EU Quarantine Pests: Nematodes
On the 14th December 2019 the Directive 2000/29/EC, which outlined protective measures against the introduction and spread of organisms harmful to plants, was repealed and replaced by Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 ("Plant Health Law") of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning protective measures against pests of plants. Article 5(2) of this Plant Health Law calls for the establishment of a “list of Union quarantine pests”. This list was established and is available in Annex II of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. A separate list of Union regulated non-quarantine pests (‘RNQPs’) is documented in Annex IV of this regulation. A number of plant-parasitic nematodes can be found in these lists.
In 2021, a new regulation Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2285 was published. In Annex II of this regulation the nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii was added as a Union quarantine pest.
Meloidogyne graminicola is not listed as a Union quarantine pest, or as a RNQP in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, however, in 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1372 was published and outlined temporary measures to prevent the entry into, the movement and spread within, the multiplication and release in the Union of Meloidogyne graminicola.
These measures are in place until 30/06/2025.
A list of “priority pests” can be found in the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1702, established in accordance with Article 6(2) of the “Plant Health Law”. Article 6(2) empowers the Commission to; “adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 105 supplementing this Regulation by establishing a list of the priority pests”.
This list includes the Pine Wilt Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
This list includes the Pine Wilt Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
More information: https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_health_biosecurity/legislation/new_eu_rules_en
Please find below a list of the plant-parasitic nematode Union Quarantine Pests, with links to further information on these species, and any past and/or present projects relating to them:Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Listed in Annex II, part B, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
Globodera pallida & G. rostochiensis
Listed in Annex II, part B, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
Project(s)
Meloidogyne chitwoodi & M. fallax
Listed in Annex II, part B, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
Meloidogyne enterolobii
Listed in Annex II, part A, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2285.
Nacobbus aberrans
Listed in Annex II, part A, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
Hirschmanniella spp.
All species of the genus Hirschmanniella are listed in Annex II, part A, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072,
except for: Hirschmanniella behningi, H. gracilis, H. halophila, H. loofi and H. zostericola, which are the species found to be already present in the EU.
Links
Longidorus diadecturus
Listed in Annex II, part A, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
Xiphinema americanum sensu lato
Seven species of the Xiphinema americanum sensu lato group are present outside the EU: Xiphinema americanum sensu stricto, X. bricolense, X. californicum, X. inaequale, X. intermedium, X. rivesi (non-EU population) and X. tarjanense. These species are known vectors of plant nepoviruses and are listed in Annex II, part A, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
