
Article 1 
This Regulation sets out specific rules concerning the release from quarantine stations and confinement facilities of the specified material.
Article 2 
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘specified material’ means any plants, plant products or other objects that are subject to measures, requirements or restrictions under Articles 30(1), 40(1), 41(1), 42(2), 48(1), 49(1), 53(1) or 54(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
(b) ‘specified pests’ means pests to which the specified material is known to be susceptible and which belong to one of the following categories:
(i) GB quarantine pest;
(ii) provisional GB quarantine pest;
(iii) PFA quarantine pest,
and for this purpose, the expressions “GB quarantine pest”, “provisional GB quarantine pest” and “PFA quarantine pest” have the meanings given in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
(c) ‘methods’ shall mean all methods within the meaning of Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Article 3 
The specified material may only be released from quarantine stations and confinement facilities designated by the  competent authority, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031,  pursuant to Article 60 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, if it fulfils the following conditions:

((a)) it has only been kept at the approved quarantine stations or confinement facilities under the requirements laid down in Articles 61 and 62 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; and
((b)) it has been found free from specified pests in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation.
Article 4 

1. The specified material shall be visually inspected and, as applicable for the biology of the material and the pests, sampled and tested using appropriate methods to detect the presence of specified pests. That inspection, sampling and testing shall be carried out at the appropriate times and last for the period necessary for the detection of those pests.
2. In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1, plants for planting shall be kept under the official supervision of the competent authorities during the entire time needed on the basis of the biology of the plants, under conditions allowing the detection of the presence of the specified pests or of any latent or asymptomatic infections by such pests, and by using the appropriate methods to that purpose.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 14 December 2019.
...Done at Brussels, 13 December 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN