Notification of Union quarantine pests by the Member States to the Commission and the other Member States
Article 11
A Member State shall notify the Commission and the other Member States where its competent authority officially confirms any of the following situations: (a) the presence in its territory of a Union quarantine pest not known to be present there; (b) the presence of a Union quarantine pest in a part of its territory where it was previously not present; (c) the presence in its territory of a Union quarantine pest in a consignment of plants, plant products or other objects introduced into, intended to be introduced into, or moved within, the Union territory. Notification under the first paragraph shall be made by the single authority, as referred to in Union legislation on official controls, of the Member State concerned and through the electronic notification system referred to in Article 103.