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This Order amends the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2517) (“the principal Order”) in relation to England and Scotland to implement—
(a)Commission Decision 2002/757/EC on provisional emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld sp. nov. (OJ No L 252, 20.9.2002, p. 37), as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2013/782/EU (OJ No L 346, 20.12.2013, p. 69) (articles 10(b), 11, 12(1)(b), (c) and (g), 13(a) and (c), 14(d) and 15(d) of the Order);
(b)Commission Implementing Decision 2014/690/EU repealing Commission Decision 2006/464/EC on provisional measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (OJ No L 288, 2.10.2014, p. 5) (articles 12(1)(f), 12(2)(b), 14(b) and (c) and 15(b) and (c) of the Order);
(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, p. 36), as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/746 (OJ No L 126, 14.5.2016, p. 77) (articles 8(b), 9, 12(1)(g), 12(2)(c), 14(d) and 15(d) of the Order);
(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 L 146, 11.6.2015, p. 16) (articles 12(1)(c) and (g), 12(2)(a) and (c), 13(c), 14(a) and (d) and 15(a) and (d) of the Order);
(e)Commission Implementing Decision 2012/535/EU on emergency measures to prevent the spread within the Union of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. (the pine wood nematode) (OJ No L 266, 2.10.2012, p. 42), as amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/226 (OJ No L 37, 13.2.2015, p. 21) (articles 7, 12(2)(a), 14(a) and (d) and 15(a) and (d) of the Order); and
(f)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2416 recognising certain areas of the United States of America as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (OJ No L 333, 19.12.2015, p. 128) (article 12(1)(a) and (d) of the Order).
Article 3(1) provides for references to five EU instruments to be read as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
Articles 5, 6, 8(a) and 16 make provision to prohibit a person from landing in England or Scotland certain solid fuel wood from third countries and the European Union, unless prior written notification has been given to the Forestry Commissioners.
The Order also revokes the Orders referred to in article 17(1).
A full impact assessment of the effect that articles 5, 6, 8(a) and 16 will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Forestry Commission, Plant Health Service, 231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT and is published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk. An impact assessment has not been produced for the other provisions of this instrument as no impact on business or the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
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