Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament 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 (c. 2031)

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ANNEX I U.K. CRITERIA FOR THE QUALIFICATION OF PESTS ACCORDING TO THEIR RISK TO THE UNION TERRITORY

SECTION 3 U.K. Criteria for a preliminary assessment to identify pests which provisionally qualify as a Union quarantine pest requiring temporary measures as referred to in Article 29(1) and Article 30(1)

Subsection 1 Criteria for a preliminary assessment to identify pests which provisionally qualify as a Union quarantine pest requiring temporary measures as referred to in Article 29(1)

(1) Identity of the pest U.K.

The pest shall meet the criterion defined in point (1) of Section 1.

(2) Presence of the pest in the Member State's territory U.K.

The pest is not previously known to be present in the territory of a Member State. Based on the information available to that Member State, the pest is also not previously known to be present in the Union territory, or is considered to fulfil the conditions set out in point (2)(b) or (c) of Section 1 as regards the Union territory.

(3) Probability of establishment and spread of the pest in the Union territory, or the specific part(s) of the Union territory where it is not present U.K.

Based on the information available to the Member State, the pest meets the criteria defined in point (3)(b) and (c) of Section 1 as regards its territory and, to the extent possible for the Member State to assess this, the Union territory.

(4) Potential economic, social and environmental impact of the pest U.K.

Based on the information available to the Member State, the pest would have an unacceptable economic, social and/or environmental impact on its territory and, to the extent possible for the Member State to assess this, the Union territory, if it established and spread in that territory.

That impact shall include at least one or more of the direct effects listed under point (4)(a) to (g) of Section 1.

Subsection 2 Criteria for a preliminary assessment to identify pests which provisionally qualify as a Union quarantine pest requiring temporary measures as referred to in Article 30(1)

(1) Identity of the pest U.K.

The pest shall meet the criterion defined in point (1) of Section 1.

(2) Presence of the pest in the Union territory U.K.

The pest is not previously known to be present in Union territory, or is considered to fulfil the conditions set out in point (2)(b) or (c) of Section 1 as regards the Union territory.

(3) Probability of establishment and spread of the pest in the Union territory, or the specific part(s) of the Union territory where it is not present U.K.

Based on the information available to the Union, the pest meets the criteria defined in point (3)(b) and (c) of Section 1 as regards the Union territory.

(4) Potential economic, social and environmental impact of the pest U.K.

Based on the information available to the Union, the pest would have an unacceptable economic, social and/or environmental impact on the Union territory, if it established and spread in that territory.

That impact shall include at least one or more of the direct effects listed under point (4)(a) to (g) of Section 1.