What 2012/535/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 26 September 2012 on emergency measures to prevent the spread within the Union of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. (the pine wood nematode) (notified under document C(2012) 6543) requires
Commission Implementing Decision 2012/535/EU, adopted on 26 September 2012 and published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 2 October 2012, establishes emergency measures to prevent the spread of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (the pine wood nematode, hereinafter 'PWN') within the Union. The Decision repeals Commission Decision 2006/133/EC and extends the scope of PWN measures from Portugal to all Member States, in response to PWN outbreaks in Spain and repeated interceptions by other Member States of PWN-infested pine wood, wood packaging material and bark from Portugal. The economic, social and environmental impact of PWN spread across the Union is described as unacceptably large. The Decision is addressed to the Member States and imposes obligations including: annual surveys for PWN presence in areas where it is not known to occur; establishment of contingency plans by 31 December 2013; demarcation of infested and buffer zones upon confirmed PWN presence; implementation of eradication measures (including clear-cut zones with a minimum radius of 500 m) for a minimum of four years before containment may be considered; restrictions on movement of susceptible plants, susceptible wood and bark within and out of demarcated areas; authorisation and supervision of treatment facilities and wood packaging material producers; and communication of measures, survey results and demarcated areas to the Commission and other Member States. The Decision is to be reviewed by 31 July 2015 at the latest.
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- Recital (1): 'PWN outbreaks in Spain and repeated interceptions by other Member States of PWN-infested pine wood, wood packaging material and bark from Portugal show that the risk has increased that PWN might spread out of areas in Portugal, in which PWN is known to occur. The economic, social and environmental impact of PWN spread across the Union would be unacceptably large. It is therefore appropriate to extend the scope of the measures concerning PWN to all Member States.'
- Article 2(1): 'Member States shall annually conduct surveys for Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. (the pine wood nematode), hereinafter PWN, on susceptible plants, susceptible wood and bark and on the vector, and determine whether there is any evidence of the presence of PWN in their territory in areas in which PWN was previously not known to occur.'
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