Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2416 of 17 December 2015 recognising certain areas of the United States of America as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (notified under document C(2015) 9185)
Date: 2015-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, import (EU), import restriction, plant disease, plant health control








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19.12.2015   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 333/128








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/2416
of 17 December 2015
         
recognising certain areas of the United States of America as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire


(notified under document C(2015) 9185)




THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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 and against their spread within the Community (1), and in particular points 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Points 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC provide for special requirements concerning the introduction into the Union of certain plant products and other objects originating from certain countries. One of those special requirements is the requirement of an official statement that those plant products and other objects originate in an area recognised as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire.












(2)


The United States of America have requested the recognition of certain areas of their territories as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire in accordance with points 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV of Directive 2000/29/EC.












(3)


It appears from the official information submitted by the United States of America that certain areas of its territory are free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire. Those areas of the United States of America should therefore be recognized as being free from that harmful organism.












(4)


In view of the continued spread of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire in the United States of America, it is appropriate to limit the recognition of the areas concerned as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire to a certain period.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

Recognition

For the purposes of points 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, the areas of the United States of America listed in the Annex to this Decision are recognised as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire.


Article 2

Expiry date

This Decision shall expire on 31 December 2017.


Article 3

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 17 December 2015.


For the Commission

Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
            

Member of the Commission






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




ANNEX

LIST OF AREAS, AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1







(1)



States being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire







Alaska
Arizona
California
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada


New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Wyoming














(2)



Counties being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire







(a)



Counties in Alabama:







Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bibb
Blount
Bullock
Butler
Calhoun
Chambers
Chilton
Choctaw
Clarke
Clay
Coffee
Colbert
Conecuh
Coosa
Covington
Crenshaw
Cullman
Dale
Dallas


DeKalb
Elmore
Escambia
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Geneva
Greene
Hale
Henry
Houston
Jefferson
Lamar
Lawrence
Lee
Lowndes
Macon
Marengo
Marion
Marshall
Mobile
Monroe










Montgomery
Morgan
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Russell
Shelby
St. Clair


Sumter
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Washington
Wilcox
Winston














(b)



Counties in Arkansas:







Baxter
Benton
Boone
Carroll
Clay
Cleburne
Conway
Craighead
Crawford
Crittenden
Cross
Faulkner
Franklin
Fulton
Greene
Independence
Izard
Jackson
Johnson
Lawrence
Lee
Logan


Madison
Marion
Mississippi
Monroe
Newton
Phillips
Poinsett
Polk
Pope
Prairie
Randolph
St. Francis
Scott
Searcy
Sebastian
Sharp
Stone
Van Buren
Washington
White
Woodruff














(c)



Counties in Colorado:







Alamosa
Arapahoe
Archuleta
Baca
Bent


Broomfield
Chaffee
Cheyenne
Clear Creek
Conejos










Costilla
Crowley
Custer
Delta
Denver
Dolores
Douglas
Eagle
El Paso
Elbert
Fremont
Garfield
Gunnison
Hinsdale
Huerfano
Jackson
Kiowa
Kit Carson
La Plata
Lake
Las Animas
Lincoln
Logan
Mesa


Mineral
Moffat
Montezuma
Montrose
Morgan
Otero
Ouray
Park
Phillips
Pitkin
Prowers
Pueblo
Rio Blanco
Rio Grande
Routt
Saguache
San Juan
San Miguel
Sedgwick
Summit
Teller
Washington
Yuma














(d)



Counties in Georgia:







Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan


Bulloch
Burke
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Clay
Clinch
Coffee
Colquitt










Columbia
Cook
Crawford
Crisp
Decatur
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Early
Echols
Effingham
Emanuel
Evans
Glascock
Glynn
Grady
Hancock
Harris
Houston
Irwin
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Macon
Marion
McDuffie
McIntosh
Miller


Mitchell
Montgomery
Morgan
Muscogee
Peach
Pierce
Pulaski
Quitman
Randolph
Richmond
Schley
Seminole
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Treutlen
Turner
Twiggs
Upson
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
Wilcox
Wilkinson
Worth














(e)



Counties in Kansas:







Allen
Anderson
Barber
Barton
Bourbon
Butler
Chase
Chautauqua
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Clark
Clay
Cloud
Coffey
Comanche
Cowley
Crawford
Decatur
Dickinson
Edwards
Elk
Ellis
Ellsworth
Finney
Ford
Geary
Gove
Graham
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Greenwood
Hamilton
Harper
Harvey
Haskell
Hodgeman


Jewell
Kearny
Kingman
Kiowa
Labette
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Logan
Lyon
McPherson
Marion
Marshall
Meade
Mitchell
Montgomery
Morris
Morton
Nemaha
Neosho
Ness
Norton
Osborne
Ottawa
Pawnee
Phillips
Pottawatomie
Pratt
Rawlins
Reno
Republic
Rice
Riley
Rooks
Rush
Russell
Saline










Scott
Sedgwick
Seward
Sheridan
Sherman
Smith
Stafford
Stanton
Stevens


Sumner
Thomas
Trego
Wabaunsee
Wallace
Washington
Wichita
Wilson
Woodson














(f)



Counties (Parishes) in Louisiana:







Acadia
Allen
Ascension
Assumption
Avoyelles
Beauregard
Calcasieu
Caldwell
Cameron
Catahoula
Concordia
De Soto
East Baton Rouge
East Feliciana
Evangeline
Franklin
Grant
Iberia
Iberville
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson
Lafayette
Lafourche
La Salle
Livingston


