# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/66 of 16 January 2019 on rules on uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on plants, plant products and other objects in order to verify compliance with Union rules on protective measures against pests of plants applicable to those goods, Article 2: Increase of frequency of official controls on professional operators authorised to issue UK plant passports

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

Competent authorities may increase the frequency of the official controls referred to in Article 1, if the risk so requires, taking into account at least the following elements:
(a)increased phytosanitary risks for the specific family, genera or species of the plants or plant products produced in those premises and, where applicable, in other locations, where more than one control is necessary due to the pest biology or the environmental conditions;
(b)phytosanitary risks linked to the origin or provenance within Great Britain of particular plants, plant products or other objects;
(c)number of production cycles in a year;
(d)history of compliance of the professional operator with the applicable provisions of Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and (EU) 2017/625;
(e)available infrastructure and where the premises and, where applicable, where other locations used by the professional operator are situated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/66/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-66/article-2
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