# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2148 of 13 December 2019 on specific rules concerning the release of plants, plant products and other objects from quarantine stations and confinement facilities pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Article 4: Methods for the detection of specified pests on the specified material

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

1. The specified material shall be visually inspected and, as applicable for the biology of the material and the pests, sampled and tested using appropriate methods to detect the presence of specified pests. That inspection, sampling and testing shall be carried out at the appropriate times and last for the period necessary for the detection of those pests.
2. In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1, plants for planting shall be kept under the official supervision of the competent authorities during the entire time needed on the basis of the biology of the plants, under conditions allowing the detection of the presence of the specified pests or of any latent or asymptomatic infections by such pests, and by using the appropriate methods to that purpose.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2148/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2148/article-4
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