Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1511 of 20 July 2023 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2018/2019 and (EU) 2020/1213 as regards certain plants for planting of Malus sylvestris originating in the United Kingdom

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1511
• 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 third 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 of point 1, in the second column ‘Description’, the entry for ‘

Malus Mill.’, is replaced by the following:

‘

Malus Mill., other than:

—

one- to two-year-old bare rooted, dormant, free of leaves, grafted plants for planting of Malus domestica originating in Serbia;

—

up to three-year-old bare-rooted, dormant, free of leaves, grafted plants for planting of Malus domestica originating in Moldova;

—

up to three-year-old bare-rooted, dormant, free of leaves, rootstocks of Malus domestica originating in Ukraine;

—

up to three-year-old bare-rooted, dormant, free of leaves, grafted plants for planting of Malus domestica originating in Ukraine;

—

up to one-year-old free of leaves, cuttings of Malus domestica originating in the United Kingdom;

—

up to seven-year-old plants for planting of Malus domestica originating in the United Kingdom; and

—

up to seven-year-old plants for planting of Malus sylvestris with a maximum diameter of 40 mm at the base of the stem, originating in the United Kingdom’.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

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

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.’:

Plants, plant products or other objects

CN Code

Third countries of origin

Measures

‘ Malus sylvestris ,

up to 7-year-old plants for planting with a maximum diameter of 40 mm at the base of the stem

ex 0602 10 90

ex 0602 20 20

ex 0602 20 80

United Kingdom

(a)

Official statement that:

(i)

the plants are free from Colletotrichum aenigma , Eulecanium excrescens and Takahashia japonica ;

(ii)

the site of production has been found free from Colletotrichum aenigma , Eulecanium excrescens, and Takahashia japonica during official inspections carried out at appropriate times, since the beginning of the last growing season;

(iii)

a system has been put in place to ensure that tools and machinery have been cleaned to be free from soil and plant debris, and disinfected to be free from Colletotrichum aenigma , before they have been introduced into the site of production; and

(iv)

immediately prior to export, consignments of the plants have been subjected to an official inspection for the presence of Eulecanium excrescens and Takahashia japonica , with such a sample size as to enable at least the detection of 1 % level of infestation with a level of confidence of 99 %; and to an official inspection for the presence of Colletotrichum aenigma including random sampling and testing of the plants;

(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.’