Entry into force and application

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 second sentence of Article 2(4), the third sentence of Article 5(1)(c), the second sentence of Article 28(a) and the second sentence of Article 29(a) shall apply from 1 January 2023.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 August 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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

( 2 ) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 of 18 May 2015 as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) ( OJ L 125, 21.5.2015, p. 36 ).

( 3 ) EFSA Journal 2019;17(5):5665, 200 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5665

( 4 ) EFSA Journal 2019;17(5):5666, 17 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5666

( 5 ) EFSA Supporting publication 2019:EN-1667. 53 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2019.EN-1667

( 6 ) EFSA Journal 2020;18(4):6114. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6114

( 7 ) EFSA Supporting publication 2020:EN-1873. 76 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2020.EN-1873

( 8 ) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) ( OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1 ).

( 9 ) Guidelines for pest eradication programmes – Reference Standard ISPM No 9 by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention, Rome. Published 15 December 2011.

( 10 ) The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management – Reference Standard ISPM No 14 by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention, Rome. Published 8 January 2014.

( 11 ) Commission Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU of 15 October 2014 implementing Council Directive 2008/90/EC as regards specific requirements for the genus and species of fruit plants referred to in Annex I thereto, specific requirements to be met by suppliers and detailed rules concerning official inspections, OJ L 298, 16.10.2014, p. 22 .

( 12 ) Council Directive 2008/90/EC of 29 September 2008 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production, OJ L 267, 8.10.2008, p. 8 .

( 13 ) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/925 of 29 May 2017 temporarily authorising certain Member States to certify pre-basic material of certain species of fruit plants, produced in the field under non-insect proof conditions, and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/167, OJ L 140, 31.5.2017, p. 7 .

( 14 ) Commission Directive 2004/103/EC of 7 October 2004 on identity and plant health checks of plants, plant products or other objects, listed in Part B of Annex V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC, which may be carried out at a place other than the point of entry into the Community or at a place close by and specifying the conditions related to these checks ( OJ L 313, 12.10.2004, p. 16 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1201 of 14 August 2020 as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of ANNEX ‘ANNEX I ANNEX II ANNEX III ANNEX IV ANNEX V