Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1231 of 27 August 2020 on the format and instructions for the annual reports on the results of the surveys and on the format of the multiannual survey programmes and the practical arrangements, respectively provided for in Articles 22 and 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council

1 The format and instructions for the annual reports submitted by the Member States to the Commission concerning the results of the surveys of pests provided for in Articles 22 and 24 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

2 In accordance with the format and instructions referred to in paragraph 1, the annual reports on the results of the surveys shall contain the following parts: (a) Part I: General information on the results of the surveys; (b) Part II: Presentation of the results of the surveys; (c) Part III: Summary of the results of the surveys and the update of the pest status.

1 The format for the multiannual survey programmes and the practical arrangements for the application of the elements set out in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 to specific pest risks are set out in Annex II.

2 The template of the multiannual survey programmes shall consist of the following parts: (a) Part I: General information; (b) Part II: Templates for the multiannual survey programmes.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.