Session: 9 Interceptions

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Session 9 Interceptions

• Edit Tóthné Lippai (HU) Stephen Eales (UK)

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Interceptions

• All interceptions of quarantine organisms and
  non-regulated pests are notified to the EU,
  Member States and EPPO
• These are recorded on EUROPHYT
• more to follow on this system later.

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Interceptions

• The following slides are derived from
  interceptions over the past 12 months as notified
  to the EU.

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Interceptions
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Interceptions - Fruit Flies
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Interceptions - Wood
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Country Ghana

• Quarantine pests. Number of consignments
  intercepted in 2006 at Gatwick Airport.
• Thrips palmi - 78
• Tephritidae spp - 60
• Bemisia tabaci - 15

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Interceptions - Ghana

• Importing agent and airline concerned as losing
  money.
• Reciprocal visits by inspector from Ghana and
  Inspector to Ghana.
• Education to inspectors and growers in Ghana.
• Contaminated consignments dropped by 98
  following visit and maintained at low level for
  12 months.

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Interceptions - Ghana
Thrips palmi
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Interceptions - Ghana
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Interceptions - Ghana
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Interceptions

• Article 13b 1 of Directive 2000/29/EC
• Member States shall ensure that consignments from
  3rd countries which are not declared, that
  contain plants or plant products listed in Annex
  V B are also inspected, where there is serious
  reason to believe that such material is present.

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Interceptions

• The article further states that if customs
  suspect non-declaration of plants or plant
  products they should inform the official bodies
• If doubts remain as to identity of the commodity
  (genus, species or origin) then the consignment
  shall be considered to contain material listed in
  Annex V B
• Therefore the relevant action can be taken

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Interceptions - soil

• Soil is occasionally found at import inspection
  either on its own or in association with plants
  or other objects
• There is no official definition of soil
• Soil UNOFFICIAL definition
• Soil as such or growing media, which consists in
  whole or in part of soil or solid organic
  substances such as parts of plants, humus
  including peat or bark, other than that composed
  entirely of peat.
  

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Soil

• Soil can be imported (with the correct
  phytosanitary certificate) when in association
  with plants for planting, in isolation from a
  restricted list of countries around the
  Mediterranean, and when under licence. All other
  soil is prohibited.

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Soil

• Soil can be imported under a scientific licence
  provided it is accompanied by the appropriate
  Letter of Authority.
• Soil in association with plants must meet
  stringent requirements. These are laid out in
  Annex IV of Directive 2000/29/EC

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Soil

• Soil is intercepted in many ways including on its
  own, associated with plants, or associated with
  machinery. E.g. Excavators
• The soil must be destroyed and machinery must be
  re-exported or cleaned and the soil disposed of
  without further risk

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Imported machinery
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Inspections following import

• All imports of plants must be inspected at the
  point of entry
• Some organisms may not be evident at the import
  inspection, such as eggs or slowly developing
  larvae within plants
• Quarantine surveillance could be justified on
  these consignments after the point of entry
  inspection

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Inspections following import

• To enable follow up inspections to be carried out
  records of imports must be kept to trace
  consignments
• The recent emergence of certain pests has
  demonstrated the value in these records

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Traceability

• Imported woody plants inspected at point of entry
• no visible signs of pests
• follow up inspections require the ability to
  trace imported consignments
• Few months later quarantine organisms may emerge

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Examples

• 50,000 Chinese Acers imported and inspected on
  arrival
• 6 months later large beetles emerging
• Anoplophora chinensis confirmed.
• Destruction action taken
• Chinese authorities notified

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Emerged adult
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Adult exit holes
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Adult and larvae
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Destruction
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Paysandisia archon - Palm moth
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Outbreaks from imports
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Symptoms of pest
Phoenix canariensis
Washingtonia filifera
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Organism in host in new country
Tracycarpus fortunei
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Wood packing interception
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Wood packing interception
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Wood packing interception
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Destruction
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Notifications

• Edit Tóthné Lippai

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Interception

• EU Any action taken or to be taken by MS in case
  of non-compliance (third country, other MSs)
• FAO The refusal or controlled entry of an
  imported consignment due to failure to comply
  with phytosanitary regulations

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FAO ISPM standards

• International standards for phytosanitary
  measures
• ISPM No. 20. Guidelines for a phytosanitary
  import regulatory system
• ISPM No. 13. Guidelines for the notification of
  non-compliance and emergency action

