Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1082 is amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 1, point (1) is replaced by the following:
‘(1)
‘specified pests’ means Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, Bemisia tabaci Genn. (non-European population), Cowpea mild mottle virus, Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard), Liriomyza sativae Blanchard , Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead), Pepper veinal mottle virus, Potato leafroll virus, Potato virus S (non-EU isolates), Potato virus X (non-EU isolates), Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum Safni et al. , Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al . Emend. Safni et al ., Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, Tetranychus neocaledonicus André, Tomato mild mottle virus and Tomato yellow ring virus;’;
(2)
in Article 3(4), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Plants that are directly rooted or grown from the specified plants shall be kept separated from any other plant susceptible to the specified pests. They shall be subjected to official inspections at least once before they are moved for the first time out of the premises of the professional operator concerned and as close as possible to the time of their movement. Those inspections shall include, in case of suspicion of infection, sampling and molecular testing for Cowpea mild mottle virus, Pepper veinal mottle virus, Potato leafroll virus, Potato virus S (non-EU isolates), Potato virus X (non-EU isolates), Tomato mild mottle virus and Tomato yellow ring virus.’;
(3)
Annex I is amended as follows:
(a)
point 1(b)(vi) is replaced by the following:
‘(vi)
subject to molecular testing for the detection of Cowpea mild mottle virus, Pepper veinal mottle virus, Potato leafroll virus, Potato virus S (non-EU isolates), Potato virus X (non-EU isolates), Tomato mild mottle virus and Tomato yellow ring virus at least once before the first lot of unrooted cuttings is exported to the Union during that production cycle or more frequently when Bemisia tabaci Genn. or aphids or thrips known to transmit viruses are found in the production site;’;
(b)
point 1(c)(i) is replaced by the following:
‘(i)
subject to an official inspection for the presence of the specified pests, by means of a sampling method allowing to detect at least a level of infestation of 1 %, with a level of confidence of 99 % in accordance with the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures ISPM 31, including molecular testing for Cowpea mild mottle virus, Pepper veinal mottle virus, Potato leafroll virus, Potato virus S (non-EU isolates), Potato virus X (non-EU isolates), Tomato mild mottle virus and Tomato yellow ring virus in case of suspicion of infection;’.