Brussels, 09/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission may require Member States to remove all plants capable of being infected by the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium, even when there are no symptoms of infection, when such plants are in the vicinity of plants already affected by that bacterium. This bacteria mainly affects olive trees in southern Italy, explained the European Court of Justice in a ruling made on Thursday 9 June (joint cases C-78/16 and C-79/16).
In 2015 the Commission...