Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/631 of 7 February 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing European Union reference laboratories for pests of plants

European Union reference laboratories are hereby established as regards quarantine pests provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and as regards pests which are not included in the list of Union quarantine pests but which may, in accordance with Article 30(1) of that Regulation, fulfil the conditions for inclusion in that list, and on the basis of the categorisation set out in Directive 2000/29/EC: (a) a European Union reference laboratory for insects and mites; (b) a European Union reference laboratory for nematodes; (c) a European Union reference laboratory for bacteria; (d) a European Union reference laboratory for fungi and oomycetes; (e) a European Union reference laboratory for viruses, viroids, and phytoplasmas.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.