1.Member States shall conduct official annual surveys for the presence of the specified organism on the specified plants.
Member States shall notify the results of those surveys to the Commission and to the other Member States by 31 January of the year following the year of the survey.
2.Each Member State shall immediately notify in writing the Commission and the other Member States of the presence of the specified organism in a part of its territory where that presence was previously unknown.
3.If the specified organism is found or suspected to be present in an area where its presence was previously unknown, the responsible official bodies shall immediately be notified.