The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2019 (revoked)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1064 (W. 223)) (“the 2018 Order”) to implement—

(a)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/638 establishing emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (OJ No. L 105, 25.4.2018, p. 31);

(b)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1503 establishing measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Aromia bungii (Faldermann) (OJ No. L 254, 10.10.2018, p. 9);

(c)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/449 amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/715 setting out measures in respect of certain fruits originating in certain third countries to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa (OJ No. L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 76); and

(d)

Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/523 amending Annexes I to V 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 No. L 86, 28.3.2019, p. 41).

This Order amends the 2018 Order to ensure that the following EU instruments are correctly implemented—

(a)

Commission Decision 98/109/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Thrips palmi Karny as regards Thailand (OJ No. L 27, 3.2.1998, p. 47);

(b)

Commission Decision 2004/200/EC on measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Pepino mosaic virus (OJ No. L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 43).

This Order also introduces emergency measures to prevent the introduction of Rose rosette virus and its vector Phyllocoptes fructiphilus (Keifer 1940), and removes provisions in the 2018 Order which implement various EU instruments which are no longer in force.

The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.