2006/750/EC: Commission Decision of 31 October 2006 amending Decision 2005/359/EC as regards the ports of unloading of oak ( Quercus L.) logs with bark attached, originating in the United States (notified under document number C(2006) 5142)
Date: 2006-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, derogation from EU law, harbour installation, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, surveillance concerning imports, wood product

1.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 302/49

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 October 2006
amending Decision 2005/359/EC as regards the ports of unloading of oak (Quercus L.) logs with
bark attached, originating in the United States

(notified under document number C(2006) 5142)

(2006/750/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Koper to the list of ports in Annex II, as requested by
Latvia and Slovenia respectively, and to delete the port of
Lauterborg as requested by France, following consultation
with the other Member States as provided for
in
Article 3(2) of the above Decision.

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 Article 15(1) thereof,

(4)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Directive 2000/29/EC, oak (Quercus L.) logs with
bark attached, originating in the United States, may, in
principle, not be introduced into the Community because
of the risk of introducing Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz)
Hunt, the cause of oak wilt.

Commission Decision 2005/359/EC of 29 April 2005
providing for a derogation from certain provisions of
Council Directive 2000/29/EC as regards oak (Quercus
logs with bark attached, originating in the United
L.)
States of America (2) permits the import of such logs,
originating in the United States under certain conditions.

for
Article 3(1) of Decision 2005/359/EC provides
unloading only in the ports listed in Annex II to that
Decision. It is appropriate to add the ports of Riga and

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 2005/359/EC is replaced by the Annex to
this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(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 114, 4.5.2005, p. 14.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

PORTS OF UNLOADING

1. Amsterdam

2. Antwerp

3. Århus

4. Bilbao

5. Bremen

6. Bremerhaven

7. Copenhagen

8. Hamburg

9. Klaipeda

10. Koper

11. Larnaca

12. Leghorn

13. Le Havre

14. Lemesos

15. Lisbon

16. Marseilles

17. Marsaxlokk

18. Muuga

19. Naples

20. Nordenham

21. Oporto

22. Piraeus

23. Ravenna

24. Riga

25. Rostock

26. Rotterdam

27. Salerno

28. Sines

29. Stralsund

30. Valencia

31. Valletta

32. Venice

33. Vigo

34. Wismar
35. Zeebrugge’