FINAL 2018-12- 10 NOTIFICATION REDUCED PLANT HEALTH CHECKS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS Commission Regulation (EC) 17562004 Period: 01.01.2019-31.12. 2019 Commission Regulation (EC) 17562004 specifies the detailed conditions for the evidence required and the criteria for the type and level of the reduction of the plant health checks of certain plants, plant products or other objects listed in Part B of Annex V to Council Directive 200029EC. Following the application of the criteria laid down in Regulation 17562004, through a methodology developed in a Commission Working Group on 19 th October 2004, and after consultation with the Plant Health Standing Committee on 10 December 2018, certain products from specified countries of origin, shall be subject to at least a minimum level of plant health checks. The list of products subject to reduced inspections, their countries of origin and the minimum percentage of consignments to be inspected, is annexed to this notification. The reduced level of inspection shall apply from the date specified in the table and shall be applied until revised by the Commission. This notification constitutes publication of the list referred to in Article 2.2.of Regulation (EC) No 17562004 in accordance with Article 2.3 of that Regulation. Brussels, 10 December 2018
CUT FLOWERS, LEAVES OR BRANCHES 1 Aster Zimbabwe ex 0603 19 70 90 75 1 January 2017 2 Dianthus Colombia 0603 12 3 1 January 2014 3 Dianthus Ecuador 0603 12 15 1 January 2014 4 Dianthus Kenya 0603 12 5 1 January 2017 5 Dianthus Turkey 0603 12 15 1 January 2017 Change 6 Phoenix Costa Rica ex 0604 20 90 35 1 January 2012 50 1 February 2019 7 Rosa Colombia 0603 11 3 1 January 2011 Change 8 Rosa Ecuador 0603 11 3 1 January 2008 1 1 February 2019 9 Rosa Ethiopia 0603 11 5 1 January 2016 Change 10 Rosa Kenya 0603 11 5 1 January 2011 10 1 February 2019 Change 11 Rosa Tanzania 0603 11 15 1 January 2014 50 1 February 2019 12 Rosa Zambia 0603 11 10 1 January 2017 FRUITS GENERAL REDUCTION FOR ALL S (OTHER THAN SWITZERLAND) 13 Actinidia All 0810 50 00 5 2019 1 14 Carica papaya All 0807 20 00 5 2019 1 1 The reduced frequency shall apply as of the date as of which the latest revision (2019) of Annexes of Directive 200029EC shall apply.
15 Fragaria All 0810 10 00 5 2019 1 16 Persea americana All 0804 40 00 5 2019 1 17 Rubus All 0810 20 10 ex 0810 20 90 5 2019 1 18 Vitis All 0806 10 5 2019 1 GENERAL REDUCTION FOR S EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES (OTHER THAN SWITZERLAND) 19 Cydonia 0808 40 00 5 2019 1 20 Malus 0808 10 5 2019 1 21 Prunus 5 2019 1
22 Pyrus 0808 30 5 2019 1 23 Ribes 0810 30 5 2019 1 24 Vaccinium 0810 40 5 2019 1 SPECIFIC REDUCTION INSPECTION FREQUENCIES Change 25 Citrus Egypt ex 100 1 February 2018 75 1 February 2019
26 Citrus limon, C.aurantiifolia Citrus-other Change 28 Citrus Israel 27 Citrus Mexico Morocco 29 Citrus Peru ex 25 25 1 February 2018 100 ex 100 1 January 2017 5 1 January 2005 3 1 February 2019 10 1 January 2015
Change 30 Citrus Change 32 Citrus Tunisia 31 Citrus Turkey USA 100 1 January 2017 75 1 February 2019 3 1 January 2009 33 Malus Argentina 0808 10 35 1 January 2017 15 1 January 2009 25 1 February 2019 Change 34 Malus Brazil 0808 10 75 1 February 2018 50 1 February 2019 35 Malus Chile 0808 10 5 1 January 2012 36 Malus 37 Malus New Zealand 0808 10 10 1 January 2007 South Africa 0808 10 5 1 January 2012
38 Malus USA 0808 10 100 1 February 2018 Change 39 Mangifera Brazil 0804 50 00 10 100 15 October 2014 50 1 February 2019 40 Passiflora Colombia ex 0810 90 20 90 7 1 January 2017 41 Passiflora Kenya ex 0810 90 20 90 25 1 January 2017 42 Passiflora South Africa ex 0810 90 20 90 35 1 January 2014 Change 43 Passiflora Vietnam ex 0810 90 20 90 35 1 January 2017 25 1 February 2019 Change 47 Prunus 44 Passiflora Zimbabwe ex 0810 90 20 90 50 1 February 2018 45 Prunus Argentina 46 Prunus Chile Morocco 75 1 January 2016 10 1 January 2009 25 1 January 2017 50 1 February 2019
48 Prunus persica Prunus - other South Africa 49 Prunus Turkey 100 5 1 February 2018 35 1 February 2018 Change 50 Prunus USA 25 1 January 2017 50 1 February 2019 51 Psidium Brazil ex 0804 50 00 90 100 1 January 2016 52 Pyrus Argentina 0808 30 15 1 February 2018 53 Pyrus Chile 0808 30 15 1 January 2015 54 Pyrus China 0808 30 50 1 February 2018 55 Pyrus South Africa 0808 30 10 1 January 2011
56 Vaccinium Argentina 0810 40 25 1 January 2013 VEGETABLES 57 Capsicum Israel ex 0709 60 100 1 February 2018 Change 58 Capsicum Morocco ex 0709 60 5 1 October 2016 100 1 February 2019 59 Solanum lycopersicon 60 Solanum lycopersicon Canary Islands ex 0702 00 00 5 1 January 2018 Morocco ex 0702 00 00 5 1 January 2018 Change 61 Momordica Surinam 0709 99 90 60 35 1 January 2017 100 1 February 2019 Change 62 Solanum melongena Kenya 0709 30 00 10 1 January 2013 100 1 February 2019 63 Solanum melongena Turkey 0709 30 00 25 1 February 2018
WOOD 64 Conifer wood (excl. Larix) Russian Federation ( part) 4401 21 00 4401 40 10 4403 11 00 4403 21 26 4404 10 00 4406 11 00 4407 11 19 4408 10 ex 4416 00 00 ex 9406 10 00 1 1 January 2016 USED MACHINERY 65 Machinery and vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes All (except Switzerland) ex 8432 ex 8433 53 ex 8436 80 10 ex 8701 20 90 ex 8701 91 10 5 2019 1