Removal of plants
Article 7
1. The Member State concerned shall immediately remove from the infected zone: (a) plants known to be infected by the specified pest; (b) plants showing symptoms indicating possible infection by that pest or suspected to be infected by that pest; (c) plants which belong to the same species as that of the infected plant, regardless of their health status; (d) plants of other species than that of the infected plant, which have been found infected in other parts of the demarcated area; (e) specified plants, other than the ones referred to in points (c) and (d), which have not been immediately subjected to sampling and molecular testing and have not been found free from the specified pest. 2. When removing the plants referred to in paragraph 1, the Member State concerned shall take all necessary precautions into account, and shall organise the removal on the basis of the level of risk posed by those plants 3. By way of derogation from points (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 1, Member States may decide that individual specified plants officially designated as plants with historic value do not need to be removed, provided that all of the following conditions have been fulfilled: (a) the specified plants concerned are subject to annual inspection, sampling and testing by one of the molecular tests listed in Annex IV and it is confirmed that they are not infected by the specified pest; (b) the individual specified plants or the area concerned are subject to appropriate phytosanitary treatments against the vector population of the specified pest, in all its stages. Those treatments may include chemical, biological or mechanical methods, taking into account the local conditions.