2007/347/EC: Commission Decision of 16 May 2007 amending Decision 2004/416/EC on temporary emergency measures in respect of certain citrus fruits originating in Argentina or Brazil (notified under document number C(2007) 2089)
Date: 2007-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, Brazil, citrus fruit, originating product, plant disease, plant health control, protection of plant life

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 May 2007

amending Decision 2004/416/EC on temporary emergency measures in respect of certain citrus
fruits originating in Argentina or Brazil

(notified under document number C(2007) 2089)

(2007/347/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Article 16(3) thereof,

(4)

(5)

temporary emergency measures should no longer apply
to citrus fruits originating in Argentina, but should,
however, remain in force in respect of
those citrus
fruits originating in Brazil.

Decision 2004/416/EC should,
accordingly.

therefore, be amended

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)

laid

2004/416/EC (2)

down
Commission Decision
temporary emergency measures aimed at providing
strengthened prevention of
entry of harmful
organisms, and in particular of Guignardia citricarpa
Kiely and Xanthomonas campestris in respect of fruits of
Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and their
hybrids, originating in Argentina or Brazil.

the

On the basis of
the assessment by the Food and
Veterinary Office in 2004 and 2005 in Argentina and
Brazil, information from detailed technical reports on the
results of plant health checks carried out in 2004, 2005
and 2006 by Member States on those citrus fruits
imported from Argentina and Brazil and additional infor-
mation provided by Argentina in 2006 and 2007 on the
traceability system and the official operators’ register
established in Argentina in the citrus fruits exporting
the temporary
sector,
emergency measures are no longer necessary in respect
of Argentina.

it has become apparent

that

the

effect of

The
emergency measures
temporary
concerned was evaluated by the Standing Committee
on Plant Health on several occasions during 2005,
the
2006 and 2007.

recommended that

It was

Decision 2004/416/EC is amended as follows:

Article 1

1.

in the title, the words ‘Argentina or’ are deleted;

2.

in Article 1, the words ‘Argentina or’ are deleted.

3. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Without prejudice
to the provisions of Commission
Directive 94/3/EC (*), each Member State importing citrus
fruits originating in Brazil shall provide the Commission
and the other Member States, by 31 December 2007 at
the latest, with a detailed technical report on the results of
plant health checks carried out on those fruits in accordance
with Article 13(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC between 1 May
and 30 November 2007.

___________
(*) OJ L 32, 5.2.1994, p. 37.’;

4.

in Article 3, ‘2004’ is replaced by ‘2007’;

(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 151, 30.4.2004, p. 76, corrected by OJ L 208, 10.6.2004,

p. 68.

5. Article 4 is deleted;

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6.

in Article 5, ‘2005’ is replaced by ‘2008’;

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

7. the Annex is amended as follows:

(a)

in points 1 and 2, the words ‘Argentina or’ are deleted;

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2007.

(b) in point 3, the words ‘Argentina or Brazil respectively’

are replaced by ‘Brazil’.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission