Pending the official confirmation of the presence of that pest, the Member State shall, where appropriate, take phytosanitary measures to mitigate the risk of it spreading.
Go dtí go ndeimhnítear láithreacht na lotnaide sin go hoifigiúil, déanfaidh an Ballstát, i gcás inarb iomchuí, bearta fíteashláintíochta a ghlacadh chun riosca a leathnaithe a mhaolú.