(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/613). It implements Commission Implementing Decision 2018/490 repealing Decision 2007/365/EC on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and spread within the Community of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (OJ L 81, 23.3.2018, p.22). Decision 2007/365/EC (OJ L 139, 31.5.2007, p.24) provided for measures to prevent the introduction of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier), however, despite those measures, that organism is nonetheless widespread throughout the European Union. Therefore, that Commission Decision has been repealed.