Commission Directive 2003/47/EC of 4 June 2003 amending Annexes II, IV and V 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: 2003-06-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, protection of plant life

5.6.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 138/47

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2003/47/EC

of 4 June 2003

amending Annexes II, IV and V 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
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 2003/22/EC (2), and in
particular point (c) of the second paragraph of Article 14
thereof,

Having regard to the agreement of
concerned,

the Member State

Whereas:

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

scutellatus Gyll.

Due to a clerical error in the preparation of Commission
Directive 2002/36/EC (3) amending certain annexes to
Directive 2000/29/EC, new provisions as regards soil
and growing medium, attached to or associated with
plants, originating in Cyprus and Malta were unduly
adopted.

Due to a clerical error in the preparation of Directive
2002/36/EC, the text in point 2 under heading I of Part
B of Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC was replaced
without mentioning
products
concerned.

relevant

plant

the

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 1

Annexes II, IV and V to Directive 2000/29/EC are amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 15 June 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 16 June 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, 4 June 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 78, 25.3.2003, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 116, 3.5.2002, p. 16.

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Official Journal of the European Union

5.6.2003

ANNEX

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

1.

2.

in Part B of Annex II, under heading (a), in point (5), the entry in the right-hand column is replaced by the following:
‘EL, P (Azores)’;

in Annex IV:
(a) in Section I of Part A, in point (34), in the left-hand column, the words ‘Cyprus, Malta,’ are deleted;
(b) in Part B, in point (19), the entry in the right-hand column is replaced by the following:

‘EL, P (Azores)’;

3.

in Part B of Annex V, under heading I:

(a) in point (2), the text is replaced by the following:

‘Parts of plants, other than fruits and seeds of:
— Castanea Mill., Dendranthema (DC) Des. Moul., Dianthus L., Gypsophila L., Pelargonium l'Herit. ex Ait, Phoenix

spp., Populus L., Quercus L., Solidago L. and cut flowers of Orchidaceae,

— conifers (Coniferales),

— Acer saccharum Marsh., originating in North American countries,

— Prunus L., originating in non-European countries,

— Cut flowers of Aster spp., Eryngium L., Hypericum L., Lisianthus L., Rosa L. and Trachelium L., originating in non-

European countries,

— Leafy vegetables of Apium graveolens L. and Ocimum L.’;

(b) in point (7)(b), the words ‘Cyprus, Malta,’ are deleted.