Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 September 2019.#European Commission v Italian Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Protection of plant health – Directive 2000/29/EC – Protection against the introduction into and the spread within the European Union of organisms harmful to plants or plant products – Article 16(1) and (3) – Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 – Measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the European Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) – Article 7(2)(c) – Containment measures – Obligation to remove immediately infected plants in a 20 km strip in the infected zone – Article 7(7) – Obligation to monitor – Annual surveys – Article 6(2), (7) and (9) – Eradication measures – Persistent and general failure to fulfil obligations – Article 4(3) TEU – Obligation of sincere cooperation.#Case C-443/18.