title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2210 of 22 December 2020 amending Annexes III, VI, VII, IX, X, XI and XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2019/2072 as regards the requirements concerning the protected zone of Northern Ireland and the prohibitions and requirements for the introduction into the Union of plants, plant products and other objects from the United Kingdom (Text with EEA relevance)

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                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/28

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2210
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annexes III, VI, VII, IX, X, XI and XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2019/2072 as regards the requirements concerning the protected zone of Northern Ireland and the prohibitions and requirements for the introduction into the Union of plants, plant products and other objects from the United Kingdom
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (1), and in particular Articles 32(3), 40(2), 41(2), 53(2), 54(2), 72(2) and 74(2) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 (2) establishes uniform conditions as regards protective measures against pests of plants. Annexes III, VI, VII, IX, X, XI and XII to that Implementing Regulation set out inter alia the list of protected zones and the respective protected zone quarantine pests; the list of plants, plant products and other objects whose introduction into the Union territory is prohibited, together with the third countries, groups of third countries or specific areas of third countries to which the prohibition applies; the list of plants, plant products and other objects originating from third countries, and the corresponding special requirements for their introduction into the Union territory; the list of plants, plant products and other objects, originating from third countries or within the Union territory, whose introduction into certain protected zones is prohibited; the list of plants, plant products and other objects to be introduced into, or moved within protected zones and the corresponding special requirements for protected zones; the list of plants, plant products and other objects, as well as the respective third countries of origin or dispatch, for which phytosanitary certificates are required; and the list of plants, plant products and other objects for which a phytosanitary certificate is required for their introduction into a protected zone from certain third countries of origin or dispatch.

                     (2)

                     In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as the Commission acts based on it, applies to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement.

                     (3)

                     The United Kingdom and parts of the territory of that third country are listed in Annexes III, IX and X to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as protected zones. References to the United Kingdom in those Annexes should therefore be replaced by references to Northern Ireland in all cases where Northern Ireland is part of those protected zones.

                     (4)

                     In addition, the United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees required by Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 in order for the United Kingdom to be listed with other European third countries in Annexes VI and VII, in Part A of Annex XI and Annnex XII to Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.

                     (5)

                     The territory of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom was recognised as temporary protected zone in respect to Xanthomonas arboricola pv.pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al., Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard), Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) and Thaumetopoea processionea L. until 30 April 2020. The United Kingdom has submitted information that Northern Ireland appears to continue to be free from those protected zone quarantine pests. The recognition of that temporary protected zone should therefore be extended until 30 April 2023.

                     (6)

                     Annexes III, VI, VII, IX, X, XI and XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (7)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (8)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annexes IΙΙ, VI, VII, IX, X, XI and XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4.

            (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319, 10.12.2019, p. 1).

            ANNEX
            Annexes III, VI, VII, IX, X, XI and XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 are amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        Annex III is replaced by the following:

                              ‘ANNEX III

                                 List of protected zones and the respective protected zone quarantine pests and their respective codes

                              The protected zones listed in the third column of the following table respectively cover one of the following:

                                          (a)

                                          the whole territory of the Member State (*1) listed;

                                          (b)

                                          the territory of the Member State listed with the exceptions specified within brackets;

                                          (c)

                                          only the part of the territory of the Member State which is specified within brackets.

                                                      Protected zone quarantine pests

                                                      EPPO code

                                                      Protected zones

                                                                  (a)

                                                                     Bacteria

                                                      1.

                                                         Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.

                                                      ERWIAM

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Estonia;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Spain (except the autonomous communities of Andalucía, Aragón, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura, the autonomous community of Madrid, Murcia, Navarra and La Rioja, the province of Guipuzcoa in the Basque Country, the comarcas of Garrigues, Noguera, Pla d’Urgell, Segrià and Urgell in the province of Lleida in Comunidad autonoma de Catalunya; and the municipalities of Alborache and Turís in the province of Valencia and the Comarcas de L’Alt Vinalopó and El Vinalopó Mitjà in the province of Alicante in Comunidad Valenciana);

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  France (Corsica);

                                                                  (d)

                                                                  Italy (Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Lazio, Liguria, Marche (except the communes of Colli al Metauro, Fano, Pesaro and San Costanzo in the province of Pesaro e Urbino), Molise, Piedmont (except the communes of Busca, Centallo, Scarnafigi, Tarantasca and Villafalleto in the province of Cuneo), Sardinia, Sicily (except the municipalities of Cesarò in the province of Messina, Maniace, Bronte, Adrano in the province of Catania and Centuripe, Regalbuto and Troina in the province of Enna), Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta);

                                                                  (e)

                                                                  Latvia;

                                                                  (f)