Natchitoches
Orleans
Plaquemines
Pointe Coupee
Rapides
Red River
Sabine
St. Bernard
St. Charles
St. Helena
St. James
St. John the Baptist
St. Landry
St. Martin
St. Mary
St. Tammany
Tangipahoa
Tensas
Terrebonne
Vermilion
Vernon
Washington
West Baton Rouge
West Feliciana
Winn














(g)



Counties in Maine:







Aroostook
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln


Penobscot
Piscataquis
Somerset
Waldo
Washington














(h)



Counties in Minnesota:







Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Cass
Chippewa
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Douglas
Faribault
Grant
Hubbard
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake of the Woods
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Martin


Meeker
Morrison
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Roseau
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Watonwan
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine














(i)



Counties in Nebraska:







Adams
Antelope


Arthur
Banner










Blaine
Boone
Box Butte
Boyd
Brown
Buffalo
Burt
Butler
Cedar
Chase
Cherry
Cheyenne
Clay
Colfax
Cuming
Custer
Dakota
Dawes
Dawson
Deuel
Dixon
Dodge
Dundy
Fillmore
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
Gage
Garden
Garfield
Gosper
Grant
Greeley
Hall
Hamilton
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock


Holt
Hooker
Howard
Jefferson
Kearney
Keith
Keya Paha
Kimball
Knox
Lancaster
Lincoln
Logan
Loup
Madison
McPherson
Merrick
Morrill
Nance
Nuckolls
Perkins
Phelps
Pierce
Platte
Polk
Red Willow
Rock
Saline
Saunders
Seward
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sherman
Sioux
Stanton
Thayer
Thomas
Thurston
Valley










Wayne
Webster


Wheeler
York














(j)



Counties in New Hampshire:

Coos










(k)



Counties in South Carolina:







Aiken County
Allendale County
Bamberg County
Barnwell County
Beaufort County
Berkeley County
Calhoun County
Charleston County
Chesterfield County
Clarendon County
Colleton County
Darlington County
Dillon County
Dorchester County
Edgefield County
Fairfield County
Florence County
Georgetown County


Greenwood County
Hampton County
Horry County
Jasper County
Kershaw County
Lancaster County
Laurens County
Lee County
Lexington County
Marion County
Marlboro County
McCormick County
Newberry County
Orangeburg County
Richland County
Saluda County
Sumter County
Williamsburg County














(l)



Counties in Tennessee:







Crockett
Decatur
Dyer
Fayette
Gibson
Hardeman
Hardin
Haywood
Henderson


Lake
Lauderdale
Madison
McNairy
Obion
Shelby
Tipton
Weakley














(m)



Counties in Texas:







Anderson
Andrews
Angelina


Aransas
Archer
Armstrong










Atascosa
Austin
Bailey
Bandera
Bastrop
Baylor
Bee
Bell
Bexar
Blanco
Borden
Bosque
Brazoria
Brazos
Brewster
Briscoe
Brooks
Brown
Burleson
Burnet
Caldwell
Calhoun
Callahan
Cameron
Camp
Carson
Castro
Chambers
Cherokee
Childress
Clay
Cochran
Coke
Coleman
Collin
Collingsworth
Colorado
Comal


Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Coryell
Cottle
Crane
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dallam
Dallas
Dawson
De Witt
Deaf Smith
Delta
Denton
Dickens
Dimmit
Donley
Duval
Eastland
Ector
Edwards
El Paso
Ellis
Erath
Falls
Fannin
Fayette
Fisher
Floyd
Foard
Fort Bend
Franklin
Freestone
Frio
Gaines
Galveston










Garza
Gillespie
Glasscock
Goliad
Gonzales
Gray
Grayson
Gregg
Grimes
Guadalupe
Hale
Hall
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman
Hardin
Harris
Hartley
Haskell
Hays
Hemphill
Henderson
Hidalgo
Hill
Hockley
Hood
Hopkins
Houston
Howard
Hudspeth
Hunt
Hutchinson
Irion
Jack
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson


Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Johnson
Jones
Karnes
Kaufman
Kendall
Kenedy
Kent
Kerr
Kimble
King
Kinney
Kleberg
Knox
La Salle
Lamar
Lamb
Lampasas
Lavaca
Lee
Leon
Liberty
Limestone
Lipscomb
Live Oak
Llano
Loving
Lubbock
Lynn
Madison
Martin
Mason
Matagorda
Maverick
McCulloch
McLennan
McMullen










Medina
Menard
Midland
Milam
Mills
Mitchell
Montague
Montgomery
Moore
Morris
Motley
Nacogdoches
Navarro
Newton
Nolan
Nueces
Ochiltree
Oldham
Orange
Palo Pinto
Parker
Parmer
Pecos
Polk
Potter
Presidio
Rains
Randall
Reagan
Real
Red River
Reeves
Refugio
Roberts
Robertson
Rockwall
Runnels
Rusk


Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
San Patricio
San Saba
Schleicher
Scurry
Shackelford
Shelby
Sherman
Smith
Somervell
Starr
Stephens
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Swisher
Tarrant
Taylor
Terrell
Terry
Throckmorton
Titus
Tom Green
Travis
Trinity
Tyler
Upshur
Upton
Uvalde
Val Verde
Van Zandt
Victoria
Walker
Waller
Ward
Washington










Webb
Wharton
Wheeler
Wichita
Wilbarger
Willacy
Williamson
Wilson


Winkler
Wise
Wood
Yoakum
Young
Zapata
Zavala














(n)



Counties in Wisconsin:

Rusk










(o)



Counties in Vermont:







Addison
Caledonia
Chittenden
Essex
Franklin


Grand Isle
Lamoille
Orleans
Washington