(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Marketing of Fruit Plant Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 and give effect to Commission Directive 2003/111 EC (O.J. No. L311, 27.11.2003, p. 12) amending Annex II to Directive 92/34/EEC on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production.

Regulation 2 substitutes Schedule 1 of the Marketing of Fruit Plant Material Regulations 1995 with a new Schedule 1, which cover additional genera and species, not previously included in the 1995 Regulations.