Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1080 of 2 June 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659 as regards the time limit of the application of equivalent requirements for the introduction into the Union of fruits of Citrus sinensis Pers., originating from Israel in view of the risks posed by Thaumatotibia leucotreta
Date: 2025-06-02
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: Israel, citrus fruit, food inspection, food safety, import (EU), originating product, pest




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/1080


3.6.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1080
of 2 June 2025
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659 as regards the time limit of the application of equivalent requirements for the introduction into the Union of fruits of Citrus sinensis Pers., originating from Israel in view of the risks posed by Thaumatotibia leucotreta



THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (1), and in particular Article 44(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659 (2) lays down the requirements for the introduction into the Union territory of fruits of Citrus sinensis Pers. originating in Israel (‘the specified fruits’) that are considered equivalent to the ones set out in point 62.1(d) of Annex VII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 (3).












(2)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659 expires on 31 May 2025.












(3)


Since the application of that Implementing Regulation, there have been no notifications of non-compliances due to the presence of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (‘the specified pest’) on the specified fruits.












(4)


In addition, an audit by the Commission services took place in Israel from 18 to 30 January 2023 to evaluate the system of official controls for the export of certain plants and plant products to the Union, including the specified fruits. The audit found that procedures have been established and implemented for the official control of the specified pest on the specified fruits, that official controls are implemented in line with Union legislation and that the National Plant Protection Organisation of Israel (the ‘NPPO’) and production and processing facilities have sufficient staff and infrastructure to rectify deficiencies and apply Union requirements in full. Furthermore, the audit’s recommendation regarding the controls at production sites for the specified fruits, was addressed satisfactorily by the NPPO.












(5)


As a result, it is appropriate that Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659 continues to apply without specific time limitation.












(6)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(7)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659

In Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659, Article 4 is replaced by the following:


‘Article 4
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.’




Article 2

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 June 2025.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/2031/oj.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1659 of 27 September 2022 on equivalent requirements for the introduction into the Union of fruits of Citrus sinensis Pers., originating from Israel in view of the risks posed by Thaumatotibia leucotreta (OJ L 250, 28.9.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/1659/oj).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319, 10.12.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/2072/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1080/oj
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