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Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the CouncilShow full title
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
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ANNEX IVU.K.ELEMENTS TO IDENTIFY PLANTS OR PLANT PRODUCTS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO POSE NEWLY IDENTIFIED PEST RISKS OR OTHER SUSPECTED PHYTOSANITARY RISKS FOR [F1GREAT BRITAIN], AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 49
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F1Words in Annex 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 39(a) (with regs. 53, 55)
Plants or plant products from third countries shall be considered likely to pose pest risks for [F2Great Britain], as referred to in Article 49(1), where those plants or plant products fulfil at least three of the following conditions, including at least one of the conditions provided in point (1)(a), (b) and (c):
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F2Words in Annex 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 39(b) (with regs. 53, 55)
(1)
Characteristics of the plants or plant products:
(a)
they belong to, or are produced from, a plant genus or family known to commonly host pests regulated as quarantine pests in [F2Great Britain] or in third countries;
(b)
they belong to, or are produced from, a plant genus or family known to host commonly hosted pests known to have major impact on plant species grown in [F2Great Britain] which have major economic, social or environmental importance to [F2Great Britain];
(c)
they belong to, or are produced from, a plant genus or family known to commonly harbour pests without signs and symptoms of those pests, or with a latent period for the expression of those signs or symptoms of at least three months, implying that the presence of pests on those plants or plant products is likely to be missed during official controls at introduction into [F2Great Britain], without recourse to sampling and testing or submission to quarantine procedures;
(d)
they are grown outdoors or grown from plants grown outdoors in the third countries of origin;
(e)
they are not shipped in closed containers or packaging, or when shipped in such a way, the shipments because of their size cannot be opened in closed premises for purposes of official controls at introduction into [F2Great Britain].
(2)
Origin of the plants or plant products:
(a)
they originate from, or are moved from, a third country which is the source of repetitive notifications of interception of quarantine pests not listed [F3in Annex 2 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation];
(b)
they originate from, or are moved from, a third country which is not a contracting party to the IPPC.
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F3Words in Annex 4 point (2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 39(c) (with regs. 53, 55)
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