Article 6 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1432

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Article 6Eradication measures#

The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall apply, in accordance with Article 4, all of the following measures in the demarcated areas:

(a)removal of the specified plants in the infested zone in fields close to harvesting;

(b)destruction of the specified plants in fields close to harvesting, in situ or in a nearby location designated for this purpose within the infested zone, in a manner ensuring that the specified pest is not spread;

(c)prohibition of sowing of the specified seeds and prohibition of planting of the specified plants and host plants in the infested zone, except as trap-crops in application of the trap-crop-method;

(d)regular elimination of volunteer host plants;

(e)continuous flooding of fields in the infested zone for more than 18 months, and, if continuous flooding is not possible, application of the trap-crop method, or other methods preventing the pest from concluding its life cycle;

(f)clearing and safe disposal of specified plants that are used for the trap-crop method within a phenological phase which maximizes the efficacy of trapping, but not later than five weeks after planting;

(g)cleaning of specified objects that have been used in an infested zone from soil and plant debris, before being moved to the surrounding fields, while, during cleaning, avoiding residue dispersal out of the infested field;

(h)prohibition of movement of soil in which specified plants or host plants have been grown in the previous three years out of the infested zone.