Commission Directive 2007/40/EC of 28 June 2007 amending Directive 2001/32/EC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community
Date: 2007-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, protected area

29.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 169/49

DIRECTIVES

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/40/EC

of 28 June 2007

amending Directive 2001/32/EC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks
in the Community

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 the first subparagraph of Article 2(1)(h) thereof,

(4)

(5)

and the region of Basilicata in Italy should be recognised
as protected zones in respect of Grapevine flavescence
dorée MLO, because this pathogen is not present there.

Directive 2001/32/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

Having regard to the requests made by the Czech Republic,
Denmark, France and Italy,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

After consulting the Member States concerned,

The Annex to Directive 2001/32/EC is amended as follows:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By Commission Directive
certain
Member States or certain areas in Member States were
recognised as protected zones
in respect of certain
harmful organisms.

2001/32/EC (2),

to

(Murrill)

parasitica

Cryphonectria

recognised as a protected zone with
Denmark was
respect
Barr.
Following the results of the relevant surveys carried out
in Denmark, Denmark has
submitted information
showing that an adequate phytosanitary protection of
Denmark against Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr
does not require maintaining the status of Denmark as
a protected zone against that organism and requested its
status against Cryphonectria parasitica
protected zone
(Murrill) Barr be withdrawn. Denmark should therefore
no longer be recognised as a protected zone in respect of
that harmful organism.

1.

in point (c)(01) ‘Denmark’ is deleted.

2. the following point (d)(4) is added:

‘4. Grapevine flavescence

dorée MLO

Czech Republic (until 31 March
regions of Champagne-
2009),
Ardenne, Lorraine and Alsace in
France (until 31 March 2009),
region of Basilicata in Italy (until
31 March 2009)’

Article 2

Member States shall adopt and publish by 31 October 2007 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 the
Directive.

(3)

From information supplied by the Czech Republic,
France and Italy,
the regions of
the Czech Republic,
Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine and Alsace in France

They shall apply those provisions from 1 November 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 127, 9.5.2001, p. 38. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/36/EC (OJ L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 13).

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.

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

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission