The MINISTER of agriculture and forestry having regard to act June 18, 1931, no. 987, containing provisions for the protection of crops and agricultural products by the enemy and causes its services as amended; Having regard to regulation for the application of that law, approved by Royal Decree October 12, 1933, # 1700, as amended by Royal Decree, December 2, 1937 # 2504; Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EEC No EC, May 8, 2000, on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products; Having regard to Legislative Decree No 536 December 30, 1992, concerning the implementation of Council Directive 91/683/EEC of December 19, 1991, on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants and plant products; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of January 31, 1996, published in the ordinary Supplement No. 33 to the Official Gazette # 41 of February 19, 1996, on protective measures against the introduction into and the spread within the territory of the Italian Republic of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and subsequent modifications; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of March 6, 1996, which incorporates the Commission directives no 95/65/EC and no 95/66/EC of December 14, 1995, concerning amendments to the annexes of the Ministerial Decree of January 31, 1996 concerning protective measures against the introduction into and the spread within the territory of the Italian Republic of organisms harmful to plants and plant products; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of February 19, 1997, transposing Directive No. 96/78/EC of December 6, 1996 concerning amendments to the annexes of the Ministerial Decree of January 31, 1996 concerning protective measures against the introduction into and the spread within the territory of the Italian Republic of organisms harmful to plants and plant products; Having regard to the ministerial order of November 27, 1997 transposing directives no. 96/14/EC of March 12, 1996, n. 96/15/EC of March 14, 1996, no. 96/76/EC of November 29, 1996 and # 97/14/EC of March 21, 1997 amending certain annexes to Directive No. 77/93/EEC and Directive 92/76/EEC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the community; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of February 13, 1998, transposing Directive No. 97/46/EC of July 25, 1997 amending Directive 95/44/EC laying down the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in annexes I, II, III, IV and V to Directive No. 77/93/EEC may be introduced or transferred from one place to another in the community or certain protected zones thereof for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of July 9, 1998 transposing the directives # 98/1/EC and no 98/2/EC of January 8, 1998 amending certain annexes to Council Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into and the spread within the community of organisms harmful to plants and plant products; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of October 19, 1998 transposing Directive 98/22/EC Commission of April 15, 1998 setting out the minimum requirements for carrying out of plant health checks in the community, at inspection posts other than those at the place of destination, of plants, plant products and other objects coming from third countries; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of July 8, 1999 transposing Directive No. 1999/53/EC of May 26, 1999 amending Annex III to Directive 77/93/EEC n. on protective measures against the introduction into the community of organisms harmful to plants and plant products; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of August 4, 2001 amending annexes to the Ministerial Decree of January 31, 1996 concerning protective measures against the introduction into and the spread within the territory of the Italian Republic of organisms harmful to plants or plant products: Commission directives 2001/32/EC and no 2001/33/EC of May 8, 2001 amending certain annexes to Council Directive 2000/29/EC. Having regard to the Commission's directives # 2002/29/EC and no 2002/28/EC of March 19, 2002 amending Directive 2001/32 respectively/EC as regards certain protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the community and certain annexes of Directive 2000/29/EC; Given the need to transpose the directives 2002/29/EC and no. 2002/28/EC of March 19, 2002 mentioned above; In accordance with art. 20, paragraph 1, of the law April 16, 1987, # 183;
Decrees: Art. 1. the annexes of the Ministerial Decree of January 31, 1996 are amended as follows: 1. In annex 1, part B, point b), paragraph 1, the term "UK" in the right hand column is replaced by "UK (Northern Ireland)". 2. Annex II, part B is amended as follows: a) to the letter a), point 3, the text in the third column is replaced by the following:

"EL, IRL, UK (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Jersey, England: the following counties, districts and unitary authorities: Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedfordshire, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Bradford, Bristol, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Darlington, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gateshead, Greater London, Hampshire, Hartlepool, Hertfordshire, Kent, Kingston Upon Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, Leicester City , Lincolnshire, Luton, Medway Council, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Tyneside, North West Somerset, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading, Redcar and Cleveland, Rotherham, Rutland, Sheffield, Slough, Somerset, Southend, Southampton, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Suffolk, Surrey, Sunderland, Swindon, Thurrock, Torbay, Wakefield, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, York, the Isle of Man , the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly and the following parts of counties districts and unitary authorities: Derby City: that part of the unitary authority in the North of the northern limit of the A52 road (T) together with the unit body to the