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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
Figure 3-9: Main reasons for interceptions, as recorded in EUROPHYT (2009)
9%
16%
15%
29%
31%
Non compliance with special
requirement
Presence of HOs
Absence of phytosanitary
certificate
Incompleteness of phytosanitary
certificate
Others
Source: Compiled by FCEC based on EUROPHYT data and FVO analysis
The main reasons for interception are non-compliance with special requirements (31% of the
total number of interceptions in 2009, of which 95% are for WPM), followed by the presence of
HOs in the consignment (29%), and the absence or incompleteness of phytosanitary certificates
including problems with additional declarations (16% and 9%, respectively). These four reasons
account for 85% of interceptions in 2009. An analysis of data on the reasons for interceptions
over time shows that the significance of these four reasons has been quite constant.
The analysis of the data on interceptions due to the presence of HOs demonstrates that these
mainly relate to the presence of insects in the consignments.
Table 3-8: Key categories of intercepted HOs, as recorded in EUROPHYT (2009)
Types of HOs
No of interceptions
White Flies (Bemisia) 243
Fruit flies 296
Thrips 306
Leafminers 318
Spodoptera/Helicoverpa 104
Others 276
Source: Compiled by FCEC based on EUROPHYT data and FVO analysis
It is noted that 30 HOs were intercepted through consignments for the first time in 2009, of
which some are known to be already present on EU territory e.g. Tuta absoluta.
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