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Amendment of the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018

2.—(1) The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (import inspection fees)—

(a)for paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) The fee payable by the importer of a third country consignment in respect of a documentary check of each phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export accompanying the consignment, is £5.25.

(b)after paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) The fees payable by the importer of a third country consignment in respect of liability to a physical check and identity check that may be carried out on the consignment (whether or not any such check is carried out) are—

(a)(subject to paragraphs (2B) to (2E)) in the case of a consignment originating in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland, where the consignment includes plants, plant products or other objects of one or more descriptions specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1A, and originates in a country specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table—

(i)the fee or fees specified in column 3 of that table in respect of a physical check of plants or plant products of each such description contained in the consignment; and

(ii)the fee or fees specified in column 4 of that table in respect of an identity check of plants or plant products of each such description contained in the consignment;

(b)in the case of a consignment originating in any other country—

(i)in the case of a Schedule 2 cut flower consignment which includes one lot of cut flowers—

(aa)the fee specified in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2 in respect of a physical check of those cut flowers; and

(bb)the fee specified in column 4 of that table in respect of an identity check of those cut flowers;

(ii)in the case of a Schedule 2 cut flower consignment which includes two or more lots of cut flowers—

(aa)a fee equal to the highest of the fees specified in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2 in respect of a physical check of any of those lots; and

(bb)the fee specified in column 4 of that table in respect of an identity check which corresponds to the fee payable under sub-paragraph (aa);

(iii)in the case of a Schedule 2 fruit or vegetable consignment which includes one lot of fruit or vegetables—

(aa)the fee specified in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2 in respect of a physical check of those fruit or vegetables; and

(bb)the fee specified in column 4 of that table in respect of an identity check of those fruit or vegetables;

(iv)in the case of a Schedule 2 fruit or vegetable consignment which includes two or more lots of fruit or vegetables—

(aa)a fee equal to the highest of the fees specified in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2 in respect of a physical check of any of those lots; and

(bb)the fee specified in column 4 of that table in respect of an identity check which corresponds to the fee payable under sub-paragraph (aa);

(v)in the case of a consignment which includes—

(aa)plants or plant products of any other description specified in the table in column 1 of Schedule 2, or

(bb)machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes,

insofar as (in either case) they originate in a country specified in column 2 of that table, the fee or fees specified in columns 3 and 4 of that table in respect of a physical check and identity check, respectively, of the plants or plant products of each such description contained in the consignment (other than any also specified in Schedule 1), and (so far as relevant) of machinery or vehicles;

(vi)where the consignment includes plants, plant products or other objects of one or more descriptions specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1—

(aa)the fee or fees specified in column 2 of that table in respect of a physical check of plants, plant products or other objects of each such description contained in the consignment;

(bb)the fee or fees specified in column 3 of that table in respect of an identity check of plants, plant products or other objects of each such description contained in the consignment.

(2B) The fees payable under paragraph (2A)(a) in respect of liability to a physical check and identity check of cut flowers or fruit or vegetables are, irrespective of the number of lots contained in the consignment—

(a)in the case of a consignment including only cut flowers or only fruit or vegetables, those payable in respect of a single lot of the kind in question;

(b)in the case of a consignment including both cut flowers and fruit or vegetables, those payable in respect of a single lot of each kind.

(2C) The fees payable under paragraph (2A)(a) in respect of liability to a physical check and identity check of plants or plant products, so far as the plants or plant products are of a single relevant category and originate in the same country but fall within two or more descriptions specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1A, are the highest of the fees specified in respect of plants or plant products of any such description.

(2D) For the purpose of paragraph (2C), “relevant category”, in relation to plants or plant products, means any of the following categories of plants or plant products—

(a)bark;

(b)bulbs;

(c)corms;

(d)plants intended for planting;

(e)rhizomes;

(f)seeds;

(g)tissue cultures;

(h)tubers (other than tubers of potatoes).

(2E) No fee is payable under paragraph (2A)(a) in respect of any consignment imported before 1 March 2022, where it would be payable in respect of any plants or plant products specified in Schedule 2A that are contained in that consignment..

