Laboratory testing
Article 3
Laboratory testing for the presence of PWN in susceptible plants, susceptible wood and bark and vectors shall be carried out according to the diagnostic protocol for Bursaphelenchus xylophilus provided in EPPO Standard PM7/4(2) ( 5 ) . The methods in that standard may be supplemented or replaced with scientifically validated molecular diagnostic methods shown to have at least a sensitivity and reliability equal to those in the EPPO standard.