Amendments to the Plant Health (Wales) Order 20062.

(1)

The Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 2(1)6, after the definition of “Decision 2007/433/EC”, insert—

““Decision 2008/840/EC” means Commission Decision 2008/840/EC on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the European Union of Anoplophora chinensis (Forster), as amended from time to time;”.

(3)

In the table in Schedule 37, for the entry in column (3) corresponding to item 10, substitute—

  • “Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and any third country not in mainland Europe, other than Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco or Tunisia”.

(4)

In the table in Schedule 3, after item 15, insert the text contained in the following table—

“16

Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Acer spp. until the end of April 2012

China.”.

(5)

In the table in Schedule 48, Part A—

(a)

for the entry in column (2) corresponding to item 52, substitute—

  • “Soil or growing medium that—

    1. (a)

      is attached to, or accompanies, plants for the purpose of sustaining the vitality of those plants;

    2. (b)

      consists—

      1. (i)

        wholly or partly of soil or any solid organic substance such as parts of plants or humus (including peat or bark); or

      2. (ii)

        partly of any solid inorganic substance; and

    3. (c)

      originates from—

      1. (i)

        Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey or the Ukraine; or

      2. (ii)

        any country outside Europe, other than Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco or Tunisia”; and

(b)

for item 81, substitute the text contained in the following table—

“81

Specified plants within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Decision 2008/840/EC originating in China

Without prejudice to the requirements in Schedule 3, items 4, 12 and 14 and items 11, 12, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 70 of Part A of this Schedule the plants must be accompanied by an official statement containing the information in point (1) of Section I(B) of Annex 1 to Decision 2008/840/EC and the place of production of those plants must comply with the requirements set out in Article 2a(1)(c) of Decision 2008/840/EC

82

Specified plants within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Decision 2008/840/EC originating in any third country where Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) is known to occur, other than China

Without prejudice to the requirements in Schedule 3, items 4, 12 and 14 and items 11, 12, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 70 of Part A of this Schedule the plants must be accompanied by an official statement containing the information in point (1) of Section I(A) of Annex 1 to Decision 2008/840/EC.”.