TABLE 9.
Assessment of the likelihood of pest freedom following evaluation of current risk mitigation measures against pests on Betula pendula and B. pubescens plants designated for export to the EU.
| Number | Group | Pest species | Sometimes pest free | More often than not pest free | Frequently pest free | Very frequently pest free | Extremely frequently pest free | Pest free with some exceptional cases | Pest free with few exceptional cases | Almost always pest free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commodity 1: bundles of graftwood and budwood | ||||||||||
| 1 | Fungi | Entoleuca mammata | L | M | U | |||||
| 2 | Oomycetes | Phytophthora ramorum (non‐EU isolates) | LM | U | ||||||
| Commodity 2: bare root plants (bundles of whips and transplants and single bare root plants) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Fungi | Entoleuca mammata | L | M | U | |||||
| 4 | Nematodes | Meloidogyne fallax | L | M | U | |||||
| 5 | Oomycetes | Phytophthora ramorum (non‐EU isolates) | L | M | U | |||||
| 6 | Insects | Thaumetopoea processionea | L | MU | ||||||
| Commodity 3: plants in pots (bundles of cell‐grown plants and single plants in pots) | ||||||||||
| 7 | Fungi | Entoleuca mammata | L | M | U | |||||
| 8 | Nematodes | Meloidogyne fallax | L | M | U | |||||
| 9 | Oomycetes | Phytophthora ramorum (non‐EU isolates) | L | M | U | |||||
| 10 | Insects | Thaumetopoea processionea | L | MU | ||||||
| Commodity 4: single specimen trees | ||||||||||
| 11 | Fungi | Entoleuca mammata | L | M | U | |||||
| 12 | Nematodes | Meloidogyne fallax | LM | U | ||||||
| 13 | Oomycetes | Phytophthora ramorum (non‐EU isolates) | L | M | U | |||||
| 14 | Insects | Thaumetopoea processionea | L | M | U | |||||