Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/446 of 27 February 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as regards certain plants for planting of Ligustrum delavayanum and Ligustrum japonicum originating in the United Kingdom and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1213 as regards the phytosanitary measures for the introduction of those plants for planting into the Union territory

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/446
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1213 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

In the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019, in the table in point 1, in the second column ‘Description’, the entry ‘

Ligustrum L.’ is replaced by the following:

‘

Ligustrum L., other than up to 20-year-old plants for planting of Ligustrum delavayanum and Ligustrum japonicum in growing medium, with a maximum diameter of 18 cm at the base of the stem, originating in the UK’.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

In the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1213, the following entry is inserted after ‘

Juglans regia L., up to 2-year-old plants for planting which are bare-rooted, free of leaves, and with a maximum diameter of 2 cm at the base of the stem.’:

Plants, plant products or other objects

CN Code

Third countries of origin

Measures

‘ Ligustrum delavayanum and Ligustrum japonicum , up to 20-year-old plants for planting in growing medium, with a maximum diameter of 18 cm at the base of the stem.

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United Kingdom

(a)

official statement that:

(i)

the plants are free from Diaprepes abbreviatus ;

(ii)

the site of production has been found free from Diaprepes abbreviatus during official inspections carried out at appropriate times, since the beginning of the last growing season; and

(iii)

immediately prior to export, consignments of the plants have been subjected to an official inspection for the presence of Diaprepes abbreviatus with such a sample size as to enable at least the detection of 1 % level of infestation with a level of confidence of 99 %;

(b)

the phytosanitary certificates for those plants include under the heading “Additional Declaration”:

(i)

the following statement: “The consignment complies with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1213”; and

(ii)

the specification of the registered sites of production.’