Protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/290 (19 December 2018) was adopted as Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/523 of 21 March 2019 amending Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community [OJ L 86, 28 March 2019, p. 41].This Directive entered into force on 31 March 2019. The application date is 1 September 2019.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:As a follow-up to the new EU import requirements applying from 1 September 2019, the European Commission invites all non-EU trading countries to communicate prior to trade, the following information:-          for Tephritidae (non-European) in relation to fruits of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and their hybrids, Mangifera L. and Prunus L., whether the country is free from the harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, or in case of export of fruits subjected to a treatment, the treatment method applied. Please note that the information requested above relates only to Tephritidae (non-European) species which are pests of the abovementioned fruits. Please see the new point 16.5 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC.-          for Enarmonia prunivora Walsh, Grapholita inopinata Heinrich and Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsch) in relation to fruits of Malus Mill., whether the country is free from the harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, or in case of export of fruits subjected to a treatment, the treatment method applied. Please see point 16.7 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC.-          for Guignardia piricola (Nosa) Yamamoto and Tachypterellus quadrigibbus Say, in relation to fruits of Malus Mill. and Pyrus L., whether the country is free from the harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, or in case of export of fruits subjected to a treatment, the treatment method applied. Please see points 16.8 and 16.9 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC.-          for Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) in relation to fruits of Capsicum annuum L., Solanum aethiopicum L., Solanum lycopersicum L. and Solanum melongena L. whether the country is free from the harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. Please see point 25.7.3 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC.As a follow-up to the new import requirements applying from 1 September 2019, the European Commission invites the relevant non-EU trading countries to communicate prior to trade, the following information:-          for Grapholita packardi Zeller in relation to plants intended for planting, other than plants in tissue culture and seeds, of Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L. and Vaccinium L. originating in Canada, Mexico and the USA (see point 14.2 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC), the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary. For the same pest, in the case of exports to the EU of fruits of Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L. and Vaccinium L., originating in Canada, Mexico and the USA, you are invited to communicate the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary or the treatment method (see point 16.10 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC).-          for Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick), in relation to fruits of Capsicum (L.), Citrus L., other than Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck. and Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle, Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Punica granatum L. originating in countries of the African continent, Cape Verde, Saint Helena, Madagascar, La Reunion, Mauritius and Israel, whether the country is free from the harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, or in case of export of fruits to the EU subjected to a treatment, the treatment method applied together with documentary evidence of its effectiveness. Please see the new point 16.6 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC.-          for Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc.) in relation to fruits of Solanaceae originating in Australia, the Americas and New Zealand, whether the country is free from the harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. Please see point 25.7.4 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC.The requested information should be sent to the plant health contact point of the European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety:SANTE-G1-PLANT-HEALTH@ec.europa.euFrom 1 September 2019, the trade of the above mentioned commodities will only be allowed, if the above information has already been provided to the European Commission.