Commission Implementing Decision of 8 November 2012 as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the genus Pomacea (Perry) (notified under document C(2012) 7803) (2012/697/EU)

Article 4 Surveys and notifications of the specified organism

1. Member States shall conduct annual surveys for the presence of the specified organism on rice plants and, where appropriate, other specified plants in fields and watercourses.

Member States shall notify the results of those surveys to the Commission and to the other Member States by 31 December of each year.

2. If the specified organism is found or suspected to be present in fields and watercourses, it shall immediately be notified to the responsible official bodies.