Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/759 of 7 May 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the exceptions from the requirement of a plant passport, the status of Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia or certain areas thereof as protected zones, and the reference to a protected zone in Portugal
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/759 of 7 May 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the exceptions from the requirement of a plant passport, the status of Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia or certain areas thereof as protected zones, and the reference to a protected zone in Portugal
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Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 13(2), point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b)
they are not subject to the special requirements of Annex VIII or Annex X to this Regulation or to those provided for by the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Articles 28(1), 30(1) or 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.’;
(2)
Annex III is amended in accordance with Part 1 of the Annex to this Regulation;
(3)
Annex IX is amended in accordance with Part 2 of the Annex to this Regulation;
(4)
Annex X is amended in accordance with Part 3 of the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
However, the following points shall apply from 1 May 2020:
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point (2) of Article 1, except point (2) of Part 1 of the Annex;
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point (3) of Article 1;
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point (4) of Article 1, except point (3) of Part 3 of the Annex.
ANNEX
PART 1
Amendments to Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072
The table in Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended as follows:
(1)
in section (a) ‘Bacteria’, the third column ‘Protected zones’ of point 1 is amended as follows:
(a)
point (d) is replaced by the following:
‘(d)
Italy (Abruzzo, Apúlia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania (except the municipalities of Agerola, Gragnano, Lettere, Pimonte and Vico Equense in the province of Naples, Amalfi, Atrani, Conca dei Marini, Corbara, Furore, Maiori, Minori, Positano, Praiano, Ravello, Scala and Tramonti in the province of Salerno), Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy (except the provinces of Milan, Mantua, Sondrio and Varese, and the communes of Bovisio Masciago, Cesano Maderno, Desio, Limbiate, Nova Milanese and Varedo in Monza Brianza Province), Marche (except the communes of Colli al Metauro, Fano, Pesaro and San Costanzo in the province of Pesaro e Urbino), Molise, Sardinia, Sicily (except the municipalities of Cesarò in the province of Messina, Maniace, Bronte, Adrano in the province of Catania and Centuripe, Regalbuto and Troina in the province of Enna), Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta, Veneto (except the provinces of Rovigo and Venice, the communes Barbona, Boara Pisani, Castelbaldo, Masi, Piacenza d’Adige, S. Urbano and Vescovana in the province of Padova and the communes of Albaredo d’Adige, Angiari, Arcole, Belfiore, Bevilacqua, Bonavigo, Boschi S. Anna, Bovolone, Buttapietra, Caldiero, Casaleone, Castagnaro, Castel d’Azzano, Cerea, Cologna Veneta, Concamarise, Erbè, Gazzo Veronese, Isola della Scala, Isola Rizza, Legnago, Minerbe, Mozzecane, Nogara, Nogarole Rocca, Oppeano, Palù, Povegliano Veronese, Pressana, Ronco all’Adige, Roverchiara, Roveredo di Guà, San Bonifacio, Sanguinetto, San Pietro di Morubbio, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Salizzole, San Martino Buon Albergo, Sommacampagna, Sorgà, Terrazzo, Trevenzuolo, Valeggio sul Mincio, Veronella, Villa Bartolomea, Villafranca di Verona, Vigasio, Zevio, Zimella in the province of Verona));’;
(b)
points (g) to (k) are replaced by the following:
‘(g)
Ireland (except Galway city);
(h)
Lithuania (except the municipality of Kėdainiai in the region of Kaunas);
(i)
Slovenia (except the regions of Gorenjska, Koroška, Maribor and Notranjska, and the communes of Dol pri Ljubljani, Lendava, Litija, Moravče, Renče-Vogrsko, Velika Polana and Žužemberk, and the settlements Fużina, Gabrovčec, Glogovica, Gorenja vas, Gradiček, Grintovec, Ivančna Gorica, Krka, Krška vas, Male Lese, Malo Črnelo, Malo Globoko, Marinča vas, Mleščevo, Mrzlo Polje, Muljava, Podbukovje, Potok pri Muljavi, Šentvid pri Stični, Škrjanče, Trebnja Gorica, Velike Lese, Veliko Črnelo, Veliko Globoko, Vir pri Stični, Vrhpolje pri Šentvidu, Zagradec and Znojile pri Krki in the commune Ivančna Gorica);
(j)
Slovakia (except the county of Dunajská Streda, and the townships of Hronovce and Hronské Kľačany in the Levice County, Dvory nad Žitavou in the Nové Zámky County, Málinec in the Poltár County, Valice, Jesenské and Rimavská Sobota in the Rimavská Sobota County, Hrhov in the Rožňava County, Veľké Ripňany in the Topoľčany County, Kazimír, Luhyňa, Malý Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín in the Trebišov County).’;
(2)
in section (c) ‘Insects and mites’, point 19 is replaced by the following:
‘19.
