#32026R0790Amendments on Import Regulations for Certain Acer Plants from Ukraine
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This regulation amends existing EU rules by removing certain Acer plants from the list of high-risk plants, allowing their import from Ukraine. It changes the import conditions for these specific plant varieties, minimizing pest risks and mandating compliance with phytosanitary measures. The decision primarily affects exporters in Ukraine and importers within the EU, offering new business opportunities while ensuring plant health safety.
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Key Changes
- Removal of specific Acer plants from high-risk list
- Allowance for import of certain Acer plants from Ukraine
- Requirement for compliance with phytosanitary measures
Obligations
What this law requires
Importers and exporters must ensure that Acer plants from Ukraine comply with special requirements for introduction into EU territory as set out in Annex VII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072
Only up to 4-year-old bare-rooted, dormant Acer plants (griseum, platanoides, rubrum, saccharinum, saccharum, tataricum, tataricum subsp. ginnala, and × freemanii) with maximum height of 4 m, without leaves, may be imported from Ukraine
Only up to 2-year-old dormant Acer plants (griseum, platanoides, rubrum, saccharinum, saccharum, tataricum, tataricum subsp. ginnala, and × freemanii) in growing medium with maximum height of 3 m, without leaves, may be imported from Ukraine
Imported Acer plants from Ukraine must be verified to be free from Cryphonectria parasitica, Entoleuca mammata, and Lopholeucaspis japonica pests prior to introduction into Union territory
EU Member States must recognize and apply the removal of specified Acer plants from Ukraine from the high-risk plants list in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019