Where a competent authority suspects, or has received evidence concerning, the presence of a Union quarantine pest, o
r a pest subject to measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1), in a part of the territory of the respective Member State where that pest was previously not known to be present, or
in a consignment of plants, plant products or other objects introduced into, intended to be introduced into, or moved within the Union territory, it shall immediately take any me
asures necessary to confirm ...[+++] on the basis of a diagnosis of an official laboratory as referred to in Article 37 of Regulation ►C1 (EU) 2017/625 ◄ (“to officially confirm”), whether that pest is present or not.