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EU legislation

• Council Directive 2000/29/EC
• Article 13c (8)
• Article 12 (4), Article 16
• Commission Directive 94/3/EC establishing a
  procedure for the notification of interception of
  a consignment or a harmful organism from third
  countries and presenting an imminent
  phytosanitary danger

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EU legislation

• Imminent danger
• Inform the Commission and other MSs and BIPs
  dispatch the notifications
• Take measures to protect the territory of the
  Community from the danger of the introduction and
  spread of HO
• Possibility for cooperation of protection or
  eradication

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EU legislation

• Standard Community printed form
• Notification sent not later than two working days
  (or more rapidly)

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EUROPHYT exchanges information on plant health

• Three levels enter data, modify (approval),
  consultation notification

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EUROPHYT
Third country
Notification
CSPPSC
Brussels
MARD
Approve
EPPO
MSs
County Services
BIPs
Data input
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EUROPHYT manuals

• The manuals can be used when training new staff
  on the Europhyt system
• http//circa.europa.eu/Members/irc/sanco/sanco_eur
  ophyt/library?l/14_-_europhytvmdetailedsbTitl
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• Quick guides
• to consulting data
• to entering notifications
• to creating reports.

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After log in
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Creation of a new notification

• 1. Consignor
• 2. Interception file reference number,
  Consignment from, Request for message to be sent
  
• 3. Consignee
• 4. Envelope from to
• 5. Export country, place
• 6. Origin - country, place
• 7. Transport mode, mean, identification
• 8. Point Of Entry
• 9. Identification of Consignment data of the
  document (PC)

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• 10. Description of the intercepted part of the
  consignment (type of package commodity, plant,)
• 11. Net Mass/Volume/Number of units in
  consignment
• 12. Net Mass/Volume/Number of units in
  intercepted part
• 13. Net Mass/Volume/Number of units in
  contaminated part
• 14. Reasons for interception
• 15. Measure(s) taken on consignment
• 16. Free Text
• 17. Information on the interception (place, date,
  service)
• 18. Sender of the message (service, person,
  stamp, date).

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Interceptions of non-listed harmful organisms-
EU regulations, PRAs, etc
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Emergency measures
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2000/29/EC article 16 - Actual or suspected
appearance of any harmful organisms

• Notify in writing the Commission and the other
  MSs (presence was previously unknown).
• inform of the protective measures
• to prevent risk of the spread of the harmful
  organism in the territory of the other Member
  States.
• In case of an imminent danger
• immediately take the measures and inform the
  Commission and the other MSs thereof.
• the Commission shall examine the situation as
  soon as possible within the Standing Committee on
  Plant Health.

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• measures are based on a pest risk analysis or a
  preliminary pest risk analysis
• measures should be rescinded or amended
• The Commission shall amend or repeal the
  measures, as development requires
• Until a measure has been adopted the Member State
  may maintain the measures that it has employed.

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Example

• Notifications sent by MSs can be found in
  EUROPHYT-circa
• the measures taken or planned to take by MSs
• Emergency measures voted at SCPH.

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PRA

• EPPO EFSA (opinions http//www.efsa.europa.eu/EF
  SA/ScientificPanels/PLH/efsa_locale-1178620753812_
  Opinions485.htm)
• SCPH
• Recent PRA examples
• Thaumetopoea processionea - Measures have been
  selected for all pathways
• Helicoverpa armigera remove from the list
• Ambrosia spp. put on the list.

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Solidarity regime

• The legal basis of the solidarity regime is set
  out in Articles 22 and 23 of the Council
  Directive 2000/29/EC
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002 (2)
  covers expenditure relating directly to the
  necessary measures which have been taken or are
  planned for the purpose of combating harmful
  organisms introduced from third countries or from
  other areas in the Community, in order to
  eradicate or, if that is not possible, to contain
  them.

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• The principles of the solidarity regime
• Member States are responsible for the management
  of outbreaks of harmful organisms on their
  territories. They are obliged to take all
  necessary measures
• Introduction of solidarity dossiers is on a
  voluntary basis
• one dossier - one outbreak
• Eligible pest all listed and non-listed harmful
  organisms, not widely distributed (established),
  no natural spread.