PART VIΙ

EMERGENCY MEASURES
Section 2

Emergency measures concerning consignments of animals and products originating from third countries and territories, and means of transport and other material, that may have come into contact with such consignments

Emergency measures to be taken by Member States when the Commission does not act
Article 262
1
Where a Member State has requested the Commission to take emergency measures in accordance with Article 261 and the Commission has not done so, that Member State:
a
may, pending the adoption of emergency measures by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, take one or more of the emergency measures referred to in point (a) of Article 260 on an interim basis in respect of animals and products, and any means of transport and other material that may have come into contact with such animals and products, originating from the third country or territory referred to in Article 261(1), depending on the gravity of the situation within its territory;
b
shall inform the Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States of such emergency measures without delay, giving the reason for their adoption.
2
The Commission shall review the situation and the emergency measures taken by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article and shall, where necessary, adopt by means of an implementing act one or more of the emergency measures provided for in Article 261.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 266(2).
3
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency relating to serious risks, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 266(3).