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Article 1

United Kingdom

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1.

For the purposes of point 16.2 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV, the following third countries are recognised as being free from all strains of Xanthomonas campestris pathogenic to Citrus:

(a)

all citrus-growing third countries in Europe, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey;

F1(b)

Africa: South Africa, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland and Zimbabwe;

(c)

Central and South America and the Caribbean: the Bahamas, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, El Salvador, Surinam and Venezuela;

(d)

Oceania: New Zealand.

2.

For the purposes of point 16.2 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV, the following areas are recognised as being free from all strains of Xanthomonas campestris pathogenic to Citrus:

F2(a)

Australia: New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia;

(b)

Brazil, except the States of Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, Santa Catarina and São Paulo;

F3(c)

United States: Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Texas and the United States Virgin Islands;

(d)

Uruguay, except the Departments of Salto, Rivera and Paysandu — north of River Chapicuy.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 29 May 2013 amending Decision 2006/473/EC as regards the recognition of certain third countries and certain areas of third countries as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (notified under document C(2013) 3057) (2013/253/EU).

F2

Substituted by Commission Decision of 1 March 2010 amending Decision 2006/473/EC as regards the recognition of continental Australia as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (notified under document C(2010) 1063) (2010/134/EU).

F3

Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/696 of 4 May 2016 amending Decision 2006/473/EC recognising certain third countries and certain areas of third countries as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (notified under document C(2016) 2614).