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THAUPI
(a)
until 30 April 2023: Ireland;
(b)
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).’
PART 2
Amendments to Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072
Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended as follows:
(1)
in point 1, the third column ‘Protected zones’ is amended as follows:
(a)
point (e) is replaced by the following:
‘(e)
Italy (Abruzzo, Apúlia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania (except the municipalities of Agerola, Gragnano, Lettere, Pimonte and Vico Equense in the province of Naples, Amalfi, Atrani, Conca dei Marini, Corbara, Furore, Maiori, Minori, Positano, Praiano, Ravello, Scala and Tramonti in the province of Salerno), Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy (except the provinces of Milan, Mantua, Sondrio and Varese, and the communes of Bovisio Masciago, Cesano Maderno, Desio, Limbiate, Nova Milanese and Varedo in Monza Brianza Province), Marche (except the communes of Colli al Metauro, Fano, Pesaro and San Costanzo in the province of Pesaro e Urbino), Molise, Sardinia, Sicily (except the municipalities of Cesarò in the province of Messina, Maniace, Bronte, Adrano in the province of Catania and Centuripe, Regalbuto and Troina in the province of Enna), Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta, Veneto (except the provinces of Rovigo and Venice, the communes Barbona, Boara Pisani, Castelbaldo, Masi, Piacenza d’Adige, S. Urbano and Vescovana in the province of Padova and the communes of Albaredo d’Adige, Angiari, Arcole, Belfiore, Bevilacqua, Bonavigo, Boschi S. Anna, Bovolone, Buttapietra, Caldiero, Casaleone, Castagnaro, Castel d’Azzano, Cerea, Cologna Veneta, Concamarise, Erbè, Gazzo Veronese, Isola della Scala, Isola Rizza, Legnago, Minerbe, Mozzecane, Nogara, Nogarole Rocca, Oppeano, Palù, Povegliano Veronese, Pressana, Ronco all’Adige, Roverchiara, Roveredo di Guà, San Bonifacio, Sanguinetto, San Pietro di Morubbio, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Salizzole, San Martino Buon Albergo, Sommacampagna, Sorgà, Terrazzo, Trevenzuolo, Valeggio sul Mincio, Veronella, Villa Bartolomea, Villafranca di Verona, Vigasio, Zevio, Zimella in the province of Verona))’;
(b)
points (g) to (i) are replaced by the following:
‘(g)
Lithuania (except the municipality of Kėdainiai in the region of Kaunas);
(h)
Slovenia (except the regions of Gorenjska, Koroška, Maribor and Notranjska, and the communes of Dol pri Ljubljani, Lendava, Litija, Moravče, Renče-Vogrsko, Velika Polana and Žužemberk, and the settlements Fużina, Gabrovčec, Glogovica, Gorenja vas, Gradiček, Grintovec, Ivančna Gorica, Krka, Krška vas, Male Lese, Malo Črnelo, Malo Globoko, Marinča vas, Mleščevo, Mrzlo Polje, Muljava, Podbukovje, Potok pri Muljavi, Šentvid pri Stični, Škrjanče, Trebnja Gorica, Velike Lese, Veliko Črnelo, Veliko Globoko, Vir pri Stični, Vrhpolje pri Šentvidu, Zagradec and Znojile pri Krki in the commune Ivančna Gorica);
(i)
Slovakia (except the county of Dunajská Streda, and the townships of Hronovce and Hronské Kľačany in the Levice County, Dvory nad Žitavou in the Nové Zámky County, Málinec in the Poltár County, Valice, Jesenské and Rimavská Sobota in the Rimavská Sobota County, Hrhov in the Rožňava County, Veľké Ripňany in the Topoľčany County, Kazimír, Luhyňa, Malý Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín in the Trebišov County);’.
