This Article applies where a professional operator becomes aware that a trade unit of plants, plant products or other objects, which is under the operator's control does not comply with any of the F3relevant requirements.

F4The professional operator must invalidate the UK plant passport F5or other permitted plant passport and, where possible, remove it from that trade unit.

Without prejudice to the notification obligation referred to in Article 14, that professional operator shall inform the competent authority under the competence of which it operates.

Where the professional operator fails to comply with paragraph 1, the competent authority shall invalidate the F6UK plant passport F7or other permitted plant passport and, where possible, remove it from the trade unit concerned.

Where paragraphs 1 and 2 apply, the professional operator concerned shall retain the invalidated F6UK plant passport F8or other permitted plant passport or its content for at least three years.

That retention may take the form of storage of the information contained in the invalidated F6UK plant passport F8or other permitted plant passport in a computerised database, provided that this includes the information contained in any traceability barcode, hologram, chip or other data carrier which may supplement the traceability code as referred to in Annex VII, and a statement concerning that invalidation.

Where paragraphs 1 and 2 apply F9in relation to a UK plant passport, the professional operator concerned shall inform accordingly the authorised operator, or competent authority, who issued the invalidated F6UK plant passport.

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