Epidemiological unitmeans a homogeneous area where the interactions between the pest, the host plants and the abiotic and biotic factors and conditions would result into the same epidemiology, should the pest be present.
Inspection unitmeans plants, plant parts, commodities, materials, pest vectors that had been scrutinised for identifying and detecting the pests.
Method sensitivitymeans the probability of a method to correctly detect pest presence.
specified pestmeans all life stages of the genus Pomacea (Perry);
specified plantsmeans plants for planting, other than seeds, that can only grow in fresh water or soil that is permanently saturated with fresh water;
the pest survey cardmeans the publication ‘Pest survey card on Pomacea spp.’ of the European Food Safety Authority.