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QUARANTINE
D. Coutinot, quarantine officer
The European Biological Control Laboratory is the major overseas laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The European Parasite Laboratory (EPL) established in 1919 in France and the Biological Control of Weeds Laboratory (BCWL) established in 1958 in Italy, were combined in 1991as the European Biological Control Laboratory.
The goal of the laboratory is to suppress invading Eurasian insect pests and weeds. The mission is to locate and characterize natural enemies: insects, mites and pathogens.
To meet the objectives of
EBCL and to meet the French and the European Economic Community regulations,
the EBCL laboratory has built two quarantines in a new facility in cooperation
with the French Plant Protection, especially Mr. G. Theissen (Mission Coopération
Phytosanitaire). The first agreement to run the operation was signed for
five years by the French authorities in October 1999
Initial agreement 1999 - valid until 2004. Prefectoral ordinance n°990946
October 21, 1999
"when wrote in 1999, some items where left in the original text of
the agreement. In 2004, during the process of the renewal of the EBCL agreement,
we agreed with the Chief of the Regional Plant Protection Service on the
way to renew the first agreement and the way to request a new agreement
for an extension.
New agreement - Prefectoral ordinance no. 040838 September 13, 2004: EBCL
is authorized to lead experiments for trials or scientific purposes on all
species of insects and mites, including quarantined species that are harmful
within the European Directive number 2000/29/CE. The agreement is valid
until 2009 under conditions. Extension of the quarantine agreement: Prefectoral
ordinance n°050235 April 20, 2005. Agreement of a vegetal quarantine
installation. EBCL is authorized to lead experiments for trials or scientific
purposes on soil, all species of wood and plants, including plants, plants
products and other products listed in annexes of the European Directive
n°2000/29/CE.
| The quarantine laboratories are under the responsibility of the laboratory Director: Dr. Walker Jones and the quarantine Officer: Mr. Dominique Coutinot. They control the access of the quarantines, the liaison between all teams, define protocol and procedures, assign space and supervise the procedures. |
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Mr. D. Coutinot is the liaison between ARS researchers/visiting scientists and the French authorities: Mr. M. Larguier, Direction Régionale Agriculture et Forêt Languedoc-Roussillon, Service Régional de la Protection des Végétaux, Montpellier. | |
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Letters of Authority for introduction and/or
movement of harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects
for trial or scientific purposes
2008
Reference |
Organism |
From |
Validity |
08LR001 |
Soil 100gr à 1 Kg | all countries | 2008 |
08LR003 |
Cerambycidae (Col. : Cerambycidae) | all countries | 2008 |
08LR004 |
A. glabripennis (Col. : Cerambycidae) | all countries | 2008 |
08LR005 |
A. chinensis (Col. : Cerambycidae) | all countries | 2008 |
08LR002 |
Fruit flies (Dipt. : Tephritidae) | all countries | 2008 |
08LR006 |
Planococcus ficus (Hem. : Pseudococcidae) | all countries | 2008 |
Experimentation in Italy: A. glabripennis & A. chinensis eggs and larvas.
Declarations of importation of Insects
| 07LR002 | Lygus & Miridae (Hem. : Miridae) | all countries | 2009 |
| 06LR001 | Nezara viridula (Hem. : Pentatomidae) | all countries | 2009 |
Declarations of importation of weeds
| 07LR003 | Arundo donax (Gramineae) | all countries | 2009 |
| 07LR004 | Cirsium arvense (Asteraceae) | all countries | 2009 |
| 07LR004 | Dipsacus spp. (Dipsacaceae) | all countries | 2009 |
| 07LR006 | Tamarix (Tamaricaceae) | all countries | 2009 |
| 06LR004 | Vincetoxicum (Asclepiadaceae) | all countries | 2008 |
Arrêté préfectoral n°040838 du 13 septembre 2004, de renouvellement d’agrément d’une installation de quarantaine végétale, pour mener des travaux à des fins d’essai ou à des fins scientifiques sur toutes espèces d’insectes et d’acariens, y compris les espèces nuisibles de quarantaine au sens de la directive européenne n°2000/29/CE.
Arrêté préfectoral n°050235 du 20 avril 2005, d’agrément d’une installation de quarantaine végétale, pour mener des travaux à des fins d’essai ou à des fins scientifiques sur la terre et toutes espèces de bois et végétaux, produits végétaux et autres produits, cités dans les annexes de la directive européenne n°2000/29/CE.