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EU Plant Health Conference confirms need for more
public-private-partnership
Increasing global trade and movement of plant
material can only be met by a stronger cooperation of companies and
authorities

The European Commission invited private sector stakeholders
such as farmers, traders and seed industry together with representatives of EU
Member States’ authorities for a discussion on the next steps of the evaluation
process of the EU’s Plant Health Regime. The conference was attended by some 150
representatives and demonstrated the high level of interest from both public and
private sector in the evaluation exercise.

The conference was marked by
an intensive exchange of views and technical information and a good preparation
of discussions by Commission and evaluator.

ESA presented the seed
industry’s specificity and its requirements for a modernisation of the EU’s
plant health system underlining that all plant production starts with the seed
and that thus seed companies should be seen as a key partner of EU and national
authorities for a future plant health policy.

With increasing
globalisation and international trade and budget constraints in the public
sector, ESA as well as representatives of agricultural trade and farmers
confirmed the readiness of industry to take over more responsibility and tasks
in the area of plant health.

At the same time, all industry
representatives underlined that a change of approach towards a more cooperative
policy making and governance was required in this respect.

For more
information on the Conference, please click on the links below:

ESA Press
Release ESA_10.0191
(25.02.2010)

Evaluation homepage