The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2010

Amendments to the Plant Health (England) Order 2005

2.—(1) The Plant Health (England) Order 2005 is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(1), after the definition of “Decision 2004/416/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 Community of Anoplophora chinensis (Forster), as amended from time to time;”.

(3) In the table in Schedule 3, 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—

“16

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

China”

(5) In the table in Schedule 4, Part A—

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

“Soil or growing medium that—

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

(b) consists—

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

(ii) partly of any solid inorganic substance; and

(c) originates from—

(i) Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey or Ukraine; or

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

(b) for item 81, substitute—

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

(1)

Inserted by article 1(2) of Decision 2010/380/EU.

(2)

Inserted by article 1(1) of Decision 2010/380/EU.

(3)

Inserted by article 1(2) of Decision 2010/380/EU.