# 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 26: Simulation exercises for priority pests

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

1. The competent authorities shall carry out simulation exercises in the territories for which they are responsible concerning the implementation of the contingency plans at intervals set according to the biology of the priority pest or pests concerned and the risk posed by that pest or those pests.
Those exercises shall take place with regard to all priority pests concerned within a reasonable period of time and with the involvement of the relevant stakeholders.
Those exercises shall not be required where ... measures for the eradication of the pest or pests concerned have recently been taken.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-26
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