North of the northern limit of the A6 road (T); Derbyshire: that part of the County North of the northern limit of the A52 road (T) and part of the County North of the northern limit of the A6 road (T); Gloucestershire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Leicestershire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman Road and the area of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the B4114 road and the area of the County to the East of the eastern boundary of the M1 motorway; North Yorkshire: the whole County, except for the area comprising the District of Craven, South Gloucestershire: that part of the unitary authority South of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway; Staffordshire: the part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the highway A52 (T) and part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the A523 road; Warwickshire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Wiltshire: the part of the county South of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway and the area of the County to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road) ";
b) letter a), it is deleted on point 7;
c) in b), point 2, the text in the third column is replaced by the following: "E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Puglia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forli-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Brands; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto: except in the province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara, Canda, Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, in the province of Padova the communes Castelbaldo , Barbona, Piacenza d'adige, Vescovana, s. Urbano, Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the province of Verona the communes of Palu, Roverchiara, Legnago [part of the municipal territory situated to the North-East of national route Transpolesana], Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), A (Burgenland, Carinthia, lower Austria, Tirol [administrative district Lienz], Styria, Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands) ". 3. In annex III, part B, point b), point 1, the text in the right hand column is replaced by the following: "E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Puglia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forli-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Brands; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto: except in the province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara, Canda, Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, in the province of Padova the communes Castelbaldo , Barbona, Piacenza d'adige, Vescovana, s. Urbano, Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the province of Verona the communes of Palu, Roverchiara, Legnago [part of the municipal territory situated to the North-East of national route Transpolesana], Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), A (Burgenland, Carinthia, lower Austria, Tirol [administrative district Lienz], Styria, Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands) ". 4. in annex IV, part B is amended as follows: 1, 7 and 14.1 points), the text in the third column is replaced by the following:

"EL, IRL, UK (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Jersey, England: the following counties, districts and unitary authorities: Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedfordshire, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Bradford, Bristol, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Darlington, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gateshead, Greater London, Hampshire, Hartlepool, Hertfordshire, Kent, Kingston Upon Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, Leicester City , Lincolnshire, Luton, Medway Council, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Tyneside, North West Somerset, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading, Redcar and Cleveland, Rotherham, Rutland, Sheffield, Slough, Somerset, Southend, Southampton, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Suffolk, Surrey, Sunderland, Swindon, Thurrock, Torbay, Wakefield, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, York, the Isle of Man , the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly and the following parts of counties districts and unitary authorities: Derby City: that part of the unitary authority in the North of the northern limit of the A52 road (T) together with the unit body to the North of the northern limit of the A6 road (T); Derbyshire: that part of the County North of the northern limit of the A52 road (T) and part of the County North of the northern limit of the A6 road (T); Gloucestershire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Leicestershire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman Road and the area of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the B4114 road and the area of the County to the East of the eastern boundary of the M1 motorway; North Yorkshire: the whole County, except for the area comprising the District of Craven, South Gloucestershire: that part of the unitary authority South of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway; Staffordshire: the part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the highway A52 (T) and part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the A523 road; Warwickshire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Wiltshire: the part of the county South of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway and the area of the County to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road) ";
b) sections 6.2 and 14.7 are deleted;
20.1, 20.2, 22 c) in points, 23, 25.1, 25.2, 26, 27.1, 27.2 and 30, the third column "UK" is replaced by "UK (Northern Ireland)";
