Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 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, 31 May 2022.

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), 2021. Scientific Opinion on the Commodity risk assessment of Momordica charantia fruits from Mexico. EFSA Journal 2021;19(2):6398, 37 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6398

( 5 ) EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), 2021. Scientific Opinion on the commodity risk assessment of Momordica charantia fruits from Honduras. EFSA Journal 2021;19(2):6395, 34 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6395

( 6 ) EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), 2021. Commodity risk assessment of Momordica charantia fruits from Sri Lanka. EFSA Journal 2021;19 (2):6397, 35 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6397

( 7 ) EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), 2021. Scientific Opinion on the commodity risk assessment of Momordica charantia fruits from Thailand. EFSA Journal 2021;19(2):6399, 33 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6399

( 8 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 ( OJ L 319, 10.12.2019, p. 1 ).

( 9 ) 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) 2022/853 of 31 May 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards fruits of ANNEX I ANNEX II