S.L. 433.33 ст. 5Contingency plans.

(1) The Directorate shall establish a plan setting out the actions to be taken in its territory in accordance with regulations 6 to 8, regulations 10 to 15 and regulation 22 in case of a confirmed or suspected presence of the specified organism (hereinafter “the contingency plan").

(2) The contingency plan shall also set out the following:

(a) the roles and responsibilities of the bodies involved in those actions and the single authority;

(b) one or more laboratories specifically approved for the testing of the specified organism;

(c) rules on the communication of those actions between the bodies involved, the single authority, the professional operators concerned and the public;

(d) protocols describing the methods of visual examinations, sampling and laboratory testing;

(e) rules on training of personnel of the bodies involved in those actions;

(f) minimum resources to be made available and proceedings to make available additional resources in case of a confirmed or suspected presence of the specified organism.

(3) The Directorate shall evaluate and review the contingency plans as necessary.

(4) The Directorate shall, on request, communicate its contingency plans to the Commission and shall inform all relevant professional operators through publication on the internet.