# 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 44: Setting out of equivalent requirements

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

1. The appropriate authority may by regulations make provision for the purpose of giving effect to a relevant decision.
1A. Regulations under paragraph 1 may in particular:
(a) amend any of the special requirements in column (3) of the table in Part A or B of Annex 7 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation to set out the equivalent requirements that apply to the plant, plant product or other object in question; or
(b) specify the conditions under which the decision of the UK NPPO applies.
1B. In paragraph 1, ‘relevant decision’ means a decision of the UK NPPO confirming that specific measures which are applied in the third country in relation to a particular plant, plant product or other object from that third country provide a level of phytosanitary protection which is equivalent to the measures included in the special requirements in relation to that plant, plant product or other object in Annex 7 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-44
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