{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2018/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2018/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/2018",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2018 of 18 December 2018 laying down specific rules concerning the procedure to be followed in order to carry out the risk assessment of high risk plants, plant products and other objects within the meaning of Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2018",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Conduct and completion of the risk assessment",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nFollowing that verification, the UK NPPO shall proceed with the risk assessment.\nDuring the conduct of the risk assessment, the UK NPPO may communicate directly with the applicant to ask for additional information or clarifications.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n... The UK NPPO must publish the risk assessment in such manner as it considers appropriate.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(6)(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(6)(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(6)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/2018/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:43.160566+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}