The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant and Animal Health) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024

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

3.—(1) 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(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Annex 7, in Part A (plants, plant products and other objects originating in third countries which may only be introduced into Great Britain if special requirements are met)—

(a) in the table, after entry 65, insert—

“65A	Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Rosa gymnocarpa Nuttall.	Canada and Vietnam	The plants must be accompanied by: (a) an official statement: (i) that the plants originate in an area* in which non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld are known not to occur, and (ii) that prior to export, they were inspected and found free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld, or (b) an official statement: (i) that no signs of non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld have been observed on the plants at the place of production during official inspections, which included laboratory testing of any suspicious symptoms carried out since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation, and (ii) that prior to export, they were inspected and found free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld.
			* The name of the area(s) must be included in the phytosanitary certificate under the heading “Additional declaration”.”.

(b) in the table, in entry 94—

(i) in column (1), after “Fruits of Capsicum (L.)”, insert “and cut flowers of Rosa L”;

(ii) in column (3), for “The fruits” substitute “The cut flowers and the fruits”.

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EUR 2019/2072; relevant amending instruments were S.I. 2020/1527, 2021/136, 2021/426, 2021/641, 2021/1171, 2022/114, 2022/1120.