Brenken, Ann-Christin

Meyer-Landrut, Elisabeth

Ritter, Anabel

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Young Scientists Meeting 2019, Kleinmachnow, Germany, November 6-8 Ritter et al. Description of the plant health network using the example of Ralstonia pseudosolanacea-rum Anabel Ritter, Ann-Christin Brenken and Elisabeth Meyer-Landruth Julius Kühn Institute, Institute for National and International Plant Health, Braunschweig E-mail of corresponding author: anabel.ritter@julius-kuehn.deConcerning the international plant health network, Germany is a member state (MS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and signed the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). It is a MS of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) at the re-gional level. The National Plant Protec-tion Organization (NPPO) of Germany consists of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) and the Plant Protection Services of the Federal Länder (PSD). The aim of all plant health network parties is to prevent and control the introduction and spread of pests of plants and plant products and to ensure safe trade. If a third country is planning a new law or an amendment to a law regarding sani-tary and phytosanitary (SPS) aspects, this is usually communicated to the WTO MS by a SPS notification mostly with a re-quest for technical comments by the im-pacted countries. For example, New Zea-land (NZL) identified nursery stock of Vaccinium spp. as a risk pathway for the  introduction of Ralstonia pseudosola-nacearum into NZL and published in a SPS notification the amendment to the Im-port Health Standard (IHS) regarding nursery stocks to prevent the introduc-tion of this pest. In general, the BMEL no-tices SPS notifications regarding plant health and assigns the JKI with its scien-tific examination. In the case of NZL, JKI rated the amendment of the standard as scientifically correct. Furthermore, no trade barriers were seen for the export of Vaccinium spp. nursery stock to NZL. If re-quired, the BMEL sends technical com-ments to the European Union (EU), which in turn submits a summarized technical comment of all EU MS to the notifying country. After the amendment entered into force, the relevant law is updated on the plant health homepage of the JKI. In the case of regular export of the notified commodity to the notifying country of destination, additionally a short notice is made in the “Kompendium” of the JKI summarizing the changes concerning in-spectors (e.g. export controls). Berichte aus dem Julius Kühn-Institut 206 45

Description of the plant health network using the example of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum

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