Agriculture & Food

#AGRG2605232AFrance Adds Cassava Witches' Broom Disease to Mandatory Plant Pest Control List

🇫🇷France··Other·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This order adds Rhizoctonia theobromae, the pathogen linked to cassava witches' broom disease, to France's official list of harmful organisms affecting plants and plant products that are subject to mandatory control measures. The practical effect is narrow but important for plant health controls. Growers, importers, nurseries, plant health inspectors, and businesses handling relevant plant materials may need to follow control, monitoring, or reporting measures if this organism is detected.

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Key Changes

  • Adds Rhizoctonia theobromae to the mandatory plant pest control list
  • Covers the organism as linked to cassava witches' broom disease
  • Updates Annex A of the 31 July 2000 order on harmful organisms affecting plants and plant products

Obligations

What this law requires

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Rhizoctonia theobromae, the pathogen associated with cassava witches' broom disease, must be treated as a harmful organism subject to mandatory control measures under Annex A of the 31 July 2000 order.

plant growersnurseriesimporters of plant productsbusinesses handling relevant plant materialsplant health inspectors
Upon publication in the Journal officiel; no specific compliance date stated
operational

Affected Parties

Plant growers and agricultural producersImporters and handlers of plant products+1 more…

Tags

plant health,mandatory pest control,cassava