Entry into force

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 August 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4 .

( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 of 18 December 2018 establishing a provisional list of high risk plants, plant products or other objects, within the meaning of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and a list of plants for which phytosanitary certificates are not required for introduction into the Union, within the meaning of Article 73 of that Regulation ( OJ L 323, 19.12.2018, p. 10 ).

( 3 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2018 of 18 December 2018 laying down specific rules concerning the procedure to be followed in order to carry out the risk assessment of high risk plants, plant products and other objects within the meaning of Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 323, 19.12.2018, p. 7 ).

( 4 ) EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), 2020. Scientific Opinion on the commodity risk assessment of Albizia julibrissin plants from Israel. EFSA Journal 2020;18(1):5941. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5941

( 5 ) EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), 2020. Scientiﬁc Opinion on the commodity risk assessment of Robinia pseudoacacia plants from Israel. EFSA Journal 2020;18(3):6039. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6039

( 6 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1213 of 21 August 2020 concerning the phytosanitary measures for the introduction into the Union of certain plants, plant products and other objects which have been removed from the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (see page 5 of this Official Journal).

( 7 ) EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), EFSA Journal 2020;18(1):5940. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5940

( 8 ) The World Trade Organization Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement), https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/sps_e/spsagr_e.htm

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1214 of 21 August 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as regards wood of ANNEX