
Article 1 
For the purposes of points 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, the areas of the United States of America listed in the Annex to this Decision are recognised as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire.
Article 2 
This Decision shall expire on 31 December 2017.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2015.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


((1)) States being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire

AlaskaArizonaCaliforniaFloridaHawaiiIdahoMississippiMontanaNevada New MexicoNorth DakotaOklahomaOregonSouth DakotaUtahWashingtonWyoming
((2)) Counties being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire

((a)) Counties in Alabama:

AutaugaBaldwinBarbourBibbBlountBullockButlerCalhounChambersChiltonChoctawClarkeClayCoffeeColbertConecuhCoosaCovingtonCrenshawCullmanDaleDallas DeKalbElmoreEscambiaEtowahFayetteFranklinGenevaGreeneHaleHenryHoustonJeffersonLamarLawrenceLeeLowndesMaconMarengoMarionMarshallMobileMonroe

MontgomeryMorganPerryPickensPikeRussellShelbySt. Clair SumterTalladegaTallapoosaTuscaloosaWalkerWashingtonWilcoxWinston
((b)) Counties in Arkansas:

BaxterBentonBooneCarrollClayCleburneConwayCraigheadCrawfordCrittendenCrossFaulknerFranklinFultonGreeneIndependenceIzardJacksonJohnsonLawrenceLeeLogan MadisonMarionMississippiMonroeNewtonPhillipsPoinsettPolkPopePrairieRandolphSt. FrancisScottSearcySebastianSharpStoneVan BurenWashingtonWhiteWoodruff
((c)) Counties in Colorado:

AlamosaArapahoeArchuletaBacaBent BroomfieldChaffeeCheyenneClear CreekConejos

CostillaCrowleyCusterDeltaDenverDoloresDouglasEagleEl PasoElbertFremontGarfieldGunnisonHinsdaleHuerfanoJacksonKiowaKit CarsonLa PlataLakeLas AnimasLincolnLoganMesa MineralMoffatMontezumaMontroseMorganOteroOurayParkPhillipsPitkinProwersPuebloRio BlancoRio GrandeRouttSaguacheSan JuanSan MiguelSedgwickSummitTellerWashingtonYuma
((d)) Counties in Georgia:

ApplingAtkinsonBaconBakerBaldwinBen HillBerrienBibbBleckleyBrantleyBrooksBryan BullochBurkeCalhounCamdenCandlerCharltonChathamChattahoocheeClayClinchCoffeeColquitt

ColumbiaCookCrawfordCrispDecaturDodgeDoolyDoughertyEarlyEcholsEffinghamEmanuelEvansGlascockGlynnGradyHancockHarrisHoustonIrwinJeff DavisJeffersonJenkinsJohnsonJonesLanierLaurensLeeLibertyLincolnLongLowndesMaconMarionMcDuffieMcIntoshMiller MitchellMontgomeryMorganMuscogeePeachPiercePulaskiQuitmanRandolphRichmondSchleySeminoleStewartSumterTalbotTaliaferroTattnallTaylorTelfairTerrellThomasTiftToombsTreutlenTurnerTwiggsUpsonWareWarrenWashingtonWayneWebsterWheelerWilcoxWilkinsonWorth
((e)) Counties in Kansas:

AllenAndersonBarberBartonBourbonButlerChaseChautauquaCherokeeCheyenneClarkClayCloudCoffeyComancheCowleyCrawfordDecaturDickinsonEdwardsElkEllisEllsworthFinneyFordGearyGoveGrahamGrantGrayGreeleyGreenwoodHamiltonHarperHarveyHaskellHodgeman JewellKearnyKingmanKiowaLabetteLaneLincolnLinnLoganLyonMcPhersonMarionMarshallMeadeMitchellMontgomeryMorrisMortonNemahaNeoshoNessNortonOsborneOttawaPawneePhillipsPottawatomiePrattRawlinsRenoRepublicRiceRileyRooksRushRussellSaline

ScottSedgwickSewardSheridanShermanSmithStaffordStantonStevens SumnerThomasTregoWabaunseeWallaceWashingtonWichitaWilsonWoodson
((f)) Counties (Parishes) in Louisiana:

AcadiaAllenAscensionAssumptionAvoyellesBeauregardCalcasieuCaldwellCameronCatahoulaConcordiaDe SotoEast Baton RougeEast FelicianaEvangelineFranklinGrantIberiaIbervilleJefferson DavisJeffersonLafayetteLafourcheLa SalleLivingston NatchitochesOrleansPlaqueminesPointe CoupeeRapidesRed RiverSabineSt. BernardSt. CharlesSt. HelenaSt. JamesSt. John the BaptistSt. LandrySt. MartinSt. MarySt. TammanyTangipahoaTensasTerrebonneVermilionVernonWashingtonWest Baton RougeWest FelicianaWinn
((g)) Counties in Maine:

AroostookFranklinHancockKennebecKnoxLincoln PenobscotPiscataquisSomersetWaldoWashington
((h)) Counties in Minnesota:

