S.L. 433.7 Art. 8Contaminated material.

(1) The listed plant material designated to be contaminated under regulation 7(1)(a)(ii) may not be planted and, under the control and approval of the Plant Health Department, it shall be subjected to one of the provisions of point 1 of Schedule VI, such that it is established that there is no identifiable risk of the organism spreading.

(2) The listed plant material determined as probably contaminated under regulation 7(1)(a)(iii) and (c)(iii) including listed plant material for which a risk has been identified, produced on places of production determined as probably contaminated under regualtion 7(1)(a)(iii) may not be planted and shall, under the control of the Plant Health Department, be put to appropriate use or disposal as specified in point 2 of Schedule VI, such that it is established that there is no identifiable risk of the organism spreading.

(3) Any machinery, vehicle, vessel, store, or units thereof, and any other objects including packaging material, designated as contaminated under regulation 7(1)(a)(ii) or determined as probably contaminated under regulations 7(1)(a)(iii) and (c)(iii), shall either be destroyed or decontaminated using appropriate methods as specified in point 3 of Schedule VI. After decontamination, any such objects shall no longer be considered contaminated.

(4) Without prejudice to the measures implemented under subregulations (1), (2) and (3), in the zone demarcated under regulation 7(1)(a)(iv) and (c)(iii), a series of measures, as specified in points 4.1 and 4.2 of Schedule VI, shall be implemented. Details of these measures shall be notified annually to the other Member States and to the Commission.