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Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC
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[F2GB] quarantine pests shall be considered to have the most severe economic, social or environmental impact in respect of [F3Great Britain] if their entry, establishment and spread fulfils one or more of the following points:
Textual Amendments
F2Word in Annex 1 Section 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(b)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
F3Words in Annex 1 Section 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(b)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
Economic impact: the pest has the potential to cause major losses in terms of the direct and indirect effects referred to in point (4) of Section 1 for plants with a significant economic value in [F4Great Britain].
The plants referred to in the first subparagraph may be trees that are not in production.
Social impact: the pest has the potential to cause one or more of the following effects:
a significant employment decrease in the agriculture, horticulture or forestry sector concerned or industries related to those sectors, including tourism and recreation;
significant risks to food security or food safety;
Environmental impact: the pest has the potential to cause one or more of the following effects:
significant effects on biodiversity and ecosystems services, including effects on species and habitats [F7protected by retained EU law relating to the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora];
significant and long-term increases of the use of plant protection products on the plants concerned;
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Annex 1 Section 2(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(c) (with regs. 53, 55)
F5Words in Annex 1 Section 2(b)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(d)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
F6Words in Annex 1 Section 2(b)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(d)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
F7Words in Annex 1 Section 2(c)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(e)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
F8Words in Annex 1 Section 2(c)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(e)(ii)(aa) (with regs. 53, 55)
F9Words in Annex 1 Section 2(c)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(e)(ii)(bb) (with regs. 53, 55)
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Annex 1 Section 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(a) (with regs. 53, 55)
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