(2)
in point 2, the third column ‘Protected zones’ is amended as follows:
(a)
point (e) is replaced by the following:
‘(e)
Italy (Abruzzo, Apúlia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania (except the municipalities of Agerola, Gragnano, Lettere, Pimonte and Vico Equense in the province of Naples, Amalfi, Atrani, Conca dei Marini, Corbara, Furore, Maiori, Minori, Positano, Praiano, Ravello, Scala and Tramonti in the province of Salerno), Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy (except the provinces of Milan, Mantua, Sondrio and Varese, and the communes of Bovisio Masciago, Cesano Maderno, Desio, Limbiate, Nova Milanese and Varedo in Monza Brianza Province), Marche (except the communes of Colli al Metauro, Fano, Pesaro and San Costanzo in the province of Pesaro e Urbino), Molise, Sardinia, Sicily (except the municipalities of Cesarò in the province of Messina, Maniace, Bronte, Adrano in the province of Catania and Centuripe, Regalbuto and Troina in the province of Enna), Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta, Veneto (except the provinces of Rovigo and Venice, the communes Barbona, Boara Pisani, Castelbaldo, Masi, Piacenza d’Adige, S. Urbano and Vescovana in the province of Padova and the communes of Albaredo d’Adige, Angiari, Arcole, Belfiore, Bevilacqua, Bonavigo, Boschi S. Anna, Bovolone, Buttapietra, Caldiero, Casaleone, Castagnaro, Castel d’Azzano, Cerea, Cologna Veneta, Concamarise, Erbè, Gazzo Veronese, Isola della Scala, Isola Rizza, Legnago, Minerbe, Mozzecane, Nogara, Nogarole Rocca, Oppeano, Palù, Povegliano Veronese, Pressana, Ronco all’Adige, Roverchiara, Roveredo di Guà, San Bonifacio, Sanguinetto, San Pietro di Morubbio, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Salizzole, San Martino Buon Albergo, Sommacampagna, Sorgà, Terrazzo, Trevenzuolo, Valeggio sul Mincio, Veronella, Villa Bartolomea, Villafranca di Verona, Vigasio, Zevio, Zimella in the province of Verona))’;
(b)
points (g) to (i) are replaced by the following:
‘(g)
Lithuania (except the municipality of Kėdainiai in the region of Kaunas);
(h)
Slovenia (except the regions of Gorenjska, Koroška, Maribor and Notranjska, and the communes of Dol pri Ljubljani, Lendava, Litija, Moravče, Renče-Vogrsko, Velika Polana and Žužemberk, and the settlements Fużina, Gabrovčec, Glogovica, Gorenja vas, Gradiček, Grintovec, Ivančna Gorica, Krka, Krška vas, Male Lese, Malo Črnelo, Malo Globoko, Marinča vas, Mleščevo, Mrzlo Polje, Muljava, Podbukovje, Potok pri Muljavi, Šentvid pri Stični, Škrjanče, Trebnja Gorica, Velike Lese, Veliko Črnelo, Veliko Globoko, Vir pri Stični, Vrhpolje pri Šentvidu, Zagradec and Znojile pri Krki in the commune Ivančna Gorica);
(i)
Slovakia (except the county of Dunajská Streda, and the townships of Hronovce and Hronské Kľačany in the Levice County, Dvory nad Žitavou in the Nové Zámky County, Málinec in the Poltár County, Valice, Jesenské and Rimavská Sobota in the Rimavská Sobota County, Hrhov in the Rožňava County, Veľké Ripňany in the Topoľčany County, Kazimír, Luhyňa, Malý Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín in the Trebišov County);’.
