Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 Article 4

Definition of Union quarantine pests

Article 4

A quarantine pest is a ‘Union quarantine pest’ if the defined territory referred to in the introductory part of Article 3 is the Union territory and if it is included in the list referred to in Article 5(2).

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Other provisions in Section 2 — Union quarantine pests

Article 5: Prohibition of introduction, movement, holding, multiplication or release of Union quarantine pests
Article 6: Priority pests
Article 7: Amendment of Section 1 of Annex I
Article 8: Union quarantine pests used for official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selections or breeding
Article 9: Notification of an imminent danger
Article 10: Official confirmation by the competent authorities of the presence of a Union quarantine pest
Article 11: Notification of Union quarantine pests by the Member States to the Commission and the other Member States
Article 12: Information on Union quarantine pests to be provided to professional operators by the competent authorities
Article 13: Information on priority pests to be provided to the public by the competent authorities
Article 14: Measures to be taken immediately by professional operators

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