Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1091 of 2 June 2025 correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as regards certain plants for planting of Prunus L., originating in Moldova

THE 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/EC (1), and in particular Article 42(4), first subparagraph, thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (2) establishes, on the basis of a preliminary risk assessment, a list of high-risk plants, plant products and other objects, that are provisionally prohibited from import into the Union from third countries.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1437 (3) amended Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 by exempting up to 2-year-old bare-rooted, free of leaves, plants for planting of Prunus armeniaca, Prunus avium, Prunus canescens, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus cerasus, Prunus davidiana, Prunus domestica, Prunus dulcis, Prunus fontanesiana, Prunus persica, Prunus salicina, Prunus tomentosa and hybrids between the above species, with a maximum diameter of 17 mm at the base of the stem, originating in Moldova, from the provisional import prohibition.

(3) However, that exemption was erroneously omitted in a subsequent amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1457 (4), when introducing the exemption for plants for planting of certain species of Prunus originating in Türkiye.

(4) It is hence necessary to address this erroneous omission through the re-introduction of the exemption for plants for planting of certain species of Prunus originating in Moldova into the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019.

(5) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 should therefore be corrected accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.

Done at Brussels, 2 June 2025.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/2031/2019-12-14.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 of 18 December 2018 establishing a provisional list of high risk plants, plant products or other objects, within the meaning of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and a list of plants for which phytosanitary certificates are not required for introduction into the Union, within the meaning of Article 73 of that Regulation (OJ L 323, 19.12.2018, p. 10, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/2019/oj).

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1437 of 24 May 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as regards certain plants for planting of Prunus L., originating in Moldova (OJ L, 2024/1437, 27.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1437/oj).

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1457 of 27 May 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as regards certain plants for planting of Prunus persica, Prunus dulcis, Prunus armeniaca and Prunus davidiana originating in Türkiye and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1213 as regards the phytosanitary measures for the introduction of those plants for planting into the Union territory (OJ L, 2024/1457, 29.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1457/oj).