# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/449 of 18 March 2019 amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/715 setting out measures in respect of certain fruits originating in certain third countries to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa (notified under document C(2019) 2024), Article 1: Amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/715

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/715 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 4 is deleted;
(2) Article 5a is amended as follows:
(a) the title is replaced by the following:
‘Introduction into the Union of specified fruits originating in Argentina and Brazil’;
(b) the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
‘Specified fruits originating in Argentina and Brazil shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, as referred to in the first subparagraph of point (ii) of Article 13(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC, including under the heading “Additional declaration” the following elements:’
(3) Article 6 is amended as follows:
(a) the title is replaced by the following:
‘Requirements concerning inspection of the specified fruits originating in Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay within the Union’;
(b) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Specified fruits originating in Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay shall be visually inspected at the point of entry or at the place of destination established in accordance with Commission Directive 2004/103/EC. Those inspections shall be carried out on samples of at least 200 fruits of each species of the specified fruits by batch of 30 tonnes, or part thereof, selected on the basis of any possible symptom of Phyllosticta citricarpa.’;
(4) in Article 7, point (c) is replaced by the following:
‘(c)
detailed information on the pre- and post-harvest treatments has been kept.’;
(5) Article 22 is replaced by the following:
‘Date of expiration
Article 22 This Decision shall expire on 31 March 2022.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/449/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-449/article-1
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