Measures in case of confirmed presence of the specified pest on the specified plants during import controls
Article 7
1. Where the presence of the specified pest in the specified plants has been confirmed during the import controls carried out by a Member State, other consignments of specified plants originating from the same production site shall not be introduced into the Union territory and the following measures shall be immediately taken by the NPPO of Egypt: (a) delisting of the code of the respective production site from the list referred to in Article 6(1), point (a); (b) submission to the Commission of an updated list keeping track of the changes made; (c) prohibition of the export of the specified plants from the delisted production site to the Union territory. 2. Following investigations by the NPPO of Egypt, and in cases where evidence exists that the presence of the specified pest is not linked to a specific production site, the respective production site may be re-introduced to the list referred to in Article 6(1), point (a). 3. No specified plants originating from a delisted production site as referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), of this Article and in points 3(a) and (b) of Part B of Annex I, shall be introduced into the Union territory during the ongoing year of concern and during the three following years. Introduction of specified plants originating from a delisted production site shall be allowed from the fourth year after the year of concern, and only if the absence of the specified pest has been confirmed by the NPPO of Egypt during the three years preceding the year of concern.