(1) "specified pest" means Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire;(2) "specified plants" means plants of Chionanthus virginicus L. andFraxinus L., other than fruits, seeds, pollen and plants in tissue culture;(3) "delimiting survey" means an iterative procedure used to establish the boundaries of an area considered to be infested by or free from a pest; (4) "specified wood and bark" means wood, isolated bark and other objects made of wood and bark, of Chionanthus virginicus L. andFraxinus L.;(5) "trapping trees" means specified plants which are girdled and used to support the early detection of the specified pest.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/434 of 5 February 2024 on measures to prevent the establishment and spread of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire within the Union territory
(a) in open-air, natural and urban areas, stops along the major roads, railways and other transport pathways, as well as in nurseries, garden centres, trading centres for specified plants, wood and bark, hardwood sawmills, and other relevant sites, as appropriate; (b) at appropriate times of the year with regard to the possibility to detect the specified pest, taking into account the biology of that pest, the presence and biology of the specified plants, and the scientific and technical information referred to in the Authority’s Pest Survey Card on Agrilus planipennis EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2020. Story map for survey of Agrilus planipennis . EFSA supporting publication 2020: EN-1945. https://arcg.is/09S94u
(a) trapping of the specified pest, which may include use of trapping trees; (b) where appropriate, visual examination of the specified plants; (c) in case of suspicion, sampling and testing of the specified plants and the specified wood, including cut branches, and wood packaging material; and (d) where appropriate, use of specifically trained sniffer dogs.
(a) an infested zone within a radius of at least 100 m around the infested plants, including the infested plants and all specified plants which are liable to become infested ("infested zone"); and (b) a buffer zone with a width of at least 10 km beyond the boundary of the infested zone.
(a) be based on the Authority’s Guidelines for statistically sound and risk-based surveys of Agrilus planipennis ;(b) include branch sampling or other suitable methods, capable to detect the pest before emergence.
(a) there is evidence that the specified pest has been introduced into the area with the plants or plant material on which it was found, and those plants were infested before their introduction into the area concerned and no multiplication of the specified pest has occurred or there is evidence that it is an isolated finding, not expected to lead to establishment of the specified pest; (b) it is ascertained that there is no establishment of the specified pest, and the spread and successful breeding of the specified pest is not possible due to its biology, based on the results of a specific investigation and eradication measures taken.
(a) take measures to ensure the prompt eradication of the specified pest and to exclude the risk of its spread; (b) where appropriate, immediately increase the number of traps and the frequency with which the traps are checked in that area; (c) immediately intensify the visual examinations for the presence of adults, combined with branch sampling, or other suitable detection methods, capable to detect the specified pest before its emergence; (d) during at least one life cycle of the specified pest plus one additional year, survey an area with a width of at least 1 km around the infested plants, or the place where the specified pest was found, regularly and intensively during the flying period of the specified pest; (e) investigate the origin of the specified pest by tracing back the plants, wood, bark and other objects associated with the specified pest, and an examination thereof for any sign of infestation, including branch sampling and targeted destructive sampling; (f) raise public awareness of the threat of the specified pest; and (g) take any other measure which may help eradicate the specified pest, taking account of ISPM No 9 Guidelines for pest eradication programmes – Reference Standard ISPM No 9 by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention, Rome. https://www.fao.org/3/x2981e/x2981e.pdf. The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management – Reference Standard ISPM No 14 by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention, Rome. https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/607/
(a) immediate felling of all infested plants and plants suspected to be infested at the ground level; (b) immediate felling at the ground level of all specified plants within a radius of at least 100 m around infested plants and thorough examination of those specified plants for any sign of infestation, except in cases where the infested plants were found outside the flying period of the specified pest; in that case, the felling and removal of specified plants shall be carried out in time before the start of the next flying period; (c) removal, examination and safe disposal of the plants felled in accordance with points (a) and (b), taking all necessary precautions to avoid spreading of the specified pest during and after felling; (d) examination and safe disposal of the wood and bark associated with the infestation, taking all necessary precautions to avoid spreading of the specified pest; (e) prohibition of any movement of specified plants, wood and bark out of the demarcated area; (f) investigation of the origin of the infestation by tracing back the plants, wood, bark and other objects associated with the infestation, and examination thereof for any sign of infestation, including branch sampling and targeted destructive sampling; (g) replacement of specified plants by other non-susceptible plant species, where appropriate; (h) prohibition of the presence of new specified plants in the open air, in the area referred to in point (b), with the exception of the presence of trapping trees; (i) in cases where trapping trees are used, those shall be subject to regular inspections, and be destroyed and examined before the next flying period; (j) raising public awareness on the threat of the specified pest and the measures adopted to prevent its introduction into and spread within the Union territory, including the conditions regarding movement of specified plants, wood and bark from the demarcated area; (k) where necessary, specific measures to address any particularity or complication that could reasonably be expected to prevent, hinder or delay eradication, in particular those related to the accessibility and adequate eradication of all plants that are infested or suspected of infestation, irrespective of their location, public or private ownership or the person or entity responsible for them; and (l) any other measure which may contribute to the eradication of the specified pest, in accordance with International Standard for Phytosanitary Measure ("ISPM") No 9 and to applying a systems approach in accordance with the principles set out in ISPM No 14.
