L 192/16
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
21.7.2022
Article 5 Requirements for the introduction into the Union territory of the specified plants 1.
The specified plants shall only be introduced into the Union territory if they are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate which includes, under the heading ‘Additional declaration’, an official statement containing one of the following declarations: (a) that the specified plants have been produced in an area free from the specified pest, registered and supervised by the National Plant Protection Organisation of the third country of origin, with the indication of the name of the area under the heading ‘Place of origin’; (b) in the case of specified plants for planting, that: (i) they have been produced in a place of production where neither symptoms of the specified pest nor of the specified vector have been observed during official inspections, since the start of the last growing season; and (ii) they have been sampled and tested for the specified pest before introduction in the Union territory, and found, on the basis of those tests, to be free from it; (c) in the case of the specified plants, other than plants for planting, that: (i) they have been produced in a place of production where neither symptoms of the specified pest nor of the specified vector have been observed during official inspections, since the start of the last growing season; and (ii) they have been inspected and, in case of presence of the specified vector or symptoms of the specified pest, they have been sampled and tested before introduction in the Union territory, and found, on the basis of those tests, to be free from the specified pest; (d) in the case of specified plants in tissue culture, which do not originate in an area free from the specified pest, that they have been produced from mother plants tested and found free from the specified pest. 2.
The specified plants shall only be introduced into the Union territory if they are handled, packaged and transported in a manner to prevent infestation by the specified vector.
Article 6 Entry into force and application This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2022 until 31 July 2024.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 July 2022.
For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN