Date: 2025-12-03Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2461 of 29 September 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095 as regards measures to prevent the introduction into, establishment and spread within the Union territory of Anoplophora chinensis (Forster)
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
**Executive Summary**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2461, dated 29 September 2025, amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095 concerning measures against the plant pest *Anoplophora chinensis*. The amendments address areas where eradication is no longer possible, revise plant requirements, and clarify surveillance requirements. It enters into force twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Demarcated Areas for Containment:**
* Areas where *Anoplophora chinensis* cannot be eradicated are designated as "demarcated areas for containment" and are listed in a new Annex II.
* Specific municipalities in the Lombardia region of Italy are listed as either infested or buffer zones within the demarcated area.
* **Specified Plants and Host Plants:**
* The definition of "specified plants" is updated to include plants of Acer spp., Aesculus spp., Alnus spp., Betula spp., Carpinus spp., Citrus spp., Cornus spp., Corylus spp., Cotoneaster spp., Crataegus spp., Fagus spp., Lagerstroemia spp., Malus spp., Melia spp., Ostrya spp., Photinia spp., Platanus spp., Populus spp., Prunus laurocerasus, Pyrus spp., Rosa spp., Salix spp., Ulmus spp. and Vaccinium corymbosum with a stem or root collar diameter of 1 cm or more.
* The definition of "host plants" is updated to include plants of Acer spp., Aesculus spp., Alnus spp., Betula spp., Carpinus spp., Chaenomeles spp., Citrus spp., Cornus spp., Corylus spp., Cotoneaster spp., Crataegus spp., Cryptomeria spp., Fagus spp., Ficus spp., Hibiscus spp., Lagerstroemia spp., Malus spp., Melia spp., Morus spp., Ostrya spp., Parrotia spp., Photinia spp., Platanus spp., Populus spp., Prunus laurocerasus, Pyrus spp., Rosa spp., Salix spp., Ulmus spp. and Vaccinium corymbosum with a stem or root collar diameter of 1 cm or more.
* **Surveillance Requirements:**
* Surveillance is not required if the absence of the pest in a plant or wood material can be unequivocally excluded, and the reasons are communicated to the Commission in writing.
* Surveys in the buffer zone must follow the Authority's General guidelines.
* Survey design and sampling schemes in the buffer zone must identify infested plants at a 1% presence level with 95% confidence.
* Within 1 km of host plant production sites, the survey design must identify infested plants at a 1% presence level with 99% confidence.
* **Derogation from Demarcated Areas**
* When derogating from the establishment of demarcated areas, surveillance must occur for at least one pest lifecycle plus one year, and for at least four years.
* **Removal of Obsolete Articles:**
* Articles 10, 11, and 12 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095 are deleted.
**Impact Analysis**
**EU Commission**
**Impact**
Needs to be aware of cases where surveillance requirements are waived due to unequivocal exclusion of pest presence.
**Action Required**
Assess and record justifications provided by member states for waiving surveillance in specific cases.
**Member States / Competent Authorities**
**Impact**
Must implement stricter surveillance around production sites within demarcated areas. Must also define demarcated areas.
**Action Required**
Update survey design and sampling schemes to achieve 99% confidence within 1 km of production sites. Designate containment areas as needed and adhere to new definitions of “specified plants” and “host plants.”
**Plant Producers / Nurseries**
**Impact**
Face stricter surveillance measures around their production sites, particularly those growing host plants in or near demarcated areas.
**Action Required**
Cooperate with competent authorities in implementing enhanced surveillance and risk assessment procedures.
Key Entities Referenced
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095: Regulation establishing measures to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread within the Union territory of Anoplophora chinensis (Forster).
Anoplophora chinensis (Forster): An invasive pest, the Asian longhorn beetle, which this policy aims to control.
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031: Framework Regulation on protective measures against pests of plants.
