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Chapter II · Quarantine pests  ›  Section 3 · Protected zone quarantine pests › Article 33

General obligations concerning protected zones

1.   With regard to a protected zone, the obligations set out in Articles 9 to 19 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the respective protected zone quarantine pest.

2.   A plant, plant product or other object originating in a demarcated area established in a protected zone for the protected zone quarantine pest concerned shall not be moved from that demarcated area into the remaining part of that protected zone or into any other protected zone established for that protected zone quarantine pest.

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, that plant, plant product or other object may be moved out of that demarcated area through and out of the protected zone concerned only if it is packed and moved in such a way that there is no risk of spreading that protected zone quarantine pest within that protected zone.

3.   The demarcated areas established within a protected zone and the eradication measures taken in those areas pursuant to Articles 17, 18 and 19 shall be immediately notified to the Commission and the other Member States.

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