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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
1.3.2 Time period
The reference timeframe for this evaluation has been 1993 to 2008, i.e. from the start of the
internal market reform of the CPHR to date. It is noted that the CPHR as such is open ended.
1.3.3 Thematic coverage
The evaluation covered the entire CPHR policy area. This includes the entire Community
plant health acquis, its implementation in the Community and the relevant infrastructural and
budgetary support. The evaluation addressed EU phytosanitary obligations in the international
context, notably under the WTO-SPS Agreement, the IPPC, the EPPO, and the Convention on
Biodiversity (CBD) such as on invasive alien plant species (IAS) although it does not pertain
to the CBD and environmental policy as such. The evaluation also addressed the relationship
of the CPHR to related Community regimes.
The evaluation questions (EQs) were grouped by the ToR into 12 blocks, of which 5 (in bold
below) were covered in depth through the MS field visits:
A. Objectives and scope of the CPHR (including categorisation of HOs);
B. Surveillance of harmful organisms (THEME 1);
C. Import regime (THEME 2);
D. Intra-Community movement (THEME 3);
E. Protected zones and regionalisation (THEME 4);
F. Control measures for outbreaks and new findings (THEME 5);
G. Organisational issues;
H. Research and methodology development in support to CPHR;
I. Coherence with other Community regimes;
J. Social, economic and environmental impacts in relation to the objectives of the
regime;
K. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT); and
L. Forward-looking issues (second objective).
The purpose of the MS field visits has been the in-depth investigation into the issues explored
under this evaluation to capture – as extensively as possible – the range of viewpoints and
positions of the various MS and stakeholders.
For each of the above 12 groups, one or several EQs were analysed leading to a total of 28
EQs and related sub-questions 14 , while further elements for study were taken into account in
some cases.
The first 11 blocks mainly refer to the CPHR as it currently stands and as it has performed to
date, although certain elements pertain to the need and feasibility of carrying out reforms in
the regime.
14 Several EQs are split into a further set of questions.
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