# 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 5: Prohibition of introduction, movement, holding, multiplication or release of GB quarantine pests

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

1. A GB quarantine pest shall not be introduced into, moved within, or held, multiplied or released in, Great Britain.
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3. The appropriate authority may by regulations modify the list of GB quarantine pests in Annex 2 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation where the results of an assessment show, in respect of Great Britain, that a pest which is not included in that list fulfils the conditions listed in Article 3, or that a pest which is included in that list no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-5
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