Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1436 of 24 May 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as regards certain plants for planting of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare 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) 2024/1436
• 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 ‘

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’ 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 United Kingdom; and

—

up to 7-year-old non-grafted plants for planting of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare, 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 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1213, the following entry is inserted between the entry ‘

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.’ and the entry ‘

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

Plants, plant products or other objects

CN Code

Third countries of origin

Measures

‘ Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare ,

up to 7-year-old non-grafted plants for planting with a maximum diameter of 40 mm 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.’.