Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Build the European food safety knowledge ecosystem, ensuring safe food as the basis for healthy diets and sustainable food systems.
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Summary
The purpose of this call is to develop pest survey cards to support the EU MSs in the preparation of pest surveys for 12 regulated pests in the EU. The work consists in characterising:
- the pests,
- the population of host plants targeted by the surveys and
- the methods of detection and identification for these pests and when possible grouping the pests.
Detailed Call Description
This call for proposal aims at identifying an Article 36 organisation to support EFSA for outputs related to the pest surveillance activities falling within the mission of the EFSA Plant Health Monitoring team.
In particular, EFSA has been requested by the European Commission DG SANTE to assist scientifically and technically the EU Member States in the plant pest surveys (M-2020-0114 see appendix 1) and to prepare pest survey cards for all the EU quarantine pests, the protected zone pest and provisional quarantine pests. A pest survey card is a document that aims at guiding the MSs in the characterisation of the pest, its host plants and the methods for its detection and identification.
The main objective of this call for proposal is to select a partner organisation to support EFSA in this task to support the MSs in the planning and preparation of robust surveys of regulated pests in line with the EU regulation in force i.e. following the general requirements for surveillance laid down in the Plant Health Law (EU) 2016/20319 for the quarantine pests listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/207210.
In particular, EFSA wishes to conclude a grant agreement with a partner organisation for preparing pest survey cards for the pests listed below:
- Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae [XANTOR]
- Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola [XANTTO]
- Colletotrichum gossypii [GLOMGO]
- Phymatotrichopsis omnivora [PHMPOM]
- Tilletia indica [NEOVIN]
- Anthonomus grandis [ANTHGR]
- Meloidogyne graminicola [MELGGC]
- Hirschmanniella spp. [1HIRSG]
- H. behningi [HIRSBE],
- H. gracilis [HIRSGR],
- H. halophila [HIRSHA],
- H. loofi [HIRSLO] and
- H. zostericola [HIRSZO]
- Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi [PHYPUL]
- Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens [CORBFL]
- Cowpea mild mottle virus [CPMMV0]
- Thaumetopoea pityocampa [THAUPI]
The collected and reviewed information are needed for characterising each taxon, (its vectors if any), its host plants and the methods for detection (more details on the required information is available in the schematic structure of pest survey cards (Appendix 2), i.e.:
- taxonomy, EU regulatory status, life/pathogen cycle, pest distribution, vectors,
- host range, environmental suitability,
- spread capacity, identification of risk factors,
- detection in the field (visual examination, trapping, sample collection, timing), identification in the lab (morphological identification, lab testing). For a univocal designation of field and lab methods, the EFSA classification of field and lab methods should be used.
- Grouping the pests according to the hosts they affect or to other characteristics of the ecology of the pests, addressing all the pests listed in Table 1.
- Draft the survey cards following the EFSA template for pest survey cards (will be provided at the Kick-off meeting.
Call Total Budget
Thematic Categories
- Agriculture - Farming - Forestry
- Agriculture - Food
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Rural development
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
To be eligible, applicants must be on the list of competent organisations designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) 2230/2004. This list is regularly updated by EFSA Management Board and is available for consultation using this link https://efsa.force.com/competentorganisations/s/
In order to achieve the main objective of the call, proposals can be submitted by one eligible organisation or by a consortium of eligible organisations. In case of a consortium, one of the partners must be identified in the proposal as the consortium leader. The applicant (consortium leader) is responsible for identifying consortium partners.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
For proper understanding of this call it is important to have clarity on the terminology regarding involved organisations and their roles.
Proposals submitted by a sole applicant: The Applicant submits the proposal to EFSA. There can be only one applicant in the proposal.
As soon as the grant agreement is signed, the applicant becomes the beneficiary. The beneficiary is liable for the technical implementation of the project as described in the proposal which becomes Annex 1 of the grant agreement.
The beneficiary:
- Communicates with EFSA;
- Receives and answers all claims EFSA might have in relation to the implementation of the project;
- Requests and reviews any documents or information required by EFSA and verifies their completeness and correctness before passing them to EFSA;
- Informs EFSA of any event that is likely to substantially affect the implementation of the project;
- Submits the deliverables and reports to EFSA;
- Requests and receives payments from EFSA.
Proposals submitted by consortium:
- The Applicant submits the proposal to EFSA on behalf of the consortium. The applicant is the leading entity of the consortium.
- The Partner is the other entity in the consortium. There can be a minimum of one partner or more partners.
Once the grant is awarded, the grant agreement is signed between EFSA and the applicant (leading entity of the consortium).
Partners do not sign the grant agreement directly but instead sign a mandate (template provided by EFSA) authorising the applicant to sign the grant agreement and any future amendments on their behalf.
As soon as the grant agreement is signed, the applicant becomes the Coordinator and partner/s become co-beneficiary/ies. The coordinator and co-beneficiary/ies are referred to as the beneficiaries.
The beneficiaries are jointly and severally liable for the technical implementation of the project as described in the proposal which becomes Annex 1 of the grant agreement. If a beneficiary fails to implement its part of the project, the other beneficiaries become responsible for implementing that part.
The coordinator has the following important roles:
- Takes part in implementing the project;
- Monitors the action is implemented properly;
- Act as intermediary for communication between the consortium and EFSA;
- Receives and answers all claims EFSA might have in relation to implementation of the project;
- Requests and reviews any documents or information required by EFSA and verifies their completeness and correctness before passing them to EFSA;
- Informs EFSA and the partner/s of any event that is likely to substantially affect implementation of the project;
- Submits the deliverables and reports to EFSA;
- Requests and receives payments from EFSA and distributes the funds to partner/s without unjustified delays.
The coordinator may not delegate the above-mentioned tasks to the co-beneficiary/ies or subcontract them to any third party.
The other beneficiary/ies:
- Take part in implementing the project;
- Forward to the coordinator the data needed to draw up reports, financial statements and other documents required under the grant agreement;
- Inform the coordinator of any event or circumstances likely to substantially affect or delay the implementation of the project.
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EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact: EFSAProcurement@efsa.europa.eu