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Competent authorities may abolish a demarcated area and terminate the respective eradication measures where the pest-free status of that area has been verified. This will be the case where the following two conditions are fulfilled: the survey referred to in paragraph 1 shows that the area has been found to be free from the pest concerned; and the pest concerned has not been found to be present in that demarcated area for a sufficiently long period.
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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.