# 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 61: Requirements for quarantine stations and confinement facilities

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

1. Quarantine stations and confinement facilities referred to in Article 60 shall meet the following requirements to prevent the spread of GB quarantine pests:
(a) they provide physical isolation of the pests, plants, plant products and other objects to be kept in quarantine or confinement and ensure they cannot be accessed or removed from those stations or facilities without consent of the competent authority;
(b) they have systems, or access to systems, for sterilisation, decontamination or destruction of infested plants, plant products and other objects, waste and equipment before removal from the stations or facilities;
(c) they have an identification and description of the tasks of those stations and facilities, the persons responsible for carrying out those tasks and the conditions under which they shall carry out those tasks;
(d) they have a sufficient number of suitably qualified, trained and experienced personnel; and
(e) they have a contingency plan for the purpose of effectively eliminating any unintended presence of GB quarantine pests and provisional GB quarantine pests and preventing their spread.
2. The appropriate authority may by regulations lay down specific rules in order to provide uniform conditions of application for the requirements set out in paragraph 1 in relation to the type of plants, plant products and other objects and the actual or potential risk, including specific requirements for official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selection or breeding.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/61 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-61
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