Commodity risk assessment of Hamamelis mollis plants from the UK

Antonio Vicent Civera; Paula Baptista; Anna Berlin; Elisavet Chatzivassiliou; Jaime Cubero; Nik Cunniffe; Eduardo de la Pena; Nicolas Desneux; Francesco Di Serio; Anna Filipiak; Paolo Gonthier; Beata Hasiow-Jaroszewska; Herve 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.2026.9943

Commodity risk assessment of Hamamelis mollis plants from the UK

Antonio Vicent Civera
, Paula Baptista
, Anna Berlin
, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou
, Jaime Cubero
, Nik Cunniffe
, Eduardo de la Pena
, Nicolas Desneux
, Francesco Di Serio
, Anna Filipiak
, Paolo Gonthier
, Beata Hasiow-Jaroszewska
, Herve 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

Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

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Abstract

The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health 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 Hamamelis mollis 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 associated with the commodities were evaluated against specific criteria. Two EU regulated pests (Phytophthora ramorum non-EU isolates and Scirtothrips dorsalis), present in the UK and potentially associated with the commodity, were considered as relevant for this Opinion. No pests non-regulated in the EU were identified to be selected for further evaluation.

Original language	English
Article number	e9943
Number of pages	21
Journal	EFSA Journal
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2026.9943
Publication status	Published - 2026

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Keywords

Chinese witch hazel
European Union
Hamamelis mollis
pathway risk assessment
plant health
plant pest

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Civera, A. V., Baptista, P., Berlin, A., Chatzivassiliou, E., Cubero, J., Cunniffe, N., de la Pena, E., Desneux, N., Di Serio, F., Filipiak, A., Gonthier, P., Hasiow-Jaroszewska, B., Jactel, H., Landa, B. B., Maistrello, L., Makowski, D., Milonas, P., Papadopoulos, N. T., Susi, H., ... Potting, R. (2026). Commodity risk assessment of Hamamelis mollis plants from the UK. EFSA Journal, 24(2), Article e9943. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2026.9943

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Commodity risk assessment of Hamamelis mollis plants from the UK

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