CHAPTER IIQuarantine pests
Article 32Recognition of F2GB pest-free areas
F31.
‘A PFA quarantine pest’ is a pest which:
(a)
is present in Great Britain but not in a part of Great Britain that is recognised as free of that pest in accordance with ISPM4; and
(b)
is listed in column (1) of the table in Annex 3 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation.
2.
F4A PFA quarantine pest may not be introduced into, moved within, or held, multiplied or released in, any GB pest-free area established in respect of that PFA quarantine pest, and described in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the table in Annex 3 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation.
Article 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the introduction into, movement within, and holding and multiplication in, F5a GB pest-free area of the PFA quarantine pest in respect of which the area was established.
3.
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F7The appropriate authority may by regulations modify Annex 3 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation where:
a)
a pest is no longer recognised as a PFA quarantine pest;
b)
any additional GB pest-free area is recognised in relation to a PFA quarantine pest;
c)
the extent of an existing GB pest-free area has been altered; or
d)
an existing GB pest-free area is no longer recognised as free from the PFA quarantine pest in respect of which the area was established.
F94.
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F95.
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F96.
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Article 33General obligations concerning F10GB pest-free areas
1.
F132.
Where a PFA quarantine pest is found to be present in a GB pest-free area established in respect of that PFA quarantine pest and the competent authority has established a demarcated area in response to its presence, any plant, plant product or other object originating in the demarcated area may only be moved from that demarcated area into the remaining part of that GB pest-free area or into any other GB pest-free area established in respect of that PFA quarantine pest if its movement has been authorised by, or on behalf of, the competent authority by notice.
(2A.
By way of derogation from paragraph 2, a plant, plant product or other object may be moved out of that demarcated area and through and out of the GB pest-free area concerned if it is packed and moved in such a way that there is no risk of spreading the relevant PFA quarantine pest within the GB pest-free area.
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Article 34Surveys on F15PFA quarantine pests
F161.
The competent authorities must carry out annual surveys of each GB pest-free area within their respective territories as regards the presence of the PFA quarantine pests in respect of which those areas have been established.
F17(1A.
The appropriate authority may by regulations supplement this Regulation by laying down detailed rules for the preparation and the content of the surveys referred to in paragraph 1.
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F19Article 35Amendment of extent and revocation of recognition of protected zones
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