2018 No. 22
Plant Health

The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 19731 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 and come into force on 19th March 2018.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 20142.

In the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 20142, for schedule 2 (import inspection fees for applicable checks (reduced rates)), substitute—

“SCHEDULE 2IMPORT INSPECTION FEES FOR APPLICABLE CHECKS (REDUCED RATES)

Regulations 3 and 4(2)

Fees(1)

Item

Plant/plant products

Quantity

Country of Origin

Normal working hours

Outside normal working hours

Cut Flowers

Aster

up to 20,000 in number

Zimbabwe

£37.50

£57.00

for each additional 1,000 units

£0.15

£0.23

maximum price

£132.00

£246.00

Dianthus

up to 20,000 in number

Colombia

£24.60

£31.10

Ecuador, Turkey

£26.70

£35.40

Kenya

£24.90

£31.80

for each additional 1,000 units

Colombia

£0.01

£0.01

Ecuador, Turkey

£0.03

£0.05

Kenya

£0.01

£0.02

maximum price

Colombia

£28.40

£38.70

Ecuador, Turkey

£45.60

£73.20

Kenya

£31.20

£44.40

Phoenix

up to 20,000 in number

Costa Rica

£30.30

£42.60

for each additional 1,000 units

£0.07

£0.11

maximum price

£74.40

£130.80

Rosa

up to 20,000 in number

Columbia, Ecuador

£24.60

£31.10

Ethiopia, Kenya

£24.90

£31.80

Tanzania

£26.70

£35.40

Zambia

£25.80

£33.60

for each additional 1,000 units

Columbia, Ecuador

£0.01

£0.01

Ethiopia, Kenya

£0.01

£0.02

Tanzania

£0.03

£0.05

Zambia

£0.02

£0.03

maximum price

Columbia, Ecuador

£28.40

£38.70

Ethiopia, Kenya

£31.20

£44.40

Tanzania

£45.60

£73.20

Zambia

£38.40

£58.80

Fruit

Citrus

up to 25,000kg in weight

Morocco

£24.90

£31.80

Peru

£25.80

£33.60

Turkey

£24.60

£31.10

USA

£26.70

£35.40

for each additional 1,000kg

Morocco

£0.04

£0.08

Peru

£0.08

£0.15

Turkey

£0.03

£0.05

USA

£0.12

£0.23

Citrus limon, C.aurantiifolia

up to 25,000kg in weight

Israel

£28.50

£39.00

for each additional 1,000kg

£0.20

£0.38

Malus

up to 25,000kg in weight

Argentina

£30.30

£42.60

Brazil

£37.50

£57.00

Chile, South Africa

£24.90

£31.80

New Zealand

£25.80

£33.60

for each additional 1,000kg

Argentina

£0.28

£0.53

Brazil

£0.60

£1.13

Chile, South Africa

£0.04

£0.08

New Zealand

£0.08

£0.15

Passiflora

up to 25,000kg in weight

Columbia

£25.30

£32.60

Kenya

£28.50

£39.00

South Africa, Vietnam

£30.30

£42.60

Zimbabwe

£33.00

£48.00

for each additional 1,000kg

Columbia

£0.06

£0.11

Kenya

£0.20

£0.38

South Africa, Vietnam

£0.28

£0.53

Zimbabwe

£0.40

£0.75

Prunus

up to 25,000kg in weight

Argentina

£37.50

£57.00

Chile

£25.80

£33.60

Morocco, USA

£28.50

£39.00

Turkey

£30.30

£42.60

for each additional 1,000kg

Argentina

£0.60

£1.13

Chile

£0.08

£0.15

Morocco, USA

£0.20

£0.38

Turkey

£0.28

£0.53

Prunus – other than persica

up to 25,000kg in weight

South Africa

£24.90

£31.80

for each additional 1,000kg

£0.04

£0.08

Pyrus

up to 25,000kg in weight

Argentina, Chile

£26.70

£35.40

China

£33.00

£48.00

South Africa

£25.80

£33.60

for each additional 1,000kg

Argentina, Chile

£0.12

£0.23

China

£0.40

£0.75

South Africa

£0.08

£0.15

Vaccinium

up to 25,000kg in weight

Argentina

£28.50

£39.00

for each additional 1,000kg

£0.20

£0.38

Vegetables

Capsicum

up to 25,000kg in weight

Morocco

£24.90

£31.80

for each additional 1,000kg

£0.04

£0.08

Momordica

up to 25,000kg in weight

Surinam

£30.30

£42.60

for each additional 1,000kg

£0.28

£0.53

