
Article 1 
Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 is amended as follows:

((1)) In Article 9, paragraph 8, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'However, plants for planting, other than seeds, of Coffea, Lavandula dentata L., Nerium oleander L., Olea europaea L., Polygala myrtifolia L. and Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb, shall only be moved within the Union if they have been grown in a site that is subject to annual official inspection and sampling, taking into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provided on the Commission website, as well as testing in line with international standards for the presence of the specified organism, confirming the absence of the specified organism, using a sampling scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability the level of presence of infected plants of 5 %. In addition, and prior to its first movement out of its production site, each lot of plants for planting of Polygala myrtifolia L. which is to be moved within the Union shall be subjected to official visual inspection and sampling, as close to the time of that movement as possible, taking into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provided on the Commission website, as well as testing in line with international standards for the presence of the specified organism, confirming the absence of the specified organism, using a sampling scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 5 %. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 3(2), the presence of the specified organism shall be screened by one test, and in case of positive results, its presence shall be identified by carrying out, in line with international standards, at least one positive molecular test. Those tests shall be listed in the Commission database of tests for the identification of the specified organism and its subspecies.'
((2)) In Article 16, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
'Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Coffea, Lavandula dentata L., Nerium oleander L., Olea europaea L., Polygala myrtifolia L., and Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb shall only be introduced into the Union if they have been grown in a site that is subject to annual official inspection, with sampling and testing carried out at the appropriate times on those plants for the presence of the specified organism and in accordance with international standards, confirming the absence of the specified organism, using a sampling scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability the level of presence of infected plants of 5 %. In addition, and prior to its first movement out of its production site and as close to the time of that movement as possible, each lot of plants for planting of Polygala myrtifolia L. shall be subjected to official visual inspection and sampling, as well as testing in line with international standards for the presence of the specified organism, confirming the absence of the specified organism, using a sampling scheme able to identify with 99 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 5 %.'
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 October 2018.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission