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First outbreaks of the pine wood nematode in Portugal and in Europe were reported in May 1999 on the Setúbal Peninsula (about 30 km from Lisbon) on Pinus pinaster. The demarcated zone originally 306 000 ha, currently covers the whole Portuguese mainland and the Island of Madeira. In Spain this nematode was reported first time in Nevember 2008 in Extramadura region (close to the border with Portugal) on one tree of Pinus pinaster with the symptoms of the pine wilt disease. In Portugal the current efforts to reduce the pine wood nematode spread are not effective enough. Because of a risk of the pine wood nematode occurrence in other part of Europe, all countries of the European Union take action to prevent further spread of the nematode on their territory.