Highly contagious pests, such as flavescence dorée, are a major threat to wine production, since they weaken grapevines by reducing productivity or entirely destroying vine stocks. As a cure is often difficult or impossible once vine stocks are infected, the only way of responding efficiently to the threat is through prevention and management interventions. In view of the high phytosanitary risks posed by such pests, and the importance of systematic and collective action to prevent their spread, it is appropriate to provide specific support for such actions. Consequently, a new type of intervention in the wine sector should be added to the list of types of intervention set out in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.
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