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Summary of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2636 of 8 October 2024

This Regulation amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1194 regarding measures to eradicate and prevent the spread of Clavibacter sepedonicus in the Union territory. The amendments are as follows:

1. Amendment to Article 6(1), First Subparagraph

The first subparagraph of Article 6(1) is replaced with the following text:

“Specified plants, designated as infected by the specified pest pursuant to Article 5(5), point (a), shall not be planted. The professional operators, under the official supervision of the competent authority, shall ensure that the infected specified plants are destroyed or are disposed of in another way, in accordance with point 1 of Annex V, provided that it is established that there is no identifiable risk of the specified pest spreading.”

This amendment assigns the responsibility for the destruction or disposal of infected specified plants to professional operators, under the official supervision of the competent authority.

2. Replacement of Annex II

Annex II of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1194 is replaced with a new template for presenting survey results of Clavibacter sepedonicus. The key features of the new Annex II are:

• The template is intended for reporting the results of surveys carried out during the calendar year preceding the year of reporting.
• It includes categories for different types of potato tubers:
  • Potato tubers for planting (except those intended to be planted in their place of production).
  • Potato tubers intended to be planted in their place of production.
  • Potato tubers other than those for planting.
• Data to be reported in the template includes:
  • Member State and category.
  • Cropping area (hectares).
  • Visual inspections of growing crops:
    • Area visually inspected (hectares).
    • Number of visual inspections.
    • Number of visual inspections where symptoms were observed.
    • Number of symptomatic samples taken.
    • Number of asymptomatic samples taken.
  • Visual inspections of tuber lots in storage:
    • Number of visual inspections.
    • Number of visual inspections where symptoms were observed.
    • Number of symptomatic samples taken.
    • Number of asymptomatic samples taken.
  • Laboratory tests related to visual inspections of growing crops and tuber lot inspections:
    • Number of symptomatic samples tested positive.
    • Number of asymptomatic samples tested positive.
    • Number of positive visual inspections.
    • Number of positive lots.
  • Notification numbers of outbreaks, as applicable, in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.
  • Additional information.
• Footnotes provide instructions and clarifications on how to complete the template.

3. Entry into Force

The Regulation enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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