Commission Directive 2003/21/EC of 24 March 2003 amending Directive 2001/32/EC as regards certain protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, protected area, protection of plant life

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2003/21/EC

of 24 March 2003

amending Directive 2001/32/EC as regards certain 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 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000
the introduction into the
on protective measures against
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
their spread within the Community (1), as last
and against
amended by Commission Directive 2002/89/EC (2), and in
particular the first subparagraph of Article 2(1)(h) thereof,

Having regard to the requests made by Ireland, Italy, Austria,
Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom,

(7)

(8)

(9)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Under Commission Directive 2001/32/EC of 8 May
2001 recognising protected zones exposed to particular
plant health risks in the Community and repealing
Directive 92/76/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive
2002/29/EC (4), certain areas of Portugal are recognised
as protected zones in respect of Gonipterus scutellatus
Gyll.

From information supplied by Portugal based on
updated surveys, it appears that the protected zone for
should be modified and
Gonipterus
restricted to Azores only.

scutellatus Gyll.

From information supplied by Ireland based on surveys,
it appears that Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenbach)
is not
present in its territory.

From information supplied by the United Kingdom
based on surveys,
it appears that Liriomyza bryoniae
(Kaltenbach) is not present in Northern Ireland.

Under Directive 2001/32/EC, Ireland, certain areas of
Italy and certain areas of Austria are provisionally recog-
nised as ‘protected zones’ in respect of Erwinia amylovora
(Burr.) Winsl. et al. for a period expiring on 31 March
2003.

that

recognition of

the provisional

From information supplied by Austria, Ireland and Italy
it appears
the
protected zones for those countries in respect of Erwinia
amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. should exceptionally be
extended for a further period to enable the responsible
official bodies of those countries to complete the infor-
mation on the distribution of Erwinia amylovora (Burr.)
Winsl. et al. and to complete efforts for the eradication
of this harmful organism in the areas concerned.

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 45.
(3) OJ L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 38.
(4) OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 26.

From information supplied by Italy it appears that some
parts of
the region of Veneto, where this harmful
organism is now established, should no longer be recog-
nised as a protected zone in respect of Erwinia amylovora
(Burr.) Winsl. et al.

Under Directive 2001/32/EC, Sweden is provisionally
recognised as a ‘protected zone’
in respect of Beet
necrotic yellow vein virus for a period expiring on 31
March 2003.

From information supplied by Sweden, it appears that
certain areas in the county of Skåne, where this harmful
organism is now established, should no longer be recog-
nised as a protected zone in respect of Beet necrotic
yellow vein virus. The provisional recognition of this
protected zone for the rest of Sweden should exception-
ally be extended for a further period to enable the
responsible official bodies of Sweden to complete the
information on the distribution of Beet necrotic yellow
vein virus and to complete efforts for the eradication of
this harmful organism in other areas concerned.

(10) Directive 2001/32/EC should therefore be amended

accordingly.

(11)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 2001/32/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a) the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘In the case of point (b)(2), for Ireland, for Italy (Apulia,
Forlí-Cesena, Parma,
Emilia-Romagna: provinces of
Piacenza and Rimini; Lombardia; Trentino-Alto Adige:
autonomous province of Bolzano; Veneto: except in the
province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella,
Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia Pole-
sine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, Arquà
Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara,
Canda, Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine,
Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelgu-
glielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baruchella,
Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara,
and in the province of Padova the communes Castel-
baldo, Barbona, Piacenza d'Adige, Vescovana, S. Urbano,
Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the province of Verona the
communes of Palù, Roverchiara, Legnago, Castagnaro,
Ronco all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,

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Isola Rizza, Angiari), and for Austria (Burgenland,
Kärnten, Niederösterreich, Tirol
(administrative district
Lienz), Steiermark, Wien), the said zones are recognised
until 31 March 2004.’;

(b) in the third paragraph, ‘31 March 2003’ is replaced by

‘31 March 2004’;

2. the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this

Directive.

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.

Article 4

Article 2

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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.

Done at Brussels, 24 March 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 a reference is to be made.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

The Annex to Directive 2001/32/EC is amended as follows:

1. under heading (a):

(i) in point 7, the entry in the right hand column is replaced by the following:

‘Portugal (Azores)’

(ii) the following point 14 is inserted after point 13:

‘14. Liriomyza bryoniae
(Kaltenbach)

Ireland, the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)’

2. under heading (b), in point 2, the entry in the right hand column is replaced by the following:

‘Spain, France (Corsica), Ireland, Italy (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 Austria (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tirol (administrative
district Lienz), Styria, Vienna), Portugal, Finland, the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel
Islands)’;

3. under heading (d), in point 1, the entry in the right hand column is replaced by the following:

‘Denmark, France (Britanny), Ireland, Portugal (Azores), Finland, Sweden (with the exception of the District Council
areas of Bromölla, Hässleholm, Kristianstad and Östra Göinge in the county of Skåne), the United Kingdom (Northern
Ireland)’.