# 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 SECTION 2: Criteria to identify GB quarantine pests which qualify as a priority pest as referred to in Article 6(1) and (2)

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

GB quarantine pests shall be considered to have the most severe economic, social or environmental impact in respect of Great Britain if their entry, establishment and spread fulfils one or more of the following points:
(a)Economic impact: the pest has the potential to cause major losses in terms of the direct and indirect effects referred to in point (4) of Section 1 for plants with a significant economic value in Great Britain.
The plants referred to in the first subparagraph may be trees that are not in production.
(b)Social impact: the pest has the potential to cause one or more of the following effects:
(i)a significant employment decrease in the agriculture, horticulture or forestry sector concerned or industries related to those sectors, including tourism and recreation;
(ii)significant risks to food security or food safety;
(iii)the disappearance of, or long-term large-scale damage to, important tree species growing or cultivated in Great Britain or tree species of high importance in terms of landscape as well as cultural or historical heritage for Great Britain.
(c)Environmental impact: the pest has the potential to cause one or more of the following effects:
(i)significant effects on biodiversity and ecosystems services, including effects on species and habitats protected by assimilated law relating to the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora;
(ii)significant and long-term increases of the use of plant protection products on the plants concerned;
(iii)the disappearance of, or long-term large-scale damage to, important tree species growing or cultivated in Great Britain or tree species of high importance in terms of landscape as well as cultural or historical heritage for Great Britain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/annex/I/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/annex-I/section-2
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