Article 4 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1432

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Article 4Establishment of demarcated areas#

1.Where the presence of the specified pest in the Union territory is officially confirmed, the Member State concerned shall, without delay, establish a demarcated area, on the basis of a delimiting survey determining the level of infestation and for the purpose of eradication of the specified pest.

2.The demarcated area shall consist of the following:

(a)an infested zone including:

(i)all specified plants and host plants infested by the specified pest;

(ii)all specified plants and host plants showing symptoms indicating possible infestation by the specified pest;

(iii)all other plants infested or suspected to be infested by the specified pest;

(iv)land, soil or other elements infested, or suspected to be infested, by the specified pest;

(b)a buffer zone with a width of at least 100 m beyond the boundary of the infested zone, in the case of a demarcated area for the purpose of eradication of the specified pest, as referred to in Article 6, and with the same width in the case of a demarcated area for the purpose of containment of the specified pest, as referred to in Article 7.

3.The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall ensure that the general public and professional operators are aware of the delimitation of the demarcated areas and the measures adopted for its eradication, or, where relevant, for its containment and preventing its spread out of the demarcated area. They shall raise public awareness concerning the risk from the specified pest.

4.Where, on the basis of the surveys referred to in Article 3, the specified pest is not detected in a demarcated area for a period of three consecutive years, that demarcated area may be abolished. In such cases, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission and the other Member States that the demarcated area has been abolished pursuant to Article 19(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.