Derogations to notification obligations
Article 16
The notification obligations referred to in Articles 14 and 15 shall not apply where: (a) a Union quarantine pest is found to be present in the infested zone of a demarcated area established for the containment of that pest, as referred to in Article 18(2); (b) a Union quarantine pest is found to be present in the infested zone of a demarcated area and subject to eradication measures requiring eight years or more, during the period of those first eight years.