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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
Notes on the presentation of the analysis of options:
In the presentation and analysis that follows, Option i under each theme is the status quo. In
some cases, this includes the minimum action that could be prescribed for some improvement
from status quo. Subsequent options assume that the improvements suggested under option i
are implicit (i.e. each subsequent option includes and expands on improvements of option i).
Similarly, where options are recommended beyond option i, the implicit assumption is made
that, where improvements have been proposed under option i, these will be followed.
The analysis of each option indicates preliminary anticipated impacts, advantages and
disadvantages.
The analysis of the ‗impact‘ of each option is based on various assumptions and current costs
or cost estimates (where available). Where a qualitative assessment is provided, in terms of
„low‟ – „medium‟ – „high‟, it is noted that the indicated scale of impact is relative between the
set of options presented under each Theme and cannot be compared across Themes (i.e. ‗low‘
under one Theme may not necessarily represent the same scale of impact as ‗low‘ under
another Theme).
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