2dbad2b1-a48f-4451-8ad9-74dcefb5bb7a EU 2025-04-28 In 2022, EFSA was mandated by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (M-2022-00070) to provide technical assistance regarding the list of Union quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests, as specified in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against plant pests. As part of Task C, EFSA conducted comprehensive expert knowledge elicitations on candidate priority pests, focusing on the lag period, rate of expansion and the impacts on production (yield and quality losses) and the environment. This report provides the rationale for the dataset on Choristoneura fumiferana and C. parallela, delivered to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, to feed into the Impact Indicator for Priority Pest (I2P2) model and complete the pest prioritisation ranking exercise.

]]> Marica Scala European Food Safety Authority Impact assessment Priority pest quarantine pest spread Choristoneura fumiferana Choristoneura parallela Abies Abies balsamea Abies grandis Abies lasiocarpa Acer rubrum Asimina triloba Chamaedaphne calyculata Gerbera jamesonii Hypericum ellipticum Hypericum perforatum Juniperus Kalmia angustifolia Larix Larix laricina Myriophyllum aquaticum Persicaria punctata Picea Picea abies Picea engelmannii Picea glauca Picea mariana Picea rubens Picea sitchensis Pinus Pinus contorta Pseudotsuga menziesii Sarracenia minor Smilax rotundifolia Tsuga Tsuga heterophylla Vaccinium macrocarpon EU https://pra.eppo.int/getfile/5f356f25-1626-419c-95d7-61388b9adb48