SECTION 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC · European Union

The management of the risks of Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and Union regulated non-quarantine pests shall respect the following principles: Necessity Measures to manage the risk of a pest shall be applied only where such measures are necessary to prevent the entry, establishment and spread of that pest. Proportionality Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest shall be proportionate to the risk posed by the pest concerned and the level of protection that is required. Minimal impact Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest shall represent the least restrictive measures available, and result in the minimum impediment to the international movement of people, commodities and conveyances. Non-discrimination Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest shall not be applied in such a way as to constitute either a means of arbitrary or unjustified discrimination or a disguised restriction, particularly on international trade. They shall be no more stringent for third countries than measures applied to that same pest if present within the Union territory, if third countries can demonstrate that they have the same phytosanitary status and apply identical or equivalent phytosanitary measures. Technical justification Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest shall be technically justified on the basis of conclusions reached by using an appropriate risk analysis or, where applicable, another comparable examination and evaluation of available scientific information. Those measures should reflect, and, where appropriate, be modified or removed to reflect, new or updated risk analysis or relevant scientific information. Feasibility Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest should be such as to allow that the objective of those measures is likely achieved.

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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.