One of the last actions of Espinosa is the implementation of the action plan for the Canary Islands.

THIS IS A SET OF ACTIONS TO IMPROVE PHYTOSANITARY CONTROL IN PORTS AND AIRPORTS.

The outgoing Minister of the Environment and Rural and Marine Environment pointed out that the specificity of the Canary Islands makes it necessary for phytosanitary control to be differentiated to protect its agricultural production and preserve its biodiversity..

In this sense, Elena Espinosa has indicated that the provisions of the Plan of Measures for the improvement of Foreign Health Services have been implemented., at the border inspection posts of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, to improve phytosanitary control at the border in the Canary Islands.

The Minister still indicated in the Senate that the fundamental instrument for compliance with the regulations and phytosanitary control at the border is the Plant Health Inspection Service at the Points of Entry., which carries out its work on plants and plant products from third countries and the EU, including those of the Peninsula.

Also, recalled that in the last follow-up meeting of the AGE-Canary Islands Collaboration Agreement, the past 20 of July, Cnarias was urged to maintain greater coordination and communication with the Ministry and with the CCAA of origin of the goods.

The specificity of the Canary Islands and its agroclimatic characteristics make it necessary for this phytosanitary control to be differentiated to protect its agricultural production and preserve its biodiversity., Elena Espinosa explained, in one of her last appearances as Minister.