Commission Decision of 22 December 2003 authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (notified under document number C(2003) 4956) (2004/4/EC) (repealed)

Article 2 U.K.

1. By way of derogation from Article 1, for the import season [F1 2009/2010] the entry into the territory of the Community of tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. which originate in Egypt shall be permitted from the ‘pest-free areas’ referred to in paragraph 2, provided that the measures applicable to tubers grown in these areas and laid down in the Annex to this Decision, are complied with.

2. The Commission shall establish whether ‘pest-free areas’ have been approved in Egypt for the [F2 import season referred to in paragraph 1] in accordance with the ‘FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures Part 4: Pest Surveillance — Requirements for the Establishment of Pest-Free Areas’, in particular point 2.3 thereof, and shall compile a ‘list of approved pest-free areas’, including identification details of the fields located in the above ‘approved pest-free areas’. The Commission shall convey this list to the Committee and to the Member States.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Decision of 13 November 2009 amending Decision 2004/4/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (notified under document C(2009) 8702) (2009/839/EC).

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 31 October 2006 amending Decision 2004/4/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (notified under document number C(2006) 5109) (2006/749/EC).