Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1630 of 21 September 2022 establishing measures for the containment of Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma within certain demarcated areas
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1630of 21 September 2022establishing measures for the containment of Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma within certain demarcated areasTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/ECOJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4., and in particular Article 28(1), points (d) and (e), and Article 28(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319, 10.12.2019, p. 1). lays down, in Part B of Annex II, the list of Union quarantine pests known to occur in the Union territory.(2)Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma ("the specified pest") is included in that list, as it is known to occur in certain parts of the Union territory, having significant impact on the cultivation of plants of Vitis L. ("specified plants"), the main host for that pest.(3)Scaphoideus titanus Ball ("the specified vector") has been identified as an efficient vector of the specified pest. This vector plays an important role in the establishment and further spread of Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasmaEFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), 2014. Scientific Opinion on pest categorisation of rapevine Flavescence Dorée. EFSA Journal 2014;12(10):3851, 31 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3851. in the Union territory, therefore measures for its identification and control should be established.(4)The surveys carried out pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 show that eradication of the specified pest in certain demarcated areas is no longer possible.(5)Therefore, measures should be established for the containment of the specified pest within those demarcated areas, consisting of infected zones and buffer zones. Those measures should consist of destruction and removal of the infected specified plants and application of appropriate treatments in order to prevent the spread of the specified pest to the rest of the Union territory.(6)The competent authorities should raise public awareness to ensure that the general public and professional operators, concerned by the containment measures in the demarcated areas, are aware of the applied measures and the delimitation of the demarcated areas for that purpose.(7)Nevertheless, if the specified pest is found in a buffer zone surrounding an infected zone subject to measures for the containment of the specified pest, that new finding should result in the establishment of a new demarcated area by the competent authority, where eradication is pursued.(8)Annual surveys for the presence of the specified pest and the specified vector as set out in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1231Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1231 of 27 August 2020 on the format and instructions for the annual reports on the results of the surveys and on the format of the multiannual survey programmes and the practical arrangements, respectively provided for in Articles 22 and 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ L 280, 28.8.2020, p. 1). should be carried out to ensure the early detection of the specified pest in areas of the Union territory where the specified pest is not known to be present. Those surveys should be based on the pest survey card on the specified pest and its vector published by the European Food Safety Authority, as it takes into account the latest scientific and technical developments.(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: