2009 No. 398 (W.43)
PLANT HEALTH, WALES

The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers, with the consent of the Treasury, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 19731.

Title, application and commencement1.

The title of these Regulations is the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, they apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 23 March 2009.

Amendment to the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 20062.

(1)

The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 20062 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

In regulation 4(1)(a)(ii) omit “the fee specified”.

(3)

For Schedule 2, substitute—

“SCHEDULE 2IMPORT INSPECTION FEES (REDUCED RATES)

Regulation 4

Genus

Quantity

Country of origin

Fee

Fee (non-daytime working hours)

Cut flowers

Dianthus

Per consignment

— up to 20,000 in number

Colombia

£0.40

£0.60

Kenya

£1.32

£1.98

Ecuador

£1.98

£2.97

Turkey

£3.31

£4.96

Israel

£4.63

£6.95

— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof

Colombia

£0.003

£0.004

Kenya

£0.01

£0.015

Ecuador

£0.01

£0.02

Turkey

£0.02

£0.03

Israel

£0.03

£0.05

Colombia

£3.17

£4.75

maximum price

Kenya

£10.59

£15.89

Ecuador

£15.88

£23.83

Turkey

£26.48

£39.72

Israel

£37.07

£55.60

Rosa

Per consignment

— up to 20,000 in number

Ecuador

£0.40

£0.60

Colombia

£0.66

£0.99

Ethiopia, Kenya

£1.32

£1.98

Tanzania

£1.98

£2.97

Zambia

£3.31

£4.96

India, Uganda

£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

£0.02

£0.03

India, Uganda

£0.05

£0.07

Ecuador

£3.17

£4.75

maximum price

Colombia

£5.29

£7.94

Ethiopia, Kenya

£10.59

£15.89

Tanzania

£15.88

£23.83

Zambia

£26.48

£39.72

India, Uganda

£52.96

£79.44

Fruit

Malus

Per consignment

Chile

£0.93

£1.39

— up to 25,000 kg in weight

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

£0.66

£0.99

— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof

Brazil

£0.02

£0.03

Prunus

Per consignment

— up to 25,000 kg in weight

Chile, South Africa, Turkey

£1.32

£1.98

Argentina

£3.31

£4.96

USA

£6.62

£9.93

— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof

Chile,

£0.05

£0.07

South Africa, Turkey

Argentina

£0.13

£0.19

USA

£0.26

£0.39

Pyrus

Per consignment

— up to 25,000 kg in weight

South Africa

£1.98

£2.97

Argentina

£3.31

£4.96

Chile

£4.63

£6.95

China

£6.62

£9.93

— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof

South Africa

£0.07

£0.11

Argentina

£0.13

£0.19

Chile

£0.18

£0.27

China

£0.26

£0.39

Citrus

Per consignment

— up to 25,000 kg in weight

Turkey

£0.39

£0.58

Morocco

£0.66

£0.99

Uruguay, USA

£1.98

£2.97

Egypt,

£3.31

£4.96

Israel, Mexico, Peru

Honduras

£9.93

£14.89

— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof

Turkey

£0.01

£0.02

Morocco

£0.02

£0.03

Uruguay, USA

£0.07

£0.11

Egypt, Israel, Mexico, Peru

£0.13

£0.19

Honduras

£0.39

£0.58

Passiflora

Per consignment

— up to 25,000 kg in weight

Colombia,

£1.32

£1.98

Kenya

Zimbabwe

£4.63

£6.95

South Africa

£6.62

£9.93

— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof

Colombia,

£0.05

£0.07

Kenya

Zimbabwe

£0.18

£0.27

South Africa

£0.26

£0.39

Vegetables

Solanum melongena

Per consignment

— up to 25,000 kg in weight

Turkey

£1.98

£2.97

— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof

Turkey

£0.07

£0.11

Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount of less than £0.01, that amount is to be excluded.”.

Elin Jones
Minister for Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
(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) (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No. L169, 10.7.00, p.1), 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.

These Regulations substitute a new Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, to give effect to the latest agreed reduced rates for inspections of certain material. (Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations includes provision for reduced rates for certain plants and plant products agreed under the procedure provided for in Articles 13d(2) and 18(2) of the Directive.) 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(1)

New rate of inspection

Initial fee, specified in Schedule 2

Cut Flowers

Dianthus

Kenya

100%(2)

10%

£1.32

Rosa

Ethiopia

5%

£0.66

10%

£1.32

Rosa

Kenya

5%

£0.66

10%

£1.32

Rosa

Uganda

10%

£1.32

50%

£6.62

Rosa

Zambia

10%

£1.32

25%

£3.31

Rosa

Zimbabwe

50%

£6.62

100%(2)

Fruit

Malus

Argentina

15%

£1.98

10%

£1.32

Malus

Brazil

25%

£3.31

15%

£1.98

Malus

China

35%

£4.63

25%

£3.31

Mangifera

Peru

50%

£6.62

100%(2)

Passiflora

Colombia

15%

£1.98

10%

£1.32

Prunus

Chile

15%

£1.98

10%

£1.32

Citrus

Honduras

100%(2)

75%

£9.93

Citrus

Turkey

5%

£0.58

3%

£0.39

Citrus

USA

10%

£1.32

15%

£1.98

Momordica

Suriname

50%

£6.62

100%(2)

Vegetables

Solanum melongena

Turkey

25%

£3.31

15%

£1.98

(1)

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.

(2)

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