Annex I Eradication measures provided for in Article 6F1

United Kingdom Repealed

1. 1Member States shall in accordance with Article 6 take measures in the demarcated areas to eradicate PWN, as set out in points 2 to 10.
2. 2When establishing a demarcated area, the Member State concerned shall immediately, in that area, create a zone with a minimum radius of 500 m around each susceptible plant in which PWN has been found to be present, hereinafter ‘the clear-cut zone’. The actual radius of that zone shall be determined, for each susceptible plant in which PWN has been found to be present, based on the risk of transmission of PWN by the vector further than 500 m away from that susceptible plant.
3. 3Where a Member State concludes that creation of a 500 m-radius clear-cut zone, as referred to in point 2, has unacceptable social or environmental impacts, the minimum radius of the clear-cut zone may be reduced to 100 m around each susceptible plant in which PWN has been found to be present.
4. 4Where point 3 applies, each susceptible plant exempted from felling and located between 100 and 500 m from the susceptible plants in which PWN has been found to be present, shall be inspected before, during and after the flight season of the vectors, for signs or symptoms of the presence of PWN.
5. 5Where a Member State has evidence that the vector has not been present in the area concerned for the last 3 years, based on surveys carried out for the presence of the vector in accordance with FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 4 and taking into account the dispersal capacity of the vectors, the minimum radius of the clear-cut zone shall be 100 m around each susceptible plant in which PWN has been found to be present.
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7. 7Member States shall, throughout the demarcated area, identify and fell all susceptible plants in which PWN has been found to be present, and those which are dead, in poor health or affected by fire or storm. They shall remove and dispose of plants felled and logging remains, taking all necessary precautions to avoid spreading of PWN and its vector until the end of felling. They shall respect the following conditions:
8. 8As regards susceptible wood identified in the demarcated area during the flight season of the vector, as referred to in point 7(b), Member States shall strip logs of felled susceptible plants of their bark, or treat those logs with an insecticide known to be effective against the vector or cover those logs with an insect net drenched with such an insecticide immediately after felling. After stripping, treating or covering, the susceptible wood shall, under official supervision, immediately be moved to a storage place or to an authorised treatment facility. Wood, which was not stripped of its bark, shall, immediately, at its storage place or at the authorised treatment facility, once more, be treated with an insecticide known to be effective against the vector or covered with an insect net drenched in such an insecticide.
9. 8aBy way of derogation from point 7(b), where a Member State concludes that felling and removal of susceptible plants affected by fire or storm, during the flight season of the vector, is inappropriate, the Member State concerned may decide to proceed with the felling and removal of those plants before the start of the next flight season.
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