Knapco
International Phytosanitary Consultancy. EU Plant Health Expertise. Sustainable Plant Protection in Practice. EU Data Protection Expertise.
Services
What We Do
Protecting the growing plants against invasions of non-native pests, diseases and harmful plants by supporting National Plant Protection Organisations in statutory system approach to mitigation of the main risks in agriculture, forestry and nature.
Supporting safe import, production and export of agricultural plants used as natural feed and food, seeds or as ornamental plants. Providing with special requirements and additional declarations in phytosanitary certificates.
Sharing experience in sustainable agriculture, good practices and integrated plant protection in plant production systems, including non-chemical, preventive and chemical methods, scouting, monitoring and prognostic methods.
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Expertise in Numbers
1355
pages of legal acts
25
years of experience
23
countries worked
100%
satisfied customers
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There has never been more difficult to import and export food of plant origin than in 2022. Especially, if we want to eat organic. Organic means working with nature, but also bringing nature with consignments. Which is banned in international trade.
- Local needs respected
- Accurate content
- Safety information
- Technical support in procedures
- Any country – Worlwide
Fruits of Momordica (CN ex 0709 99 90) originating from third countries where Thrips palmi is known to occur are banned for import to EU, unless…
EU Projects
Phytosanitary expertise given in integrating the EU legislation (new EU Plant Health Law and Official Control Regulation) into national law in several EU candidate countries, such as
North Macedonia & Serbia
Training of EU inspectors
Training coordinator at BTSF Academy in the prevention and control of the spread of quarantine pests across the borders of the EU countries, currently Import controls, Contingency planning, Simulation exercises, New EU Plant Health regime, Plant Passport
International events
Lecturing and writing about plant health, quarantine, integrated pest managment, sustainable agriculture. New risks, Travelling & Transport; Information and Legal systems; EU Data Protection (GDPR)
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The Latest News
- EU lists of regulated plants and other goods
In the EU, lists of regulated plants and other articles have been amended due to risk of quarantine pests. The lists shall be used from 11 of April 2022. Take a look, how this might impact import and trade. - EU lists of regulated pests
Lists of EU quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests has been changed from 11 April 2022. This may affect the import and trade of host plants and other regulated goods. - How to survey plants?
The first EU guidelines for planning surveys of new and quarantine plant pests have been published in April 2020 by EFSA Plant health panel. Official surveys have been in place in EU Memeber States for two decades based on international standards. “How to organise a national detection survey?” is a question I have been often asked and provided answers.
Green Rules 