Where a competent authority suspects or has received evidence concerning the presence of a Union quarantine pest, or a pest subject to measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1), in a part of the territory of its Member State where that pest was previously not known to be present, or in a consignment of plants, plant products or other objects introduced into, intended to be introduced into, or moved within, the Union territory, it shall immediately take the measures necessary to confirm whether that pest is present (‘to officially confirm’).
I gcás go bhfuil tuairim ag údarás inniúil nó go bhfuair sé fianaise go bhfuil lotnaid choraintín de chuid an Aontais nó lotnaid atá faoi réir bearta a ghlactar de bhun Airteagal 30(1) i gcuid de chríoch a Ballstáit nárbh eol go raibh an lotnaid sin i láthair inti roimhe sin, nó go bhfuil sí i gcoinsíneacht plandaí, táirgí plandaí nó réad eile a tugadh isteach, atá ceaptha le tabhairt isteach, nó le gluaiseacht laistigh de chríoch an Aontais, glacfaidh sé láithreach na bearta atá riachtanach chun a dheimhniú, go bhfuil an lotnaid sin (“a dheimhniú go hoifigiúil”).