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.
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Once or twice
The new year 2020 has a magic set of digits. It is bringing a unique awarness raising global campaign as the International Year of Plant Health. All this reminds me of the poem “Nothing twice” by Wislawa Szymborska. Nothing can ever happen twice.In consequence, the sorry fact isthat we arrive here improvisedand leave without theContinue reading “Once or twice”
How to import apples to the EU?
European Union has implemented stricter phytosanitary rules for imports of several species of fruits, including apples. Since 1st of September 2019 a phytosanitary certificate has been required for import from all third countries for apples. Quarantine pests, which must be absent from apple fruits, were listed in Annex I to the Directive 2000/29/EC and specialContinue reading “How to import apples to the EU?”
New EU rules for import of plants
The European Union implements the new plant plant health regime on 14 of December 2019. The news affects all proffesional growers, traders, distributors, importers and exporters of plants and other regulated goods, as well as those, who buy plants online or travel internationally.
Welcome to the green blog
Do you know that some plants need a passport to travel across the European Union? Internationally, a phytosanitary certificates have been agreed to be documents, which confirm, that plants in transfer of state borders are healthy and do not threaten the plant health in a country of destination. Regulated plants from third countries may notContinue reading “Welcome to the green blog”
Komu to znanje pride prav?
Objave na tem blogu nastanejo kot del dnevne rutine spremljanja uradnih objav o spremembah zelenih pravil, ki jih je treba poznati v mednarodni trgovini z rastlinskim blagom, pa tudi v zasebnem življenju, ko potujemo v tujino ali ko naročamo rastline preko spleta.
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