Authorisation concerning the planting of specified plants in infected zones
Article 18
The planting of specified plants in infected zones may only be authorised by the Member State concerned in one of the following cases: (a) those specified plants are grown in insect-proof sites of production free from the specified pest and its vectors; (b) those specified plants preferably belong to varieties assessed as being resistant or tolerant to the specified pest and are planted in the infected zones listed in Annex III, but outside the area referred to in Article 15(2)(a); (c) those specified plants belong to the same species of plants which have been tested and found free from the specified pest on the basis of the survey activities carried out for at least the past two years in accordance with Article 10 and are planted in the infected zones established for the purpose of eradication.