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Good practices against FD

What was done elsewhere, who did it first, how well proven it is, and what it would take in Hungary. Collected experience, not an official requirement.

good practices: 138
what did not work: 25
experimental: 3

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Good practiceSurveillanceMandatory joint survey with a costly buy-outFirst: Burgundy (FR) · 2012

Good practiceSurveillanceGrowers check every vine in the zone each yearFirst: Canton of Vaud (CH) · 2016

Good practiceSurveillanceTrained growers search, specialists confirmFirst: France (national framework) · 2021 at the latest

Good practiceSurveillanceSurvey everything first, only then spray lessFirst: Libournais (Gironde) (FR) · 2007

Good practiceDataWeighted measure of how thorough the survey wasFirst: Occitanie (FR) · 2019

Good practiceSurveillanceRisk-based, statistically sized official samplingFirst: Austria · 2007

Good practiceSurveillanceOne walk-through, several pestsFirst: Greece · 2024 at the latest

Good practiceDataA risk map shows where to lookIn research: Bordeaux (Gironde) (FR) · no year

Good practiceSurveillancePublicly funded surveys by grower organisationsFirst: Piedmont (IT) · 2016

Good practiceDataPenalty-free survey so surveyors are let inFirst: Veneto (IT) · 2022

Good practiceVector controlFewer sprays when survey and traps are cleanFirst: Libournais (Gironde) (FR) · 2007

Good practiceVector controlPublished leafhopper counts decide on sprayingFirst: France · 2004 at the latest

Good practiceVector controlGrowers monitor leafhoppers with yellow sticky trapsFirst: Portugal · 2023

Good practiceVector controlSeparate rules for organic vineyardsFirst: Slovenia · 2023

Good practiceVector controlBee-friendly spraying and bee monitoringFirst: Gavi (Piedmont) (IT) · 2018

Good practiceVector controlClean machines, right order: do not spread leafhoppersFirst: Champagne, Pays de la Loire (FR) · 2026 at the latest

Good practiceVector controlPergola and home-garden vines must be treated tooFirst: Canton of Ticino (CH) · 2026 at the latest

Good practiceVector controlEmergency product only on official instructionFirst: Switzerland · 2026 at the latest

Good practiceVector controlJoint product procurement for mandatory zonesFirst: Canton of Valais (CH) · 2024

Good practiceVector controlChecking the work of contract sprayersFirst: Veneto (IT) · 2025 at the latest

Good practiceVector controlSkip treatment only as a controlled trialNo first adopter documented

Good practiceVector controlLeafhopper-free areas exempted from sprayingAs a proposal: Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin (Alsace) (FR) · 2027 (plan)

Good practiceVector controlSpraying decided by the pathogen's typeFirst: Burgundy (FR) · 2020 at the latest

Good practiceVector controlPre-agreed treatment in protected areasFirst: CHKO Pálava (CZ) · 2024 at the latest

Good practiceUprootingRemove the diseased vine at once, roots and allFirst: Canton of Ticino (CH) · 2018

Good practiceUprootingIn a confirmed zone, symptoms suffice for removalFirst: Slovakia · 2025

Good practiceUprootingRemoval in a strip around the diseased vine tooFirst: Catalonia (ES) · 2023 at the latest

Good practiceUprootingStricter or multi-year removal thresholdFirst: Styria (AT) · 2023

Good practiceUprootingRemoval threshold based on costsNo first adopter documented

Good practiceUprootingHave bois noir vines removed tooFirst: Canton of Vaud (CH) · 2023 at the latest

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsSimple test of when a vineyard is abandonedFirst: Saxony (DE) · 1997

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsAbandoned vineyards in infected zones must goFirst: Catalonia (ES) · 2007

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsStep-by-step procedure for abandoned vineyardsFirst: Gironde (FR) · 2013 at the latest

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsIf the grower does not remove, it is done at their costFirst: Catalonia (ES) · 2007

