Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2382 of 9 September 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1195 as regards the template for the surveys of Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilbersky) Percival, the designation of infested production sites and the revocation of measures in infested areas

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1195

Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1195 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 4(1), the following subparagraph is added: ‘Plots demarcated by the competent authorities as contaminated, in accordance with Article 2(1) of Directive 69/464/EEC, before 1 January 2022, shall be deemed to be designated as infested production sites.’; (2) Annex II is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation; (3) In Annex IV, point 1.1. is replaced by the following: ‘1.1. After a minimum of 50 years since the last detection of the specified pest, if there is a gapless record of crops in the infested zone showing that the provisions of Article 6(2) and (3) have been complied with during the whole time and that the infested zone has not been used as permanent grassland. Where the infested zone has been used as permanent grassland, the measures may only be revoked where no signs of infection with the specified pest have been discovered in soil samples which were taken by applying the scheme to be used to obtain the soil for the testing set out in point 1.2; or’.

Entry into force

Article 2

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

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1195 is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX II Survey template as referred to in Article 3 Template for presenting results of potato wart disease surveys carried out during the calendar year preceding the year of reporting. Please use this table only for the survey results for potatoes harvested in your country. Member State Category Cropping area (ha) Visual inspection of tubers Laboratory testing Initial size of the infested area  ( 1 ) (ha) Updated size of the infested area  ( 2 ) (ha) Notification numbers of the new outbreaks notified, as applicable, in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 Additional information Number of lots Number of suspicious lots Number of tested samples Number of positive samples   Potato tubers for planting                   Potato tubers other than for planting                   ’ ( 1 )   Total size of the infested area previous to the year covered by the report. ( 2 )   Total size of the infested area in the year covered by the report.