                                                                  Finland

                                                                  (g)

                                                                  until 30 April 2020: Ireland (except Galway city);

                                                                  (h)

                                                                  until 30 April 2020: Italy (Apúlia, Lombardy (except the provinces of Milan, Mantua, Sondrio and Varese, and the communes of Bovisio Masciago, Cesano Maderno, Desio, Limbiate, Nova Milanese and Varedo in Monza Brianza Province), Veneto (except the provinces of Rovigo and Venice, the communes Barbona, Boara Pisani, Castelbaldo, Masi, Piacenza d’Adige, S. Urbano and Vescovana in the province of Padova and the the communes of Albaredo d'Adige, Angiari, Arcole, Belfiore, Bevilacqua, Bonavigo, Boschi S. Anna, Bovolone, Buttapietra, Caldiero, Casaleone, Castagnaro, Castel d’Azzano, Cerea, Cologna Veneta, Concamarise, Erbè, Gazzo Veronese, Isola della Scala, Isola Rizza, Legnago, Minerbe, Mozzecane, Nogara, Nogarole Rocca, Oppeano, Palù, Povegliano Veronese, Pressana, Ronco all'Adige, Roverchiara, Roveredo di Guà, San Bonifacio, Sanguinetto, San Pietro di Morubbio, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Salizzole, San Martino Buon Albergo, Sommacampagna, Sorgà, Terrazzo, Trevenzuolo, Valeggio sul Mincio, Veronella, Villa Bartolomea, Villafranca di Verona, Vigasio, Zevio, Zimella in the province of Verona));

                                                                  (i)

                                                                  until 30 April 2020: Lithuania (except the municipality of Kėdainiai in the region of Kaunas);

                                                                  (j)

                                                                  until 30 April 2020: Slovenia (except the regions of Gorenjska, Koroška, Maribor and Notranjska, and the communes of Dol pri Ljubljani, Lendava, Litija, Moravče, Renče-Vogrsko, Velika Polana and Žužemberk, and the settlements Fużina, Gabrovčec, Glogovica, Gorenja vas, Gradiček, Grintovec, Ivančna Gorica, Krka, Krška vas, Male Lese, Malo Črnelo, Malo Globoko, Marinča vas, Mleščevo, Mrzlo Polje, Muljava, Podbukovje, Potok pri Muljavi, Šentvid pri Stični, Škrjanče, Trebnja Gorica, Velike Lese, Veliko Črnelo, Veliko Globoko, Vir pri Stični, Vrhpolje pri Šentvidu, Zagradec and Znojile pri Krki in the commune Ivančna Gorica);

                                                                  (k)

                                                                  until 30 April 2020: Slovakia (except the county of Dunajská Streda, Hronovce and Hronské Kľačany in the Levice County, Dvory nad Žitavou in the Nové Zámky County, Málinec in the Poltár County, Hrhov in the Rožňava County, Veľké Ripňany in the Topoľčany County, Kazimír, Luhyňa, Malý Horeš, Svätuše and Zatín in the Trebišov County).

                                                      2.

                                                         Xanthomonas arboricola pv.pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al.

                                                      XANTPR

                                                      until 30 April 2023: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

                                                                  (b)

                                                                     Fungi and oomycetes

                                                      1.

                                                         Colletotrichum gossypii Southw

                                                      GLOMGO

                                                      Greece

                                                      2.

                                                         Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr.

                                                      ENDOPA

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Czechia;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  Sweden;

                                                                  (d)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      3.

                                                         Entoleuca mammata (Wahlenb.) Rogers and Ju

                                                      HYPOMA

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      4.

                                                         Gremmeniella abietina (Lagerberg) Morelet

                                                      GREMAB

                                                      Ireland

                                                                  (c)

                                                                     Insects and mites

                                                      1.

                                                         Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European populations)

                                                      BEMITA

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Sweden;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      2.

                                                         Cephalcia lariciphila Wachtl

                                                      CEPCAL

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      3.

                                                         Dendroctonus micans Kugelan

                                                      DENCMI

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Greece;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      4.

                                                         Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu

                                                      DRYCKU

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      5.

                                                         Gilpinia hercyniae Hartig

                                                      GILPPO

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Greece;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      6.

                                                         Gonipterus scutellatus Gyllenhal

                                                      GONPSC

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Greece;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Portugal (Azores, except the Terceira island).

                                                      7.

                                                         Ips amitinus Eichhoff

                                                      IPSXAM

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Greece;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      8.

                                                         Ips cembrae Heer

                                                      IPSXCE

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Greece;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      9.

                                                         Ips duplicatus Sahlberg

                                                      IPSXDU

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Greece;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      10.

