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Plant material and delegated and implementing acts The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, setting out: specific animal health requirements for the entry into the Union of plant material which acts as a path of transmission of listed or emerging diseases; requirements in relation to: animal health certification, taking into account the rules provided for in point (a) of Article 237(1) and Article 237(2) and (3); or declarations or other documents, taking into account the rules provided for in point (b) of Article 237(1). The Commission shall lay down the animal health requirements provided for in paragraph 2 on the basis of the following criteria: whether a listed or emerging disease that can be transmitted by means of plant material represents a serious risk to animal or to human health in the Union; the likelihood that animals of listed species for a particular listed disease or emerging disease will come into direct or indirect contact with the plant material referred to in paragraph 2;

the availability and effectiveness of alternative risk-mitigation measures in relation to that plant material, which may eliminate or minimise the risk of transmission referred to in point (a). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 266(2).