Solanum lycopersicon

up to 25,000kg in weight

Canary Islands, Morocco

£24.90

£31.80

for each additional 1,000kg

£0.04

£0.08

Solanum melongena

up to 25,000kg in weight

Kenya

£25.80

£33.60

Turkey

£28.50

£39.00

for each additional 1,000kg

Kenya

£0.08

£0.15

Turkey

£0.20

£0.38”.

(1)

Fee includes a documentary check, an identity check, travel costs (weekday or weekend based on average costs) and the cost of physical inspection which depends on the type and size of import and the country of origin.

Note: fees are rounded up to the nearest decimal point, with the exception of the additional quantity values, which are rounded up to the nearest penny.

Revocation3.

Regulation 2 of the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 20173 is revoked.
FERGUS EWING
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (“the principal Regulations”).

Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p.1) (“the Directive”) requires a Member State to ensure the collection of 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 which are required by Article 13a(1) of the Directive. Pursuant to Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) 1756/2004 (OJ L 313, 12.10.2004, p.6), the European Commission notifies Member States of plants and plant products which should be subject to reduced inspection and of the rate of such inspection. Regulation 2 substitutes schedule 2 of the principal Regulations to take account of the most recent Commission Notification on reduced inspection rates as published on the following website: http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_health_biosafety/trade_non_eu/reduced_frequency_checks_en.htm.

The table provides a comparison of changes made to the fees in schedule 2 of the principal Regulations:

TABLE

Genus

Country of origin

Previous rate of inspection

Previous fee(1)

New rate of inspection

New fee, specified in schedule 2(1)

Fruit

Citrus

Egypt

25%

£28.50

100%(2)

-

Citrus limon C.aurantiifolia(3)

Israel

10%

£25.80

25%

£28.50

Citrus- other(3)

Israel

10%

£25.80

100%(2)

-

Malus

Brazil

25%

£28.50

75%

£37.50

Malus

USA

75%

£37.50

100%(2)

-

Passiflora

Zimbabwe

75%

£37.50

50%

£33.00

Prunus-persica(4)

South Africa

10%

£25.80

100%(2)

-

Prunus-other(4)

South Africa

10%

£25.80

5%

£24.90

Prunus

Turkey

10%

£25.80

35%

£30.30

Pyrus

Argentina

10%

£25.80

15%

£26.70

Pyrus

China

75%

£37.50

50%

£33.00

Vegetables

Capsicum

Israel

10%

£25.80

100%(2)

-

Solanum lycopersicon

Morocco

New

-

5%

£24.90

Solanum lycopersicon

Canary Islands

New

-

5%

£24.90

Solanum melongena

Turkey

5%

£24.90

25%

£28.50

(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 principal Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and inspections carried out outside normal 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 of the principal Regulations.

(3)

In 2018 the Commission Notification revised the rate of inspection for Citrus coming from Israel up to 100%, except in respect of the subspecies Citrus limon C.aurantiifolia.

(4)

In 2018 the Commission Notification revised the rate of inspection for Prunus-persica coming from South Africa up to 100%. For all other sub-species of Prunus coming from South Africa the rate of inspection has been revised down to 5%.

Regulation 3 revokes regulation 2 of the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017.

No business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument as it has limited impact on the cost of business.