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. 2023 Oct 19;21(10):e08107. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8107

Table 6.

Description and source of evidence for the parameters used in the rose distribution model

Parameter Description Source Distribution
FCMcommercial, NUTS2, Season FCMhousehold, NUTS2, Season Number of T. leucotreta individuals ending in commercial or household waste in a NUTS2 region climatically suitable during a specific season Calculated
AF African countries and Israel with reported occurrence of T. leucotreta EPPO Global Database (Appendix A, Section A.2) Strata
EURA European countries/clusters with areas climatically suitable/under risk Countries with at least one NUTS2 region with a climate suitability classification by the physiologically based demographic model above 0 (Appendix A, Section A.3) Strata
NUTS2 NUTS2 regions climatically suitable NUTS2 regions with at least one grid cell with a climate suitability classification by the physiologically based demographic model above 0 (Appendix A, Section A.3) Strata
NLBE Cluster of re‐exporting countries: the Netherlands/Belgium Annual trade of cut flowers from 2011 to 2020 (Appendix A, Section A.5) Strata
DELU Cluster of re‐exporting countries: Germany/Luxembourg Annual trade of cut flowers from 2011 to 2020 (Appendix A, Section A.6) Strata
Season Stratification by season: winter, spring, summer, autumn; or total Strata
TradeAF‐EURA, Season Direct trade of cut roses from AF to European climatically suitable countries/clusters (Unit: [pcs]) Eurostat monthly trade of cut roses (CN 03061100) in 2011–2020 (Appendix A, Section A.4) NORMAL
PopulationNUTS2/EURA Proportion of the human population in the NUTS2 region climatically suitable in relation to the whole country or cluster (Unit: [−]) Eurostat population 1 January 2020 (Appendix A, Section A.4.2) CONSTANT
Grading Proportion of direct imported cut roses, which on average is discarded due to quality issues (Unit: [−]) Default value (Appendix A, Section A.4.4) UNIFORM
TradeAF➔NLBE, Season TradeAF➔DELU, Season Trade of cut roses from AF to the European re‐exporting clusters in a specific season (Unit: [pcs]) Eurostat monthly trade of cut roses (CN 03061100) in 2011–2020 (Appendix A, Sections A.5, A.6) NORMAL
TradeOthers➔NLBE, Season TradeOthers➔DELU, Season Trade of cut roses from other countries to the European re‐exporting clusters in a specific season (Unit: [pcs]) Eurostat monthly trade of cut roses (CN 03061100) in 2011–2020 (Appendix A, Sections A.5, A.6) NORMAL
ProductionNLBE, Season ProductionDELU, Season Average production of cut roses in European re‐exporting clusters in a specific season (Unit: [pcs]) Calculated
AreaNL AreaDE Average, annual area for the production of cut roses in specific MS (Unit: [ha]) National statistics on cut roses production surface CONSTANT
ExtrapolationNL➔NLBE ExtrapolationDE➔DELU Extrapolation from national production area to the area in a re‐exporting cluster (Unit: [−]) Eurostat farm structure CONSTANT
Conversionha➔pcs Productivity of cut roses (Unit: [pcs/ha]) Productivity of different roses CONSTANT
ProportionSeason/Total Proportion of cut roses produced in the re‐exporting clusters in a specific season compared to the annual production Default value: equally distributed CONSTANT
DilutionNLBE,Season DilutionDELU,Season Dilution of T. leucotreta‐infested cut roses, imported from Africa and Israel, by other imports and own production in a specific re‐exporting cluster and season (Unit: [−]) Calculated for scenarios without/with Intra‐EU trade UNIFORM
InfestationAF Average infestation rate of cut roses from AF (Unit: [−]) EKE question 2 (Appendix A, Section A.7) GENERALBETA