Italy: A specific location where Anoplophora chinensis became established and eradication is no longer possible in some areas.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072: Regulation establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as regards protective measures against pests of plants
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2461 3.12.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/2461
of 29 September 2025
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095 as regards measures to prevent the introduction
into, establishment and spread within the Union territory of Anoplophora chinensis(Forster)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on
protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU)
No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC,
93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC(1), and in particular Article 28(1) and (2), and
Article 41(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095(2) establishes measures to prevent the introduction into,
establishment and spread within the Union territory of Anoplophora chinensis(Forster) (‘the specified pest’).
(2) Since 2022, the specified pest became established in certain areas of Italy, where its eradication is no longer possible.
For this reason, those areas should be listed as demarcated areas for containment of the specified pest, where specific
measures should be applied for that purpose.
(3) For legal certainty, it is appropriate to remove from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095 all requirements
concerning the introduction into, and movement within the Union, of the plants that can host the specified pest, as
those requirements have been included in Annexes VII and VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072(3),
pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1953(4).
(4) As regards the Aesculus genus, the list of specified plants, as defined in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095,
includes only the species of Aesculus hippocastanumas a host plant on which eradication and containment measures
are to be taken. However, after the finding of the specified pest on other Aesculus species in the Union, that list
should be extended to the whole genus Aesculus.
(5) Article 6(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095 allows for a derogation from the establishment of
demarcated areas under certain conditions. Where the competent authority uses that derogation, it is to put in place
a number of measures, including intensive surveillance within a radius of at least 1 km around the finding. However,
in very specific cases, where the emergence and presence of the specified pest can unequivocally be excluded
following the assessment by the competent authority and the respective risk is considered negligible, such
surveillance is not justified and thus should not be required.
(1) OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4; ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/2031/oj.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095 of 28 October 2022 establishing measures to prevent the introduction into,
establishment and spread within the Union territory of Anoplophora chinensis(Forster) and repealing Decision 2012/138/EU (OJ L 281,
31.10.2022, p. 53; ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/2095/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the
implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against
pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319, 10.12.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/2072/oj).
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1953 of 29 September 2025 amending Annexes VII, VIII, XI and XIII to
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards measures against the entry into, and the presence in the Union territory of
Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) and Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) (OJ L, 2025/1953, 3.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.
eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1953/oj).
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(6) In accordance with Article 8(1), fourth subparagraph, and Article 9(1), fifth subparagraph, of Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2022/2095, the surveys in the buffer zone are to be based on the Authority’s General guidelines for
statistically sound and risk-based surveys for plant pests, while the survey design and sampling scheme used therein
are to be able to identify with at least 95 % of confidence, a level of presence of infested plants of 1 %.
(7) Since 2022, experience with the application of that Implementing Regulation has shown the need to strengthen the
level of confidence of the survey design and sampling scheme in the proximity of the places of production located in
demarcated areas. It should therefore be provided for that, within the width of at least 1 km around the places of
production of the host plants, the surveys design and sampling schemes should be able to identify with at least 99 %
