Commission Directive 2005/18/EC of 2 March 2005 amending Directive 2001/32/EC as regards certain protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community
Date: 2005-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, plant disease, plant health control, protection of plant life

3.3.2005

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2005/18/EC

of 2 March 2005

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,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in
and against
particular the first subparagraph of Article 2(1)(h) thereof,

Having regard to the requests made by the Czech Republic,
Italy, Sweden and the
Denmark, Estonia, Greece,
United Kingdom,

Ireland,

Whereas:

(6)

(7)

(8)

From information supplied by Italy based on updated
surveys and from additional
information collected by
the Food and Veterinary Office during a mission in
this harmful
Italy in May 2004,
it
organism is now established in this country.
Italy
should therefore no longer be recognised as a protected
zone in respect of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV).

appears

that

it appears that
From information supplied by Sweden,
some names of counties
in Sweden recognised as
protected zone for Leptinotarsa decemlineata may need to
be corrected typographically.

Directive 2001/32/EC (2) should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

From information supplied by the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Greece (as
far as Crete and Lesvos are
Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom
concerned),
(including the Channel Islands but not the Isle of Man),
it appears that Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr. is not
present in the territory of these countries. Therefore these
countries should be recognised as protected zones for
Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 2001/32/EC is amended as follows:

surveys, Denmark

From information supplied by Denmark based on
should no longer be
updated
recognised as a protected zone in respect of Beet
necrotic yellow vein virus as
this
that
harmful organism is now established in Denmark.

it appears

From information supplied by Estonia based on updated
surveys, it appears that Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et
al. is not present in the territory of Estonia. Therefore,
Estonia should be recognised temporarily as a protected
zone for this organism.

From information supplied by the United Kingdom based
on updated surveys for the presence of Dendroctonus
micans Kugelan, it appears that this harmful organism is
now established in some parts of the United Kingdom
but not in Northern Ireland, nor in the Isle of Man or
Jersey. The protected zone should therefore be modified
and restricted to Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and
Jersey.

1. at the end of Article 1 the following paragraph is added:

‘In the case of point (b)(2) of the Annex, the said zone in
Estonia is recognised until 31 March 2007.’;

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

Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 14 May 2005
at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions
necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall apply those
provisions from 15 May 2005.

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

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1, as last amended by Commission

(2) OJ L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 38, as

last amended by Directive

Directive 2004/102/EC, (OJ L 309, 6.10.2004, p. 9).

2004/32/EC, (OJ L 85, 23.3.2004, p. 24).

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

Article 3

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

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 March 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

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

1. under heading (a):

(i)

in point 4, the text in the right hand column is replaced by the following:

‘Greece, Ireland, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Jersey)’

(ii) in point 13, the words ‘Blekroge, Gotlands’ in the right hand column are replaced by ‘Blekinge, Gotland’;

2. under heading (b), in point 2, ‘Estonia’ is added before ‘France (Corsica)’;

3. under heading (c), the following point is inserted before point 1:

‘01. Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr

Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece (Crete and Lesvos),
Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom (except Isle of
Man)’

4. under heading (d):

(i)

in point 1, ‘Denmark’ is deleted;

(ii) in point 3, ‘Italy’ is deleted.