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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
Figure 3-8: Number of interceptions recorded in EUROPHYT per MS and per major type
of consignment (2009)
Source: Compiled by FCEC based on EUROPHYT data and FVO analysis
A large majority of the 2009 interceptions were notified by seven MS including two NMS (FR,
DE, AT, NL, UK, LT and LV). FR and DE alone contribute more than 35% of the total number
of interceptions notified to EUROPHYT. The high figures for LT and LV can be explained by
the fact that these two MS are major traders with East European third countries, e.g. Russia and
Belarus, and therefore a large number of consignments are entering the EU via these two NMS,
with the large majority of interceptions being consignments of WPM coming from Russia.
Several interviewees have commented that the number of interceptions regarding consignments
of WPM has been increasing significantly from Russia and the USA, while at the same time
decreasing from India and China since 2005.
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