confidence level, a level of presence of infested plants of 1 %. This is necessary in order to guarantee the early
detection of the specified pest and to prevent potential movement of infested material within the Union territory.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2095 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 2, point (2) is replaced by the following:
‘(2) “specified plants” means plants for planting that have a stem or root collar diameter of 1 cm or more at their
thickest point, of Acerspp., Aesculusspp., Alnusspp., Betulaspp., Carpinusspp., Citrusspp., Cornusspp., Corylus
spp., Cotoneasterspp., Crataegusspp., Fagusspp., Lagerstroemiaspp., Malusspp., Meliaspp., Ostryaspp., Photinia
spp., Platanusspp., Populusspp., Prunus laurocerasus, Pyrusspp., Rosaspp., Salixspp., Ulmusspp. and Vaccinium
corymbosum;’;
(2) in Article 2, point (4) is replaced by the following:
‘(4) “host plants” means plants for planting, that have a stem or root collar diameter of 1 cm or more at their
thickest point, of Acer spp., Aesculus spp., Alnus spp., Betula spp., Carpinus spp., Chaenomeles spp., Citrus spp.,
Cornusspp., Corylusspp., Cotoneasterspp., Crataegusspp., Cryptomeriaspp., Fagusspp., Ficusspp., Hibiscusspp.,
Lagerstroemia spp., Malus spp., Melia spp., Morus spp., Ostrya spp., Parrotia spp., Photinia spp., Platanus spp.,
Populusspp., Prunus laurocerasus, Pyrusspp., Rosaspp., Salixspp., Ulmusspp. and Vaccinium corymbosum;’;
(3) in Article 2, the following point is added:
‘(6) “demarcated area for containment” means an area, where the specified pest cannot be eradicated, listed in
Annex II.’;
(4) in Article 6(2), point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) during at least one life cycle of the specified pest plus one additional year, and at least four consecutive years,
survey a width of at least 1 km around the infested plants or the place where the specified pest was found,
regularly and intensively at least during the first year and in accordance with Article 3; however that
surveillance may not take place in the cases where the presence or emergence of adults of the specified pest in
the plant, wood or wood packaging material can unequivocally be excluded and where the reasons for this
conclusion have been communicated to the Commission in writing;’;
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(5) in Article 8(1), the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘The surveys in the buffer zone shall be based on the Authority’s General guidelines for statistically sound and risk-
based surveys for plant pests, and the survey design and sampling scheme used in the buffer zone shall be able to
identify with at least 95% of confidence, a level of presence of infested plants of 1 %. However, within the width of at
least 1 km around the places of production of the host plants, the survey design and sampling scheme used shall be
able to identify with at least 99 % confidence level, a level of presence of infested plants of 1 %.’;
(6) in Article 9(1), the fifth subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘The surveys in the buffer zone shall be based on the Authority’s General guidelines for statistically sound and risk-
based surveys for plant pests, and the survey design and sampling scheme used in the buffer zone shall be able to
identify with at least 95 % of confidence, a level of presence of infested plants of 1 %. However, within the width of
at least 1 km around the places of production of the host plants, they shall be able to identify with at least 99 %
confidence level, a level of presence of infested plants of 1 %.’;
(7) Articles 10, 11 and 12 are deleted;
(8) Annex II is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 September 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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ANNEX
‘ANNEX II
Demarcated areas for containment
Italy
Europhyt outbreak number of
Zone of the DA Region Municipalities or other administrative/geographic delimitations
the demarcated area (DA)
Lombardia Infested zone Lombardia — Whole territory of the following municipalities:
Outbreak -1246 Assago (MI), Buccinasco (MI), Canegrate (MI), Cerro
Maggiore (MI), Lainate (MI), Nerviano (MI), Parabiago
(Milano) (MI), Pogliano Milanese (MI), Pregnana Milanese (MI),
San Giorgio Su Legnano (MI), San Vittore Olona (MI),
Vanzago (MI), Zibido San Giacomo (MI).
— and part of the territory of the following
municipalities:
Arese (MI), Arluno (MI), Basiglio (MI), Caronno (VA),
Cesano Boscone (MI), Cornaredo (MI), Gaggiano (MI),
Garbagnate Milanese (MI), Legnano (MI), Milano,
Noviglio (MI), Origgio (VA), Rescaldina (MI), Rho
(MI), Rozzano (MI), Settimo Milanese (MI), Uboldo
(VA), Trezzano sul Naviglio (MI).
Buffer zone Lombardia — Whole territory of the following municipalities:
Bareggio (MI), Bollate (MI), Busto Garolfo (MI),
Casorezzo (MI), Castellanza (VA), Cesate (MI), Corsico
(MI), Gerenzano (VA), Lacchiarella (MI), Pero (MI),
Pieve Emanuele (MI), Sedriano (MI), Villa
Cortese (MI).’
4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2461/oj