Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2970 of 29 November 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards measures to prevent the presence of the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus on plants for planting of Solanum lycopersicum L. and hybrids thereof and of Capsicum annuum L., and establishing the frequency rates of official controls

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

1 By way of derogation from Article 4(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2389, the rules set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall apply.

2 Sampling and testing as part of the physical checks for the presence of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (‘ToBRFV’) shall be carried out on at least 20 % of the consignments of plants for planting of Solanum lycopersicum L. and hybrids thereof, and Capsicum annuum L. originating in third countries.

3 However, sampling and testing for the presence of ToBRFV shall be carried out on 50 % of consignments of plants for planting of Solanum lycopersicum L. and hybrids thereof and of Capsicum annuum L. originating in Israel, and on 100 % of consignments of those plants originating in China.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2025. Article 2 shall apply until 31 December 2026.