The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1643 (W. 158)) (“the principal Order”).

Articles 5, 8 to 12, 14 to 17 of this Order amend the principal Order by revising the existing control measures to prevent the introduction and spread of Ceratocystis fimbriata f. spp. platani Walter (a cause of plane canker stain) and Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr (a cause of sweet chestnut blight). The amendments also implement the specific control measures in the Commission Implementing Decisions referred to in article 3(1)(b) and Commission Implementing Decision 2013/67/EU amending Decision 2004/416/EC on temporary emergency measures in respect of certain citrus fruits originating in Brazil (OJ No L 31, 31.1.2013, p. 75).

Article 3(1)(a) implements Commission Implementing Decision 2013/253/EU amending Decision 2006/473/EC as regards the recognition of certain third countries and certain areas of third countries as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (OJ No L 145, 31.5.2013, p. 35)

Articles 3(1)(e), 4 and 6 of this Order amend the definition of “protected zone” in article 2(1) of the principal Order, and make minor amendments to articles 6(2) and 12(2), of the principal Order to take account of Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community (OJ No L 193, 22.7.2008, p. 1).

Article 7 makes provision prohibiting a person from landing in Wales plants of Pinus L. intended for planting unless prior written notification has been given to an authorised inspector.

Article 13 amends Schedule 3 to the principal Order to implement Commission Implementing Decision 2012/219/EU recognising Serbia as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman et Kotthof) Davis et al. (OJ No L 114, 26.4.2012, p. 28).

Article 3(1)(a), (b) and (f) provides for the references to Commission Decision 2006/473/EC, Commission Implementing Decision 2012/756/EU, Commission Implementing Decision 2012/697/EU, Commission Implementing Decision 2012/270/EU, Commission Implementing Decision 2012/138/EU and Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 in the principal Order to be read as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.