                                                         Ips sexdentatus Bőrner

                                                      IPSXSE

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Cyprus;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      11.

                                                         Ips typographus Heer

                                                      IPSXTY

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      12.

                                                         Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say

                                                      LPTNDE

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Spain (Ibiza and Menorca);

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  Cyprus;

                                                                  (d)

                                                                  Malta;

                                                                  (e)

                                                                  Portugal (Azores and Madeira);

                                                                  (f)

                                                                  Finland (districts of Åland, Häme, Kymi, Pirkanmaa, Satakunta, Turku, Uusimaa);

                                                                  (g)

                                                                  Sweden (counties of Blekinge, Gotland, Halland, Kalmar and Skåne);

                                                                  (h)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      13.

                                                         Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenbach)

                                                      LIRIBO

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      14.

                                                         Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard)

                                                      LIRIHU

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  until 30 April 2023: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      15.

                                                         Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess)

                                                      LIRITR

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  until 30 April 2023: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      16.

                                                         Paysandisia archon (Burmeister)

                                                      PAYSAR

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Malta;

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      17.

                                                         Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)

                                                      RHYCFE

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Portugal (Azores);

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      18.

                                                         Sternochetus mangiferae Fabricius

                                                      CRYPMA

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Spain (Granada and Malaga);

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  Portugal (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira).

                                                      19.

                                                         Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis & Schiffermüller

                                                      THAUPI

                                                      United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      20.

                                                         Thaumetopoea processionea L.

                                                      THAUPR

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  until 30 April 2023: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      21.

                                                         Viteus vitifoliae (Fitch)

                                                      VITEVI

                                                      Cyprus.

                                                                  (d)

                                                                     Virus, viroids and phytoplasmas

                                                      1.

                                                      Beet necrotic yellow vein virus

                                                      BNYVV0

                                                                  (a)

                                                                  Ireland;

                                                                  (b)

                                                                  France (Brittany);

                                                                  (c)

                                                                  Portugal (Azores);

                                                                  (d)

                                                                  Finland;

                                                                  (e)

                                                                  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

                                                      2.

                                                         Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi

                                                      PHYPUL

                                                      United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

                                                      3.

                                                      Citrus tristeza virus (EU isolates)

                                                      CTV000

                                                      Malta

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                           (*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland."

                        (2)

                        Annex VI is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    in point (1), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo- Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*2).

                                       (*2)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (b)

                                    in point (2), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo- Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*3).

                                       (*3)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (c)

                                    in point (8), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo- Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*4).

                                       (*4)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (d)

                                    in point (9), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Canary Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo- Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (*5) and United States other than Hawaii.

                                       (*5)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (e)

                                    in point (14), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo- Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*6).

                                       (*6)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (f)

                                    in point (18), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*7).

                                       (*7)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                        (3)

                        Annex VII is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    in point (5), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*8).

                                       (*8)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (b)

                                    in point (6), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*9).

                                       (*9)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (c)

                                    in point (9), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*10).

                                       (*10)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (d)

                                    in point (10), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*11).

                                       (*11)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (e)

                                    in point (11), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*12).

                                       (*12)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (f)

                                    in point (30), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*13).

                                       (*13)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (g)

                                    in point (32), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*14).

                                       (*14)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (h)

                                    in point (55), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*15).

                                       (*15)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (i)

                                    in point (80), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries, other than:

                                                —

                                                Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*16),

                                                —

                                                Canada, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Taiwan and United States, where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer) Nickle et al. is known to occur.

                                       (*16)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (j)

                                    in point (81), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*17),
                                    and other than Canada, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Taiwan and USA, where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Bührer) Nickle et al. is known to occur.

                                       (*17)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (k)

                                    in point (82), in the fourth column, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*18).

                                       (*18)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                        (4)

                        in Annex IX, in points 1 and 2, in the right hand column (‘Protected zones’), the words ‘(k) United Kingdom (Isle of Man; Channel Islands)’ are deleted;

                        (5)

                        Annex X is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    in the introductory paragraph above the table, point (a) is replaced by the following:

                                                ‘(a)

                                                the whole territory of the Member State (*19) listed;

                                       (*19)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member State include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (b)

                                    in points 3 and 9, in the right hand column (‘Protected zones’), the words ‘(k) United Kingdom (Isle of Man; Channel Islands)’ are deleted;

                                    (c)

                                    in points 11 to 14, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 40, 41, 42, 45, 47, 49, 51 and 52, in the right hand column (‘Protected zones’), the words ‘(Northern Ireland)’ are added after ‘United Kingdom’;

                                    (d)

                                    in points 17, 18, 23, 39 and 46, in the right hand column (‘Protected zones’), the words ‘United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Jersey)’ are replaced by ‘United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)’;

                                    (e)

                                    in points 27, 28, 43, 44, 48 and 50, in the right hand column (‘Protected zones’), the words ‘United Kingdom (Northern Ireland and Isle of Man)’ are replaced by ‘United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)’;

                                    (f)

                                    in point 22, in the right hand column (‘Protected zones’), the words in brackets after ‘United Kingdom’ are replaced by ‘Northern Ireland’;

                        (6)

                        in Annex XI, Part A is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    in point 3, in the third column of the entry ‘Prunus L.’, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*20).

