EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 in relation to Scotland to implement—
(a)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1503 establishing measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Aromia bungii (Faldermann) (OJ L 254, 10.10.2018, p.9),
(b)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1959 derogating from Council Directive 2000/29/EC as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire) through wood originating in Canada and in the United States of America (OJ L 315, 12.12.2018, p.27), and
(c)Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/523 amending Annexes 1 to 5 to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ L 86, 28.3.2019, p.41).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.