Commission Directive 2004/31/EC of 17 March 2004 amending Annexes I, II, III, 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: 2004-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, protection of plant life

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2004/31/EC

of 17 March 2004

amending Annexes I, II, III, 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,

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 Com-
munity of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and
against their spread within the Community (1), and in particular
the second paragraph of Article 14
points (c) and (d) of
thereof,

After consulting the Member States concerned,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

From information supplied by Sweden based on surveys,
it appears that areas in Sweden should not longer be
recognised as
in respect of Beet
necrotic yellow vein virus.

‘protected zones’

Under Directive 2000/29/EC, the introduction into the
Community of plants of Vitis L., other than fruits, origin-
ating in third countries is prohibited.

From information supplied by Switzerland,
it appears
that the measures Switzerland applies as regards the
introduction into and movement within its territory of
plants of Vitis L., other than fruits, are equivalent to the
measures laid down in Directive 2000/29/EC. Therefore,
plants of Vitis L., other than fruits, originating in Swit-
zerland should be allowed to enter the Community.

Under Directive 2000/29/EC, the introduction into the
areas within the Community recognised as protected
zones as regards Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.
of the host plants, other than fruit and seeds, of this
harmful organism, originating in third countries other
than those recognised as being free from this harmful
organism, or in which pest free areas have been estab-
lished in relation to this harmful organism, is prohibited.

it appears
From information supplied by Switzerland,
that the measures Switzerland applies as regards the
introduction into and movement within its territory of
host plants of Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.,
other than fruits and seeds, are largely equivalent to the
measures laid down in Directive 2000/29/EC. Therefore,
host plants of Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.,
other than fruits and seeds, and other than plants of

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commis-

sion Directive 2003/116/EC (OJ L 321, 6.12.2003, p. 36).

Cotoneaster Ehrh. and Photinia davidiana (Dcne.) Cardot,
originating in Switzerland should be allowed to enter the
Community.

From information supplied by Italy based on surveys, it
appears that some areas in Italy should not longer be
recognised as ‘protected zones’
in respect of Erwinia
amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.

Due to a clerical error in the preparation of Directive
2003/116/EC, current point 21.1 of Part B of Annex IV
to Directive 2000/29/EC was erroneously numbered.

The current provisions against Tilletia indica Mitra
should be amended to take into account the updated
information on the presence of this harmful organism in
Iran.

Directive 2000/29/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

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 bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 20 April 2004 at the latest. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this Direc-
tive.

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

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

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

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 17 March 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to Directive 2000/29/EC are amended as follows:

1.

in Part B of Annex I, under heading (b), point 1 is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘1. Beet necrotic yellow vein virus

DK, F (Brittany), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’

2.

in Part B of Annex II, under heading (b), point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.

Parts of plants, other than fruit, seeds and
plants intended for planting, but including live
pollen for pollination of Amelanchier Med.,
Ehrh.,
Chaenomeles
Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill., Eriobotrya Lindl.,
Malus Mill., Mespilus L., Photinia davidiana
(Dcne.) Cardot, Pyracantha Roem., Pyrus L. and
Sorbus L.

Cotoneaster

Lindl.,

province

autonomous

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; Tren-
tino-Alto Adige:
of
Trento; Tuscany; 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 Castel-
baldo, 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
Isola Rizza,
Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
Angiari), A (Burgenland, Carinthia,
Lower
Austria, Tirol
(administrative district Lienz),
Styria, Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle
of Man and Channel Islands)’

3. Annex III is amended as follows:

(a) in the right-hand column of point 15 of Part A, the text is replaced by the following;

‘Third countries other than Switzerland’;

(b) in Part B, point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the plants listed in
Annex IIIA(9), (9.1), (18), where appropriate, plants and live pollen
for pollination of: Amelanchier Med., Chaenomeles Lindl., Crataegus
L., Cydonia Mill., Eriobotrya Lindl., Malus Mill., Mespilus L., Pyra-
cantha Roem., Pyrus L. and Sorbus L., other than fruit and seeds,
originating in third countries other than Switzerland and other than
those recognised as being free from Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl.
et al. in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18(2), or
in which pest-free areas have been established in relation to Erwinia
amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. in accordance with the relevant Interna-
tional Standard for Phytosanitary Measures and recognised as such in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18(2)

IRL,

E, F (Corsica),
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; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous province of Trento;
Tuscany; 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 Umber-
tiano, 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
Isola Rizza, Angiari), A (Burgenland,
Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tirol
(administrative district Lienz), Styria,
Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)

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2. Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the plants listed in
Annex IIIA(9), (9.1), (18), where appropriate, plants and live pollen for
pollination of: Cotoneaster Ehrh. and Photinia davidiana (Dcne.)
Cardot, other than fruit and seeds, originating in third countries other
than those recognised as being free from Erwinia amylovora (Burr.)
Winsl. et al. in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
18(2), or in which pest-free areas have been established in relation to
Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. in accordance with the relevant
International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures and recognised as
such in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18(2)

IRL,

E, F (Corsica),
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; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous province of Trento;
Tuscany; 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 Umber-
tiano, 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
Isola Rizza, Angiari), A (Burgenland,
Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
(administrative district Lienz), Styria,
Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tirol
Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)’

4. Annex IV is amended as follows:

(a) Section I of Part A is amended as follows:

(i) in the left-hand column of point 53, the text ‘, Iran’ is inserted

(ii) in the left-hand column of point 54, the text ‘, Iran’ is inserted;

