Directive 2000/29/EC is amended as follows:
(1)
In Article 13c, paragraph 5 is deleted.
(2)
The following Article is inserted:
‘Article 15a
Member States shall provide that anyone who becomes aware of the presence of a pest listed in Annex I or Annex II or a pest covered by a measure pursuant to Article 16(2) or 16(3), or has reason to suspect such a presence, shall immediately notify the competent authority, and, if so requested by that competent authority, shall provide the information concerning that presence which is in its possession. Where the notification is not submitted in writing, the competent authority shall officially record it.’.
(3)
Articles 22 to 26 are deleted.