2003/129/EC: Commission Decision of 25 February 2003 amending Decision 98/83/EC recognising certain third countries and certain areas of third countries as being free of Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (notified under document number C(2003) 600)

• CELEX: Decision 98/83/EC
• Articles: 3

Article 1

In Decision 98/83/EC, Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a) the first indent is deleted;

(b) the fourth indent is replaced by the following:

"- in the United States of America: Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Texas and the United States Virgin Islands,".

Article 2

This Decision shall not apply to citrus for which the official statement laid down by point 16.2 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC has been issued and which were exported before the competent authorities of Argentina and the United States of America were informed by the Commission of this Decision. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the date on which the competent authorities of Argentina and the United States of America have been informed of this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2003.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 45.

(3) OJ L 15, 21.1.1998, p. 41.

(4) OJ L 155, 12.6.2001, p. 13.