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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
Country
NPPO is the
single
Authority
(art. 1(4) )
NPPO is the
responsible
Official Body
(art. 2.1(g))
Delegation
of Tasks
Tasks delegated to official bodies/legal
persons (see note)
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia 196
Spain
Sweden *
The
Netherlands
UK - -
Total 23 2 25 1 13 12 2 10 10 3 3 3 2 5 2
Note:
Delegated to public body, if not specified private (*)
Delegation of tasks: a. Coordination of official checks, controls and inspections; b. Conducting official checks,
controls and inspections; c. Conducting official laboratory analyses; d. Issuing phytosanitary certificates; e.
Carrying out pest risk assessments; f. Imposing measures; g. Drawing up contingency plans; h Drawing up and
implementing surveillance and monitoring programmes; i. Dealing with international organisations
Source: General survey results (Q 7.1.a, 7.1.b, 7.2.a)
All MS except one consider that the legal framework for defining the position of the Single
Authority and the Responsible Official Bodies is adequate to fulfil their duties. Only one MS
(DE) disagrees, considering that the legal framework defining the position of the single and
central authority (Art. 1(4) of the Directive) is not established in a clear and consistent
manner. According to this MS, in some implementing regulations, functions of this authority
are clearly defined; in similar situations in other implementing Regulations this is not the
case. Also the functions of this authority within the relevant MS are not clear enough in
regard to coordination (e.g. national guidelines, national reference functions).
In 13 MS, duties and tasks have been assigned or delegated to other bodies or legal persons
under the authority and supervision of the responsible official bodies. Such delegation mainly
concerns the conducting of official checks, control and inspections and the conducting of
official laboratory analysis and is generally done to public bodies.
Although the majority of MS CAs consider that the public resources devoted in their country
to the duties and tasks derived from the CPHR is not sufficient, most of them consider that
there is no need or opportunity for further delegation of tasks to other bodies or legal persons.
196
NPPO in Slovenia is composed of several competent bodies of which the Phytosanitary Administration of the Republic Slovenia is the
Single Authority.
FCEC 181