(3) Potential economic, social and environmental impact of the pest

Infestations of the plants for planting referred to in point (2) with the pest shall have an unacceptable economic impact on the intended use of those plants as regards one or more of the following points: crop losses in terms of yield and quality; extra costs of control measures; extra costs of harvesting and grading; costs of replanting; losses due to the necessity of growing substitute plants; effects on existing production practices; effects on other host plants at the place of production; effects on the establishment, spread and impact of other pests due to the capacity of the pest concerned to act as a vector for those other pests; effects on producer costs or input demands, including control costs and costs of eradication and containment; effects on producer profits that result from changes in production costs, yields or price levels; changes to domestic or foreign consumer demand for a product resulting from quality changes; effects on domestic and export markets and prices paid; effects on employment.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.