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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report<br />

DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)<br />

3.3 Surveillance provisions<br />

This section summarises the findings of the evaluation on the CPHR performance to date, taking<br />

into consideration EQ 6 (area B) of the ToR.<br />

EQ6: What provisions exist in Member States for general surveillance for the presence of<br />

listed organisms, non-listed organisms, and organisms for which emergency measures are in<br />

place, in relation to pest status, and how are they implemented?<br />

The aim of surveillance is to monitor the emergence and evolution of new risks so as to provide<br />

early warning. Surveillance in the field of plant health can be distinguished into: a) general<br />

monitoring, b) import monitoring, c) export monitoring and d) area-wide monitoring (more<br />

details are provided in Annex I, Theme I).<br />

General surveillance is currently carried out entirely on a voluntary basis. The only obligations<br />

established at EU level are in the case of emergency and control measures, and in protected zones<br />

(PZs).<br />

3.3.1 Compulsory surveillance<br />

The CPHR specifies that surveillance is compulsory in protected zones, under certain emergency<br />

measures and control measures as follows:<br />

<br />

<br />

Article 2(1)(h) of Directive 2000/29/EC requires that MS shall conduct regular and<br />

systematic surveys for the presence of the organism in respect of the protected zone that has<br />

been recognized. The implementation of the PZ system is being discussed in Section 3.6.<br />

Emergency Commission Decisions and control measures Council Directives provide that MS<br />

shall conduct official specific surveys for the presence of HOs in the EU. The<br />

implementation of these Directives is being discussed in Section 3.7.<br />

The list of mandatory surveillance plans is defined in the relevant legislation, as follows:<br />

Table 3-4: List of obligations for mandatory surveillance in the MS<br />

Emergency measures<br />

Emergency measures against<br />

Thrips palmi as regards<br />

Thailand<br />

Emergency measures against<br />

Phytophthora ramorum<br />

Emergency measures against<br />

Diabrotica virgifera<br />

Emergency measures against<br />

Pepino mosaic virus *<br />

Emergency measures against<br />

Pinewood nematode<br />

Commission Decision 98/109/EC<br />

Commission Decision<br />

2002/757/EC<br />

Commission Decision<br />

2003/766/EC<br />

Commission Decision<br />

2004/200/EC<br />

Commission Decision<br />

2006/133/EC as last amended by<br />

Decision 2009/420/EC<br />

Requirement for establishment<br />

of an official survey programme<br />

NO<br />

YES (Article 6(1))<br />

Reporting by Dec. 1 st of each year<br />

YES (Article 6(1))<br />

Reporting by Dec. 31 st of each year<br />

YES (Article 4)<br />

YES (Article 3(B) and Article 4)<br />

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