d) in point 2, the text of the letter a) in the second column is replaced by the following: "that the plants originate in the protected zones E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Puglia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forli-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Brands; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto: except in the province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara, Canda, Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, in the province of Padova the communes Castelbaldo , Barbona, Piacenza d'adige, Vescovana, s. Urbano, Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the province of Verona the communes of Palu, Roverchiara, Legnago [part of the municipal territory situated to the North-East of national route Transpolesana], Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), A (Burgenland, Carinthia, lower Austria, Tirol [administrative district Lienz], Styria, Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands) , or ";
the text of paragraph 21) and third column is replaced by the following: "E, F (Corsica), IRL, I (Abruzzi; Puglia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forli-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Brands; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto: except in the province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara, Canda, Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, in the province of Padova the communes Castelbaldo , Barbona, Piacenza d'adige, Vescovana, s. Urbano, Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the province of Verona the communes of Palu, Roverchiara, Legnago [part of the municipal territory situated to the North-East of national route Transpolesana], Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), A (Burgenland, Carinthia, lower Austria, Tirol [administrative district Lienz], Styria, Vienna), P, FI, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands) ";
14) annex VI, replaced by Ministerial Decree of August 4, 2001, that's changed: 1. The letter a), paragraph 4, the text in the right hand column is replaced by the following:

"Greece, Ireland, United Kingdom (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, England: the following counties, districts and unitary authorities: Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedfordshire, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Bradford, Bristol, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Darlington, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gateshead, Greater London, Hampshire, Hartlepool, Hertfordshire, Kent, Kingston Upon Hull, Kirklees, Leeds , Leicester, Lincolnshire, Luton, Medway Council, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Tyneside, North West Somerset, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading, Redcar and Cleveland, Rotherham, Rutland, Sheffield, Slough, Somerset, Southend, Southampton, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Suffolk, Surrey, Sunderland, Swindon, Thurrock, Torbay, Wakefield, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham , York, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly and the following parts of counties districts and unitary authorities: Derby City: that part of the unitary authority in the North of the northern limit of the A52 road (T) together with the unit body to the North of the northern limit of the A6 road (T); Derbyshire: that part of the County North of the northern limit of the A52 road (T) and part of the County North of the northern limit of the A6 road (T); Gloucestershire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Leicestershire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman Road and the area of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the B4114 road and the area of the County to the East of the eastern boundary of the M1 motorway; North Yorkshire: the whole County, except for the area comprising the District of Craven, South Gloucestershire: that part of the unitary authority South of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway; Staffordshire: the part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the highway A52 (T) and part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the A523 road; Warwickshire: that part of the County which lies to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Wiltshire: the part of the county South of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway and the area of the County to the East of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road) ". 2. The letter a), point 14 is deleted. 3. In point b), point 2, the text in the right hand column is replaced by the following: "Spain, France (Corsica), Ireland, Italy (Abruzzi; Puglia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forli-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Brands; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto: except in the province of Rovigo the communes Rovigo, Polesella, Villamarzana, Fratta Polesine, San Bellino, Badia Polesine, Trecenta, Ceneselli, Pontecchio Polesine, arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Occhiobello, Lendinara, Canda, Ficarolo, Guarda Veneta, Frassinelle Polesine, Villanova del Ghebbo, Fiesso Umbertiano, Castelguglielmo, Bagnolo di Po, Giacciano con Baruchella, Bosaro, Canaro, Lusia, Pincara, Stienta, Gaiba, Salara, in the province of Padova the communes Castelbaldo , Barbona, Piacenza d'adige, Vescovana, s. Urbano, Boara Pisani, Masi, and in the province of Verona the communes of Palu, Roverchiara, Legnago [part of the municipal territory situated to the North-East of national route Transpolesana], Castagnaro, Ronco all'Adige, Villa Bartolomea, Oppeano, Terrazzo, Isola Rizza, Angiari), A (Burgenland, Carinthia, lower Austria, Tirol administrative district Lienz, Styria, Vienna [), Portugal, Finland, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland the Isle of Man and Channel Islands) ". 4. The letter d), paragraph 1, the right hand column, "United Kingdom" shall be replaced by the words "United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)". 5. The letter d), paragraph 3, the left column, it suppressed the expression "harmful to fruit of Citrus l., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., and their hybrids, with leaves and peduncles".