Assignment and Research Activities:

• Information and data management of notifications of interceptions and occurrences in the framework oft he European early warning system
• Participation in the development of plant health regulations and procedures • Information of the plant protection service about plant health measures
• Information about import of plants and plant products
• Technical implementation and support for TRACES („TRAde Control and Expert System“) at the federal level („Member State Administrator“) for plant health
• Participation in audits of plant protection services of the Laender

Participation/Memberships:

• Participation in the ad hoc Federal and Laender authorities for auditing of the plant protection services of the Laender
• Participation in the EU Expert Working Group for notification of outbreaks (EUROPHYT outbreaks)
• Participation in the EU Expert Working Group TRACES and the national Working Group TRACES in plant health
• Editorial working group at Federal and Laender level fort he „Multiannual National Control Plan (MNCP)“: plant health representative
• Participation in the EPPO ad hoc Panel ‚Plant Protection Information‘
• Participation in the EU Expert Working Group „Awareness Raising“
• Participation in several EU Expert Working Groups on delegated and implementing acts in the framework of the Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (i.a. exceptions for research and breeding purposes, import procedures, IMSOC)
• Participation in the ad hoc Federal and Laender Working Group plant health/plant protection for the EU-Control Regulation 2017/625
• German Phytomedical Society (DPG)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut