SECTION 1

The management of the risks of quarantine pests shall consist of one or more, as appropriate, of the following measures: Measures targeting prevention and elimination of infestation of cultivated and wild plants Restrictions as regards the identity, nature, origin, ancestry, provenance and production history of cultivated plants. Restrictions on the cultivation, harvesting and use of plants. Restrictions on the use of plant products, premises, land, water, soil, growing media, facilities, machinery, equipment and other objects. Surveillance, visual examination, sampling and laboratory testing of plants, plant products, premises, land, water, soil, growing media, facilities, machinery, equipment and other objects for the presence of quarantine pests. Surveillance for breakdown or change in the effectiveness of a resistant plant species or plant variety which relates to a change in the composition of the quarantine pest or its biotype, pathotype, race or virulence group. Physical, chemical and biological treatment of plants, plant products, premises, land, water, soil, growing media, facilities, machinery, equipment and other objects, infested or potentially infested with quarantine pests. Destruction of plants, plant products and other objects infested or potentially infested with quarantine pests or for preventive purposes. Information, data recording, communication and reporting obligations. Registration of professional operators concerned. For the purposes of point (b), those measures may include requirements with regard to the testing of plant species and plant varieties for resistance to the quarantine pest concerned and the listing of plant species and plant varieties found to be resistant to the quarantine pest concerned. For the purposes of point (f), those measures may include requirements with regard to: the registration, authorisation and official supervision of professional operators applying the treatment concerned; the issuance of a phytosanitary certificate, plant passport, label or other official attestation for the treated plants, plants products or other objects and the placing of the mark referred to in Article 96(1) following the application of the treatment concerned. Measures targeting consignments of plants, plants products and other objects Restrictions on the identity, nature, origin, provenance, ancestry, production method, production history and traceability of plants, plant products and other objects. Restrictions on the introduction, movement, use, handling, processing, packaging, storage, distribution and destination of plants, plant products and other objects. Surveillance, visual examination, sampling, laboratory testing of plants, plant products and other objects for the presence of quarantine pests, including through subjection to quarantine procedures and pre-export inspections in third countries. Physical, chemical and biological treatment and, where appropriate, destruction of plants, plant products and other objects infested or potentially infested with quarantine pests. Information, data recording, communication and reporting obligations. Registration of professional operators concerned. For the purposes of points (a) to (d), those measures may include requirements with regard to: the issuance of a phytosanitary certificate, plant passport, label or other official attestation, including the placing of the mark referred to in Article 96(1) to attest compliance with points (a) to (d); the registration, authorisation and official supervision of professional operators applying the treatment referred to in point (d). Measures targeting pathways for quarantine pests, other than consignments of plants, plant products or other objects Restrictions on the introduction and movement of quarantine pests as a commodity. Surveillance, visual examination, sampling and laboratory testing and where appropriate destruction of quarantine pests as a commodity. Restrictions on plants, plant products and other objects carried by travellers. Surveillance, visual examination, sampling and laboratory testing and where appropriate treatment or destruction of plants, plant products and other objects carried by travellers. Restrictions on vehicles, packaging and other objects used in transport of commodities. Surveillance, visual examination, sampling and laboratory testing and where appropriate treatment or destruction of vehicles, packaging and other objects used in transport of commodities. Information, data recording, communication and reporting obligations. Registration of professional operators concerned.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.