2002 No. 518

PLANT HEALTH

The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 13th December 2002.

Amendment of the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Scotland) Regulations 20012

1

The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Scotland) Regulations 20012 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

In the Schedule–

a

in the column headed “Instrument”, after the entry “Commission Decision 2001/664/EC”, there is added the entry “Commission Decision 2002/903/EC”3; and

b

in the column headed “Reference”, after the entry “O.J. No. L 233, 31.08.01, p.49”, there is added the entry “ O.J. No. L 312, 15.11.02, p.28”.

ROSS FINNIEA member of the Scottish ExecutivePentland House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement in Scotland Commission Decision 2002/903/EC (O.J. No. L 312, 15.11.02, p.28) amending Commission Decision 96/301/EC (“the principal Decision”) (O.J. No. L 115, 9.5.96, p.47) authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith (now referred to as Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.) as regards Egypt. The Regulations add Commission Decision 2002/903/EC to the list of instruments amending the principal Decision contained in the Schedule to the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/421) (regulation 2). Decision 2002/903/EC renews the framework within which potatoes may be imported from Egypt into the territory of the European Community during the 2002/2003 season.

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been carried out in respect of the extension of these controls to the 2002/2003 season.