{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1143/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1143/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/1143",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1143",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Rapid eradication at an early stage of invasion",
  "text": "1. After early detection and within three months after the transmission of the early detection notification referred to in Article 16, the appropriate authority must apply eradication measures and notify those measures to the other responsible authorities.\n2. When applying eradication measures, the appropriate authority must ensure that the methods used are effective in achieving the complete and permanent removal of the population of the invasive alien species concerned, with due regard to human health and the environment, especially non-targeted species and their habitats, and ensuring that animals are spared any avoidable pain, distress or suffering.\n3. The appropriate authority must monitor the effectiveness of the eradication. The appropriate authority may use the surveillance system provided for in Article 14 to this effect. The monitoring shall also assess the impact on non-targeted species, as appropriate.\n4. The appropriate authority must inform the other responsible authorities of the effectiveness of the measures taken and notify the other responsible authorities when a population of an invasive alien species of special concern has been eradicated. ...",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(b) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/813, regs. 1, 2(3)(b) and S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 17(1): By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the words “the Scottish Ministers” are substituted for the words “Member States”"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(a) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 17(1): By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(a) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the words “the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs” are substituted for the words “the Commission and inform the other Member States”"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(b) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/813, regs. 1, 2(3)(b) and S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 17(2): By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the words “the Scottish Ministers” are substituted for the words “Member States”"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(c) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/813, regs. 1, 2(3)(b) and S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 17(3): By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(c) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the words “The Scottish Ministers” are substituted for the words “Member States”"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(ca) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/813, regs. 1, 2(3)(b) and S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 17(3): By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(c) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the words “The Scottish Ministers” are substituted for the words “Member States”"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(c) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/813, regs. 1, 2(3)(b) and S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 17(4): By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(d)(i) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the words “The Scottish Ministers must inform the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs” are substituted for the words “Member States shall inform the Commission”"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(d)(i) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(d)(i) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 17(4): By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(d)(ii) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the word “them” is substituted for the words “the Commission”"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(2)(e) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and (S.) (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(e) (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 7(5)(d)(ii) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/813, regs. 1, 2(3)(b) and S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and (S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(d)(iii) (with reg. 1(2))"
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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