Changes made to the EU list of regulated pests
Two EU Commission Implementing Regulations have been recently published and modify the of list of Quarantine and Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests (RNQPs) of the EU. A summary is presented below.
Concerning temporary measures (EU Regulation 2024/1957):
- New measures are established to prevent the introduction, movement, holding, multiplication or release of Homona magnanima (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) into the European Union.
- Measures adopted in 2022 (EPPO RS 2022/230) against Leucinodes orbonalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, EPPO A1 List) are withdrawn.
Concerning EU regulated pests (EU Regulations 2024/2004), the following changes are made:
- The following pests are added to list of Union quarantine pests:
- Neoceratitis asiatica (Diptera: Tephritidae)
- Neoceratitis cyanescens (Diptera: Tephritidae)
- Neotephritis finalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)
- Rose rosette virus (Emaravirus rosae, EPPO A1 List) and its vector Phyllocoptes fructiphilus (Acari: Eriophyidae - EPPO A1 List)
- The following pests are removed from the list of Union quarantine pests:
- Melampsora medusae f. sp. tremuloidis
- Ripersiella hibisci (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae – EPPO A1 List)
- Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (Crinivirus ipomeae)
- Sweet potato mild mottle virus (Ipomovirus lenisbatatae)
- Draeculacephala minerva (as the genus Draeculacephala is regulated).
- The following pests are transferred from the list of Union quarantine pests to the list of RNQPs:
- Tobacco ringspot virus (Nepovirus nicotianae, EPPO A2 List)
- Tomato ringspot virus (Nepovirus lycopersici, EPPO A2 List)
- The following pest is added to the list of RNQPs: Pucciniastrum minimum (EPPO A2 List)
- The following pest is removed from the list of RNQPs: Fig mosaic agent.
The lists have been updated in EPPO Global Database: https://gd.eppo.int/rppo/EU.
Other changes to the EU Annexes were made in relation to regulated host plants and plant products for Agrilus planipennis, Thaumatotibia leucotreta, Aleurocanthus spiniferus, Pomacea.
Sources
EU (2024) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1957 of 17 July 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1941 as regards the prohibition of introduction, movement, holding, multiplication or release of certain pests. Official Journal of the European Union, L 2024/1957. http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1957/oj
EU (2024) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2004 of 23 July 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests and rules on the introduction into, and movement within, the Union territory of plants, plant products and other objects. Official Journal of the European Union 2024/2004. http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2004/oj