                                       (*20)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (b)

                                    in point 6, in the third column of the entry ‘Aster spp, Eryngium L., Hypericum L., Lisianthus L., Rosa L. and Trachelium L.’, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*21).

                                       (*21)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (c)

                                    in point 11, in the third column of the entry ‘Conifers (Pinales)’, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*22).

                                       (*22)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                                    (d)

                                    in point 12, in the third column of the entry ‘Conifers (Pinales)’, the text is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey and other third countries other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*23).

                                       (*23)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;"

                        (7)

                        in Annex XII, in point 6, in the third column of the entry ‘Conifers (Pinales), excluding wood which is bark-free originating in European third countries’, the text is replaced by the following:
                        ‘Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (*24).

                           (*24)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’."

               (*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.

               (*2)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*3)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*4)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*5)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*6)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*7)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*8)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*9)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*10)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*11)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*12)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*13)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*14)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*15)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*16)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*17)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*18)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*19)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member State include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.’;

               (*20)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*21)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*22)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*23)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

               (*24)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’.’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2211 of 22 December 2020 amending Annex VI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the United Kingdom

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/41

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2211
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annex VI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the United Kingdom
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (1), and in particular Article 40(3) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 (2) provides for protective measures against pests of plants, applicable in the Union territory.

                     (2)

                     Union law, including Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, is applicable to and in the United Kingdom during a transition period that ends on 31 December 2020, in accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (‘Withdrawal Agreement’), and in particular Articles 126 and Article 127(1) thereof.

                     (3)

                     In accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, tubers of species of Solanum L., and their hybrids, other than those specified in entries 15 and 16 of Annex VI to that Regulation (the ‘specified plants’), may be introduced into the Union from the third countries listed in the fourth column of entry 17 of that Annex.

                     (4)

                     In view of the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement, the United Kingdom has submitted a request to the Commission for its recognition as being free from the specified pest, from 1 January 2021.

                     (5)

                     Council Directive 93/85/EEC (3) provides for measures to be taken within the Member States, amongst others, against the pest Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kottho) Nouioui et al., which is one of the causes for the potato ring rot disease.

                     (6)

                     In accordance with Article 2 of Directive 93/85/EEC, the United Kingdom has carried out annual surveys, the results of which prove that its territory has been free from the specified pest in the last three years. The results of those surveys have been notified in 2020 to the Commission and the other Member States.

                     (7)

                     Moreover, no interceptions of the specified pest have been recorded during the movement of the specified plants within the United Kingdom, or from that country to the Union.

                     (8)

                     The United Kingdom has informed the Commission that its respective legislation, which has transposed Directive 93/85/EEC, will not change and will continue to apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (9)

                     The United Kingdom should therefore be included in the fourth column of entry 17 of Annex VI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.

                     (10)

                     In order to ensure that the United Kingdom remains free from the specified pest, it should submit to the Commission, by 28 February of each year, survey results confirming that Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kottho) Nouioui et al. has not been present on its territory during the preceding year.

                     (11)

                     Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2019/2072 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (12)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (13)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annex VI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4.

            (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319, 10.12.2019, p. 1).

            (3)  Council Directive 93/85/EEC of 4 October 1993 on the control of potato ring rot (OJ L 259, 18.10.1993, p. 1).

            ANNEX
            In the fourth column of entry 17 of Annex VI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, the text is replaced by the following:
            ‘Third countries other than:

                        (a)

                        Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey;
                        or

                        (b)

                        those which fulfil the following:

                                    (i)

                                    they are one of following:
                                    Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia and Ukraine; and

                                    (ii)

                                    they fulfil one of the following:

                                                —

                                                they are recognised as being free from Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kottho) Nouioui et al., in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/2031, or

                                                —

                                                their legislation is recognised as equivalent to the Union rules concerning protection against Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kottho) Nouioui et al. in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/2031;

                              or

                        (c)

                        the United Kingdom (*1), provided the following condition is fulfilled: the submission by the United Kingdom to the Commission, by 28 February of each year, of survey results confirming that Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kottho) Nouioui et al. has not been present on its territory during the preceding year.

               (*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’.’