Structure of the release assessment model.

<p>Proxy indicators and their relative weights defined for the assessment of the release of ASF into EU via illegal importations of pork and pork products.</p

Description of the proxy indicators included in the risk assessment model for ASF release into the EU through illegal importation of pork and pork products for personal consumption.

*<p>proxy indicators are factors likely to influence the risk being assessed.</p

Values and corresponding preference statements used in the pairwise comparison (Malczewski J (1999) GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis. New York, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. 408 p.).

<p>Values and corresponding preference statements used in the pairwise comparison (Malczewski J (1999) GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis. New York, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. 408 p.).</p

Overall risk score values and corresponding risk categories used for the release and exposure assessment.

<p>Overall risk score values and corresponding risk categories used for the release and exposure assessment.</p

Structure of the exposure assessment model.

<p>Proxy indicators defined and their relative weights for the assessment of the exposure of ASF into the European Union via illegal importations of pork and pork products.</p

Description of the proxy indicators included in the risk assessment model for ASF release into the EU through illegal importation of pork and pork products for commercial purpose.

*<p>proxy indicators are factors likely to influence the risk being assessed.</p

Combined results of release and exposure assessments, and results of the sensitivity analysis on proxy indicators’ weights.

<p>Scatter plot of the overall release and exposure risk scores for the European Union member states, and the 80% central interquartile range of risk scores resulting from varying proxy indicators’ weights. Abbreviations – AT: Austria, BE: Belgium, BG: Bulgaria, CY: Cyprus, CZ: Czech Republic, DK: Denmark, EE: Estonia, FI: Finland, FR: France, DE: Germany, EL: Greece, HU: Hungary, IE: Ireland, IT: Italy, LV: Latvia, LT: Lithuania, LU: Luxembourg, MT: Malta, NL: Netherlands, PL: Poland, PT: Portugal, RO: Romania, SK: Slovakia, SI: Slovenia, ES: Spain, SE: Sweden, UK: United Kingdom.</p

Results of the release assessment.

<p>Overall risk scores for the release of ASFV via illegal importation of pork and pork products into the European Union member states.</p

Results of the exposure assessment.

<p>Overall risk scores for the exposure of the European Union member states if ASFV was released through illegal importation of pork and pork products.</p

Description of the proxy indicators included in the risk assessment model for exposure of the EU domestic pig population to ASF following its release through illegal importation of pork and pork products.

*<p>proxy indicators are factors likely to influence the risk being assessed.</p