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Obligatory struggles

Compulsory phytosanitary pest control is an intervention ordered by national or provincial ministerial decrees to combat quarantine or widespread harmful organisms that can cause serious damage to agriculture and the environment.

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28/07/2025

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These measures impose specific phytosanitary measures, such as the eradication of infested plants, treatments against vectors, or the prohibition of planting or handling of specific plants or plants. The aims of compulsory control are the eradication or containment of a harmful organism, to be implemented also by means of territorial surveillance and controls carried out by the provincial phytosanitary service.

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