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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
Source: compiled by FCEC based on the results of the specific cost survey
Considering that the costs of all these obligations are in terms of staff costs, bookkeeping
remains the most ‗cumbersome‘ obligation, followed by the obligation to compile a dossier
for registration.
Based on the data provided during the specific cost survey, the total annual amount of fees
paid by the private operators for the import checks and the inspections at the place of
production (compliance costs) is estimated at € 36,254,307 on average per year, of which
48.23% is related to imports checks and 51.77% is related to inspections at the place of
production.
In addition to these costs, which are calculated on an annual basis, there are the costs
associated to the implementation of measures to eradicate or, if this is considered impossible,
to inhibit the spread of the HO.
Very little data has been provided by private operators during the specific cost survey and the
interviews. Nevertheless, the available data indicates that costs incurred by private operators
can be very large as illustrated with the following cases:
Pine Wood Nematode in PT (1999-2008): almost € 40 million spent by land owners;
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid in NL (2006): between € 5 and 7 million spent by 60
growers for destruction of plants;
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Tulip Nematode) on tulip bulb in NL (every year): € 2 million on
average spent for cost survey, crop destruction and disinfection;
Erwinia amylovora on fruit trees in NL: between some thousands to € 20,000 per
producer for the destruction of plants;
Thrips palmi in UK (2001): €160,980 223 for one grower; and
Phytophthora ramorum in UK (2002-2006): €2,980,000 224 (value of destroyed plants
by industry).
3.11.4.3 CPHR costs for the European Commission
The analysis of the costs for the European Commission has included the costs incurred by DG
SANCO F4 (FVO), DG SANCO E1 and EFSA as follows:
DG SANCO F4: costs to manage EUROPHYT (obligation 4 – administrative), to check
the correct and uniform application of CPHR (obligation 6 – administrative) and to
produce an annual summary table/report for the regulated HO subject to compulsory
surveillance by the MS (obligation 11 – administrative);
DG SANCO E1 and SANCO 04: costs for the overall management of the CPHR
(obligation 12 – compliance) and for the treatment of solidarity dossiers, including the
223 £100,000 (average exchange rate 2001 : 1£=1,6089 €)
224 £2,000,000 (average exchange rate 2002-2006 : 1£=1,49€)
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