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2006 No. 2832 (W.253)
PLANT HEALTH, WALES
The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2006

	Made	24 October 2006
	Coming into force	31 October 2006

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973[1] and section 29(4) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[2], with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application
     1. —(1) The title of these Regulations is the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2006.

    (2) These Regulations come into force on 31 October 2006.

    (3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation
     2. In these Regulations—

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"daytime working hours" ("oriau gwaith yn ystod y dydd") means any time between the hours of 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on any day except a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971[

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Consignments to which these Regulations apply
3. These Regulations apply in relation to consignments of plants, plant products and other objects of a description specified in the first column of Schedule 1 that are landed in Wales from a third country and are:

(a) listed in Annex V, Part B of the Directive; or

(b) seeds of Solonaceae whether or not listed in Annex V, Part B of the Directive.

Fees
4. —(1) An importer must pay to the National Assembly upon import of a consignment to which these Regulations apply—

(a) subject to paragraph (2), the fee specified—

(b) the fee specified for a documentary check and an identity check in the third column of Schedule 3.

(2) Where, at the request of an importer, or any other person responsible for the consignment, a plant health check is carried out on a consignment outside daytime working hours, the fee payable under paragraph (1)(a) in respect of that consignment is—

(a) the fee specified in the fourth column of Schedule 1 if the consignment is a consignment to which paragraph (1)(a)(i) applies; or

(b) the fee specified in the fifth column of Schedule 2 if the consignment is a consignment to which paragraph (1)(a)(ii) applies.

Revocation
5. The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006[6] are revoked.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[7]

D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

24 October 2006

SCHEDULE 1Regulations 3 and 4

IMPORT INSPECTION FEES

Plant, plant product or other object	Quantity	Fee	Fee (non- daytime working hours)
Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables	Per consignment
	— up to 10,000 in number	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 1,000 units	£0.52	£0.78
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Shrubs, trees (other than cut Christmas trees), other woody nursery plants including forest reproductive material (other than seed)	Per consignment
	— up to 1,000 in number	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 100 units	£0.33	£0.49
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, intended for planting (other than tubers of potatoes)	Per consignment
	— up to 200 kg in weight	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 10 kg	£0.12	£0.18
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Seeds, tissue cultures	Per consignment
	— up to 100 kg in weight	£5.67	£8.50
	— for each additional 10 kg	£0.13	£0.19
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Other plants intended for planting, not specified elsewhere in this Schedule	Per consignment
	— up to 5,000 in number	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 100 units	£0.13	£0.19
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Cut flowers	Per consignment
	— up to 20,000 in number	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 1,000 units	£0.10	£0.15
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Branches with foliage, parts of conifers (other than cut Christmas trees)	Per consignment
	— up to 100 kg in weight	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 100 kg	£1.32	£1.98
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Cut Christmas trees	Per consignment
	— up to 1,000 in number	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 100 units	£1.32	£1.98
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables	Per consignment
	— up to 100 kg in weight	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 10 kg	£1.32	£1.98
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Fruits, vegetables (other than leafy vegetables)	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	£0.52	£0.78
Tubers of potatoes	Per lot
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	£39.72	£59.58
	— for each additional 25,000 kg	£39.72	£59.58
Soil and growing medium, bark	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	£0.52	£0.78
	— maximum price	£105.92	£158.88
Grain	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	£13.24	£19.86
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	£0.52	£0.78
	— maximum price	£529.60	£794.40
Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this Schedule, except forest trees	Per consignment	£13.24	£19.86

SCHEDULE 2Regulation 4

IMPORT INSPECTION FEES (REDUCED RATES)

