2019 No. 180
Plant Health, England

The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 19731.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st March 2019.

Amendment of the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 20182.

For Schedule 2 to the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 20182 substitute—

“SCHEDULE 2Import inspection fees: reduced rates

Regulation 3(2)(c)

Column 1

Genus

Column 2

Country of origin

Column 3

Fee (£)

Cut flowers

Aster

Zimbabwe

25.07

Dianthus

Colombia

1.00

Ecuador

5.01

Kenya

1.67

Turkey

5.01

Rosa

Colombia

1.00

Ecuador

0.33

Ethiopia

1.67

Kenya

3.34

Tanzania

16.71

Zambia

3.34

Branches with foliage

Phoenix

Costa Rica

32.33

Fruit

Citrus

Egypt

43.08

Morocco

1.72

Peru

5.74

Tunisia

43.08

Turkey

1.72

USA

14.36

Citrus limon and citrus aurantifolia

Israel

14.36

Malus

Argentina

20.11

Brazil

28.73

Chile

2.87

New Zealand

5.74

South Africa

2.87

Mangifera

Brazil

28.73

Passiflora

Colombia

4.02

Kenya

14.36

South Africa

20.11

Vietnam

14.36

Zimbabwe

28.73

Prunus

Argentina

43.09

Chile

5.74

Morocco

28.73

Turkey

20.11

USA

28.73

Prunus, other than prunus persica

South Africa

2.87

Pyrus

Argentina

8.62

Chile

8.62

China

28.73

South Africa

5.74

Vaccinium

Argentina

14.36

Vegetables

Solanum lycopersicon

Canary Islands

2.87

Morocco

2.87

Solanum melongena

Turkey

14.36”

Gardiner of Kimble
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

We consent

Mike Freer
Paul Maynard
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/289) which specify fees payable to the Secretary of State in relation to plant health services and the certification of seed potatoes and fruit plants and fruit plant propagating material.

Schedule 2 to the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 sets out reduced rate fees payable by the importer of a third country consignment for plant health checks in respect of certain plants and plant products which are subject to reduced levels of checks agreed under the procedure provided for in Articles 13a(2) and 18(2) of Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p.1). Regulation 2 of these Regulations substitutes Schedule 2 to reflect the new fees payable as a consequence of the latest decision by the EU Standing Committee on Plant Health on the reduced plant health checks which are applicable to certain plants and plant products.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.