1. Slovenian Plant Protection Organization
SI04-AG-02 EU TWINING PROJECT
“Effective phytosanitary control system”
Spain - Slovenia
Slovenian Plant Protection
Organization
Activity 2.1
MAFF, Phytosanitary Administration RS
Vlasta Knapič, Mojca Celar
Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 April 2006
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2. Slovenian Plant Protection Organization
Content
• Country profile
• Structure of the plant health
system
• Human and financial resources
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Slovenia
• Area: 20.273 km2
• forests: 63,3 %
• agricultural area: 30,5 %
• Utilised agricultural area: 509.709 ha
• arable land: 34 %
• permanent grassland: 60,5 %
• permanent crops: 5,5 %
• Length of state border: 1.322 km
• 50,7 % external EU border (from 1 May 2004)
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Main arable crops
• maize (for grains and silage): 74.337 ha (43% of
arable land)
• other cereals (wheat, barley, triticale, rye): 55.168
ha (32% of arable land)
• green fodder (except silage maize): 25.516 ha (15%
of arable land)
• potatoes: 6.832 ha (4% of arable land)
• seed potatoes: 86 ha
• sugar beet: 5.359 ha (3% of arable land)
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Permanent crops
• Fruit and olive orchards: 12.955 ha of which:
• extensive: 6.649 ha (52% of all orchards)
• plantations: 5.231 ha
• apples: 3.099 ha
• olive trees: 781 ha
• peaches: 643 ha
• pears: 284 ha
• cherries: 165 ha
• Vineyards: 16.556 ha
• Hopyards: 1.662 ha
• Nurseries (fruit and vine): 172 ha
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SI
Plant
health
organis
ation
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Central authority
Phytosanitary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia
• Plant Varieties and Seeds Division
• Plan Protection products Division
• Plant Health Division
• Legislation:
• Plant Health Act (OJ RS 45/01)
• Plant Protection Act (OJ RS 11/01)
• Agric. Seed and Propagating Material Act (OJ RS 58/02)
• Fertilisers Act (OJ RS 58/02)
• Plant Varieties Rights Act (OJ RS 86/98)
• Agricultural Act (genetic resources)
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PARS responsibilities
• Legislation drafting and its implementation
• Co-operation in policy making process and implementation of
policy
• Legislative and administrative tasks (registration of owners and
suppliers, plant varieties protection and registration,
authorisation of certification bodies, laboratories, etc. )
• Co-ordination of other official bodies, institutions, laboratories
carrying out research, expert, technical tasks
• Representing RS in EU Commission and Council bodies and
committees
• Representing RS in international organisations (FAO, IPPC,
EPPO, UPOV, ISTA, OECD…,)
• Exchange of information and reporting
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Phytosanitary inspection
• Organised within IRSAFF in 8 regional units
• 3 units inland phytosanitary control
• 5 units border and inland phytosanitary control
• 7 Border inspection posts:
• 3 road BIPs
• 1 rail BIP
• 1 airport BIP
• 1 port BIP
• 1 post BIP
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Forestry inspection
• 4 inspectors involved in phytosanitary matters
• Supervision at place of production of forestry plants
for planting
• Occasional official sampling for laboratory testing of
HO
• Ordering of phytosanitary measures (destruction of
plants, disinfection, disinsection, remedial measures,
etc.)
