Annual surveys in demarcated areas
Article 5
In the demarcated areas, the competent authorities shall carry out intensive annual surveys, as referred to in Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, to detect the presence of the specified pest, taking into account the information referred to in the Authority’s pest survey card. The survey design shall take into account the Guidelines for statistically sound and risk-based surveys of Agrilus planipennis . The survey design and sampling scheme used for detection surveys shall be able to identify with at least 95 % confidence, a level of presence of the specified pest of 1 %. The annual surveys shall be carried out in accordance with Article 2(3) and (4) in the buffer zones to detect the presence of the specified pest, and in the infested zones to monitor its presence there.