Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2852 of 11 November 2024 establishing a derogation from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the requirements for the introduction into the Union territory of naturally or artificially dwarfed plants for planting of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and certain species of Pinus L., originating in Japan and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1217

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘specified plants’ means naturally or artificially dwarfed plants for planting, originating in Japan, of the following species: (a) Chamaecyparis sp. Spach; (b) Juniperus L.; (c) Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc. (Pinus pentaphylla Mayr); (d) Pinus thunbergii Parl.; (e) Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc. grafted on a rootstock of another Pinus species, originating in Japan; (f) Pinus thunbergii Parl. grafted on a rootstock of another Pinus species, originating in Japan; (2) ‘pest of concern’ means: (a) for all specified plants: any Union quarantine pest, protected zone quarantine pest or pest subject to the measures referred to in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (b) for Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc. (Pinus pentaphylla Mayr) plants, the pests referred to in point (a) and any of the following pests: (i) Coleosporium paederiae Dietel ex Hirats. f.; (ii) Crisicoccus pini (Kuwana); (iii) Dendrolimus spectabilis (Butler); (iv) Dendrolimus superans Butler; (v) Matsucoccus matsumurae (Kuwana); (vi) Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida & Inouye; (vii) Urocerus japonicus (F. Sm.); (c) for Pinus thunbergii Parl. plants, the pests referred to in point (a) and any of the following pests: (i) Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Sydow & P. Sydow; (ii) Coleosporium phellodendri Komarov; (iii) Crisicoccus pini (Kuwana); (iv) Dendrolimus spectabilis (Butler); (v) Dendrolimus superans Butler; (vi) Matsucoccus matsumurae (Kuwana); (vii) Sirex nitobei Mats.; (viii) Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida & Inouye; (ix) Urocerus japonicus (F. Sm.); (d) for Chamaecyparis sp. Spach, plants, the pests referred to in point (a) and Urocerus japonicus (F. Sm.).

1 By way of derogation from point 1 of Annex VI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, the specified plants shall be allowed to be introduced into the Union territory if they comply with the requirements set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2 Paragraph 1 shall apply to the specified plants introduced into the Union territory in the following periods: (a) for Chamaecyparis: from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2028; (b) for Juniperus: from 1 November to 31 March of each year until 31 December 2028; (c) for Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc. (Pinus pentaphylla Mayr) and Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc. grafted on a rootstock of another Pinus species, originating in Japan: from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2028; (d) for Pinus thunbergii Parl. and Pinus thunbergii Parl. grafted on a rootstock of another Pinus species, originating in Japan: from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2028.

Member States shall notify the Commission, the other Member States and Japan of any pest of concern confirmed during entry or during the post-entry detention period referred to in point 2.1 of the Annex. Where a pest of concern is detected, all specified plants from the nursery from which the infected/infested plant originated, shall not be allowed to be introduced into the Union territory until the renewal of nursery authorisation referred to in point 1.5 of the Annex.

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1217 is repealed.

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