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Paragraph 14

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This Part applies—

(a)

where—

(i)

annual surveys carried out pursuant to paragraph 9(e) over a minimum period of four consecutive years and the experience gathered by the appropriate UK plant health authority shows that, in the particular circumstances, it is impossible to eradicate the plant pest; or

(ii)

there is evidence of the presence of the plant pest throughout the infested zone of a demarcated area, the infested zone exceeds 20 km and the experience gathered shows that in the particular circumstances, it is impossible to eradicate the plant pest in the infested area; and

(b)

where the appropriate UK plant health authority has concluded that it would not be appropriate to continue to apply the eradication measures in Part C.