The Commission has started the publication of a trade alert list for plant health. This lists particular trades (commodity/exporting country combinations) into the EU that are intercepted most frequently with organisms harmful to plants. The list is intended to draw the attention of the relevant plant health authorities and other stakeholders to certain trades, for which the EU Member States and Switzerland have identified frequent phytosanitary risks – as a first step in having these risks addressed. The detailed criteria for listing of countries, commodities and harmful organisms are published together with the list itself.