of the District Council areas of Bromölla, Hässleholm,
Kristianstad and Östra Göinge in the county of Skåne), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

5.

in Part B of Annex IV, in point 21:
(a) the text in the middle column under point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a)

the plants originate in the protected zones E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Apulia; Basilicata; Calabria;
Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli-Venezia Giulia;
Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autono-
mous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto: except in the province of Rovigo the
communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli,
Pontecchio Polesine, Arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara, Canda, Ficarolo, Guarda
Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giac-
ciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, and in the province of Padova
the communes Castelbaldo, Barbona, Piacenza d'Adige, Vescovana, S. Urbano, Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the
province of Verona the communes Palù, Roverchiara, Legnago, Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Barto-
lomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), and for A (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tirol
(administrative district Lienz), Styria, Vienna), P, FIN, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)’;

(b) the entry in the right hand column is replaced by the following:

‘E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Apulia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena,
Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia;
Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta;
Veneto: except in the province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San
Bellino, Badia Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, Arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello,
Lendinara, Canda, Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castel-
guglielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, and in
the province of Padova the communes Castelbaldo, Barbona, Piacenza d'Adige, Vescovana, S. Urbano, Boara
Pisani, Masi, and in the province of Verona the communes Palù, Roverchiara, Legnago, Castagnaro, Ronco
all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), and for A (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower
Austria, Tirol (administrative district Lienz), Styria, Vienna), P, FIN, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel
Islands)’;

6. In Part B of Annex V, under heading I, in points 1 and 8, the text ‘, South Africa’ is inserted after ‘Pakistan’.