(3) In regulation 5A (export certification services and pre-export services: fees)—

(a)at the beginning of paragraph (1), insert “Subject to paragraph (4A),”;

(b)after paragraph (4), insert—

(4A) The fees specified in Schedule 4A are not payable in respect of a consignment to be transported to Northern Ireland—

(a)by a person acting otherwise than in the course of a business, where the consignment is not to be placed on the market; or

(b)for delivery to—

(i)a professional operator whose principal place of business is in Northern Ireland; or

(ii)any person resident in Northern Ireland, where the consignment is not to be placed on the market or used for the purposes of any business.

(4B) Paragraph (4A) ceases to have effect at the end of 31 December 2022..

(c)in paragraph (5), at the appropriate place, insert—

“professional operator” means any person, governed by public or private law, involved professionally in, and legally responsible for, one or more of the following activities concerning plants, plant products and other objects—

(a)

planting;

(b)

breeding;

(c)

production, including growing, multiplying and maintaining;

(d)

introduction into, and movement within and out of Northern Ireland;

(e)

making available on the market;

(f)

storage, collection, dispatching and processing..

(4) For Schedule 1 substitute—

Regulation 3(1) and (2A)(b)(vi)

SCHEDULE 1Import inspection fees: Consignments originating in countries other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland

Column 1

Description of Plant, plant product or other object

Column 2

Fee: Physical check (£)

Column 3

Fee: Identity check (£)

Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables173.915.25
Shrubs, trees (other than cut Christmas trees), other woody nursery plants including forest reproductive material (other than seed)182.385.25
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, intended for planting (other than tubers of potatoes)205.045.25
Seeds, tissue cultures128.135.25
Other plants intended for planting, not specified elsewhere in this table182.385.25
Cut flowers42.755.25
Branches with foliage, parts of conifers (other than cut Christmas trees)33.995.25
Cut Christmas trees119.645.25
Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables71.685.25
Fruits, vegetables (other than leafy vegetables)53.105.25
Tubers of potatoes156.695.25
Soil and growing medium, bark119.645.25
Grain142.985.25
Other plants or plant products, not specified elsewhere in this table, except forest trees22.735.25..

(5) After Schedule 1, insert the following Schedule—

Regulation 3(2A)(a)

SCHEDULE 1AImport inspection fees: consignments originating in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland

Column 1

Plant, plant product or other object and genus (if applicable)

Column 2

Country of origin

Column 3

Fee: Physical check (£)

Column 4

Fee: Identity check (£)

(1)

“Intended for final users” includes clearly packed and ready for supply to final users, identifiable as being for use by landscapers or contractors for planting at the final site of the plants and where additional packing or preparation (excluding multiplication, propagation or growing on) is required before making plants available to final users.

(2)

“All” means any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland..

Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables, not intended for final users(1)
All generaAll(2)173.915.25
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), not intended for final users(1)
All generaAll(2)205.045.25
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), intended for final users(1)
All generaAll(2)20.500.52
Seeds, not intended for final users(1)
Allium cepa L.All(2)128.135.25
Allium porrum L.All(2)128.135.25
Castanea Mill.All(2)128.135.25
Capsicum spp. L.All(2)128.135.25
Helianthus annuus L.All(2)128.135.25
Medicago sativa L.All(2)128.135.25
Phaseolus cocineusAll(2)128.135.25
Phaseolus vulgaris L.All(2)128.135.25
Solanum lycopersicum L.All(2)128.135.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (True potato seed)All(2)128.135.25
Vegetable seeds of Pisum sativum L. and Vicia faba L.All(2)128.135.25
Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—
Brassica napus L.All(2)128.135.25
Brassica rapa L.All(2)128.135.25
Sinapis alba L.All(2)128.135.25
Glycine max (L.) MerrillAll(2)128.135.25
Linum usitatissimum L.All(2)128.135.25
Seeds, intended for final users(1)
Allium cepa L.All(2)6.400.26
Allium porrum L.All(2)6.400.26
Castanea Mill.All(2)6.400.26
Capsicum spp. L.All(2)6.400.26
Helianthus annuus L.All(2)6.400.26
Medicago sativa L.All(2)6.400.26
Phaseolus cocineusAll(2)6.400.26
Phaseolus vulgaris L.All(2)6.400.26
Solanum lycopersicum L.All(2)6.400.26
Solanum tuberosum L. (True potato seed)All(2)6.400.26
Vegetable seeds of Pisum sativum L. and Vicia faba L.All(2)6.400.26
Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—
Brassica napus L.All(2)6.400.26
Brassica rapa L.All(2)6.400.26
Sinapis alba L.All(2)6.400.26
Glycine max (L.) MerrillAll(2)6.400.26
Linum usitatissimum L.All(2)6.400.26
Other seeds not specified elsewhere in this table
All generaAll(2)3.840.15
Tissue cultures, not intended for final users(1)
All generaAll(2)128.135.25
Tissue cultures, intended for final users(1)
All generaAll(2)6.400.26
Plants intended for planting (other than cut Christmas trees), not intended for final users(1)
All generaAll(2)182.385.25
Other plants intended for planting not specified elsewhere in this table, intended for final users(1)
All generaAll(2)18.230.52
Cut flowers
All generaAll(2)1.280.15
Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers other than bark or cut Christmas trees
All generaAll(2)1.020.15
Cut Christmas trees
All generaAll(2)3.580.15
Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables
All generaAll(2)2.150.15
Fruit or vegetables
All generaAll(2)1.590.15
Tubers of potatoes
Solanum tuberosum L. intended for planting (seed potatoes)All(2)156.695.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)Poland, Portugal or Romania78.342.62
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)Spain156.695.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)Any other EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland4.700.15
Soil and growing medium, bark
Bark of—
Castanea Mill.All(2)5.980.26
Conifers (Pinales)All(2)5.980.26
Juglans L.All(2)5.980.26
Pterocarya Kunth.All(2)5.980.26
Soil and growing medium, bark
Bark of all genera not specified elsewhere in this tableAll(2)3.580.15
Grain
All generaAll(2)4.280.15
Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium
All generaAll(2)0.680.15
Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes
All(2)5.980.26

