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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
5 Analysis of options for the future regime
EQ4: (Does the CPHR put appropriate emphasis on prevention in general) and what type
of additional provisions on prevention might be useful?
EQ 28: What options exist to strengthen and modernise the CPHR, so as to better reach its
objectives and serve the needs of society? Where is simplification possible, which areas
need more harmonisation, and how can this be achieved?
Following the evaluation of the past performance of the CPHR, possible options for the future
regime were developed, as follows:
A range of options were identified, based on the synthesis of the forward looking elements of
the general survey, the expert interviews and MS visits. The key options that emerged from
this process were grouped in themes to allow a systematic analysis in line with the
intervention logic (Table 5-1). These were presented in a 2-day conference to which MS CAs
and a wide range of stakeholders (industry; research bodies; other relevant departments of the
Commission and international organisations) were invited to participate, and a brief
consultation process was launched 267 . Following this process, a preliminary analysis of the
key options was made, as presented in this section.
In addition, a number of further possible improvements have been identified by the evaluation
in some areas, which concern issues for which a general consensus has already formed and
which are budget-neutral or have relatively limited financial implications for the CPHR
budget as such. These are presented in section 5.7.2 of this Report.
Table 5-1: Overview of themes for key options
Theme A: Definition of scope of CPHR
A.1: Invasive Alien Species
A.2: Natural spread
A.3: Positioning of RNQPs (plants for planting)
Theme B: Prevention strategies
B.1: At imports (risk analysis and targeting of risks)
B.2: Intra-EU (general surveillance and reporting
Theme C: Emergency action
Theme D: Functioning of the internal market
D.1: Plant Passport system
D.2: PZs - tightening the system (credibility issue)
Theme E: Incentives
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This involved an open discussion during the second day of the conference and the collection of comments
during a 2-week period after the conference.
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