These two files are part of the outputs produced under the mandate M-2017-0056 of the European Commission requesting EFSA for technical assistance in the field of quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests as by Article 6(2) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants.

Under the mandate EFSA produced: i) 1 methodology report (DOI available at the field "Related/alternate identifiers"), ii) 28 datasheets, one for each of the 28 candidate pests, and iii) 28 pest reports supporting the information provided in the datasheets.

EFSA wishes to acknowledge the contribution of Trond Rafoss  to the EKE and the review conducted by Anna Maria Vettraino.