CHAPTER IIQuarantine pests
Article 6Priority pests
1.
F1GB quarantine pests are ‘priority pests’ if they fulfil all of the following conditions:
(a)
they fulfil, as regards F2Great Britain, one or more of the conditions set out in point (2) of Section 1 of Annex I;
(b)
their potential economic, environmental or social impact is the most severe in respect of F3Great Britain as set out in Section 2 of Annex I;
(c)
they are F4included in the list in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1702.
F52.
The appropriate authority may by regulations amend the list of priority pests in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1702 where the results of an assessment show that a GB quarantine pest which is not included in that list fulfils the conditions referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, or that a pest which is included in that list no longer fulfils either of those conditions.