# 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 32: Recognition of GB pest-free areas

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

1. ‘A PFA quarantine pest’ is a pest which:
(a) is present in Great Britain but not in a part of Great Britain that is recognised as free of that pest in accordance with ISPM4; and
(b) is listed in column (1) of the table in Annex 3 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation.
2. A PFA quarantine pest may not be introduced into, moved within, or held, multiplied or released in, any GB pest-free area established in respect of that PFA quarantine pest, and described in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the table in Annex 3 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation.
Article 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the introduction into, movement within, and holding and multiplication in, a GB pest-free area of the PFA quarantine pest in respect of which the area was established.
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The appropriate authority may by regulations modify Annex 3 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation where:
(a)) a pest is no longer recognised as a PFA quarantine pest;
(b)) any additional GB pest-free area is recognised in relation to a PFA quarantine pest;
(c)) the extent of an existing GB pest-free area has been altered; or
(d)) an existing GB pest-free area is no longer recognised as free from the PFA quarantine pest in respect of which the area was established.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-32
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