# 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, Article 22: Surveys on GB quarantine pests and pests provisionally qualifying as GB quarantine pests

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

1. The competent authorities shall carry out risk-based surveys in the territories for which they are responsible, over specific periods of time, checking at least for:
(a) the presence of any GB quarantine pest; and
(b) signs or symptoms of any provisional GB quarantine pest or any pest which is subject to measures pursuant to Article 29(2A).
Those surveys shall take place in all areas where the pest concerned was not known to be present.
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2. The design of the surveys referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on the risk that the pest occurs in the area covered by each survey. They shall consist, at least, of visual examinations by the competent authority carrying out the survey and, where appropriate, the collection of samples and performance of tests. Those surveys shall be carried out in all appropriate locations and shall include, where appropriate, premises, vehicles, machinery and packaging used by professional operators and other persons. They shall be based on sound scientific and technical principles and shall be carried out at appropriate times with regard to the possibility to detect the pest concerned.
Those surveys shall take account of scientific and technical evidence, and any other appropriate information, concerning the presence of the pests concerned.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-22
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