Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1078
Article 1
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1078 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1, point (1) is replaced by the following: ‘(1) ‘specified pests’ means Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc.), Bemisia tabaci Genn., Chloridea virescens Fabricius, Eotetranychus lewisi (McGregor), Epitrix cucumeris (Harris), Epitrix subcrinita (Lec.), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard), Liriomyza sativae Blanchard, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), Pepper golden mosaic virus, Pepper huasteco yellow vein virus, Potato virus X (non-EU isolates), Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum Safni et al. , Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. Emend. Safni et al ., Spodoptera ornithogalli Guenée, Squash leaf curl virus and Tomato severe leaf curl 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 Pepper golden mosaic virus, Pepper huasteco yellow vein virus, Potato virus X (non-EU isolates), Squash leaf curl virus and Tomato severe leaf curl 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 Pepper golden mosaic virus, Pepper huasteco yellow vein virus, Potato virus X (non-EU isolates), Squash leaf curl virus and Tomato severe leaf curl virus at least once before the first batch of unrooted cuttings is exported to the Union during that production cycle or after any finding of Bemisia tabaci Genn. 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 Pepper golden mosaic virus, Pepper huasteco yellow vein virus, Potato virus X (non-EU isolates), Squash leaf curl virus and Tomato severe leaf curl virus in case of suspicion of infection;’.