Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1231Show full title

2. Elements of the annual report concerning statistically based annual results of the surveys for [F1 GB] quarantine pests, in areas where the pests are not known to be present, applicable when statistically based surveys were carried out U.K.

2.1. Template U.K.

Report of statistically based annual results of the surveys for certain [F2 GB] quarantine pests and certain pests subject to the measures of Articles 29 and 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of [year] (optional, unless specifically required by the legislation, and its use replaces the use of Template 1.1)

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Annex 1 Pt. 2 para. 2.1 substituted (E.W.S.) (20.4.2021) by The Official Controls, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/426), regs. 1(2), 5(4)(b)(v)

1. Pest	2. Geographical location	3. Survey sites	4. Timing	A. Survey definition (input parameters for RiBESS+)																B. Sampling effort							C. Results of the survey								22. Comments
				5. Target population			6. Epidemiological units		7. Detection methods				8. Sampling effectiveness	9. Method sensitivity	10. Risk factors (activities, locations and areas)					11. N° of epidemiological units inspected	12. N° of visual examinations	13. N° samples	14. N° of traps	15. N° of trapping sites	16. N° of tests	17 N° of other measures	18 Results				19. Notification number(s) of the outbreaks notified, as applicable, in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715		20. Achieved Confidence level	21. Design prevalence
				Host species	Area (ha or other more relevant unit))	Inspection units	Description	Units	Visual examinations	Trapping	Testing	Other measures			Risk factor	Risk levels	N° of locations	Relative risks	Proportion of the host plant population								Positive	Negative	Undetermined	Number(s)		Date(s)

2.2. Instructions on how to fill in the template U.K.

Explain the underlying assumptions for the survey design per pest. Summarise and justify:

• The target population, epidemiological unit and inspection units

• The detection method and method sensitivity

• The risk factor(s), indicating the risk levels and corresponding relative risks and proportions of host plant population

For column 1: Indicate the scientific name of the pest (as listed in Annex II of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 or in any specific measure for a given pest). U.K.

For column 2: Indicate the geographical locations where the survey took place, using preferably the lower NUTS levels available. U.K.

For column 3: Indicate the survey sites, using more than one row per pest when required by the specific legal pest survey requirements. Please, always report the surveys carried out in Authorised places of production, in a different row. When using the option ‘other’, please specify what it is: U.K.

1. Open air (production area): 1.1 field (arable, pasture); 1.2. orchard/vineyard; 1.3. nursery; 1.4. forest; U.K.

2. Open air (other): 2.1. private gardens; 2.2. public sites; 2.3. conservation area; 2.4. wild plants in areas other than conservation areas; 2.5. other, with specification of the particular case (e.g. garden centre, commercial sites that uses wood packaging material, wood industry, wetlands, irrigation and drainage network, etc.); U.K.

3. Physically closed conditions: 3.1. greenhouse; 3.2. private site, other than greenhouse; 3.3. public site, other than greenhouse; 3.4. other, with specification of the particular case (e.g. garden centre, commercial sites that uses wood packaging material, wood industry). U.K.

For column 4: Indicate the months of the year when the surveys were carried out. U.K.

For column 5: Indicate the chosen target population providing accordingly the list of host species and area covered. The target population is defined as the ensemble of inspection units. Its size is defined typically for agricultural areas as hectares, but could be lots, fields, greenhouses etc. Please justify the choice made in the underlying assumptions. Indicate the inspection units surveyed. ‘Inspection unit’ means plants, plant parts, commodities, materials, pest vectors that had been scrutinised for identifying and detecting the pests. If the area of the target population is not available, indicate N/A and include the number of inspection units that compose the target population. U.K.

For column 6: Indicate the epidemiological units surveyed, indicating its description and unit of measurement. ‘Epidemiological unit’ means a homogeneous area where the interactions between the pest, the host plants and the abiotic and biotic factors and conditions would result into the same epidemiology, should the pest be present. The epidemiological units are a subdivision of the target population that are homogenous in terms of epidemiology with at least one host plant. In some cases the whole host plant population in a region/area/country may be defined as epidemiological unit. They could be NUTS regions, urban areas, forests, rose gardens or farms, or hectares. The choice shall be justified in the underlying assumptions. U.K.

For column 7: Indicate the methods used during the survey including the number of activities in each case, depending on the specific legal pest survey requirements of each pest. Indicate with N/A when the information of certain column is not available. U.K.

For column 8: Indicate an estimation of the sampling effectiveness. Sampling effectiveness means the probability of selecting infected plant parts from an infected plant. For vectors, it is the effectiveness of the method to capture a positive vector when it is present in the survey area. For soil, it is the effectiveness of selecting a soil sample containing the pest when the pest is present in the survey area. U.K.

For column 9: ‘Method sensitivity’ means the probability of a method to correctly detect pest presence. The method sensitivity is defined as the probability that a truly positive host is detected and confirmed as positive and it is not misidentified. It is the multiplication of the sampling effectiveness (i.e. probability of selecting infected plant parts from an infected plant) by the diagnostic sensitivity (characterised by the visual examinations and/or laboratory test used in the identification process). U.K.

For column 10: Provide the risk factors in different rows, using as many rows as necessary. For each risk factor indicate the risk level and corresponding relative risk and proportion of host plant population. U.K.

For column B: Indicate the details of the survey, depending on the specific legal pests survey requirements for each pest. Indicate with N/A when the information of certain column is not applicable. The information to be provided in these columns is related to the information included in the column 7 ‘Detection methods’. U.K.

For column 15: Indicate the number of trapping sites in case this number differs from the number of traps (Column 14) (e.g. the same trap is used in different places). U.K.

For column 18: Indicate the number of samples found positive, negative or undetermined. ‘Undetermined’ are those analysed samples for which no result was obtained due to different factors (e.g. below detection level, unprocessed sample-not identified, old, etc.). U.K.

For column 19: Indicate the outbreak notifications of the year when the survey took place. U.K.

For column 20: Indicate the sensitivity of the survey, as defined in ISPM 31. This value of the achieved confidence level of pest freedom is calculated based on the examinations (and/or samples) performed given the method sensitivity and the design prevalence. U.K.

For column 21: Indicate the design prevalence based on a pre-survey estimate of the likely actual prevalence of the pest in the field. The design prevalence is set as a goal of the survey and corresponds to the compromise the risk managers are making between the risk of having the pest and the resources available for the survey. Typically, for a detection survey a value of 1 % is set. U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Annex 1 Pt. 2 para. 2 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (20.4.2021) by The Official Controls, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/426), regs. 1(2), 5(4)(b)(iv)