18.6.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 158/41 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/61/EC of 17 June 2008 establishing the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections (Codified version) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community ('), and in particular Articles 3(8), 4(5), 5(5) and 13b(4) thereof, Whereas: or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof unless the relevant special requirements indicated in that Annex are met. Plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annex V, Part B to Directive 2000/29/EC coming from third countries may not be introduced into the Community unless they comply with the standards and requirements laid down in that Directive and are accompanied by an official  phytosanitary  certificate  ensuring  such compliance and are, moreover, inspected on an official basis for compliance with these provisions. However, Articles 3(8), 4(5), 5(5) and 13b(4) of Directive 2000/29/EC provide for those rules not to apply to the introduction and movement of such harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects, for trial or (1) Commission Directive 95/44[EC of 26 July 1995 estab- . - : lishing the conditions under which certain harmful scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections, organisms, plants, plant products and other objects under Cf)ndlmo?s which shall be  determined  at listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive Community level. 77[93/EEC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal o . . selections (?) has bgenpsubstantiall amended (9. In the (7)  Therefore, it is necessary to determine the conditions iterests of clarit d rati l'ty the said Directi which must be satisfied in the case of such introductions 1r}11 erislsb 0 5.?.“ dy and rationality the sai trective or movements, in order to ensure that there is no risk of should be coditied. harmful organisms spreading. @ Under. the provisions of Directive 2000/29[EC, harmful (8)  The conditions laid down for material under Council organisms listed in its Annexes [ and II, whether singly or Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 D ber 1996 associated with the relevant plants or plant products cgration 022 o 7 eeember on listed in Annex II to that Directive, may not be the prptectlon of species of wild fauna and ﬂgra .by introduced into and spread by movement within the regulating _ trade ~ therein (' and. under Directive Community or certain protected zones thereof. 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (°), and (3)  Under Directive 2000/29/EC, plants, plant products and other more spec.ific Community provisions regarding other objects listed in its Annex III may not be endangered  species of wild fauna and flora and introduced into the Community or info certain genetically modified organisms, are not affected by this protected zones thereof. Directive. (4)  Plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annex (9 The measures provided for in this Directive are in () O] L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. IV to Directive 2000/29/EC may not be introduced into Directive as last amended by accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health. (* OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2008 (O] L 95, 8.4.2008, p. 3). () OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2008/27[EC (O] L 81, 20.3.2008, p. 45). Commission Directive 2007/41/EC (O] L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 51). (® O] L 184, 3.8.1995, p. 34. Directive as amended by Directive 97/46[EC (O] L 204, 31.7.1997, p. 43). (%) See Annex IV, Part A.