2007/842/EC: Commission Decision of 6 December 2007 amending Decision 2004/4/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (notified under document number C(2007) 5898)
Date: 2007-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Egypt, import restriction, originating product, plant disease, plant health legislation, potato

L 332/80

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.12.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 December 2007

amending Decision 2004/4/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures
against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt
(notified under document number C(2007) 5898)

(2007/842/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(7)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2004/4/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 2 paragraph 1 ‘2006/07’ is replaced by ‘2007/08’;

2.

3.

in Article 4,
2008’;

‘31 August 2007’

is replaced by ‘31 August

in Article 7,
‘30 September 2008’;

‘30 September 2007’

is

replaced by

4. the Annex is amended as follows:

(a)

in point 1(b)(iii), ‘2006/07’ is replaced by ‘2007/08’;

(b) in the second indent of point 1(b)(iii), ‘1 January 2007’ is

replaced by ‘1 January 2008’;

(c)

in point 1(b)(xii),
‘1 January 2008’.

‘1 January 2007’

is

replaced by

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Under Commission Decision 2004/4/EC (2),
tubers of
Solanum tuberosum L., originating in Egypt, must not in
principle be introduced into the Community. However,
for
season the entry into the
Community of such tubers was permitted from ‘pest-
free areas’ and subject to specific conditions.

the 2006/07 import

During the 2006/07 import season, one interception of
Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith was recorded.

Egypt has reacted to this interception in a satisfactory
way. The respective area has been taken off the list of
‘pest free areas’ for the 2007/08 import season.

In the light of the information provided by Egypt, the
Commission has established that
there is no risk of
spreading Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith with
tubers of Solanum
the entry into the Community of
tuberosum L.
from ‘pest-free areas’ of Egypt, provided
that certain conditions are satisfied.

tubers of Solanum
The entry into the Community of
tuberosum L., originating in ‘pest-free areas’ of Egypt,
should therefore be permitted for the 2007/08 import
season.

Decision 2004/4/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

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

last amended by
Commission Directive 2007/41/EC (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 51).
(2) OJ L 2, 6.1.2004, p. 50. Decision as last amended by Decision

2006/749/EC (OJ L 302, 1.11.2006, p. 47).