The Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Amendments to Annex 5 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation

8.—(1) Annex 5 (measures to prevent the presence of RNQPs on specific plants for planting)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part C, in the table headed “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, in the entry relating to “Candidatus Phytoplasma ‘pyri’ Seemüller & Schneider [PHYPPY]”, for “Candidatus Phytoplasma ‘pyri’”, in each place it occurs, substitute “‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’”.

(3) In Part F—

(a) in the first table, in the entry relating to “Candidatus Liberibacter ‘solanacearum’ Liefting et al.” for “Candidatus Liberibacter ‘solanacearum’”, in each place it occurs, substitute “‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’”;

(b) in the second table, in the entry relating to “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al.”, in column 1, for “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” substitute “‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’”.

(4) In Part H, in the table headed “Bacteria”, in the entry relating to “Candidatus Liberibacter ‘solanacearum’ Liefting et al.”, for every reference in columns 1 and 3 to “Candidatus Liberibacter ‘solanacearum’” substitute “‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’”.

(1)

EUR 2019/2072, Annex 5 was substituted by S.I. 2020/1527 and amended by S.I. 2021/426, 1229, 2022/114, 2023/497, 2024/610.