Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order implements Council Directive 98/57/EC on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al., (previously known as Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith) (“the organism”) by amending the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 (S.I.1993/1320) (“the principal Order”). The Order extends to Scotland only.
This Order–
(a)introduces controls on planting seed potatoes and inserts a new Schedule 13A in the principal Order containing special measures for the control of the organism (articles 2 and 5);
(b)provides for the demarcation of a zone for the control of the organism (article 3);
(c)substitutes“Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.” for references in the principal Order to“Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith” (article 4); and
(d)introduces reference to Council Directive 98/57/EC among the instruments referred to in the principal Order as amending or supplementing Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21st December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (article 6).