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The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018

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PART 2WFees relating to plant health

Import inspection feesW

3.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a third country consignment [F1insofar as it includes] plants, plant products or other objects of a description specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 that are [F2described in [F3Part A of Annex 11, or Annex 12, to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants]] [F4or any machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes].

(2) The following fees are payable by the importer of a third country consignment—

(a)in respect of each phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export accompanying the consignment, a fee of [F5£10.51];

[F6(b)in the case of—

(i)a Schedule 2 cut flower consignment which includes—

(aa)one lot of cut flowers, the fee specified in respect of those cut flowers in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2;

(bb)two or more lots of cut flowers, a fee equal to the amount of the highest of the fees specified in respect of those lots in column 3 of that table;

(ii)a Schedule 2 fruit or vegetable consignment which includes—

(aa)one lot of fruit or vegetables, the fee specified in respect of those fruit or vegetables in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2;

(bb)two or more lots of fruit or vegetables, a fee equal to the amount of the highest of the fees specified in respect of those lots in column 3 of that table;

(c)in the case of a consignment which—

(i)includes cut branches of Phoenix spp. originating in Costa Rica and no other cut branches to which this regulation applies, the fee specified in respect of those cut branches in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2;

(ii)in the case of any other consignment to which this regulation applies—

(aa)where the consignment includes any machinery or vehicles that have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes, a fee of £5.98;

(bb)where the consignment includes plants, plant products or other objects of a description specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1, the fee or fees specified in respect of those plants, plant products or other objects in column 2 of that table;]

(d)where an inspector suspects that the consignment is infected with a controlled plant pest and takes a sample from the consignment for laboratory testing to confirm the presence or otherwise of the pest, a fee of [F7£147.35] for each sample tested.

(3) In this regulation—

[F8(a)[F9 “controlled plant pest” means a GB quarantine pest, a provisional GB quarantine pest, a PFA quarantine pest or a GB regulated non-quarantine pest;]

[F10(aa)“Europe” includes Belarus, the Canary Islands, Georgia, Kazakhstan (except the area east of the Ural river), Russia (except the regions of Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Novossibirsk, Omsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, Chita, Kamchatka, Magadan, Amur and Skhalin, the territories of Krasnoyarsk, Altay, Khabarovsk and Primarie, and the republics of Sakha, Tuva and Buryatia), Ukraine and Turkey (except the area east of the Bosphorus Strait known as Anatolia);]

(ab)“lot” means one or more units of a single commodity, identifiable by its homogeneity of composition and origin, which form part of a consignment;

F11(aba). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ac)“Schedule 2 cut flower consignment” means a consignment which includes cut flowers of a description specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 originating in a country specified in column 2 of that table and does not include any other cut flowers to which this regulation applies;

(ad)“Schedule 2 fruit or vegetable consignment” means a consignment which includes fruit or vegetables of a description specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 originating in a country specified in column 2 of that table and does not include any other fruit or vegetables to which this regulation applies;]

(b)“third country consignment” means a consignment that is introduced into Wales from a third country.

F12(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Plant passport authorisation feesW

4.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a plant passport authorisation.

(2) The [F13fee specified in paragraph (3) is] payable in respect of an inspection and any associated activities which are carried out [F14by, or on behalf of, the Welsh Ministers]—

(a)in connection with an application for a plant passport authorisation;

(b)for the purpose of monitoring compliance with any requirements imposed on the holder of a plant passport authorisation.

[F15(3) A fee of £61.58 is payable for each 15 minutes (or part thereof) spent in carrying out the inspection and any associated activities at the relevant premises, subject to a minimum fee of £123.16.]

(4) An additional fee of [F16£20.66] is payable where a person submits an application for a plant passport authorisation in paper form (and not online).

(5) Any fees payable under this regulation are payable by the person applying for a plant passport authorisation or the holder of a plant passport authorisation (as the case may be).

(6) In this regulation—

(a)“plant passport authorisation” means an authorisation to issue [F17UK]plant passports F18...;

(b)“relevant premises”, in relation to an application for a plant passport authorisation or a plant passport authorisation, means the premises which are subject to the application or the authorisation.

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Plant health licence feesW

5.—(1) The fees specified in the table in Schedule 4 are payable in respect of—

(a)an application for a licence [F19made to the Welsh Ministers];

(b)any other activity specified in column 1 of that table which is carried out in connection with a licence [F20granted by the Welsh Ministers].

(2) The amount of any fee payable in respect of an application for a licence or any other activity specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4 is the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that table, determined in accordance with the entries in respect of that service (if any) in column 2 of that table.

(3) The fee payable in respect of the monitoring of licence terms and conditions is payable for each 15 minutes (or part thereof) spent in carrying out the inspection and any associated activities at the premises which are subject to the licence, subject to the minimum fee specified.

(4) Any fee payable under this regulation is payable by the person who submits an application for a licence or the licence holder (as the case may be).

(5) In this regulation, “licence” means [F21an authorisation [F22described in regulation 20(1)(a) or (b)(i) or 21(1)(b) of the Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020]].

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[F23Export certification services and pre-export services: feesW

5A.—(1) The fees specified in the table in Schedule 4A are payable in respect of the services described in column 1 of the table by a person who applies to the Welsh Ministers for a certificate or a pre-export service.

(2) The amount of the fee in respect of any service described in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4A is—

(a)in the case of a small exporter who, at the date of the application, has only been liable during the financial year in which the application is made to pay fees of £750 or less in respect of the services described in column 1 of the table, the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table;

(b)in any other case, the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that table.

(3) The fees specified in columns 2 and 3 of the table in Schedule 4A in respect of an inspection of a consignment or an audit of a grain inspection are payable for each 15 minutes (or part thereof) spent in carrying out the inspection or audit and any associated activities, subject to the minimum fees specified in those entries.

(4) Where a person submits an application for a certificate or a pre-export service or a request to amend a certificate in paper form (and not online), the following additional fee is payable in respect of the application or the request—

(a)in the case of a small exporter who, at the date of the application or request, has only been liable during the financial year in which the application or request is made to pay fees of £750 or less in respect of the services described in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4A, £7.88;

(b)in any other case, £15.76.

(5) In this regulation—

“certificate” (“tystysgrif”) means either a phytosanitary certificate for export or a phytosanitary certificate for re-export;

“pre-export service” (“gwasanaeth cyn-allforio”) means any plant health inspection or examination, including by the taking of samples, which is required to be carried out in relation to a plant, plant product or other object which is to be exported F24... in order to satisfy the [F25relevant phytosanitary import requirements within the meaning of Article 99a of the Plant Health Regulation], other than any such inspection or examination required for the issue of a certificate;

“small exporter” (“allforiwr bach”), means a person who—

(a)

in the financial year in which the application or request is made—

(i)

is not a taxable person for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, or

(ii)

does not make a taxable supply of plants, plant products, seeds, soil or agricultural machinery for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, or

(b)

in the financial year preceding the year in which the application or request is made, exported goods which were accompanied by a certificate the total value of which was less than £5,000.]

Textual Amendments

Potatoes originating in Egypt: feeW

6.—(1) Where an [F26official plant health inspector] takes a sample of potatoes originating in Egypt in order to ascertain whether F27... those potatoes are infected with Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al., the importer must pay a fee of [F28£70.83] in respect of each lot sampled.

F29(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Potatoes originating in Lebanon: feeW

F306A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Potatoes originating in Lebanon: feeW

F317.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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