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1. A Union Plant Health Emergency Team (‘the Team’), composed of experts, shall be created with the purpose of providing Member States, upon their request, with urgent assistance in relation to the measures to be taken pursuant to Articles 10 to 19, 27 and 28 concerning new outbreaks of Union quarantine pests and pests subject to the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30. In justified cases, the Team may also provide urgent assistance to third countries bordering the Union territory or presenting an imminent phytosanitary risk for that territory, upon the request of one or more Member States and the third country concerned, in relation to the outbreaks in their territories of Union quarantine pests and pests subject to the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30. For each case of assistance, the Commission shall appoint specific members of the Team, on the basis of their expertise, and in consultation with the Member State or third country concerned. That assistance may include in particular:

(a) scientific, technical and managerial on-the-spot or remote assistance as regards the eradication of the pests concerned, the prevention of their spread and other measures, in close collaboration with the competent authorities of the Member State or third country concerned by outbreaks of pests or suspicion thereof;

(b) specific scientific advice on the suitable diagnostic methods, as appropriate, in coordination with the relevant European Union reference laboratory referred to in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and other reference laboratories;

(c) specific assistance, as appropriate, to support coordination among the competent authorities of the Member States or third countries and with those laboratories. The content, conditions and timing of that assistance shall be determined by the Commission in agreement with the Member State or third country concerned and with the respective Member States providing the experts.

2. Member States may submit to the Commission the list of experts that they propose for designation as members of the Team and keep it updated. On that occasion, Member States shall provide all relevant information on the professional profile and the field of expertise of each expert proposed.

3. Members of the Team shall be entitled to an indemnity for their participation in the Team’s on-the-spot activities and, where applicable, for serving as team leaders or rapporteurs on a specific assistance mission. That indemnity, and the reimbursement of travel and subsistence costs, shall be paid by the Commission in accordance with the rules for the reimbursement of travel, subsistence and other expenses for experts.