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

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 3140 (W.273)

PLANT HEALTH, WALES

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

Made

30 November 2009

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

2 December 2009

Coming into force

1 January 2010

The Welsh Ministers, with the consent of the Treasury, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Finance Act 1973(1) and now vested in them by virtue of section 59(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006(2).

Title, application and commencement

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2009.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 1 January 2010.

Amendments to the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2006

2.—(1) The Plant Health (Import Inspections Fees) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2006(3) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) For Schedule 2, substitute—

“SCHEDULE 2 IMPORT INSPECTION FEES (REDUCED RATES)

Genus	Quantity	Country of origin	Fee	Fee (non-daytime working hours)
Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount less than £0.01, that amount is to be excluded.”.
Cut flowers
Dianthus	Per consignment
	— up to 20,000 in number	Colombia	£0.39	£0.59
		Ecuador	£1.98	£2.97
		Kenya, Turkey	£3.31	£4.96
		Israel	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Colombia	£0.003	£0.004
		Ecuador	£0.01	£0.02
		Kenya, Turkey	£0.02	£0.03
		Israel	£0.05	£0.07
	— maximum price	Colombia	£3.71	£4.76
		Ecuador	£15.88	£23.83
		Kenya, Turkey	£26.48	£39.72
		Israel	£52.96	£79.44
Rosa	Per consignment
	— up to 20,000 in number	Ecuador	£0.39	£0.59
		Colombia	£0.66	£0.99
		Ethiopia, Kenya	£1.32	£1.98
		Tanzania	£1.98	£2.97
		Zambia	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Ecuador	£0.003	£0.004
		Colombia	£0.005	£0.007
		Ethiopia, Kenya	£0.01	£0.015
		Tanzania	£0.01	£0.02
		Zambia	£0.05	£0.07
	— maximum price	Ecuador	£3.17	£4.76
		Colombia	£5.30	£7.94
		Ethiopia, Kenya	£10.59	£15.88
		Tanzania	£15.88	£23.83
		Zambia	£52.96	£79.44
Fruit
Citrus	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Turkey	£0.39	£0.59
		Morocco	£0.66	£0.99
		Israel, Uruguay, USA	£1.98	£2.97
		Egypt, Mexico	£3.31	£4.96
		Peru	£4.63	£6.95
		Honduras	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Turkey	£0.01	£0.02
		Morocco	£0.02	£0.03
		Israel, Uruguay, USA	£0.07	£0.11
		Egypt, Mexico	£0.13	£0.19
		Peru	£0.18	£0.27
		Honduras	£0.26	£0.39
Malus	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Chile	£0.92	£1.39
		Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa	£1.32	£1.98
		Brazil	£1.98	£2.97
		China, USA	£3.31	£4.96
	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Chile	£0.03	£0.05
		Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa	£0.05	£0.07
		Brazil	£0.07	£0.11
		China, USA	£0.13	£0.19
Mangifera	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Brazil	£1.32	£1.98
	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Brazil	£0.05	£0.07
Passiflora	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Colombia, Kenya	£1.32	£1.98
		Zimbabwe	£4.63	£6.95
		South Africa	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Colombia, Kenya	£1.32	£1.98
		Zimbabwe	£0.18	£0.27
		South Africa	£0.26	£0.39
Prunus	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Chile, South Africa, Turkey	£1.32	£1.98
		Argentina	£4.63	£6.95
		USA	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Chile, South Africa, Turkey	£0.05	£0.07
		Argentina	£0.18	£0.27
		USA	£0.26	£0.39
Psidium	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Brazil	£9.93	£14.89
	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Brazil	£0.39	£0.58
Pyrus	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Argentina, South Africa	£1.98	£2.97
		Chile, China	£4.63	£6.95
	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Argentina, South Africa	£0.07	£0.11
		Chile, China	£0.18	£0.27
Vegetables
Solanum melongena	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Turkey	£1.32	£1.98
	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Turkey	£0.05	£0.07

Elin Jones

Minister for Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

30 November 2009

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2832 (W.253)) (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No L 169, 10.7.00, p.1) (“the Directive”), 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.

The Directive contains a procedure (Articles 13a(2), 13d(2) and 18(2)) for setting reduced rates of inspection for imports of certain plants and plant products and for charging fees at a proportionately reduced rate. Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations sets out the fees for reduced rate inspections and these Regulations amend that Schedule to set out the fees corresponding to the latest rates of inspection. 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:

Genus	Country of origin	Previous rate of inspection	Initial fee (4)	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%(5)	—
Rosa	Uganda	50%	£6.62	100%(5)	—
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

(1)

1973 c. 51.

(2)

2006 c. 32.

(3)

S.I. 2006/2832 (W.253) as last amended by S.I. 2009/398 (W.43).

(4)

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.

(5)

Consignments subject to an inspection rate of 100% are excluded from the reduced rate of inspection scheme and are subject to the import inspection fees specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.