F1Article 1

1.

Competent authorities shall perform official controls at least once per year in the premises and, where applicable, in other locations used by professional operators authorised to issue F2UK plant passports in accordance with Article 84(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.

2.

Those controls shall include inspections and, in the case of suspicion of risks to plant health, the sampling and testing referred to in Article 92(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.

3.

Those controls shall be carried out at the most appropriate time with regard to the possibility of detecting the presence of relevant pests or signs or symptoms thereof.

4.

In addition to the controls referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3, the competent authorities shall carry out physical checks on plants for planting other than seeds, including tubers, bulbs and rhizomes, that have been introduced into F3Great Britain at a dormant stage. The competent authorities shall carry out those checks during the first growing season after import F4... on the basis of the control plan referred to in paragraph 5.

5.

The competent authorities shall determine the frequencies of the checks mentioned in paragraph 4, on the basis of a control plan, which shall be established in accordance with at least all of the following criteria:

(a)

the history and the level of F5GB quarantine pests intercepted and F6... found present on imported plants, plant products and other objects;

(b)

the occurrence of a priority pest, within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, in the relevant third country of origin, according to the available technical and scientific information;

(c)

information made available via the F7appropriate computerised information management system or any other official warning F8or documentation;

(d)

the biology of the host and the pests, and other relevant conditions for the efficient detection of a F9GB quarantine pest or a provisional GB quarantine pest.

6.

When those checks mentioned in paragraph 4 demonstrate the presence of a F10GB quarantine pest or a provisional GB quarantine pest, competent authorities shall record the results of the checks in F11the appropriate computerised information management system into the corresponding finalised Common Health Entry Document (CHED) as referred to in Article 56 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, whenever it is possible to trace back the infested plant to the imported consignment.