Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/759 of 7 May 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the exceptions from the requirement of a plant passport, the status of Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia or certain areas thereof as protected zones, and the reference to a protected zone in Portugal

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 13(2), point (b) is replaced by the following: ‘(b) they are not subject to the special requirements of Annex VIII or Annex X to this Regulation or to those provided for by the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Articles 28(1), 30(1) or 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.’; (2) Annex III is amended in accordance with Part 1 of the Annex to this Regulation; (3) Annex IX is amended in accordance with Part 2 of the Annex to this Regulation; (4) Annex X is amended in accordance with Part 3 of the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. However, the following points shall apply from 1 May 2020: point (2) of Article 1, except point (2) of Part 1 of the Annex; point (3) of Article 1; point (4) of Article 1, except point (3) of Part 3 of the Annex.