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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
2.3 Intervention logic and objectives
The intervention logic of the CPHR in terms of its global, specific and operational objectives
is presented in Figure 2-1. This has been developed based on the findings of the evaluation on
the understanding and implementation of the CPHR objectives during the evaluation period
(since 1993 to date).
As it currently stands, the objectives of the CPHR can be summarised as follows:
To protect the EU against the harm caused by the introduction (entry and
establishment) and spread of harmful organisms (HOs) injurious to plants and plant
products (intermediary objective);
thereby contributing to the Treaty objectives of increasing agricultural productivity,
maintaining farm incomes, securing food supply at reasonable prices (Art. 33 of the
Treaty) (global objective).
The key aim is to minimise within the EU the potential negative impacts of the various stages
of phytosanitary risk exposure: introduction, establishment and spread. As summarised above,
these impacts are expressed mainly in socio-economic terms.
To this end, the CPHR has developed in the course of its lifetime the following specific
operational objectives:
1. preventing the introduction (entry and establishment) of HOs not already present in
the Community;
2. preventing the spread of HOs not widely present within the Community; while,
3. ensuring free movement of plants and plant products within the EU, in particular
within the context of the Single Market established since 1993.
A series of measures are envisaged to this effect, as summarised in Table 2-2.
The control and management of HOs, in the event the HO becomes established, is an implicit
operational objective, with measures envisaged at national level and eligible for Community
financing under certain conditions (Articles 22-24 of the Directive).
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