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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
not addressed, although international standards for PRA (IPPC: ISPM 11 and ISPM 21) and
current practice (EPPO, some countries) indicate it should include a cost benefit analysis.
As the results of the survey and interviews with relevant experts indicate, the availability of data
for PRAs is variable, with regard to the different components required, and in particular there is
lack of data and agreed methodologies concerning the quantification of economic impacts. One
of the tasks of the on-going PRATIQUE Project is indeed to assemble the datasets required to
construct PRAs valid for the whole of the EU. More elements on the limitations of the current
PRA methodology and practice are discussed in other sections of the report (i.e. in the context of
imports, emergency measures and research and scientific advice).
Revisions to the lists, which have been undertaken in the past, have not resulted in a reduction of
the HOs – but rather in an increase -, as views diverge among MS, depending on the MS and
relevant HO risks (in relation to production/trade domestic patterns). From the general survey
and the interviews conducted, it has emerged that there is need for a revision of the current lists
in the Directive: the majority of MS believe that there are some HOs which should be listed in
the Directive and some that should not be listed. Also, the need for a regular update of the list
was widely acknowledged, with a view to include new HOs of potential threat and delete those
HOs that are considered not necessary or feasible to control any longer.
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