Organisms harmful to plants

• REGULATION (EU) 2016/2031 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 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/EC

• REGULATION (EU) 2017/625 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation)

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2313 of 13 December 2017 setting out the format specifications of the plant passport for movement within the Union territory and the plant passport for introduction into, and movement within, a protected zone

• COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 997/2002 of 11 June 2002 establishing detailed rules for the implementation of the provisions relating to the allocation of a Community financialcontribution for Member States in order to strengthen inspection infrastructures for plant health checks on plants and plant products coming from third countries

• REGULATION (EU) No 652/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC

• Ammended by REGULATION (EU) 2016/1012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 8 June 2016 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the area of animal breeding (‘Animal Breeding Regulation’)

• COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 8 December 1969 on control of Potato Wart Disease (69/464/EEC)

• COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/85/EEC of 4 October 1993 on the control of potato ring rot

• Council Directive 98/57/EC of 20 July 1998 on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.

• COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2007/33/EC of 11 June 2007 on the control of potato cyst nematodes and repealing Directive 69/465/EEC

• REGULATION (EU) 2016/2031 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OF THE COUNCIL of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants

• Commission Directive 92/90/EEC of 3 November 1992 establishing obligations to which producers and importers of plants, plant products or other objects are subject and establishing details for their registration
• Commission Directive 92/105/EEC of 3 December 1992 establishing a degree of standardization for plant passports to be used for the movement of certain plants, plant products or other objects within the Community, and establishing the detailed procedures related to the issuing of such plant passports and the conditions and detailed procedures for their replacement
   

Vegetables

• COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93 /61 /EEC of 2 July 1993 setting out the schedules indicating the conditions to be met by vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed pursuant to Council Directive 92/33 /EEC
• COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93 /62 /EEC of 5 July 1993 setting out the implementing measures concerning the supervision and monitoring of suppliers and establishments pursuant to Council Directive 92 / 33 /EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed

• COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2008/72/EC of 15 July 2008 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed

Vines

• Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine

Fruit plants

• COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2008/90/EC of 29 September 2008 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE 2014/98/EU of 15 October 2014 implementing Council Directive 2008/90/EC as regards specific requirements for the genus and species of fruit plants referred to in Annex I thereto, specific requirements to be met by suppliers and detailed rules concerning official inspections

• COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2008/90/EC of 29 September 2008 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production

Ornamental plants

• Commission Directive 93/49/EEC of 23 June 1993 setting out the schedule indicating the conditions to be met by ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants pursuant to Council Directive 91/682/EEC
• Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July 1998 on the marketing of propagating material of ornamental plants
   

• COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/61/EC of 17 June 2008 establishing the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections

• Commission Directive 92/70/EEC of 30 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for surveys to be carried out for purposes of the recognition of protected zones in the Community
• Commission Directive 93/51/EEC of 24 June 1993 establishing rules for movements of certain plants, plant products or other objects through a protected zone, and for movements of such plants, plant products or other objects originating in and moving within such a protected zone
   

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/1503 of 8 October 2018 establishing measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Aromia bungii (Faldermann)

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 26 September 2012 on emergency measures to prevent the spread within the Union of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. (the pine wood nematode)

Amended by:

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/226 of 11 February 2015

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/427 of 8 March 2017

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/618 of 19 April 2018

   

• COMMISSION DECISION of 19 September 2002 on provisional emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in 't Veld sp. nov.

Amended by:

• COMMISSION DECISION of 29 April 2004

• COMMISSION DECISION of 27 March 2007

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  COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/1967 of 8 November 2016

   

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/1739 of 16 October 2019 establishing emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Rose Rosette Virus

• COMMISSION DECISION of 2 February 1998 authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Thrips palmi Karny as regards Thailand

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 29 November 2011 authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. as regards Egypt

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/449 of 18 March 2019 amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/715 setting out measures in respect of certain fruits originating in certain third countries to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/715 of 11 May 2016 setting out measures in respect of certain fruits originating in certain third countries to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa

• 93/359/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 May 1993 authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of wood of Thuja L., originating in the United States of America
• 93/360/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 May 1993 authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of wood of Thula L., originating in Canada
• 93/365/EEC: Commission Decision of 2 June 1993 authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of heat-treated coniferous wood, originating in Canada, and establishing the details of the indicator system to be applied to the heat-treated wood
• 93/422/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1993 authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of kiln dried coniferous wood, originating in Canada, and establishing the details of the indicator system to be applied to the kiln dried wood
• 93/423/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1993 authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of kiln dried coniferous wood, originating in the United States of America, and establishing the details of the indicator system to be applied to the kiln dried wood

Amended by:

• COMMISSION DECISION of 31 October 2006

• COMMISSION DECISION of 26 November 2010

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 18 December 2013 providing for a derogation from Article 13(1)(ii) of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of bark-free sawn wood of Quercus L., Platanus L. and Acer saccharum Marsh. originating in the United States of America

Amended by:

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/2004 of 14 November 2016

• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 18 December 2013

• COMMISSION DECISION of 26 June 2002 authorising derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of naturally or artificially dwarfed plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., originating in the Republic of Korea

Amended by:

• COMMISSION DECISION of 4 November 2005

• COMMISSION DECISION of 18 June 2007

Cabinet Regulation No. 772 Adopted 17 December 2020 "Regulations Regarding Plant Quarantine"

• Cabinet Regulation No. 54 Adopted 20 January 2009 Conformity Criteria and Procedures for the Circulation of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material

• Cabinet Regulation No. 91 Adopted 25 February 2003 Regulations on Material for Propagation of the Vine

   

   

• Cabinet Regulation No. 575 Adopted 21 July 2008 Procedures for the Control of Fire Blight and Containing its Spread
• Cabinet Regulation No. 365 Adopted 29 May 2007 Procedures for the Combating and Limiting of the Spread of Potato Ring Rot

• Cabinet Regulation No. 132 Adopted 10 February 2009 Regulations Regarding Phytosanitary Measures and the Procedures for Application Thereof for Plant and Plant Product Protection against Phytophthora ramorum

The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) standards "Production of healthy plants for planting (PM4)" describe the process by which officially certified propagating material is obtained. Such certification schemes exist for several species of fruit trees, berries, ornamental plants and potatoes.

• Certification scheme for Ribes
• Certification scheme for Rubus
• Certification scheme for strawberry 
• Pathogen-tested material of Vaccinium
• Pathogen-tested material of Malus, Pyrus and Cydonia
• Certification scheme for almond, apricot, peach and plum
• Certification scheme for cherry

Hot water treatment of grapevine to control Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma