Scottish Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 8

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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2000 No. 8

PLANT HEALTH

The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

	Made	13th January 2000
	Laid before the Scottish Parliament	17th January 2000
	Coming into force	7th February 2000

Citation, commencement and extent

- (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 7th February 2000.

(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Interpretation

In this Order "the principal Order" means the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998[

Amendment of the principal Order

In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the principal Order for the definition of "the Decision" there shall be substituted-

" "the Decision" means Commission Decision 96/301/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination ofPseudomonas solanacearum(Smith) Smith as regards Egypt[

Pseudomonas solanacearum

of Pseudomonas solanacearum

Pseudomonas solanacearum

4. In regulation 3(2) (imports of potatoes originating in Egypt) and regulation 5A(1) (charges in respect of the sampling of imports of potatoes), for the words "Pseudomonas solanacearum(Smith) Smith" there shall be substituted "Ralstonia solanacearum(Smith) Yabuuchi et al"[7].

ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
13th January 2000

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement Commission Decision 99/842/EC amending Decision 96/301/EC and authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination ofPseudomonas solanacearum(Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (O.J. No. L326, 18.12.99, p.68) by amending the definition of "the Decision" in the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 (the 1998 Regulations) (regulation 3). Decision 99/842/EC makes minor modifications to the requirements applying to potatoes imported into Member States from Egypt.

The Regulations also substitute the references to "Pseudomonas solanacearum(Smith) Smith" in the 1998 Regulations with the term "Ralstonia solacearum(Smith) Yabuuchi et al." (regulation 4).

[1] 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 schedule 8, paragraph 15. The function conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c back

[2] S.I. 1998/201, as amended by S.I. 1998/back

[3] O.J. No. L115, 9.5.96,back

[4] O.J. No. L25, 31.1.98, p back

[5] O.J. No. L225, 12.8.98,back

[6] O.J. No. L326, 18.12.99,back

[7] Ralstonia solanacearum(Smith) Yabuuchi et al was formerly known as Pseudomonas solanacearum(Smith) Smith back

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