Commission Implementing Decision of 26 September 2012 on emergency measures to prevent the spread within the Union of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. (the pine wood nematode) (notified under document C(2012) 6543) (2012/535/EU)

Article 9 Communication on national measures

1. Member States shall, within one month of the notification provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 16(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC of the appearance of PWN in a part of its territory in which its presence was previously unknown, communicate to the Commission and the other Member States the measures that they have taken and those that they have decided to take for the eradication of PWN in accordance with Article 6.

2. Where a Member State takes measures for the eradication of PWN in accordance with Article 6, the communication of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the measures concerning the felling, sampling, testing, removal and disposal of susceptible plants, as set out in points 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 of Annex I, and the design and organisation of the surveys including the number of inspections, samples to be taken and laboratory tests to be carried out, as set out in point 6 of Annex I.

Where a Member State takes measures for the containment of PWN in accordance with Article 7, the communication of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the measures concerning the felling, sampling, testing, removal and disposal of susceptible plants and the design and organisation of the surveys including the number of inspections, samples to be taken and laboratory tests to be carried out, as set out in points 2 and 3 of Annex II.

That communication of the measures shall also include a description of the measures for the information of the operators concerned and the public pursuant to Article 8 and of the checks to be carried out pursuant to Article 11(1).

3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission and the other Member States by 1 March of each year a report of the results of the measures taken pursuant to Articles 6 and 7 in the preceding year.

That report shall include the numbers and locations of findings of the presence of PWN, including maps, the number of plants in poor health and dead plants that were identified, felled, sampled and tested, and the outcome of those tests.

4. Member States shall, by 1 March of each year following the notification referred to in paragraph 1, communicate to the Commission and the other Member States the measures that they have decided to take in that year for the eradication of PWN in accordance with Article 6.

5. Where a Member State decides to contain PWN in a demarcated area in accordance with Article 7(1), it shall immediately communicate to the Commission and the other Member States an accordingly revised version of the communication of the measures referred to in paragraph 1.

That communication of the measures may cover a period of up to five years in the case of a demarcated area subject to containment measures in accordance with Article 7. Where the communication covers more than one year, the Member States concerned shall communicate to the Commission and the other Member States a revised version of that communication of the measures by 31 October of the year of its expiration.

When significant changes to the containment measures are decided, that communication of the measures shall be revised and communicated to the Commission and the other Member States without delay.