# Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament 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, Division (b): Capability of establishment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The pest shall be considered capable of ‘establishment’ in the territory in question, or, if present but not widely distributed, in the part of that territory where it is absent, if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
(i)hosts of the pest and, where relevant, vectors for transmission of the pest are available;
(ii)the decisive environmental factors are favourable for the pest concerned and, where applicable, its vector, enabling it to survive periods of climatic stress and complete its life cycle;
(iii)cultivation practices and control measures applied in that territory are favourable;
(iv)the survival methods, reproductive strategy, genetic adaptability of the pest and its minimum viable population size support its establishment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/annex/I/section/1/division/3/division/b (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/annex-I/section-1/division-3/division-b
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