The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Title, application and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001, shall apply to Wales and shall come into force on 1st July 2001.

Amendment of the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998

2.—(1) The Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998(1) shall be amended in their application to Wales in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “the Decision” there shall be substituted—

“the Decision” means Commission Decision 96/301/EC authorising member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt(2) as amended by the instruments listed in the Schedule to these Regulations;.

(2) After regulation 6 there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(3)

Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

26th June 2001