2006/473/EC: Commission Decision of 5 July 2006 recognising certain third countries and certain areas of third countries as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (notified under document number C(2006) 3024)
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, import (EU), import licence, parasitology, plant disease, plant health control

8.7.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 187/35

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 July 2006

recognising certain third countries and certain areas of
third countries as being free from
Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes
and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus)

(notified under document number C(2006) 3024)

(2006/000/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

therefore be recognised as being free from this harmful
organism.

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 points 16.2, 16.3 and 16.4 of Section I of Part A
of Annex IV thereof,

(5)

(6)

submitted information indicating that
Australia has
Queensland is no longer
from Xanthomonas
campestris. Queensland should therefore no longer be
recognised as being free from that harmful organism.

free

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In order to permit the introduction of fruits of Citrus L.,
Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and their hybrids from
third countries into the Community or their movement
within the Community under Directive 2000/29/EC,
Commission Decision 98/83/EC of 8 January 1998
recognising certain third countries and certain areas of
third countries as being free of Xanthomonas campestris
(all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis
Carv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely
(all
strains pathogenic to Citrus) (2) recognised certain third
countries and certain areas of third countries as being
free from those harmful organisms.

Since its adoption, Decision 98/83/EC has been amended
In the interest of clarity and rationality
several times.
therefore, be repealed and
Decision 98/83/EC should,
replaced.

New Zealand has submitted official information showing
that its territory is free from Xanthomonas campestris and
Guignardia citricarpa. New Zealand should therefore be
recognised as being free from those harmful organisms.

the magisterial

South Africa has submitted official information showing
that
and
districts
Warrenton in Northern Cape are free from Guignardia
should
citricarpa. These

of Hartswater

South Africa

districts of

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

last amended by

Commission Directive 2006/35/EC (OJ L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 9).
(2) OJ L 15, 21.1.1998, p. 41. Decision as last amended by Decision

2003/129/EC (OJ L 51, 26.2.2003, p. 21).

Article 1

1.
For the purposes of point 16.2 of Section I of Part A of
Annex IV, the following third countries are recognised as being
free from all strains of Xanthomonas campestris pathogenic to
Citrus:

(a) all citrus-growing third countries in Europe, Algeria, Egypt,

Israel, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey;

(b) Africa: South Africa, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Sudan,

Swaziland and Zimbabwe;

(c) Central and South America and the Caribbean: the Bahamas,
Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador,
the
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Honduras,
Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, El Salvador, Surinam
and Venezuela;

Peru,

(d) Oceania: New Zealand.

2.
For the purposes of point 16.2 of Section I of Part A of
Annex IV, the following areas are recognised as being free from
all strains of Xanthomonas campestris pathogenic to Citrus:

(a) Australia: New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria;

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(b) Brazil, except

the States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa
Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Mato
Grosso do Sul;

(c) all citrus-growing third countries in Africa, except South
and

Swaziland, Zambia

Africa, Kenya, Mozambique,
Zimbabwe;

(c) United States: Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana,
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa,
Texas and the United States Virgin Islands;

(d) all

citrus-growing third countries

in Oceania,

except

Australia and Vanuatu.

(d) Uruguay, except

the Departments of Salto, Rivera and

Paysandu — north of River Chapicuy.

Article 2

For the purposes of point 16.3 of Section I of Part A of Annex
IV, the following third countries are recognised as being free
from Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes:

(a) all citrus-growing third countries in North, Central and
except Yemen,

the Caribbean, Asia,

South America,
Europe and Oceania;

(b) all citrus-growing third countries in Africa, except Angola,
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria,
Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Article 3

2.
For the purposes of point 16.4 of Section I of Part A of
Annex IV, the following areas are recognised as being free from
all strains of Guignardia citricicarpa Kiely pathogenic to Citrus:

(a) South Africa: Western Cape; Northern Cape: magisterial

districts of Hartswater and Warrenton;

(b) Australia: South Australia, Western Australia and Northern

Territory;

(c) China: all areas, except Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Fujian

and Zhejiang;

(d) Brazil: all areas, except the States of Rio de Janeiro, São

Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul.

Article 4

Decision 98/83/EC shall be repealed.

1.
For the purposes of point 16.4 of Section I of Part A of
Annex IV, the following third countries are recognised as being
free from all strains of Guignardia citricarpa Kiely pathogenic to
Citrus:

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(a) all citrus-growing third countries in North, Central and
the

except Argentina

Brazil,

and

South America,
Caribbean and Europe;

(b) all citrus-growing third countries in Asia, except Bhutan,

China, Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan;

Done at Brussels, 5 July 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission