
Article 1 
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

((a)) ‘specified organism’ means Rose Rosette Virus;
((b)) ‘specified plants’ means plants, other than seeds, of Rosa spp. originating in Canada, India or the U.S.;
((c)) ‘specified vector’ means Phyllocoptes fructiphilus.
Article 2 
The introduction into and spread within the Union of the specified organism shall be prohibited.
Article 3 
Member States shall ensure that any person having under its control plants which may be infected with the specified organism or its vector is immediately informed of the presence or the suspected presence of the specified organism and of its vector, of the possible consequences and risks, and of the measures to be taken.
Article 4 

1. Member States shall conduct annual surveys for the presence of the specified organism and the specified vector on specified plants in their territory. Those surveys shall be carried out by the responsible official body, or under official supervision of the responsible official body.
2. Those surveys shall include sampling and testing and shall be based on sound scientific and technical principles with regard to the possibility to detect the specified organism and the specified vector.
3. Member States shall notify each year the results to the Commission and the other Member States, concerning the surveys that are carried out the previous calendar year.
Article 5 

1. The specified plants shall only be introduced into the Union if the following requirements are fulfilled:
(a) they shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, as referred to in Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC;
(b) they shall comply, as applicable, with paragraph 2, 3 or 4, and the wording of the respective requirement shall be indicated in the phytosanitary certificate under ‘Additional Declaration’.
2. The specified plants have been grown through their entire life in an area free from the specified organism, as established by the national plant protection organisation concerned, in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. The name of that area shall be stated in the phytosanitary certificate under ‘place of origin’.
3. The specified plants have been grown through their entire life in a place of production where neither symptoms of the specified organism nor of the specified vector have been observed during official inspections since the start of the last growing season. In addition, the following conditions have been fulfilled:
(a) the specified plants for planting have been sampled and tested prior to export and found free from the specified organism;
(b) the specified plants, other than plants for planting, have been inspected, and in case of symptoms, sampled and tested prior to export for the presence of the specified organism and found free from that organism.
4. Specified plants in tissue culture not originating in an area free from the specified organism, have been produced from mother plants tested and found free from the specified organism.
5. The specified plants shall only be introduced into the Union if they are handled, packaged and transported in a manner to prevent infestation by the specified vector.
Article 6 
All consignments of specified plants shall be officially checked at the point of entry into the Union or at the place of destination as provided for in accordance with Commission Directive 2004/103/EC.
Article 7 
Member States shall repeal or amend the measures which they have adopted to protect themselves against the introduction and spread of the specified organism in order to comply with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission of those measures.
Article 8 
This Decision shall apply from 1 November 2019.
Article 9 
This Decision shall apply until 31 July 2022.
Article 10 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 October 2019.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission