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Plant Health Regulation In force since 14 December 2019

Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC
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Articles

Chapter I Subject matter, scope and definitions

• Article 1 — Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 — Definitions

Chapter II Quarantine pests

Section 1 Quarantine pests

• Article 3 — Definition of quarantine pests

Section 2 Union quarantine pests

• Article 4 — Definition of Union quarantine pests
• Article 5 — Prohibition of introduction, movement, holding, multiplication or release of Union quarantine pests
• Article 6 — Priority pests
• Article 7 — Amendment of Section 1 of Annex I
• Article 8 — Union quarantine pests used for official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selections or breeding
• Article 9 — Notification of an imminent danger
• Article 10 — Official confirmation by the competent authorities of the presence of a Union quarantine pest
• Article 11 — Notification of Union quarantine pests by the Member States to the Commission and the other Member States
• Article 12 — Information on Union quarantine pests to be provided to professional operators by the competent authorities
• Article 13 — Information on priority pests to be provided to the public by the competent authorities
• Article 14 — Measures to be taken immediately by professional operators
• Article 15 — Measures to be taken by persons other than professional operators
• Article 16 — Derogations to notification obligations
• Article 17 — Eradication of Union quarantine pests
• Article 18 — Establishment of demarcated areas
• Article 19 — Surveys and modifications of demarcated areas and lifting of restrictions
• Article 20 — Reports on measures taken in accordance with Articles 17, 18 and 19
• Article 21 — Amendment of Annex II
• Article 22 — Surveys on Union quarantine pests and pests provisionally qualifying as Union quarantine pests
• Article 23 — Multiannual survey programmes and collection of information
• Article 24 — Surveys of priority pests
• Article 25 — Contingency plans for priority pests
• Article 26 — Simulation exercises for priority pests
• Article 27 — Action plans for priority pests
• Article 28 — Union measures for specific Union quarantine pests
• Article 29 — Measures by Member States concerning pests not listed as Union quarantine pests
• Article 30 — Union measures concerning pests not listed as Union quarantine pests
• Article 31 — More stringent requirements adopted by Member States

Section 3 Protected zone quarantine pests

• Article 32 — Recognition of protected zones
• Article 33 — General obligations concerning protected zones
• Article 34 — Surveys on protected zone quarantine pests
• Article 35 — Amendment of extent and revocation of recognition of protected zones

Chapter III Union regulated non-quarantine pests

• Article 36 — Definition of Union regulated non-quarantine pests
• Article 37 — Prohibition of the introduction and movement of Union regulated non-quarantine pests on plants for planting
• Article 38 — Amendment of Section 4 of Annex I
• Article 39 — Union regulated non-quarantine pests used for scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selection, breeding or exhibitions

Chapter IV Measures concerning plants, plant products and other objects

Section 1 Measures relating to the entire Union territory

• Article 40 — Prohibition of the introduction of plants, plant products and other objects into the Union territory
• Article 41 — Plants, plant products and other objects subject to special and equivalent requirements
• Article 42 — Restrictions on the basis of a preliminary assessment for the introduction into the Union territory of high-risk plants, plant products and other objects
• Article 43 — Specific import conditions for the introduction into the Union territory of wood packaging material
• Article 44 — Setting out of equivalent requirements
• Article 45 — Information to be provided to travellers and clients of postal services
• Article 46 — Exception from prohibitions and requirements for frontier zones
• Article 47 — Requirements for phytosanitary transit
• Article 48 — Plants, plant products and other objects used for official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selection or breeding
• Article 49 — Temporary measures concerning plants, plant products and other objects likely to pose newly identified pest risks or other suspected phytosanitary risks
• Article 50 — Report from the Commission on the enforcement and effectiveness of measures relating to imports into the Union territory
• Article 51 — Amendment of Annexes III and IV
• Article 52 — Temporary measures by Member States concerning imminent danger

