This summary is based on:

- a French PRA for Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, Réunion et Mayotte (ANSES, 2018)

- an EFSA pest categorisation (EFSA, 2022)

- French opinions regarding measures for banana fruit (ANSES, 2015) and vitro-plants (ANSES, 2021)

- IPPC Secretariat prevention, preparedness and response guidelines (IPPC, 2023).

The EFSA pest categorisation covers the European Union. The French PRA focuses on the overseas territories Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana, Mayotte and La Réunion (thereafter ‘French territories concerned’). Information in these documents partly apply to other part of the EPPO region. Certain elements do not apply though, such as the overall risk (and pest risk management options proposed) for the French territories concerned (all situated in tropical conditions and with banana production of major economic and social importance). Additional literature searches have been conducted to update the PRA with more recent scientific articles and to make it more representative to the whole EPPO region. The text was further developed during subsequent discussions in the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures (hereafter ‘the Panel’).

Probability of entry, establishment, spread and potential impact, with associated uncertainties, have been based on the above-listed documents, and adapted by the EPPO Secretariat and the Panel for the EPPO region. As in ANSES (2018), a five-level scale was used for likelihoods and a three-level scale for uncertainties.