LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1630 of 21 September 2022 establishing measures for the containment of Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma within certain demarcated areas
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation establishes measures for the containment of Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma within the demarcated areas where its eradication is not possible.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
(1) ‘the specified pest’ means Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma;
(2) ‘the specified plants’ means plants of Vitis L., other than fruits and seeds;
(3) ‘the specified vector’ means Scaphoideus titanus Ball;
(4) ‘the demarcated area for containment’ means an area listed in Annex I, where the specified pest cannot be eradicated;
(5) ‘the pest survey card’ means the publication ‘Pest survey card on flavescence dorée phytoplasma and its vector Scaphoideus titanus’ (1) of the European Food Safety Authority.
Article 3
Establishment of demarcated areas for containment
The competent authorities shall establish the demarcated areas for containment of the specified pest consisting of an infected zone and a buffer zone of a width of at least 2,5 km, surrounding the infected zone.
Article 4
Measures within the demarcated areas for containment
In the infected zones, the competent authorities shall ensure that the following measures are taken:
(a) removal and destruction the specified plants found infected with the specified pest as soon as possible and at the latest before the beginning of the next growing season;
(b) application of appropriate treatments to control the specified vector.
Where the presence of the specified pest has been officially confirmed in the specified plants in the buffer zone, Articles 17 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 shall apply.
The competent authorities shall inform the general public and the professional operators concerned of the delimitation of the demarcated area for containment.
Article 5
Surveys
Those surveys shall include:
(a) visual examinations of the specified plants to detect the specified pest;
(b) sampling and testing in case of suspicion of the presence of the specified pest; and
(c) appropriate trapping for the detection of the specified vector.
Those surveys shall be more intensive than the surveys referred to in paragraph 2 with a higher number of visual examinations, and where appropriate, sampling and testing.
Article 6
Reporting
By 30 April of each year, Member States shall submit to the Commission and to the other Member States the results of the surveys carried out in the preceding calendar year pursuant to:
(a) Article 5(2) of this Regulation, using one of the templates set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1231;
(b) Article 5(3) of this Regulation, using one of the templates set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 7
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
1. Austria
Extension of buffer zones in the territory of Austria due to demarcation in Slovenia:
| Number/name of demarcated area (DA) | Zone of DA | Region | Municipalities or other administrative/geographic delimitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Buffer zone | Steiermark / Leibnitz | Part of Straß in Steiermark, part of St. Veit in der Steiermark |
| 2. | Buffer zone | Steiermark / Südoststeiermark | Mureck, Deutsch Goritz |
| 3. | Buffer zone | Burgenland / Jennersdorf | Neuhaus am Klausenbach: Altenhof, Bonisdorf, Edelsbach, Kalch, Kalchbergen, Krottendorf bei Neuhaus, Neuhaus am Klausenbach, Steinleiten. |
| 4. | Buffer zone | Burgenland / Jennersdorf | Minihof Liebau: Minihof-Liebau including Judenberg, Kramerberg and Theresienberg, Tauka including Pelzereck, Petereck, Winkel and Zotterberg, Windisch-Minihof including Loasleiten, Schmelzereck, Schusterberg, Schützengraben and Thomasberg. |
| 5. | Buffer zone | Burgenland / Jennersdorf | St. Martin an der Raab: Kölbereck, Oberdrosen, Oberdrosen – Bergen. |
2. Croatia
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