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These Regulations make amendments to plant health legislation applying in England.
Regulation 2 amends the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1165) to enforce Commission Implementing Decision 2011/787/EU (OJ No L 319, 2.12.2011, p.112), which concerns emergency measures which may be taken against the dissemination of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. as regards potatoes originating in Egypt.
Regulation 3 provides for an information gateway between HMRC and the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Plant Health (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2530) and for an offence in relation to wrongful disclosure of information.
Regulation 4 makes amendments to the Plant Health (England) Order 2005 to enforce Decision 1/2010 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture (2011/83/EU) (OJ No L 32, 8.2.2011, p.9), which relates to plant health controls on trade in plant material with Switzerland.
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