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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
considered. The objective of the CPHR is the prohibition of entry (Annex 1 and 2), the
prohibition of spread and, ultimately, in case of introduction/spread the eradication of pests;
the principles of quarantine and zero tolerance therefore apply in this case. The objective of
the S&PM regime is planting material quality, guaranteed through official examination; in
this case, the principle of quarantine does not apply, and the principle of zero tolerance may
apply in certain cases. From a review of the above ISPM No 2 provisions on pest
categorisation, against the objectives and tools of the PH and S&PM regimes, it is clear that
both sets of legislation provide suitable scope for inclusion of some RNQPs.
Departing from these two principles (quarantine (zero tolerance) and tolerance), a range of
options unfold, as presented below.
5.1.4.2 Options for consideration
In this context, the options identified for further consideration are as follows:
i. Status quo (PH remains quarantine regime, with some improvements);
ii. Zero tolerance regime: manage RNQPs by positioning within PH regime all HOs for
which zero tolerance is required;
iii. Specified tolerance regime: introduce RNQPs with threshold levels other than zero
within the PH regime, as a specific Annex to the Directive 2000/29/EC.
These options are described in the text below, in terms of what they would entail for the PH
and S&PM regimes, for a more direct comparison:
Option i: Quarantine regime (PH: RQPs; tolerance = 0)
• Objective: prevention of entry, establishment and spread of harmful organisms
that are not naturally indigenous to the EU territory
• Coverage CPHR: non-indigenous HOs (unless already spread throughout EU)
• Coverage S&PM: HOs requiring regulation to protect production/trade chain
(zero tolerance + RNQP)
• Consequences: HOs listed for other reasons than territorial protection move from
CPHR to S&PM, when desirable maintaining zero tolerance – example: certain
viruses.
Option ii: Zero tolerance regime (PH: RQPs + RNQPs; tolerance = 0)
• Objective: prevention of entry, establishment and spread of HOs which should
not be spread to free EU territory + prevention of spread of HOs whose spread
across the production chain from propagating material cannot be tolerated
• Coverage CPHR: all HOs for which a zero tolerance is required
• Coverage S&PM: all HOs for which a tolerance can be set or for which
"substantially free" is satisfactory
• Consequences: HOs with zero tolerance move from S&PM to CPHR – example:
Ditylenchus dipsaci, apple proliferation mycoplasm
Option iii: Specified tolerance regime (PH: RQPs T=0; RNQPs T ≥ 0)
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