Article 8 General provisions concerning monitoring of compliance

The competent authority shall monitor the specified activities to ensure that all of the following requirements are fulfilled:

1. (a)

   any infestations of the specified material by any specified pests which are not authorised under this Regulation, or by any other pests considered a risk to F1Great Britain, and detected during the specified activities, are notified immediately by the person responsible for the activities to the competent authority. Where the material is a specified pest itself, the monitoring shall concern its potential infestation by other specified pests not authorised under this Regulation, or any other pests considered a risk to Great Britain by the competent authority, and detected during the specified activities;

2. (b)

   any event resulting in the escape, or likelihood of escape, of pests referred to in point (a) into the environment, is notified immediately to the competent authority by the person responsible for the activities.