2023 No. 1131
The Official Controls (Plant Health) (Prior Notification) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—
Articles 5(3), 30(1) and (1A) and (5), 40(3), 41(3) and 105(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants1 (“the Plant Health Regulation”),
Article 144(6) of, and paragraph 3(2) of Annex 6 to, Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products2 (“the Official Controls Regulation”).
In accordance with Article 2a(2) of the Plant Health Regulation and Article 3(2B) of the Official Controls Regulation, the Secretary of State makes these Regulations with the consent of the Welsh Ministers and the Scottish Ministers.
Risk assessments have been made in accordance with Articles 5(3), 30(1)(a), 40(3) and 41(3) of the Plant Health Regulation, and the Secretary of State—
is satisfied that the results of the assessments show, in respect of Great Britain, that a pest which is not included in Annex 2 to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants3 (“the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation”) fulfils the conditions listed in Article 3 of the Plant Health Regulation, or that a pest which is included in that list no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions,
is satisfied that the results of the assessment show, in respect of Great Britain, that a pest which is not included in Annex 2A to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation4 fulfils the criteria set out in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Plant Health Regulation, or that a pest which is included in Annex 2A no longer fulfils those criteria or fulfils the criteria in Article 3 of the Plant Health Regulations,
considers that it is appropriate, within the meaning of Article 40(3A) and (3B) of the Plant Health Regulation to amend Part A of Annex 6 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation5 in light of the assessments, and
considers that it is appropriate, within the meaning of Article 41(3A) and (3B) of the Plant Health Regulation, to amend Annex 7 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulations6 in light of the assessments.
In accordance with Article 144(7) of the Official Controls Regulation, before making these Regulations, the Secretary of State has consulted such bodies and persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.