Due to the harmonization of phytosanitary regulations within the European Union, all pests specified in 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 are regulated pests in the Republic of Bulgaria. The regulated pests are listed in the Annexes I and II of Directive 2000/29/EC.