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Expert groups and working groups

Expert Group on Plant Health Legislation

See Commission Register of Expert Groups for information on this Group – code E00925

Meetings in 2020

23 September 2020 – Introduction of WPM in the form of ammunition boxes / Regulated material for scientific purposes

Meetings in 2019

27 May 2019 – Priority pests

  • Agenda
  • Minutes
  • Presentation - EFSA experience on data support to JRC on candidate priority pests
  • Presentation - Presentation of the final outcome (ranking) of the application of the I2P2 to the list of Union quarantine pests qualifying as potential priority pests

24 April 2019 – Priority pests

  • Agenda
  • Minutes
  • Presentation - Reponses to MS comments to proposed methodology and final fine-tuning
  • Presentation - Outcome of the application of the methodology to the list of Union quarantine pests qualifying as potential priority pests
  • Presentation - JRC explanation of background data
  • Presentation - State of play of data support to JRC activities on priority pests

22 February 2019 - Exceptions for Movement of Scientific Material

8 February 2019 - Plant Health Awareness Raising

22 January 2019 - Exceptions for Movement of Scientific Material

22 January 2019 – Other requirements for plant passports (Articles 81 and 89)

9 January 2019 – Priority pests

  • Agenda
  • Presentation - State of play of data requested as regards forestry, UNESCO World Heritage Sites and other relevant cultural/historical heritage sites
  • Presentation - Consolidated version of the methodology for the identification of the Union quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests and its application to selected pilot pests
  • Presentation - Expert knowledge elicitation process and data support to JRC activities on priority pests by EFSA – state of the play
  • Presentation - Follow-up activities

Meetings in 2018

11 December 2018 – Exceptions for Movement of Scientific Material

28 September 2018 – Plant Health Awareness Raising

9 July 2018 – Priority pests

  • Invitation
  • Minutes
  • Presentation - Expert knowledge elicitation process and data support to JRC activities on priority pests by EFSA
  • Presentation - The updated methodology for the identification of the Union quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests
  • Presentation - State of play: Forestry data request
  • Presentation - Exchange of views about the potential candidate priority pests currently being assessed by EFSA-JRC and follow-up activities

26 March 2018 - Exceptions for Movement of Scientific Material

24 January 2018 – Other requirements for plant passports (Articles 81 and 89)

22 January 2018 – Plant Health Awareness Raising

16 January 2018 – Priority pests

16 January 2018 – Scientific exceptions

Meetings in 2017

15 December 2017 – Establishment of EURL for Plant Health

29 May 2017 – Establishment of EU Reference Laboratories for Plant Health

Working Group meetings on Plant Health

Meetings in 2019

18-19 March 2019

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