Final report of a mission carried out in Portugal from 28 01 2002 to 1 02 2002 in order to audit the

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONHEALTH & CONSUMER PROTECTION DIRECTORATE-GENERALDirectorate F - Food and Veterinary OfficeDG(SANCO)/8501/2002 – MR FINALFINAL REPORT OF A MISSIONCARRIED OUT IN PORTUGALFROM 28/01/2002 TO 1/02/2002IN ORDER TO AUDIT THE PLANT HEALTH SYSTEMIN THE POTATO SECTOR"Please note that factual errors in the draft report have been corrected in bold, italic,type. Clarifications provided by the Portuguese Authorities are given as footnotes, inbold, italic, type, to the relevant part of the report".27/09/02 - 41280TABLE OF CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................52. MISSION DETAILS ...................................................................................................53. OBJECTIVES OF THE MISSION..............................................................................54. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE MISSION.........................................................................65. BACKGROUND .........................................................................................................65.1. Previous mission to Portugal concerning potatoes ............................................65.2. Importance of the potato production in Portugal ...............................................65.3. Potato trade in Portugal......................................................................................76. MAIN FINDINGS .............................. ...