S.L. 433.33 ст. 4Surveys of the specified organism.

(1) The Directorate shall conduct annual surveys for the presence of the specified organism on the specified plants. Those surveys shall be carried out by the Directorate, or under official supervision of the Directorate. They shall consist of visual examinations and, in the case of any suspicion of infection by the specified organism, collection of samples and testing. Those surveys shall be based on sound scientific and technical principles and shall be carried out at appropriate times of the year with regards to the possibility to detect the specified organism by visual inspection, sampling and testing. Those surveys shall take account of the available scientific and technical evidence, the biology of specified organism and its vectors, the presence and biology of specified plants, and any other appropriate information concerning the presence of the specified organism. They shall also take into account the technical guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa provided on the Commission website.

(2) The Director may request the placement of traps for the monitoring of the presence of the vector and which shall be collected by the Directorate from time to time for such determination.

(3) The presence of the specified organism in areas other than demarcated areas, shall be screened by one molecular test, and in case of positive results, its presence shall be identified by carrying out, in line with international standards, at least one more positive molecular test. Those tests shall be listed in the Commission database of tests for the identification of the specified organism and its subspecies and target different parts of the genome.

The presence of the specified organism in demarcated areas shall be screened by one test, and in case of positive results, its presence shall be identified by carrying out, in line with international standards, at least one positive molecular test. Those tests shall be listed in the Commission database of tests for the identification of the specified organism and its subspecies.

(4) The Commission shall manage and update the database referred to in sub-regulation (3) and provide public access to it.

The tests listed in that database shall be divided into two categories, depending on their appropriateness for the identification of the specified organism and its subspecies in demarcated areas and in areas other than demarcated areas.