Regulation 2 (interpretation)3

1

In regulation 2(2)5—

a

for the definition of “approved basic material” substitute—

  • “approved basic material” in relation to basic material approved by an appropriate authority means basic material which is approved in accordance with regulation 7;

b

after the definition of “contact details” insert—

c

after the definition of “EC classification” insert—

  • “EU-approved third countries” are Canada, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States of America;

d

for the definition of “Master Certificate” substitute—

  • “Master Certificate” means—

    1. a

      in the case of forest reproductive material collected or otherwise derived from basic material which is located in a relevant territory, a Master Certificate issued in accordance with regulation 13;

    2. b

      in the case of forest reproductive material collected or otherwise derived from basic material which is located in Northern Ireland, a Master Certificate issued by the official body for Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive;

    3. c

      in the case of forest reproductive material collected or otherwise derived from basic material which is located in another member State, a Master Certificate issued by an official body of that member State in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive;

    4. d

      in the case of forest reproductive material produced in an EU-approved third country, a Master Certificate issued by the appropriate authority in accordance with regulation 25(5) and (6) or a Master Certificate issued by a relevant official body in accordance with Article 4 of Council Decision 2008/971/EC;

    5. e

      in the case of forest reproductive material produced in a permitted third country, a Master Certificate issued by the appropriate authority in accordance with regulation 25(5), a Master Certificate issued in relation to the material by an official body of a member State or an official certificate within the meaning of paragraph 8 of Schedule 13;

e

for the definition of “official body” substitute—

  • “official body”—

    1. a

      in relation to a member State has the meaning given in Article 2(k) of the Directive;

    2. b

      in relation to an EU-approved third country means the competent authority for the relevant country, as listed in Annex I to Council Decision 2008/971/EC;

    3. c

      in relation to a permitted third country means the authority or body which is officially responsible in that country for the approval and control of forest reproductive material produced by the country;

f

omit the definition of “official certificate”;

g

after the definition of “part of plants” insert—

  • “permitted third countries” are Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and New Zealand;

h

for the definition of “plant passport” substitute—

  • “plant passport” has the meaning given in the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 20057;

i

in the definition of “unit of approval”, after “unit of approval” insert “, except in regulation 14(1)”.

2

After regulation 2(4) insert—

4A

Other terms in these Regulations that appear in the Directive of Council Decision 2008/971/EC have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the Directive or that Decision.