PART 3
Amendments to Annex X to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072
Annex X to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended as follows:
(1)
in point 3, the fourth column ‘Protected zones’ is amended as follows:
(a)
point (e) is replaced by the following:
‘(e)
Italy (Abruzzo, Apúlia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania (except the municipalities of Agerola, Gragnano, Lettere, Pimonte and Vico Equense in the province of Naples, Amalfi, Atrani, Conca dei Marini, Corbara, Furore, Maiori, Minori, Positano, Praiano, Ravello, Scala and Tramonti in the province of Salerno), Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy (except the provinces of Milan, Mantua, Sondrio and Varese, and the communes of Bovisio Masciago, Cesano Maderno, Desio, Limbiate, Nova Milanese and Varedo in Monza Brianza Province), Marche (except the communes of Colli al Metauro, Fano, Pesaro and San Costanzo in the province of Pesaro e Urbino), Molise, Sardinia, Sicily (except the municipalities of Cesarò in the province of Messina, Maniace, Bronte, Adrano in the province of Catania and Centuripe, Regalbuto and Troina in the province of Enna), Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta, Veneto (except the provinces of Rovigo and Venice, the communes Barbona, Boara Pisani, Castelbaldo, Masi, Piacenza d’Adige, S. Urbano and Vescovana in the province of Padova and the communes of Albaredo d’Adige, Angiari, Arcole, Belfiore, Bevilacqua, Bonavigo, Boschi S. Anna, Bovolone, Buttapietra, Caldiero, Casaleone, Castagnaro, Castel d’Azzano, Cerea, Cologna Veneta, Concamarise, Erbè, Gazzo Veronese, Isola della Scala, Isola Rizza, Legnago, Minerbe, Mozzecane, Nogara, Nogarole Rocca, Oppeano, Palù, Povegliano Veronese, Pressana, Ronco all’Adige, Roverchiara, Roveredo di Guà, San Bonifacio, Sanguinetto, San Pietro di Morubbio, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Salizzole, San Martino Buon Albergo, Sommacampagna, Sorgà, Terrazzo, Trevenzuolo, Valeggio sul Mincio, Veronella, Villa Bartolomea, Villafranca di Verona, Vigasio, Zevio, Zimella in the province of Verona))’;
(b)
points (g) to (i) are replaced by the following:
‘(g)
Lithuania (except the municipality of Kėdainiai in the region of Kaunas)
(h)
Slovenia (except the regions of Gorenjska, Koroška, Maribor and Notranjska, and the communes of Dol pri Ljubljani, Lendava, Litija, Moravče, Renče-Vogrsko, Velika Polana and Žužemberk, and the settlements Fużina, Gabrovčec, Glogovica, Gorenja vas, Gradiček, Grintovec, Ivančna Gorica, Krka, Krška vas, Male Lese, Malo Črnelo, Malo Globoko, Marinča vas, Mleščevo, Mrzlo Polje, Muljava, Podbukovje, Potok pri Muljavi, Šentvid pri Stični, Škrjanče, Trebnja Gorica, Velike Lese, Veliko Črnelo, Veliko Globoko, Vir pri Stični, Vrhpolje pri Šentvidu, Zagradec and Znojile pri Krki in the commune Ivančna Gorica);
(i)
Slovakia (except the county of Dunajská Streda, and the townships of Hronovce and Hronské Kľačany in the Levice County, Dvory nad Žitavou in the Nové Zámky County, Málinec in the Poltár County, Valice, Jesenské and Rimavská Sobota in the Rimavská Sobota County, Hrhov in the Rožňava County, Veľké Ripňany in the Topoľčany County, Kazimír, Luhyňa, Malý Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín in the Trebišov County);’.