Genus	Quantity	Country of origin	Fee	Fee (non- daytime working hours)
Cut flowers
Aster	Per consignment
	— up to 20,000 in number	Zimbabwe	£3.31	£4.96
	— for each additional 1,000 units	Zimbabwe	£0.02	£0.03
	— maximum price	Zimbabwe	£26.48	£39.72
Dianthus	Per consignment
	— up to 20,000 in number	Colombia	£0.40	£0.60
		Ecuador	£1.98	£2.97
		Israel, Morocco,Turkey	£3.31	£4.96
	— for each additional 1,000 units	Colombia	£0.003	£0.004
		Ecuador	£0.01	£0.015
		Israel, Morocco, Turkey	£0.02	£0.03
	— maximum price	Colombia	£3.17	£4.75
		Ecuador	£15.88	£23.82
		Israel, Morocco, Turkey	£26.48	£39.72
Rosa	Per consignment
	— up to 20,000 in number	Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe	£0.66	£0.99
		Colombia, Israel, Zambia	£1.32	£1.98
		Tanzania, Ethiopia	£3.31	£4.96
		India	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 units	Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe	£0.005	£0.007
		Colombia, Israel, Zambia	£0.01	£0.015
		Ethiopia, Tanzania	£0.02	£0.03
		India	£0.05	£0.07
	— maximum price	Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe	£5.29	£7.94
		Colombia, Israel, Zambia	£10.59	£15.89
		Ethiopia, Tanzania	£26.48	£39.72
		India	£52.96	£79.44
Fruit
Malus	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Chile, South Africa	£1.32	£1.98
		Argentina, New Zealand, USA	£1.98	£2.97
		Brazil	£3.31	£4.96
		China	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	Chile, South Africa	£0.05	£0.07
		Argentina, New Zealand, USA	£0.07	£0.10
		Brazil	£0.13	£0.19
		China	£0.26	£0.39
Mangifera	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Brazil	£1.32	£1.98
		Peru, South Africa	£6.62	£9.93
		Brazil	£0.05	£0.07
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	Peru, South Africa	£0.26	£0.39
Prunus	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Chile, South Africa, Turkey,	£1.32	£1.98
		Argentina	£1.98	£2.97
		USA	£4.63	£6.94
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	Chile, South Africa, Turkey,	£0.05	£0.07
		Argentina	£0.07	£0.10
		USA	£0.18	£0.27
Pyrus	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	South Africa	£1.32	£1.98
		Argentina	£1.98	£2.97
		Chile	£3.31	£4.96
		China	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	South Africa	£0.05	£0.07
		Argentina	£0.07	£0.10
		Chile	£0.13	£0.19
		China	£0.26	£0.39
Citrus	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Morocco	£0.66	£0.99
		Turkey	£0.92	£1.38
		USA	£1.32	£1.98
		Israel, Mexico, Uruguay	£1.98	£2.97
		Egypt	£3.31	£4.96
		Peru, Zimbabwe	£9.93	£14.89
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	Morocco	£0.02	£0.03
		Turkey	£0.03	£0.04
		USA	£0.05	£0.07
		Israel, Mexico, Uruguay	£0.07	£0.10
		Egypt	£0.13	£0.19
		Peru, Zimbabwe	£0.39	£0.58
Fort- unella	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	South Africa	£9.93	£14.89
		Israel	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	South Africa	£0.39	£0.58
		Israel	£0.26	£0.39
Mom- ordica	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Suriname	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	Suriname	£0.26	£0.39
Passiflora	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Kenya	£1.32	£1.98
		Colombia,	£1.98	£2.97
		Zimbabwe	£4.63	£6.94
		South Africa	£9.93	£14.89
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	Kenya	£0.05	£0.07
		Colombia	£0.07	£0.10
		Zimbabwe	£0.18	£0.27
		South Africa	£0.39	£0.58
Vegetables
Solanum melon- gena	Per consignment
	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Turkey	£9.93	£14.89
	— for each additional 1,000 kg	Turkey	£0.39	£0.58

Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount of less than £0.01, that amount is excluded.

SCHEDULE 3Regulation 4(1)

IMPORT INSPECTION FEES FOR DOCUMENTARY CHECKS AND IDENTITY CHECKS

Check	Quantity	Fee
Documentary check	Per consignment	£5.29
Identity check	Per consignment
	— up to a size of a truck load, a railway wagon load or the load of a container of comparable size	£5.29
	— bigger than the above size	£10.58

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and replace the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/171), which implemented Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No. L 169, 10.7.00, p. 1) ("the Directive"). The Directive requires member States to charge fees to cover the costs occasioned by the documentary checks, identity checks and plant health checks of certain imports of plants, plant products and other objects from third countries. These Regulations also implement reduced rates agreed for certain plants and plant products under the procedure provided for in Articles 13d(2) and 18(2) of the Directive.

The Regulations require an importer to pay, upon import of a consignment to which they apply, the fee specified in Schedule 1 or the reduced rate fee in Schedule 2, as appropriate (regulation 4(1)(a)). The fee is payable whether or not an inspection is carried out on the particular consignment (except in the case of the fees payable for an inspection carried out at the request of an importer outside daytime working hours (regulation 4(2)).

An importer is also required to pay the fee specified in Schedule 3 for documentary checks and identity checks (regulation 4(1)(b)).

A Regulatory Appraisal has been prepared for these Regulations. Copies are available from the Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.

Notes:

[1] 1973 c. 51.back

[2] 1998 c.38.back

[3] 1971 c. 80.back

[4] OJ No. L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.back

[5] OJ No. L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 9.back

[6] S.I. 2006/171.back

[7] 1998 c.38.back

Cymraeg (Welsh)

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Prepared 1 November 2006

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