(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005 (S.R. 2005/373) (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No L 169, 10.7.00, p1) (“the Directive”), which requires member States to charge fees to cover the costs occasioned by the documentary checks, identity checks and plant health checks of certain imports of plants, plant products and other objects from third countries.
The Directive contains a procedure (Articles 13a(2), 13d(2) and 18(2)) for setting reduced rates of inspection for imports of certain plants and plant products and for charging fees at a proportionately reduced rate. Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations sets out the fees for reduced rate inspections and these Regulations amend that Schedule to set out the fees corresponding to the latest rates of inspection. The changes to the fees made by these Regulations, which are set at a proportion of the standard fee (described in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations) corresponding to the rate of inspection, are based on the agreed inspection rates set out below:
(1) Initial fee per consignment for cut flowers (up to 20,000 in number) and fruit and vegetables (up to 25,000 kg in weight). Corresponding fees are set in the Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime working hours. | |||||
(2) Consignments subject to an inspection rate of 100% are excluded from the reduced rate inspection scheme and are subject to the import inspection fees specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations. | |||||
(3) New rates apply from 1st January 2010. | |||||
| Genus | Country of origin | Previous rate of inspection | Initial fee(1) | New rate of inspection | Initial fee, specified in Schedule 2 |
| Cut Flowers | |||||
| Dianthus | Israel | 35% | £4.63 | 50% | £6.62 |
| Dianthus | Kenya | 10% | £1.32 | 25% | £3.31 |
| Rosa | India | 50% | £6.62 | 100%(2) (3) | - |
| Rosa | Uganda | 50% | £6.62 | 100%(2) (3) | - |
| Rosa | Zambia | 25% | £3.31 | 50% | £6.62 |
| Fruit | |||||
| Mangifera | Brazil | 5% | £0.66 | 10% | £1.32 |
| Psidium | Brazil | 100% | £13.24 | 75% | £9.93 |
| Prunus | Argentina | 25% | £3.31 | 35% | £4.63 |
| Pyrus | Argentina | 25% | £3.31 | 15% | £1.98 |
| Pyrus | China | 50% | £6.62 | 35% | £4.63 |
| Citrus | Honduras | 75% | £9.93 | 50% | £6.62 |
| Citrus | Israel | 25% | £3.31 | 15% | £1.98 |
| Citrus | Peru | 25% | £3.31 | 35% | £4.63 |
| Vegetables | |||||
| Solanum melongena | Turkey | 15% | £1.98 | 10% | £1.32 |