Article 53 Prohibition of introduction of plants, plant products and other objects into GB pest-free areasF5

Any plants, plant products or other objects of a description specified in any entry in column (1) of the table in Annex 9 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation, whether originating in a third country, Great Britain or a CD territory, may not be introduced into, or moved within, a GB pest-free area listed in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the table.

The appropriate authority may by regulations amend Annex 9 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation where the amendment is appropriate in the light of a risk assessment in relation to a plant, plant product or other object.

For the purposes of paragraph 2, an amendment is appropriate if, on the basis of the risk assessment, it is concluded:

A plant, plant product or other object may only be regarded as posing a pest risk of an unacceptable level for the purposes of paragraph 3 if the risk assessment shows that the plant, plant product or other object may host a PFA quarantine pest and, in determining the acceptability of the level of pest risk to the GB pest-free area which relates to the PFA quarantine pest, the risk assessment was carried out in accordance with the principles set out in Section 2 of Annex 2.

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