• Inspection and supervision of the public services
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Authorised institutions 1
Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
• routine diagnosis of nematodes, insects, fungi,
bacteria and selected viruses (fruit and field crops)
• survey coordination
 Globodera rostochiensis/pallida, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, Monilinia
fructicola, Phytophthora ramorum, Plum pox potyvirus, Bursaphelenchus
xylophilus, Agrobacterium vitis)
• seed quality testing, plant health control of
production of seed and planting material
• certification:
 Seed of agricultural and vegetable crop species
 Seed potatoes
 Vine propagating material
 Fruit propagating material and fruit plants
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Authorised institutions 2
Institute of Hop Research
• routine diagnosis and survey coordination of
Verticilium wilt on hops
• plant health control of production of seed and
planting material
• certification :
 hops propagating and planting material
National Institute of Biology
• routine test for identification and detection of
bacteria, phytoplasma and selected viruses, viroids
(ornamental and vegetables)
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Authorised institutions 3
Regional Agricultural and Forestry Institute Nova Gorica
• diagnosis of insects Homoptera, Thysanoptera in Diptera and
technical support, survey coordination (ESFY, Dryocosmus
kuriphilus)
Biotechnical Faculty-Agronomy
• diagnosis of insects: Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, some species from
Homoptera and storage pests
National Forestry Institute & Biotechnical faculty-forestry
• diagnosis and technical support of forestry pests and fungi
• plant health control of production of forestry plants for planting
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Official surveys in general
Laboratory Data processing
Harmful organism Coordination analyses
VIRUSES •PLUM POX VIRUS AIS AIS PARS + PIS
•PEPINO MOSAIC VIRUS PIS NIB
PHYTOPLASMA •GRAPE-WINE YELLOWS [BOIS NOIR, PARS NIB PARS + PIS
FLAVESCENCE DORÉE)
•ESFY RAFI – NOVA NIB PARS + PIS
GORICA
BACTERIA •ERWINIA AMYLOVORA PARS NIB PARS + PIS
•CLAVIBACTER + RALSTONIA PIS NIB PARS + PIS
INSECTS DIABROTICA AIS AIS PARS + AIS
Dryocosmus kuriphilus RAFI – NOVA
GORICA
FUNGI •VERTICILIUM .ALBO-ATRUM and V. IHRB IHRB PARS + IHRB
DAHLIAE
•PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM, AIS AIS PARS + AIS
P. CARNOVII and MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA
NEMATODES •BURSAPHELENCUS XYLOPHILUS
AIS AIS PARS + AIS
•GLOBODERA PALLIDA and GLOBODERA
ROSTOCHIENSIS
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FOOD Protection Organization
Minister
Annual contracts
Slovenian NPPO
PHYTOSANITARY ADMINISTRATION RS AGRICULTURAL
Director Plant Protection Dpt INSTITUTE OF
SLOVENIA
Dpt of Plant NATIONAL
Plant Protection Seeds and Plant Physiology & INSTITUTE OF
Plant Health Division Biotechnology BIOLOGY
Products Division Variety Rights Div.
SLOVENIAN HOP
Plant Protection Dpt RESEARCH
INSPECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FOOD INSTITUTE
Chief inspector
AUTH
ORI-
BIOTECHNICAL SED
Plant Protection Dpt FACULTY -
AGRONOMY INSTI-
TUTI-
Agricultural Phytosanitary
Food inspection Forestry inspection ONS
inspection inspection
Plant Protection Dpt KGZ NOVA GORICA
BIP Airport Brnik Unit Kranj
Unit Celje
BIP Port Koper Plant Protection Dpt KGZ MARIBOR
Unit Koper
BIP Jelšane (road)
Unit Murska Sobota
BIP Obrežje (road) Plant Protection Dpt KGZ NOVO MESTO
Unit Obrežje
Unit Nova Gorica
BIP Dobova (rail) Subunit Sežana
SLOVENIAN
Forestry Protection FORESTRY
BIP Gruškovje (road) Unit Maribor Dpt INSTITUTE & FORE
FACULTY STRY
INSTI-
TUTE
BIP Ljubljana (post) Unit Ljubljana SLOVENIAN
Forestry Protection
Dpt
FORESTRY 15 S
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Organisation of PPS
Bodies
 (1 – central authority) Phytosanitary Administration of RS, which is the
body of MAFF
 (2 inspection services) Inspectorate of RS for Agriculture, Forestry and
Food, which is the body of MAFF
 (5 laboratories) Public institutions authorised and contracted by the
Administration to supply diagnostic and other scientific and technical
work
 (2 lab in forestry) contracted by MAFF
 (2 certification bodies) Public institutions authorised by Administration
for plant health checks and plant passports
 Public Plant Protection service at 5 regional institutes
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Financial resources
• 100 % from state budget ( partly from
phytosanitary fees)
• Amount of funds is designated every year
• PARS ensures from the budget also funds for
diagnostics and technical work provided by
authorised laboratories
• lab diagnostics, pest risk analysis…
• monitoring and survey programmes
 harmful organisms, pesticide residues
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Human resources
Number of employees 1998 2005
PARS officials
Plant Health Division 2 4 (5)
Plant Varieties and Seeds Division 2+2 5
Phytosanitary inspection 37 30
(inspectors)
Official laboratories 4 16
(experts) (1/3 – 2/3)
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Thank you
for your attention …
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