Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2374 of 15 December 2017 setting out conditions for movement, storage and processing of certain fruits and their hybrids originating in third countries to prevent the introduction into the Union of certain harmful organisms (notified under document C(2017) 8395)
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Subject matter
This Decision lays down conditions for the movement, storage and processing of fruits of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., Microcitrus Swingle, Naringi Adans. and Swinglea Merr. and their hybrids, originating in third countries for the purposes of points 16.2(e) and 16.4(e) of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘specified organisms’ means Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa, Xanthomonas citri pv. citri , and Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii ; (b) ‘specified fruits’ means fruits of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., Microcitrus Swingle, Naringi Adans. and Swinglea Merr. and their hybrids, originating in third countries.
Movement of the specified fruits within the Union
1. The specified fruits may only be moved within the Union if the importer has notified details of each container to the responsible official body in the Member State in which the point of entry is situated and, where applicable, to the responsible official body of the Member State where the industrial processing will take place. That notification shall include the following information: (a) the volume of the specified fruits; (b) the identification numbers of the containers; (c) the expected date of introduction and the point of entry into the Union; (d) the names, addresses and the locations of the premises referred to in Article 4. 2. The importers shall inform the responsible official bodies referred to in paragraph 1 of any changes to the information included in that notification, as soon as they are known. 3. Specified fruits may only be moved to a Member State, other than the Member State through which they have been introduced into the Union, if the responsible official bodies of the Member States concerned agree that such movement may take place. 4. The specified fruits shall be directly and without delay transported into the processing premises referred to in Article 4 or to a storage facility as referred to in Article 5. Movements of the specified fruits shall be under the supervision of the responsible official body of the Member State where that movement is taking place. 5. The Member States concerned with the movements shall cooperate to ensure that this Article is complied with.
Requirements concerning industrial processing of the specified fruits
1. The specified fruits shall be processed at premises situated in an area where no specified fruit is produced. The premises shall be officially registered and approved for that purpose by the responsible official body of the Member State in which the premises are situated. 2. Waste and by-products of the specified fruits shall be used or destroyed in an area where no specified fruit is produced, located within the Member State where those fruits have been processed. 3. The waste and by-products shall be destroyed by any technically justified method approved by the responsible official body of the Member State where the specified fruits have been processed and under the supervision of that official body, in a way to prevent any potential risk for spreading the specified organisms. 4. The processors shall keep records for at least 3 years of the processed specified fruits and make them available on request to the responsible official body of the Member State where the processing takes place. Those records shall indicate the numbers and distinguishing marks of containers, the volumes of the specified fruits received and the volumes and other detailed information on the use or destruction of waste and by-products.
Requirements concerning storage of the specified fruits
1. Where the specified fruits are not processed immediately, they shall be stored at a facility registered and approved for that purpose by the responsible official body of the Member State where the facility is situated. 2. The batches of the specified fruits shall remain separately identifiable. 3. The specified fruits shall be stored in a way which prevents any potential risk of spreading of the specified organisms.
Date of application
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2018.
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), © European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.