Commission Directive 2005/77/EC of 11 November 2005 amending Annex 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: 2005-11-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation

12.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 296/17

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2005/77/EC

of 11 November 2005

amending Annex 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
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
the second paragraph of Article 14
particular point
thereof,

(d) of

Whereas:

Directive 2000/29/EC provides
for certain measures
against the spread within the Community of organisms
which are harmful to plants or plant products. It also
provides for the use of plant passports, giving evidence
that
the plants or plant products have successfully
undergone the Community checking system.

are

Plant passports
currently required for moving
certified seeds of Helianthus annuus L., Lycopersicon lyco-
persicum (L.) Karsten ex Farw. and Phaseolus L. within the
Community, other than locally.

Article 1

In point 2.4 of section I of part A of Annex V to Directive
2000/29/EC the last indent is replaced by the following:

‘— Seeds of Helianthus annuus L., Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.)

Karsten ex Farw. and Phaseolus L.’

Article 2

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 April 2006
at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions
necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this
Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 May 2006.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or 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.

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.

Article 3

To improve the phytosanitary protection of seeds of
Helianthus annuus L., Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) Karsten
ex Farw. and Phaseolus L., the requirement that seeds have
to be accompanied by a plant passport when moved
within the Community, other than locally, should be
applied to all seeds of those species.

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Done at Brussels, 11 November 2005.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2005/16/EC (OJ L 57, 3.3.2005, p. 19).