Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2743 of 8 December 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as regards certain plants for planting of Quercus petraea and Quercus robur 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) 2023/2743
• 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 ‘

Quercus L.’, is replaced by the following:

‘

Quercus L., other than:

—

up to fifteen-year-old plants for planting of Quercus petraea with a maximum diameter of 80 mm at the base of the stem, originating in the United Kingdom; and

—

up to fifteen-year-old plants for planting of Quercus robur 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 entry ‘

Persea americana Mill., unrooted cuttings of plants for planting with a maximum diameter of 2 cm’:

Plants, plant products or other objects

CN Code

Third countries of origin

Measures

‘ Quercus petraea and Quercus robur ,

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

ex 0602 10 90

ex 0602 90 41

ex 0602 90 45

ex 0602 90 46

United Kingdom

(a)

Official statement that:

(i)

the plants are free from Coniella castaneicola and Phytophthora kernoviae ;

(ii)

the site of production has been found free from Coniella castaneicola and Phytophthora kernoviae during official inspections, including laboratory testing of any suspicious symptoms of Phytophthora kernoviae , 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 Coniella castaneicola and 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 Coniella castaneicola and Phytophthora kernoviae, including random sampling and testing for Coniella castaneicola, and laboratory testing of any suspicious symptom of Phytophthora kernoviae ;

(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.’