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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
after clearance for trade within the EU; the majority of the interceptions presented below have
been on imports from third countries.
The total number of interceptions as recorded in the EUROPHYT database significantly
increased during the 2004-2006 period to reach a peak in 2006. This can certainly be explained
by the accession of 10 NMS in 2004. Since then a decrease of more than 20% has been observed,
moving from about 8,000 to 6,000 notifications from 2006 to 2009. Prior to 2004, there had also
been a similar pattern of decrease in the number of interceptions per year as that observed during
the 2006-09 period. EUROPHYT records notifications of interceptions both at point of import
and after clearance for trade within the EU; the majority of the interceptions recorded to date
have been on imports from third countries.
Figure 3-7: Number of interceptions recorded in EUROPHYT (1999-2009)
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Note: These statistics are based on declared data in EUROPHYT and may not present the full picture of the
situation in cases where MSs have not been notifying every year e.g. CZ, IE, and IT.
Source: Compiled by FCEC based on EUROPHYT data and FVO analysis
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