(b) Part B is amended as follows:

(i) in the right hand column of point 20.1, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

(ii) in the right hand column of point 20.2, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

(iii) point 21 is replaced by the following:

‘21. Plants and live pollen for pollination of:
Amelanchier Med., Chaenomeles Lindl.,
Cotoneaster Ehrh., Crataegus L., Cydonia
Lindl., Malus Mill.,
Mill.,
Mespilus L., Photinia davidiana
(Dcne.)
Cardot, Pyracantha Roem., Pyrus L. and
Sorbus L., other than fruit and seeds

Eriobotrya

Without prejudice to the prohibitions applic-
able to the plants listed in Annex IIIA(9), (9.1),
(18) and IIIB(1), (2) where appropriate, official
statement that:

(a) the plants originate

in third countries
recognised as being free from Erwinia
in accord-
amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.
ance with the procedure laid down in
Article 18(2),

or

(b) the plants originate in pest-free areas in
third countries which have been established
in relation to Erwinia amylovora (Burr.)
Winsl. et al. in accordance with the relevant
International Standard for Phytosanitary
Measures and recognised as such in accord-
ance with the procedure laid down in
Article 18(2),

or

(c) the plants originate in one of the following
Cantons of Switzerland: Berne (with the
exceptions of the districts of Signau and
Trachselwald), Fribourg, Grisons, Ticino,
Vaud, Valais,

or

province

autonomous

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; Tren-
tino-Alto Adige:
of
Trento; Tuscany; 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 Castel-
baldo, 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
Isola Rizza,
Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
Angiari), A (Burgenland, Carinthia,
Lower
(administrative district Lienz),
Austria, Tirol
Styria, Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle
of Man and Channel Islands)’

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(d) the plants originate in the protected zones

listed in the right-hand column,

or

(e) the plants have been produced, or,

if
moved into a “buffer zone”, kept and main-
tained for a period of at least 7 months
including the period 1 April to 31 October
of the last complete cycle of vegetation, on
a field:

and

supervised

least 1 km inside
the
(aa) located at
border of
an officially designated
‘buffer zone’ of at least 50 km2 where
host plants are subject to an officially
control
approved
regime established at the latest before
the beginning of the complete cycle of
vegetation preceding the last complete
cycle of vegetation, with the object of
minimising the risk of Erwinia amylo-
vora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. being spread
from the plants grown there. Details
of the description of this ‘buffer zone’
shall be kept available to the Commis-
sion and to other Member States.
Once the ‘buffer zone’ is established,
official inspections shall be carried out
in the zone not comprising the field
and its surrounding zone of 500 m
width, at least once since the begin-
the last complete cycle of
ning of
the most appropriate
vegetation at
showing
time, and all host plants
symptoms
amylovora
of
(Burr.) Winsl. et al. should be removed
these
immediately. The
inspections shall be supplied by 1 May
each year to the Commission and to
other Member States, and

results of

Erwinia

(bb) which has been officially approved, as
well as the ‘buffer zone’, before the
beginning of
the complete cycle of
vegetation preceding the last complete
cycle of vegetation, for the cultivation
of plants under the requirements laid
down in this point, and

(cc) which, as well as the surrounding
zone of a width of at least 500 m,
has been found free from Erwinia
amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. since
the last complete
the beginning of
cycle of vegetation, at official inspec-
tion carried out at least:
— twice in the field at

the most
appropriate time, i.e. once during
June to August and once during
August to November; and

— once in the said surrounding zone
at the most appropriate time, i.e.
during August to November, and

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(dd) from which plants were officially
tested for latent infections in accord-
ance with an appropriate laboratory
method on samples officially drawn at
the most appropriate period.

Between 1 April 2004 and 1 April 2005, these
provisions shall not apply to plants moved into
and within the protected zones listed in the
right-hand column which have been produced
and maintained on fields located in officially
designated “buffer zones”, according to the rele-
vant requirements applicable before 1 April
2004.

(iv) point 21.1 is deleted;
(v) a new point 21.3 is inserted before point 22:

‘21.3. From 15 March to 30 June,

beehives

There shall be documented evidence that the
beehives:

(a) originate in third countries recognised as
being free from Erwinia amylovora (Burr.)
Winsl. et al. in accordance with the proce-
dure laid down in Article 18(2),

or

(b) originate in one of the following Cantons
of Switzerland: Berne (with the exceptions
of the districts of Signau and Trachselwald),
Fribourg, Grisons, Ticino, Vaud, Valais,

or

(c) originate in the protected zones listed in

the right-hand column,

or

(d) have undergone an appropriate quarantine

measure before being moved.

(vi) in the right hand column of point 22, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

(vii) in the right hand column of point 23, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

(viii) in the right hand column of point 25, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

(ix) in the right hand column of point 26, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

(x) in the right hand column of point 27.1, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

(xi) in the right hand column of point 27.2, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’;

(xii) in the right hand column of point 30, the text is replaced by the following:

‘DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, P (Azores), UK (Northern Ireland)’.

5. In point 1 and 8, under heading I of Part B of Annex V, the text ‘, Iran’ is inserted after ‘India’.

province

autonomous

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; Tren-
tino-Alto Adige:
of
Trento; Tuscany; 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 Castel-
baldo, 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
Isola Rizza,
Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
Angiari), A (Burgenland, Carinthia,
Lower
(administrative district Lienz),
Austria, Tirol
Styria, Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle
of Man and Channel Islands)’