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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
To date, eight MS have never used the PZ concept on their territory, including 4 new MS: BE,
BG, DE, HU, LU, NL, PL, RO. A majority of NMS established PZs on accession to the EU but
the larger NMS have not established any PZ to date. At present, 11 MS have no PZ on their
territory and, as the above table shows, more than two thirds of all PZs are located in only 6 MS:
UK, IE, EL, PT, FI, and FR.
The variation in rate of uptake of PZs is often seen as resulting from geographical reasons. For
example IE and the UK use the concept quite widely, mainly due to their island status, while
some landlocked MS (such as DE) have never used the possibility of protecting their territory via
PZs.
Different MS have adopted different approaches, with some defining PZs according to
administrative/legal areas, while others have based them on detailed geographical descriptions
using roads, etc. as boundaries (e.g. as in UK). Both approaches are justified in particular
circumstances, although interviewees have noted that these boundaries can be quite artificial in
the context of adopting effective plant health management measures.
Figure 3-13: Evolution of the number of PZs in EU MS since 1992
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16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
UK
0
In 1992 In 2001 In 2008 To date
Source: Compiled by FCEC based on Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008, Commission Directive
2001/32/EC and Commission Directive 1992/76/EC
In terms of the evolution of the number of PZs over time, in all MS except UK, a decrease over
this period can be observed.
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