Commodity risk assessment of Robinia pseudoacacia plants from the United Kingdom

EFSA Panel on Plant Health (plh); Antonio Vicent Civera; Paula Baptista; Anna Berlin; Elisavet Chatzivassiliou; Jaime Cubero; Nik Cunniffe; Eduardo de la Peña; Nicolas Desneux; Francesco Di Serio; Anna Filipiak; Paolo Gonthier; Beata Hasiów-Jaroszewska; Hervé Jactel; Blanca B. Landa; Lara Maistrello; David Makowski; Panagiotis Milonas; Nikos T. Papadopoulos; Hanna Susi; Dirk Jan van der Gaag; Jane Debode; Juan A. Navas-Cortes; Christos Kritikos; Maria Kormpi; Dimitrios Papachristos; Chrysavgi Reppa; Antigoni Akrivou; Spyridon Antonatos; Despoina Beris; Olaf Mosbach Schulz; Monia Federica Lombardo; Ciro Gardi; Roel Potting

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2026.10056

Commodity risk assessment of Robinia pseudoacacia plants from the United Kingdom

EFSA Panel on Plant Health (plh)
, Antonio Vicent Civera
, Paula Baptista
, Anna Berlin
, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou
, Jaime Cubero
, Nik Cunniffe
, Eduardo de la Peña
, Nicolas Desneux
, Francesco Di Serio
, Anna Filipiak
, Paolo Gonthier
, Beata Hasiów-Jaroszewska
, Hervé Jactel
, Blanca B. Landa
, Lara Maistrello
, David Makowski
, Panagiotis Milonas
, Nikos T. Papadopoulos
, Hanna Susi

Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Jane Debode, Juan A. Navas-Cortes, Christos Kritikos, Maria Kormpi, Dimitrios Papachristos, Chrysavgi Reppa, Antigoni Akrivou, Spyridon Antonatos, Despoina Beris, Olaf Mosbach Schulz, Monia Federica Lombardo, Ciro Gardi, Roel Potting

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Abstract

The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by rooted plants in pots of Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’ imported from the United Kingdom (UK). The assessment was performed considering the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the UK. All pests potentially associated with the commodity were evaluated against specific criteria. Two EU-regulated pests (Bemisia tabaci and Phytophthora ramorum non-EU isolates), present in the UK and potentially associated with the commodity, were considered as relevant for this Opinion. No non-regulated pests in the European Union were identified to be selected for further evaluation.

Original language	English
Article number	e10056
Journal	EFSA Journal
Volume	24
Issue number	4
ISSN	1831-4732
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2026.10056
Publication status	Published - 1-Apr-2026

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(plh), EFSA. P. O. P. H., Civera, A. V., Baptista, P., Berlin, A., Chatzivassiliou, E., Cubero, J., Cunniffe, N., de la Peña, E., Desneux, N., Di Serio, F., Filipiak, A., Gonthier, P., Hasiów-Jaroszewska, B., Jactel, H., Landa, B. B., Maistrello, L., Makowski, D., Milonas, P., Papadopoulos, N. T., ... Potting, R. (2026). Commodity risk assessment of Robinia pseudoacacia plants from the United Kingdom. EFSA Journal, 24(4), Article e10056. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2026.10056

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