Commission Directive 2003/46/EC of 4 June 2003 amending Directive 2001/32/EC as regards certain protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community
Date: 2003-06-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, protected area, protection of plant life

5.6.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 138/45

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2003/46/EC

of 4 June 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,

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 Commission Directive 2003/22/EC (2), and in
particular the first subparagraph of Article 2(1)(h) thereof,

Having regard to the request made by Greece,

Whereas:

Since 1993, by Commission Directive 92/76/EEC (3) and
then by Commission Directive 2001/32/EC of 8 May
2001 recognising protected zones exposed to particular
plant health risks in the Community and repealing
Commission Directive 92/76/EEC (4), as last amended by
Directive 2003/21/EC (5), Greece was recognised as a
protected zone in respect of Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll.

Due to a clerical error in the preparation of Commission
Directive 2003/21/EC amending Directive 2001/32/EC,
the amended text did not refer to Greece in connection
with Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll. However,
the reasons
which led Greece to be recognised as a protected zone
in respect of Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll. remain valid.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 2001/32/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States shall adopt and publish by 15 June 2003 at the
latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions neces-
sary 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 a reference is to be made.

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

Directive 2001/32/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 305, 21.10.1992, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 38.
(5) OJ L 78, 25.3.2003, p. 8.

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Official Journal of the European Union

5.6.2003

ANNEX

In the Annex to Directive 2001/32/EC, under heading (a), in point 7, the entry in the right-hand column is replaced by
the following:

‘Greece, Portugal (Azores)’.