(2)
in point 9, the fourth column ‘Protected zones’ is amended as follows:
(a)
point (e) is replaced by the following:
‘(e)
Italy (Abruzzo, Apúlia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania (except the municipalities of Agerola, Gragnano, Lettere, Pimonte and Vico Equense in the province of Naples, Amalfi, Atrani, Conca dei Marini, Corbara, Furore, Maiori, Minori, Positano, Praiano, Ravello, Scala and Tramonti in the province of Salerno), Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy (except the provinces of Milan, Mantua, Sondrio and Varese, and the communes of Bovisio Masciago, Cesano Maderno, Desio, Limbiate, Nova Milanese and Varedo in Monza Brianza Province), Marche (except the communes of Colli al Metauro, Fano, Pesaro and San Costanzo in the province of Pesaro e Urbino), Molise, Sardinia, Sicily (except the municipalities of Cesarò in the province of Messina, Maniace, Bronte, Adrano in the province of Catania and Centuripe, Regalbuto and Troina in the province of Enna), Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta, Veneto (except the provinces of Rovigo and Venice, the communes Barbona, Boara Pisani, Castelbaldo, Masi, Piacenza d’Adige, S. Urbano and Vescovana in the province of Padova and the communes of Albaredo d’Adige, Angiari, Arcole, Belfiore, Bevilacqua, Bonavigo, Boschi S. Anna, Bovolone, Buttapietra, Caldiero, Casaleone, Castagnaro, Castel d’Azzano, Cerea, Cologna Veneta, Concamarise, Erbè, Gazzo Veronese, Isola della Scala, Isola Rizza, Legnago, Minerbe, Mozzecane, Nogara, Nogarole Rocca, Oppeano, Palù, Povegliano Veronese, Pressana, Ronco all’Adige, Roverchiara, Roveredo di Guà, San Bonifacio, Sanguinetto, San Pietro di Morubbio, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Salizzole, San Martino Buon Albergo, Sommacampagna, Sorgà, Terrazzo, Trevenzuolo, Valeggio sul Mincio, Veronella, Villa Bartolomea, Villafranca di Verona, Vigasio, Zevio, Zimella in the province of Verona))’;
(b)
points (g) to (i) are replaced by the following:
‘(g)
Lithuania (except the municipality of Kėdainiai in the region of Kaunas)
(h)
Slovenia (except the regions of Gorenjska, Koroška, Maribor and Notranjska, and the communes of Dol pri Ljubljani, Lendava, Litija, Moravče, Renče-Vogrsko, Velika Polana and Žužemberk, and the settlements Fużina, Gabrovčec, Glogovica, Gorenja vas, Gradiček, Grintovec, Ivančna Gorica, Krka, Krška vas, Male Lese, Malo Črnelo, Malo Globoko, Marinča vas, Mleščevo, Mrzlo Polje, Muljava, Podbukovje, Potok pri Muljavi, Šentvid pri Stični, Škrjanče, Trebnja Gorica, Velike Lese, Veliko Črnelo, Veliko Globoko, Vir pri Stični, Vrhpolje pri Šentvidu, Zagradec and Znojile pri Krki in the commune Ivančna Gorica);
(i)
Slovakia (except the county of Dunajská Streda, and the townships of Hronovce and Hronské Kľačany in the Levice County, Dvory nad Žitavou in the Nové Zámky County, Málinec in the Poltár County, Valice, Jesenské and Rimavská Sobota in the Rimavská Sobota County, Hrhov in the Rožňava County, Veľké Ripňany in the Topoľčany County, Kazimír, Luhyňa, Malý Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín in the Trebišov County);’.
(3)
in point 16, the text in the fourth column ‘Protected zones’ is replaced by the following:
‘(a)
Ireland
(b)
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)’;
(4)
in point 19, the text in the fourth column ‘Protected zones’ is replaced by the following:
‘(a)
Greece
(b)
Portugal (Azores, except the Terceira island)’.
