CHAPTER III GB regulated non-quarantine pests
Article 37Prohibition of the introduction and movement of F1GB regulated non-quarantine pests on plants for planting
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F2A professional operator may not introduce a GB regulated non-quarantine pest into Great Britain, or move a GB regulated non-quarantine pest within Great Britain, on the plants for planting through which it is transmitted, as specified in the entries in respect of that pest in column (2) of the tables in Annex 4 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation, if the presence of that pest on those plants for planting exceeds the thresholds specified in those tables in respect of that pest and those plants for planting.
The prohibition laid down in the first subparagraph shall not apply in the following cases:
(a)
movement of plants for planting within, or between, the premises of the professional operator concerned;
(b)
movement of plants for planting necessary for their disinfection.
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A professional operator may not introduce into Great Britain, or move within Great Britain, any plants for planting referred to in Annex 5 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation, unless the measures specified in that Annex in respect of those plants for planting to prevent the presence of the GB regulated non-quarantine pests have been taken.
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The appropriate authority may by regulations modify Annex 4 or 5 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation where the results of an assessment show that:
(a)
a pest not listed in column (1) of the tables in Annex 4 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 36;
(b)
a pest listed in column (1) of the tables in Annex 4 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation no longer fulfils one or more of the conditions referred to in Article 36; or
(c)
amendments to Annex 4 or 5 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation are necessary as regards the categories referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article or the thresholds referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article.
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The appropriate authority may by regulations modify Annex 5 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation to make provision as to the measures to be taken to prevent the presence of a GB regulated non-quarantine pest on the plants for planting concerned.
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Regulations under paragraph 5A may specify whether the measures are to apply to the introduction of the plants for planting into Great Britain, the movement of those plants for planting within Great Britain, or both.
(5C.
Any measures specified in regulations under paragraph 5A must be consistent with the principles set out in Section 2 of Annex 2 to this Regulation and are to apply in addition to the measures specified in the relevant legislation on the marketing of seeds and other propagating material.
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Where point (e) of Article 36 is only fulfilled for one or more of the F8categories of pre-basic, basic, or certified material, seed or seed potatoes, or standard or CAC material or seed, as referred to in F9the relevant legislation on the marketing of seeds and other propagating material, the tables in Annex 4 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation must include those categories F10...
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Where point (e) of Article 36 is only fulfilled if the pest concerned is present at an incidence above a certain threshold higher than zero, F11the tables in Annex 4 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation must include that threshold.
Such a threshold shall only be F12included if both of the following points are fulfilled:
(a)
it is possible for professional operators to ensure that the incidence of that F13GB regulated non-quarantine pest on those plants for planting does not exceed that threshold;
(b)
it is possible to verify whether that threshold is not exceeded in lots of those plants for planting.
The principles for the management of the risk of pests set out in Section 2 of Annex II shall apply.