Section 2 Measures relating to protected zones

• Article 53 — Prohibition of introduction of plants, plant products and other objects into protected zones
• Article 54 — Plants, plant products and other objects subject to special requirements for protected zones
• Article 55 — Information to be provided to travellers and clients of postal services as regards protected zones
• Article 56 — Exception from prohibitions and requirements for frontier zones as regards protected zones
• Article 57 — Requirements for phytosanitary transit as regards protected zones
• Article 58 — Plants, plant products and other objects used for official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selection or breeding as regards protected zones

Section 3 Other measures concerning plants, plant products and other objects

• Article 59 — General requirements for vehicles, machinery and packaging material
• Article 60 — Designation of quarantine stations and confinement facilities
• Article 61 — Requirements for quarantine stations and confinement facilities
• Article 62 — Operation of quarantine stations and confinement facilities
• Article 63 — Supervision of quarantine stations and confinement facilities and revocation of designation
• Article 64 — Release of plants, plant products and other objects from quarantine stations and confinement facilities

Chapter V Registration of professional operators and traceability

• Article 65 — Official register of professional operators
• Article 66 — Procedure of registration
• Article 67 — Content of the register
• Article 68 — Availability of information of official registers
• Article 69 — Traceability
• Article 70 — Movements of plants, plant products and other objects within and between the premises of the professional operator

Chapter VI Certification of plants, plant products and other objects

Section 1 Phytosanitary certificates required for the introduction of plants, plant products and other objects into the Union territory

• Article 71 — Phytosanitary certificate for introduction into the Union territory
• Article 72 — Plants, plant products and other objects for which phytosanitary certificates are required
• Article 73 — Other plants for which phytosanitary certificates are required
• Article 74 — Plants, plant products and other objects for which phytosanitary certificates are required for introduction into a protected zone
• Article 75 — Exceptions for travellers' luggage
• Article 76 — Conditions to be fulfilled by a phytosanitary certificate
• Article 77 — Invalidation of phytosanitary certificate

Section 2 Plant passports required for the movement of plants, plant products and other objects within the Union territory

• Article 78 — Plant passports
• Article 79 — Plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is required for movement within the Union territory
• Article 80 — Plants, plant products and other objects for which a plant passport is required for introduction into, and movement within, protected zones
• Article 81 — Exception for direct supply to final users
• Article 82 — Exceptions for movements within and between the premises of a registered operator
• Article 83 — Content and format of the plant passport
• Article 84 — Issuance of plant passports by authorised professional operators and competent authorities
• Article 85 — Substantive requirements for a plant passport for movement within the Union territory
• Article 86 — Substantive requirements for a plant passport for movement into and within a protected zone
• Article 87 — Examinations for plant passports
• Article 88 — Attaching of the plant passports
• Article 89 — Authorisation of professional operators to issue plant passports
• Article 90 — Obligations of authorised operators
• Article 91 — Pest risk management plans
• Article 92 — Inspections and withdrawal of authorisation
• Article 93 — Replacing a plant passport
• Article 94 — Plant passports replacing phytosanitary certificates
• Article 95 — Invalidation and removal of the plant passport

Section 3 Other attestations

• Article 96 — Marking of wood packaging material, wood, or other objects
• Article 97 — Repairing of wood packaging material in the Union territory
• Article 98 — Authorisation and supervision of registered operators applying the mark of wood packaging material in the Union territory
• Article 99 — Attestations other than the mark of wood packaging material

Section 4 Export of plants, plant products and other objects from the Union territory

• Article 100 — Phytosanitary certificate for export from the Union
• Article 101 — Phytosanitary certificate for re-export from the Union
• Article 102 — Pre-export certificates

Chapter VII Supporting measures by the Commission

• Article 103 — Establishment of electronic notification system
• Article 104 — Information items, format and deadlines of notifications, and notifications in the case of suspected presence of pests

Chapter VIII Final provisions

• Article 105 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 106 — Urgency procedure
• Article 107 — Committee procedure
• Article 108 — Penalties
• Article 109 — Repeals
• Article 110 — Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
• Article 111 — Amendment of Regulation (EU) 652/2014
• Article 112 — Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014
• Article 113 — Entry into force and application