With the increase in trade over the last decades, the risk of introducing new plant pests and diseases has increased. These can spread and lead to environmental damage, destruction of native plant species, substantial economic losses in agricultural production and an increase in the use of pesticides. Therefore measures to prevent their introduction and spread are essential. Harmful organisms (HOs) in plants and plant products imported into the EU or being traded within the EU itself are notified to the EUROPHYT-interceptions rapid alert system, which is managed by the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission. This network is used to monitor interception trends, as a basis for risk management by member countries and for taking EU measures to address particular risks. Notifications are immediately transmitted to all member plant health authorities and to the country of export. In relation to goods from Non-EU countries, the Annual Report shows that overall, the number of notifications increased by 4.4%. However, within this total, the main trends were an overall decrease in total number of interceptions due to the presence of HO and an increase in interceptions of wood packaging material (WPM) interceptions for both HO presence and non-compliance with ISPM 15. Three key components are highlighted:   •   2,607 notifications due to non-compliance of wood packaging material with international phytosanitary        requirements (ISPM 15), up by 30% from 2014;   •   2,136 notifications were due to the presence of harmful organisms (HOs), down by 11% from 2014;   •   1,805 notifications resulting from documentary problems (lacking or inappropriate phytosanitary certificate), up by        1% from 2014. For interceptions due to the presence of HOs, the main commodities intercepted at import were fruit and vegetables (72.3%), WPM (13.2%), cut flowers (5.1%) and planting material (2.4%). In response to the risks posed by the interception of certain commodities, the Commission has taken a number of measures, which have resulted in a drop in the number of interceptions of these imports from some countries, while work is ongoing to improve the situation in other cases. The Annual Report provides a wide range of analysis of the notifications made to the system in 2015 and describes measures taken by the Commission to address certain risks.