Commission Decision of 29 April 2004 on temporary emergency measures in respect of certain citrus fruits originating in Argentina or Brazil (notified under document number C(2004) 1584) (2004/416/EC) (repealed)

[X1 ANNEX U.K.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigenda to Commission Decision 2004/416/EC of 29 April 2004 on temporary emergency measures in respect of certain citrus fruits originating in Argentina or Brazil (Official Journal of the European Union L 151 of 30 April 2004).

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the fruits in points 16.1, 16.3 and 16.5 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, the following requirements shall apply:

1. Citrus fruits originating in [F1 Argentina or] Brazil shall be accompanied by a certificate referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 13 of Directive 2000/29/EC, officially stating that: U.K.

(a)

the fruits originate in an area recognised as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC, and mentioned on the certificate;

or

(b)

• in accordance with an official control and examination regime, no symptoms of Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) have been observed in the place of production since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation,

  and

• in accordance with an official control and examination regime, including an appropriate testing regime, the fruits harvested in the place of production are free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus),

  and

• the fruits have been subjected to treatment such as sodium orthophenylphenate and mentioned on the certificate,

  and

• the place of production, the packing facilities, exporters and any other operator involved in the handling of the fruits are officially registered for this purpose.

Textual Amendments

F1 Deleted by Commission Decision of 16 May 2007 amending Decision 2004/416/EC on temporary emergency measures in respect of certain citrus fruits originating in Argentina or Brazil (notified under document number C(2007) 2089) (2007/347/EC).

2. Citrus fruits, other than Citrus aurantium L., originating in [F1 Argentina or] Brazil shall be accompanied by a certificate referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 13 of Directive 2000/29/EC, officially stating that: U.K.

(a)

the fruits originate in an area recognised as being free from Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC, and mentioned on the certificate;

or

(b)

• no symptoms of Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), have been observed in the place of production since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, and none of the fruits harvested in the place of production has shown, in appropriate official examination, symptoms of this organism,

  and

• the place of production, the packing facilities, exporters and any other operator involved in the handling of the fruits are officially registered for this purpose.

3. Fruits covered by this Decision may only enter the Community if their movement, from their place of production to the point of export to the Community, is accompanied by documents issued under the authority of and supervised by the National Plant Protection Organisation of [F2 Brazil] , as part of a documentary system on which information is made available to the Commission.] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 16 May 2007 amending Decision 2004/416/EC on temporary emergency measures in respect of certain citrus fruits originating in Argentina or Brazil (notified under document number C(2007) 2089) (2007/347/EC).