# 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 6: Priority pests

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

1. GB quarantine pests are ‘priority pests’ if they fulfil all of the following conditions:
(a) they fulfil, as regards Great Britain, one or more of the conditions set out in point (2) of Section 1 of Annex I;
(b) their potential economic, environmental or social impact is the most severe in respect of Great Britain as set out in Section 2 of Annex I;
(c) they are included in the list in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1702.
2. The appropriate authority may by regulations amend the list of priority pests in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1702 where the results of an assessment show that a GB quarantine pest which is not included in that list fulfils the conditions referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, or that a pest which is included in that list no longer fulfils either of those conditions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-6
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