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. 2018 Nov 8;16(11):e05438. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5438

Table 4.

Regulated hosts and commodities that might provide a pathway for Popillia japonica and which are listed in Annex III of Council Directive 2000/29/EC

Annex III, Part A Plants, plant products and other objects the introduction of which shall be prohibited in all Member States
Description Country of origin
1. Plants of […] Larix Non‐European countries
2. Plants of Castanea Mill., and Quercus L. with leaves, other than fruit and seeds Non‐European countries
3. Plants of Populus L., with leaves, other than fruit and seeds North American countries
9. Plants of Chaenomeles Ldl., Cydonia Mill., Crateagus L., Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L., and Rosa L., intended for planting, other than dormant plants free from leaves, flowers and fruit Non‐European countries
14. Soil and growing medium as such, which consists in whole or in part of soil or solid organic substances such as parts of plants, humus including peat or bark, other than that composed entirely of peat […] Russia […] and third countries not belonging to continental Europe […]
15. Plants of Vitis L., other than fruits Third countries other than Switzerland
16. Plants of Citrus L., […] Third countries
18. Plants of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L. and Pyrus L. and their hybrids, and Fragaria L intended for planting, other than seeds Without prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the plants listed in Annex III A (9), where appropriate, non‐European countries, other than […], Canada, the continental states of the USA
19. Plants of the family Graminacae, other than plants of ornamental perennial grasses of the subfamilies Bambusoideae and Panicoideae and of the genera Buchloe, Bouteloua Lag., Calamagrostis, Cortaderia Stapf., Glyceria R. Br., Hakonechloa Mak. ex Honda, Hystrix, Molinia, Phalaris L., Shibataea, Spartina Schreb., Stipa L. and Uniola L., intended for planting, other than seeds Third countries, […]