Checks concerning movements from demarcated areas to areas other than demarcated areas and from infested zones to buffer zones
Article 11
1. Member States shall carry out frequent random checks on susceptible plants and susceptible wood and bark being moved from demarcated areas situated in their territory to areas other than demarcated areas and from infested zones situated in their territory to buffer zones. When deciding in a specific case where to carry out the checks, Member States shall base their decision on the risk that the plants or wood and bark to be checked carry live PWN, taking into account the provenance of the consignments, the degree of susceptibility of the plants and wood and bark concerned, and past compliance with this Decision and Decision 2006/133/EC by the operator responsible for the movement. Checks of the susceptible plants and the susceptible wood and bark shall be carried out in the following places: (a) at the points where they are moved from infested zones into buffer zones; (b) at the points where they are moved from buffer zones into non-demarcated areas; (c) at their place of destination in the buffer zone; and (d) at their place of origin in the infested zone, such as sawmills, from which they are moved out of the infested zone. Member States may decide to carry out checks additionally in other places than those referred to in points (a) to (d). Those checks shall include a documentary check as regards the requirements laid down in Section 1 of Annex III, an identity check and, in the case of non-compliance or a suspicion of non-compliance with those requirements, a plant health check which includes testing for the presence of PWN. 2. Member States shall carry out random checks on susceptible plants and susceptible wood and bark being moved from demarcated areas situated outside their territory into areas in their territory other than demarcated areas. These checks shall include a documentary check as regards the requirements laid down in Section 1 of Annex III, an identity check and a plant health check which includes testing for the presence of PWN. 3. The results of the checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be communicated to the Commission and the other Member States on a monthly basis and those referred to in paragraph 2 on an annual basis, by 1 March. Where those checks show that PWN is present in susceptible plants or susceptible wood or bark, the Member State shall immediately notify the Commission and the other Member States of that finding.