{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-253/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/253",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-253",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Decision 2006/473/EC is amended as follows:\n(1) Article 1 is amended as follows:\n(a) in paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:\n(b) ‘Africa: South Africa, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland and Zimbabwe;’;\n(b) in paragraph 2, point (b) is replaced by the following:\n(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;’;\n(2) in Article 2, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:\n(a) ‘all citrus-growing third countries in North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, except Bangladesh and Yemen, Europe and Oceania;\n(b) all citrus-growing third countries in Africa, except Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.’;\n(3) Article 3 is amended as follows:\n(a) in paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c) are replaced by the following:\n(a) ‘all citrus-growing third countries in North, Central and South America, except Argentina, Brazil and the United States, the Caribbean and Europe;\n(b) all citrus-growing third countries in Asia, except Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan;\n(c) all citrus-growing third countries in Africa, except South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe;’;\n(b) in paragraph 2, point (d) is replaced by the following:\n(d) ‘Brazil: all areas except the States of Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo.’;\n(c) in paragraph 2, the following point (e) is added:\n(e) ‘the United States: all areas except counties of Collier, Hendry and Polk located in the State of Florida.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/253/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:05.371421+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}