Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2458 of 31 October 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as regards certain plants for planting of Fagus sylvatica 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) 2023/2458
• 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 ‘

Fagus L.’, is replaced by the following:

‘

Fagus L., other than up to fifteen-year-old plants for planting of Fagus sylvatica with a maximum diameter of 80 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 the entries ‘

Albizia julibrissin Durazzini, bare rooted, dormant grafted plants for planting with a maximum diameter of 2,5 cm’:

Plants, plant products or other objects

CN Code

Third countries of origin

Measures

‘ Fagus sylvatica ,

up to fifteen-year-old plants for planting with a maximum diameter of 80 mm at the base of the stem.

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ex 0602 90 45

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United Kingdom

(a)

Official statement that:

(i)

the plants are free from Phytophthora kernoviae ;

(ii)

the site of production has been found free from Phytophthora kernoviae during official inspections, including laboratory testing of any suspicious symptoms, 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 Phytophthora kernoviae , 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 Phytophthora kernoviae including laboratory testing of any suspicious symptom.

(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.’