(a) the actions for eradication of the specified pest, as set out in Article 7; (b) the precautionary measures related to movements of specified plants, wood and bark within the Union territory, as set out in Annex VIII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319, 10.12.2019, p. 1 ).(c) the official inspections to be carried out on movements of specified plants, wood and bark within the Union territory; (d) the minimum resources to be made available, and the procedures for making those additional resources available, in case of a confirmed or suspected presence of the specified pest; (e) the procedures for identifying the owners of the plants, wood and bark to be destroyed, notifying the order of removal and accessing private properties.
| Name | Date of establishment | Description | Number | Host species | Area (ha or other more relevant unit) | Inspection units | Description | Units | Visual examinations | Trapping | Testing | Other methods | Risk factor | Risk levels | N° of locations | Relative risks | Proportion of the host population | Positive | Negative | Undetermined | Number | Date | |||||||||||||||||
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the target population, epidemiological unit and inspection units; the detection method and method sensitivity; the risk factor(s), indicating the risk levels and corresponding relative risks and proportions of host plant population. For column 1: Indicate the name of the geographical area, outbreak number or any information that allows identification of this demarcated area (DA) and the date when it was established. For column 2: Indicate the size of the DA before the start of the survey. For column 3: Indicate the size of the DA after the survey. For column 4: Indicate the approach: Eradication or Containment. Please, include as many rows as necessary, depending on the number of DA per pest and the approaches these areas are subject to. For column 5: Indicate the zone of the DA where the survey was carried out, including as many rows as necessary: infested zone (IZ) or buffer zone (BZ), using separate rows. Where applicable, indicate the area of the IZ where the survey was carried out (e.g. last 20 km adjacent to the BZ, around nurseries) in different rows. For column 6: Indicate the number and the description of the survey sites, by choosing one of the following entries for the description: 1. Open air (production area): 1.1 field (arable, pasture); 1.2. orchard/vineyard; 1.3. nursery; 1.4. forest; 2. Open air (other): 2.1. private gardens; 2.2. public sites; 2.3. conservation area; 2.4. wild plants in areas other than conservation areas; 2.5. other, with specification of the particular case (e.g. garden centre, commercial sites that use wood packaging material, wood industry, wetlands, irrigation and drainage networks); 3. Physically closed conditions: 3.1. greenhouse; 3.2. private site, other than greenhouse; 3.3. public site, other than greenhouse; 3.4. other, with specification of the particular case (e.g. garden centre, commercial sites that use wood packaging material, wood industry).
For column 7: Indicate the months of the year when the surveys were carried out. For column 8: Indicate the chosen target population providing accordingly the list of host species/genera and area covered. The target population is defined as the ensemble of inspection units. Its size is defined typically for agricultural areas as hectares, but could be lots, fields, greenhouses etc. Please justify the choice made in the underlying assumptions. Indicate the inspection units surveyed. "Inspection unit" means plants, plant parts, commodities, materials, pest vectors that had been scrutinised for identifying and detecting the pests. For column 9: Indicate the epidemiological units surveyed, indicating its description and unit of measurement. "Epidemiological unit" means a homogeneous area where the interactions between the pest, the host plants and the abiotic and biotic factors and conditions would result in the same epidemiology, should the pest be present. The epidemiological units are a subdivision of the target population that are homogenous in terms of epidemiology with at least one host plant. In some cases, the whole host population in a region/area/country may be defined as an epidemiological unit. They could be the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) regions, urban areas, forests, rose gardens or farms, or hectares. The choice of the epidemiological units has to be justified in the underlying assumptions. For column 10: Indicate the methods used during the survey including the number of activities in each case, depending on the specific legal requirements of each pest. Indicate with N/A when the information of certain column is not available. For column 11: Indicate an estimation of the sampling effectiveness. Sampling effectiveness means the probability of selecting infected plant parts from an infected plant. For vectors, it is the effectiveness of the method to capture a positive vector when it is present in the survey area. For soil, it is the effectiveness of selecting a soil sample containing the pest when the pest is present in the survey area. For column 12: "Method sensitivity" means the probability of a method to correctly detect pest presence. The method sensitivity is defined as the probability that a truly positive host tests positive. It is the multiplication of the sampling effectiveness (i.e. probability of selecting infected plant parts from an infected plant) by the diagnostic sensitivity (characterised by the visual inspection and/or laboratory test used in the identification process). For column 13: Provide the risk factors in different rows, using as many rows as necessary. For each risk factor indicate the risk level and corresponding relative risk and proportion of host population. For column B: Indicate the details of the survey, depending on the specific legal requirements for each pest. Indicate with N/A when the information of certain column is not applicable. The information to be provided in these columns is related to the information included in the column 10 "Detection methods". For column 18: Indicate the number of trapping sites in case this number differs from the number of traps (column 17) (e.g. the same trap is used in different places). For column 21: Indicate the number of samples found positive, negative or undetermined. "Undetermined" are those analysed samples for which no result was obtained due to different factors (e.g. below detection level, unprocessed sample-not identified, old). For column 22: Indicate the outbreak notifications of the year when the survey took place. The outbreak notification number does not need to be included when the competent authority has decided that the finding is one of the cases referred to in Article 14(2), Article 15(2) or Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. In this case, indicate the reason for not providing this information in column 25 ("Comments"). For column 23: Indicate the sensitivity of the survey, as defined in International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 31. This value of the achieved confidence level of pest freedom is calculated based on the examinations (and/or samples) performed given the method sensitivity and the design prevalence. For column 24: Indicate the design prevalence based on a pre-survey estimate of the likely actual prevalence of the pest in the field. The design prevalence is set as a goal of the survey and corresponds to the compromise the risk managers are making between the risk of having the pest and the resources available for the survey. Typically, for a detection survey a value of 1 % is set.