(6) For Schedule 2 substitute—

Regulation 3(2A)(b)(i) to (v) and (3)

SCHEDULE 2Import inspection fees: Reduced rates for consignments originating in countries other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland

Column 1

Plant, plant product or other object and genus (if applicable)

Column 2

Country of origin

Column 3

Fee: Physical check (£)

Column 4

Fee: Identity check (£)

(1)

“Third country in Europe” includes Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, the Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug), San Marino, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine)..

Cut flowers
AsterZimbabwe32.063.93
DianthusColumbia1.280.15
Ecuador6.410.78
Kenya2.140.26
Turkey6.410.78
RosaColumbia1.280.15
Ecuador0.430.05
Ethiopia2.140.26
Kenya4.280.52
Tanzania21.382.62
Zambia4.280.52
Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers (other than cut Christmas trees)
PhoenixCosta Rica17.002.62
Fruit
Carica papayaAny third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
CydoniaAny third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
FragariaAny third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
MalusAny third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
Argentina18.591.83
Brazil26.552.62
Chile2.660.26
New Zealand5.310.52
South Africa2.660.26
Persea AmericanaAny third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
PrunusAny third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
Argentina39.833.93
Chile5.310.53
Morocco26.552.62
Turkey18.591.83
Prunus other than prunus persicaSouth Africa5.310.26
PyrusAny third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
Argentina7.970.78
Chile7.970.78
China26.552.62
South Africa5.310.53
RibesAny third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
RubusAny third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
VacciniumAny third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
Argentina13.281.31
Chile5.310.53
Peru5.310.53
VitisAny third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland2.660.26
Vegetables
Solanum lycopersiconCanary Islands2.660.26
Morocco2.660.26
Solanum melongenaTurkey7.971.31
Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes
Any third country5.980.26

(7) After Schedule 2, insert the following Schedule —

Regulation 3(2E)

SCHEDULE 2AList of plants or plant products originating in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland subject to fees for physical checks and identity checks from 1 March 2022

1.  Seeds referred to in Schedule 1A as falling within the description “Other seeds not specified elsewhere in this table”.

2.  Cut flowers.

3.  Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers other than bark or cut Christmas trees.

4.  Cut Christmas trees.

5.  Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables.

6.  Fruit.

7.  Vegetables.

8.  Tubers of potatoes originating in any EU Member State (other than Portugal, Poland, Romania and Spain), Liechtenstein or Switzerland.

9.  Bark of all genera other than Castanea Mill, conifers (Pinales), Juglans L and Pterocarya Kunth.

10.  Grain.

11.  Plants or plant products referred to in Schedule 1A as falling within the description “Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium”..

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