Guest Editorial : New European Union plant health regime: A more stringent regulation that could impact trade from developing countries in the near future

Abstract

peer reviewedThe new "Plant Health Law" provides more comprehensive and clearer rules for the prevention of entry into, and spread within, the EU territory of pests injurious to plant health but this regulation also includes regulating pests on the basis of pre-established criteria for risk assesment and prioritising of pests with the most serious consequences