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsThe municipality clears ownerless vineyardsFirst: Croatia · 2025

Good practiceDataSurveyors should see who owns an abandoned vineyardNo first adopter documented

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsVineyard exchange before vineyards go fallowFirst: Rhineland-Palatinate (Mosel) (DE) · 2025 at the latest

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsInvolving residents and councils against feral vinesFirst: Gironde (Rions) (FR) · 2021

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsRoad and rail operators must clear feral vines tooFirst: Italy (national) · 2023

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsFewer sprays as a reward for clearing feral vinesFirst: Diois (Drôme) (FR) · 2022

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsCorrect clearing technique and cost tableFirst: Gironde (Aquitaine) (FR) · 2013 at the latest

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsPermit to burn removed vinesFirst: Slovakia · 2025

Good practiceAbandoned vineyardsRules should cover table and hobby grapes tooNo first adopter documented

Good practicePropagating materialMandatory hot-water treatment for grafted vinesFirst: Burgundy (FR) · 2009

Good practicePropagating materialVoluntary nursery commitment and quality labelFirst: Piedmont (IT) · 2007

Good practicePropagating materialBuffer strip around propagation sitesFirst: Slovenia (100 m strip) · 2014

Good practicePropagating materialPropagation-material lockdown in infected zonesFirst: Vaud (Bursins, Gilly) (CH) · 2020

Good practicePropagating materialLeafhopper in a nursery trap: hot water mandatoryFirst: Portugal · 2023

Good practicePropagating materialPrescribed number of insecticide sprays in nurseriesFirst: Piedmont (IT) · 2006

Good practicePropagating materialNotification and lab testing before plantingFirst: Serbia · 2005

Good practicePropagating materialNursery finding: trace back the whole batchFirst: Pays de la Loire (FR) · 2022

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingLocal grower control group with an official roleFirst: Douro (PT) · 2003

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingMandatory per-hectare FD levy for allFirst: Cognac (FR) · 2013

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingPlant-protection consortium with mandatory membershipFirst: Emilia-Romagna (IT) · 1996

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingAgronomist team with shared softwareFirst: WINETWORK (several EU wine regions) (EU) · 2015

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingJoint operational plan and crisis groupFirst: Hungary · 2014

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingMandatory action plan for the sectorAs a proposal: France (draft decree) · 2027 (plan)

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingTwo kinds of zone: eradication and containmentFirst: France · 2022

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingKnown in advance: conditions for lifting a zoneFirst: Vaud (La Côte) (CH) · 2021 at the latest

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingPreventive decree before the first findingFirst: Lower Austria · 2026

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingUniform national template for zone decreesFirst: Slovakia · 2023

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingLocal co-funding: chamber, bank, municipalityFirst: Conegliano (IT) · 2021 at the latest

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingNational model rules for wine communitiesFirst: Hungary · 2025

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingWine community sprays for elderly members without machinesFirst: Mór (and other wine communities) (HU) · 2026 at the latest

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingFrom growers' proposal to legislationFirst: Burgenland (AT) · 2025

Good practiceOrganisation & fundingPlant health as a shared cause, with open dataFirst: France (Co-Act programme) · no year

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsGraduated sanctions: warn first, then fineFirst: Gironde (FR) · 2016 at the latest

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsEnforcement in public figuresFirst: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (FR) · 2021 at the latest

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsSupport and rights only for those who complyFirst: Ticino (CH) · 2014

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsDecisions that stand up in courtNo first adopter documented

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsList enforcement obstacles before legislatingNo first adopter documented

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsTargeted inspection where foci convergeFirst: France · 2020

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsMeasuring compliance from product salesNo first adopter documented

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsSupport for the weak linkNo first adopter documented

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsWritten rules for cooperationNo first adopter documented

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsAttendance sheet at joint walk-through surveysFirst: France (HVE) · 2024

Good practiceIncentives, sanctionsNo loss of support for those under mandatory controlFirst: Slovakia · 2025