2007/432/EC: Commission Decision of 18 June 2007 extending the period of validity of Decision 2002/499/EC in respect of naturally or artificially dwarfed plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., originating in the Republic of Korea (notified under document number C(2007) 2495)
Date: 2007-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: South Korea, conifer, crop production, import restriction, originating product, plant health control, plant health legislation, plant health treatment

22.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/65

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 June 2007

extending the period of validity of Decision 2002/499/EC in respect of naturally or artificially
dwarfed plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., originating in the Republic of
Korea

(notified under document number C(2007) 2495)

(2007/432/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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 15(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

Decision 2002/499/EC is amended as follows:

1. In the first and second paragraphs of Article 2,

replaced by ‘2010’.

‘2008’

is

2. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

Member States may apply the derogations mentioned in
Article 1 to plants imported into the Community in the
following periods:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

dwarfed plants of Chamaecyparis

Commission Decision 2002/499/EC of 26 June 2002
from certain provisions of
authorising derogations
Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of naturally or
artificially
Spach,
Juniperus L. and Pinus L., originating in the Republic of
Korea (2) authorises Member States to provide for dero-
gations from certain provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC
in respect of plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L.
and Pinus L., originating in the Republic of Korea, for
limited periods and subject to specific conditions.

Since the circumstances justifying that authorisation still
apply and there is no new information giving cause for
revision of
the authorisation
should be extended.

the specific conditions,

Plants

Chamaecyparis:
Juniperus:

Pinus:

Period

1.6.2004 to 31.12.2010

1.11.2004 to 31.3.2005
1.11.2005 to 31.3.2006
1.11.2006 to 31.3.2007
1.11.2007 to 31.3.2008
1.11.2008 to 31.3.2009
1.11.2009 to 31.3.2010
1.6.2004 to 31.12.2010’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Decision 2002/499/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

Done at Brussels, 18 June 2007.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

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 168, 27.6.2002, p. 53. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/775/EC (OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 11).