EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Plant Health (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/610) (“the principal Order”) to implement:
(a)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/237 amending Implementing Decision 2014/237/EU on measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of harmful organisms as regards certain fruits and vegetables originating in India (OJ No L 39, 14.2.2015, p21);
(b)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/749 repealing Decision 2007/410/EC on measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Potato spindle tuber viroid (OJ No L 119, 12.5.2015, p25);
(c)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) (OJ No L 125, 21.5.2015, p36); and
(d)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/893 as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (OJ No 146, 11.6.2015, p16).
The effect of article 3(b)(ii), which inserts two new EU instruments into the list in article 2(5) of the principal Order, is that references in the principal Order to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/893 are to be read as references to those Decisions as amended from time to time.
Articles 10(1)(d) and 11 amend the principal Order so as to implement Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/237.
Articles 10(1)(a) and (2)(a), 12(a) and 13(a) amend the principal Order to implement Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/749.
Articles 4 to 9, 10(1)(d) and (2)(b), 12(b) and 13(b) amend the principal Order to implement Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789.
Articles 10(1)(d) and (2)(b), 12(b) and 13(b) amend the principal Order to implement Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/893.
In addition, the Order makes other minor amendments to the principal Order.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on business or the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument is available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.