BeckerBeltramiBig StoneBlue EarthBrownCassChippewaClayClearwaterCookCottonwoodCrow WingDouglasFaribaultGrantHubbardJacksonKandiyohiKittsonKoochichingLac qui ParleLake of the WoodsLincolnLyonMahnomenMartin MeekerMorrisonMurrayNicolletNoblesNormanOtter TailPenningtonPipestonePolkPopeRed LakeRedwoodRenvilleRockRoseauStearnsStevensSwiftToddTraverseWabashaWadenaWatonwanWilkinYellow Medicine
((i)) Counties in Nebraska:

AdamsAntelope ArthurBanner

BlaineBooneBox ButteBoydBrownBuffaloBurtButlerCedarChaseCherryCheyenneClayColfaxCumingCusterDakotaDawesDawsonDeuelDixonDodgeDundyFillmoreFranklinFrontierFurnasGageGardenGarfieldGosperGrantGreeleyHallHamiltonHarlanHayesHitchcock HoltHookerHowardJeffersonKearneyKeithKeya PahaKimballKnoxLancasterLincolnLoganLoupMadisonMcPhersonMerrickMorrillNanceNuckollsPerkinsPhelpsPiercePlattePolkRed WillowRockSalineSaundersSewardScotts BluffSheridanShermanSiouxStantonThayerThomasThurstonValley

WayneWebster WheelerYork
((j)) Counties in New Hampshire:
Coos
((k)) Counties in South Carolina:

Aiken CountyAllendale CountyBamberg CountyBarnwell CountyBeaufort CountyBerkeley CountyCalhoun CountyCharleston CountyChesterfield CountyClarendon CountyColleton CountyDarlington CountyDillon CountyDorchester CountyEdgefield CountyFairfield CountyFlorence CountyGeorgetown County Greenwood CountyHampton CountyHorry CountyJasper CountyKershaw CountyLancaster CountyLaurens CountyLee CountyLexington CountyMarion CountyMarlboro CountyMcCormick CountyNewberry CountyOrangeburg CountyRichland CountySaluda CountySumter CountyWilliamsburg County
((l)) Counties in Tennessee:

CrockettDecaturDyerFayetteGibsonHardemanHardinHaywoodHenderson LakeLauderdaleMadisonMcNairyObionShelbyTiptonWeakley
((m)) Counties in Texas:

AndersonAndrewsAngelina AransasArcherArmstrong

AtascosaAustinBaileyBanderaBastropBaylorBeeBellBexarBlancoBordenBosqueBrazoriaBrazosBrewsterBriscoeBrooksBrownBurlesonBurnetCaldwellCalhounCallahanCameronCampCarsonCastroChambersCherokeeChildressClayCochranCokeColemanCollinCollingsworthColoradoComal ComancheConchoCookeCoryellCottleCraneCrockettCrosbyCulbersonDallamDallasDawsonDe WittDeaf SmithDeltaDentonDickensDimmitDonleyDuvalEastlandEctorEdwardsEl PasoEllisErathFallsFanninFayetteFisherFloydFoardFort BendFranklinFreestoneFrioGainesGalveston

GarzaGillespieGlasscockGoliadGonzalesGrayGraysonGreggGrimesGuadalupeHaleHallHamiltonHansfordHardemanHardinHarrisHartleyHaskellHaysHemphillHendersonHidalgoHillHockleyHoodHopkinsHoustonHowardHudspethHuntHutchinsonIrionJackJacksonJasperJeff DavisJefferson Jim HoggJim WellsJohnsonJonesKarnesKaufmanKendallKenedyKentKerrKimbleKingKinneyKlebergKnoxLa SalleLamarLambLampasasLavacaLeeLeonLibertyLimestoneLipscombLive OakLlanoLovingLubbockLynnMadisonMartinMasonMatagordaMaverickMcCullochMcLennanMcMullen

MedinaMenardMidlandMilamMillsMitchellMontagueMontgomeryMooreMorrisMotleyNacogdochesNavarroNewtonNolanNuecesOchiltreeOldhamOrangePalo PintoParkerParmerPecosPolkPotterPresidioRainsRandallReaganRealRed RiverReevesRefugioRobertsRobertsonRockwallRunnelsRusk SabineSan AugustineSan JacintoSan PatricioSan SabaSchleicherScurryShackelfordShelbyShermanSmithSomervellStarrStephensSterlingStonewallSuttonSwisherTarrantTaylorTerrellTerryThrockmortonTitusTom GreenTravisTrinityTylerUpshurUptonUvaldeVal VerdeVan ZandtVictoriaWalkerWallerWardWashington

WebbWhartonWheelerWichitaWilbargerWillacyWilliamsonWilson WinklerWiseWoodYoakumYoungZapataZavala
((n)) Counties in Wisconsin:
Rusk
((o)) Counties in Vermont:

AddisonCaledoniaChittendenEssexFranklin Grand IsleLamoilleOrleansWashington
