Commission Directive 2004/70/EC of 28 April 2004 amending 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, parasitology, plant health control, plant health legislation, protection of plant life

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2004/70/EC

of 28 April 2004

amending 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

(Text with EEA relevance)

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
points (c) and (d) of
the second paragraph of Article 14
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 20 of the Act of Accession of 2003, refers to
Annex II to that Act, which contains adaptations to the
acquis required by accession. However, Annex II in prin-
ciple only takes into account adaptations to acts adopted
before the cut-off date for the accession negotiations, i.e.
1 November 2002.

It is however necessary to make additional adaptations
to the acquis, in particular to acts adopted after that date
as well as to acts which could not be included in Annex
II or which, because of changed circumstances, require
new adaptations.

Directive 2000/29/EC was amended at several occasions
after 1 November 2002 in respect of certain provisions
that were adapted by the Act of Accession of 2003.

By the Act of Accession of 2003, Lithuania was granted
the status of a protected zone as regards Beet necrotic
yellow vein virus for a limited period of time expiring
on 31 March 2006. It is appropriate to amend the text
of Annex IV to reflect the changes made by the Act of
Accession.

By the Act of Accession of 2003, Latvia, Slovenia and
Slovakia were granted the status of a protected zone as
regards Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens for a limited
period of time expiring on 31 March 2006. It is appro-
priate to amend the text of Annex IV to reflect the
changes made by the Act of Accession.

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

sion Directive 2004/31/EC (OJ L 85, 23.3.2004, p. 18).

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

By the Act of Accession of 2003, Malta was granted the
status of a protected zone as regards Citrus tristeza virus
(European strains) for a limited period of time expiring
on 31 March 2006. It is appropriate to amend the text
of Annex IV to reflect the changes made by the Act of
Accession.

some of

In the interest of clarity it is appropriate to combine in
the amendments made since 1
one text
November 2002. An appropriate period should be given
for the Member States to implement those provisions of
this Directive which do not reflect existing legislation.

Directive 2000/29/EC should,
accordingly.

therefore, be amended

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 2000/29/EC is amended as follows:

1. Annexes I, II, III and IV are amended in accordance with

Annex I to this Directive.

2. Part B of Annex IV is amended in accordance with Annex II

to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Annex II to
this Directive at the latest by 1 June 2004. 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.

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This Directive shall enter into force subject to, and as from the date of, the entry into force of the Treaty of
Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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Annexes I, II, III and IV 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 I

‘1. Beet necrotic yellow vein virus

DK, F (Britanny), FI, IRL, LT, 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.,

Lendinara,

Occhiobello,

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:
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,
Canda,
Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine,
Fiesso Umbertiano,
Villanova del Ghebbo,
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, Castag-
naro, Ronco
Bartolomea,
all'Adige, Villa
Oppeano, Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), LV,
LT, A (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria,
(administrative district Lienz), Styria,
Tirol
Vienna), P, SI, SK, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle
of Man and Channel Islands)’

3. Part B of Annex III is amended as follows:

(a) 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)

I

IRL,

Lazio;

and Rimini;

Friuli-Venezia Giulia;

E, F (Corsica),
(Abruzzi; Apulia; Basilicata; Calabria;
Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena, Parma,
Piacenza
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,
Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del
Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta,
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 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 Barto-
lomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
Isola Rizza, Angiari), LV, LT, A
(Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tirol (administrative district
Lienz), Styria, Vienna), P, SI, SK, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of
Man and Channel Islands)’

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(b) point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘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)

I

IRL,

Lazio;

and Rimini;

Friuli-Venezia Giulia;

E, F (Corsica),
(Abruzzi; Apulia; Basilicata; Calabria;
Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena, Parma,
Piacenza
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 Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giac-
ciano 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 Barto-
lomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
Isola Rizza, Angiari), LV, LT, A
(Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tirol (administrative district
Lienz), Styria, Vienna), P, SI, SK, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of
Man and Channel Islands)’

4. Part B of Annex IV is amended as follows:

(a) 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)’

(b) 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)’

(c) point 21 is replaced by the following:

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

Eriobotrya

to the prohibitions
Without prejudice
applicable to the plants listed in Annex
IIIA(9), (9.1), (18) and IIIB(1), where appro-
priate, official statement that:

a) the plants originate in third countries
recognised as being free from Erwinia
amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. in accord-
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 estab-
lished 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),

or

c) the plants originate

in one of

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

or

d) the plants originate in the protected
zones listed in the right-hand column,

or

Lendinara, Canda,

E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Apulia; Basili-
cata; 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: autono-
mous 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,
Ficarolo,
Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova
del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelgu-
glielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baru-
chella, 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
Legnago,
Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Barto-
lomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
Isola Rizza,
Angiari), LV, LT, A (Burgenland, Carinthia,
Lower Austria, Tirol
(administrative district
Lienz), Styria, Vienna), P, SI, SK, FI, UK
(Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel
Islands)’

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e) the plants have been produced, or,

if
moved into a “buffer zone”, kept and
maintained 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:
aa) located at

of

the description of

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

field

and

to

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 beginning of the last complete
cycle of vegetation, at official inspec-
tion carried out at least:
— twice in the field at

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

— once in the said surrounding
the most appropriate
to
during August

zone at
time,
i.e.
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
“buffer
zones”, according to the relevant require-
ments applicable before 1 April 2004.

in officially

designated

(d) point 21.3 is replaced by the following:

‘21.3 From 15 March to 30 June, beehives

There shall be documented evidence that the
beehives:

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

from Erwinia

or

b) originate in one of the following Cantons
of Switzerland: Berne (with the excep-
tions of the districts of Signau and Trach-
selwald), Fribourg, Grisons, Ticino, Vaud,
Valais,

or

c) originate in the protected zones listed in

the right-hand column,

or

d) have undergone an appropriate quaran-

tine measure before being moved.

(e) 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)’

(f) 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)’

(g) 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)’

(h) 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)’

(i) 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)’

(j) 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)’

(k) 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)’

Lendinara, Canda,

E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Apulia; Basili-
cata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna:
provinces of Forlí-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza
Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Lazio;
and Rimini;
Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont;
Sardinia;
Sicily; 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,
Ficarolo,
Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova
del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelgu-
glielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baru-
chella, 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
Legnago,
Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Barto-
lomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo,
Isola Rizza,
Angiari), LV, LT, A (Burgenland, Carinthia,
Lower Austria, Tirol
(administrative district
Lienz), Styria, Vienna), P, SI, SK, FI, UK
(Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel
Islands)’

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ANNEX II

Part B of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC is amended as follows:

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

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

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

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

(c) in the right hand column of point 20.3, the text is replaced by the following:

‘LV, SI, SK, FI’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(k) point 31 is replaced by the following:

‘31. Fruits of Citrus L., Fortunella
Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and their
hybrids originating
F
(except Corsica) and CY

in E,

EL, F (Corsica), I, M, P’

Without prejudice to the require-
in
ments applicable to the fruit
Annex IV(A)(II)(30.1):
(a) the fruits shall be free from

leaves and peduncles; or

(b) in the case of fruits with leaves
or peduncles, official statement
that
the fruits are packed in
closed containers which have
been officially sealed and shall
sealed
remain
their
during
through a protected
transport
zone, recognised for these fruits,
and shall bear a distinguishing
mark to be reported on the
passport.