Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions provided for in Annex I shall apply.

[F1 1A. Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions which are not defined in this Regulation and appear in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council have the same meaning in this Regulation as they have in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.]

2. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘practically free from pests’ means the extent of presence of pests, other than [F2 GB] quarantine pests or [F3 PFA] quarantine pests, on the plants for planting or fruit plants, which is sufficiently low to ensure acceptable quality and usefulness of those plants;

(b) ‘official statement’ means a phytosanitary certificate, as provided for in Article 71 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, a [F4 UK] plant passport, as provided for in Article 78 of that Regulation, the mark on wood packaging material, wood or other objects, as referred to in Article 96 of that Regulation, or the official attestations as referred to in Article 99 of that Regulation;

(c) ‘systems approach’ means the integration of different risk management measures, at least two of which act independently, and which, when applied together, achieve the appropriate level of protection against [F5 GB quarantine pests, provisional GB quarantine pests and PFA quarantine pests];

[F6 (d) ‘EPPO code’, in relation to a pest, means the code for that pest in the EPPO code database maintained by the European and Meditteranean Plant Protection Organization;

(e) ‘wood packaging material’ means wood in the form of packing cases, boxes, crates, drums or similar packings, pallets, box pallets or other load boards, pallet collars or dunnage, whether or not actually in use in the transport of objects of any kind.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1527), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a))

F2 Word in Art. 2(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1527), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(i)(aa) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a))

F3 Word in Art. 2(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1527), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(i)(bb) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a))

F4 Word in Art. 2(2)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1527), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a))

F5 Words in Art. 2(2)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1527), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(iii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a))

F6 Art. 2(2)(d)(e) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1527), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(iv) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a))