EFSA Journal (Oct 2023)

Commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH),
  • Claude Bragard,
  • Paula Baptista,
  • Elisavet Chatzivassiliou,
  • Paolo Gonthier,
  • Josep Anton Jaques Miret,
  • Annemarie Fejer Justesen,
  • Alan MacLeod,
  • Christer Sven Magnusson,
  • Panagiotis Milonas,
  • Juan A Navas‐Cortes,
  • Stephen Parnell,
  • Roel Potting,
  • Philippe Lucien Reignault,
  • Emilio Stefani,
  • Hans‐Hermann Thulke,
  • Wopke Van der Werf,
  • Antonio Vicent Civera,
  • Lucia Zappalà,
  • Andrea Lucchi,
  • Pedro Gómez,
  • Gregor Urek,
  • Umberto Bernardo,
  • Giovanni Bubici,
  • Anna Vittoria Carluccio,
  • Michela Chiumenti,
  • Francesco Di Serio,
  • Elena Fanelli,
  • Cristina Marzachì,
  • Agata Kaczmarek,
  • Jonathan Yuen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8315
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 10
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High‐risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by bare root plants of Malus domestica grafted on rootstocks of either Malus domestica or Malus sylvestris imported from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina. All pests associated with the commodities were evaluated against specific criteria for their relevance for this opinion. One protected zone quarantine pest, Erwinia amylovora, fulfilled all relevant criteria and was selected for further evaluation. For E. amylovora, special requirements are specified in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. Based on the information provided in the Dossier, these specific requirements for E. amylovora are not met.

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