The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No L 169, 10.7.00, p.1) as last amended by Commission Directive 2009/7/EC of 10 February 2009 (OJ No L 40, 11.2.2009, p.12), which requires Member States to charge fees to cover the costs occasioned by the documentary checks, identity checks and plant health checks of certain imports of plants, plant products and other objects from third countries.

These Regulations amend Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, to give effect to the latest agreed reduced rates for inspections of certain material. (Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations includes provision for reduced rates for certain plants and plant products agreed under the procedure provided for in Articles 13d(2) and 18(2) of the Directive.) The changes to the fees made by these Regulations, which are set at a proportion of the standard fee (described in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations) corresponding to the rate of inspection, are based on the agreed inspection rates set out below:

(1) Initial fee per consignment for cut flowers (up to 20,000 in number) and fruit and vegetables (up to 25,000 kg in weight). Corresponding fees are set in the Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime working hours.
(2) Consignments subject to an inspection rate of 100% are excluded from the reduced rate inspection scheme and are subject to the import inspection fees specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.
(3) New rates apply from 25th September 2009. Other changes apply from 1st January 2010.
Genus	Country of origin	Previous rate of inspection	Initial fee(1)	New rate of inspection	Initial fee, specified in Schedule 2
Cut Flowers
Dianthus	Israel	35%	£4.63	50%	£6.62
Dianthus	Kenya	10%	£1.32	25%	£3.31
Rosa	India	50%	£6.62	100%(2) (3)	-
Rosa	Uganda	50%	£6.62	100%(2) (3)	-
Rosa	Zambia	25%	£3.31	50%	£6.62
Fruit
Mangifera	Brazil	5%	£0.66	10%	£1.32
Psidium	Brazil	100%	£13.24	75%	£9.93
Prunus	Argentina	25%	£3.31	35%	£4.63
Pyrus	Argentina	25%	£3.31	15%	£1.98
Pyrus	China	50%	£6.62	35%	£4.63
Citrus	Honduras	75%	£9.93	50%	£6.62
Citrus	Israel	25%	£3.31	15%	£1.98
Citrus	Peru	25%	£3.31	35%	£4.63
Vegetables
Solanum melongena	Turkey	15%	£1.98	10%	£1.32

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on the cost of business.