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The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007

Made

22 November 2007

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

23 November 2007

Coming into force

18 December 2007

The Welsh Ministers, with the consent of the Treasury, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973(1) and now vested in them(2):

Title and commencement

1. The title of these Regulations are the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007 and come into force–

(a) for the purposes of regulation 2(3), on 1 January 2008; and

(b) for all other purposes, on 18 December 2007

Amendments to the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2006

2.–(1) The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2006(3) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 3, substitute–

"3. These Regulations apply in relation to consignments of–

(a) plants, plant products and other objects of a description specified in the first column of Schedule 1 that are listed in Annex V, Part B of the Directive; and

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

which are landed in Wales from a third country or are the subject of an agreement made under article 12(6) of the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006(4).".

(3) For Schedule 2, substitute–

Regulation 4

"SCHEDULE 2 IMPORT INSPECTION FEES (REDUCED RATES)

Genus Quantity Country of origin Fee Fee (non-daytime working hours)
Cut flowers
Dianthus Per consignment
– up to 20,000 in number Colombia £0.40 £0.60
Ecuador £1.98 £2.97
Turkey £3.31 £4.96
Israel £4.63 £6.95
– for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof Colombia £0.003 £0.004
Ecuador £0.01 £0.02
Turkey £0.02 £0.03
Israel £0.03 £0.05
– maximum price Colombia £3.17 £4.75
Ecuador £15.88 £23.83
Turkey £26.48 £39.72
Israel £37.07 £55.60
Rosa Per consignment
– up to 20,000 in number Ecuador £0.40 £0.60
Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya £0.66 £0.99
Uganda, Zambia £1.32 £1.98
Tanzania £1.98 £2.97
India, Zimbabwe £6.62 £9.93
– for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof Ecuador £0.003 £0.004
Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya £0.005 £0.007
Uganda, Zambia £0.01 £0.015
Tanzania £0.01 £0.02
India, Zimbabwe £0.05 £0.07
– maximum price Ecuador £3.17 £4.75
Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya £5.29 £7.94
Uganda, Zambia £10.59 £15.89
Tanzania £15.88 £23.83
India, Zimbabwe £52.96 £79.44
Fruit
Malus Per consignment
Chile £0.93 £1.39
– up to 25,000 kg in weight New Zealand, South Africa £1.32 £1.98
Argentina £1.98 £2.97
Brazil, USA £3.31 £4.96
China £4.63 £6.95
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof Chile £0.03 £0.05
New Zealand, South Africa £0.05 £0.07
Argentina £0.07 £0.11
Brazil, USA £0.13 £0.19
China £0.18 £0.27
Mangifera Per consignment
– up to 25,000 kg in weight Brazil £0.66 £0.99
Peru £6.62 £9.93
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof Brazil £0.02 £0.03
Peru £0.26 £0.39
Prunus Per consignment
– up to 25,000 kg in weight South Africa, Turkey £1.32 £1.98
Chile £1.98 £2.97
Argentina £3.31 £4.96
USA £6.62 £9.93
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof South Africa, Turkey £0.05 £0.07
Chile £0.07 £0.11
Argentina £0.13 £0.19
USA £0.26 £0.39
Pyrus Per consignment
– up to 25,000 kg in weight South Africa £1.98 £2.97
Argentina £3.31 £4.96
Chile £4.63 £6.95
China £6.62 £9.93
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof South Africa £0.07 £0.11
Argentina £0.13 £0.19
Chile £0.18 £0.27
China £0.26 £0.39
Citrus Per consignment
– up to 25,000 kg in weight Morocco, Turkey £0.66 £0.99
USA £1.32 £1.98
Uruguay £1.98 £2.97
Egypt, Israel, Mexico, Peru £3.31 £4.96
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof Morocco, Turkey £0.02 £0.03
USA £0.05 £0.07
Uruguay £0.07 £0.11
Egypt, Israel, Mexico, Peru £0.13 £0.19
Momordica Per consignment
– up to 25,000 kg in weight Suriname £6.62 £9.93
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof 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 £6.95
South Africa £6.62 £9.93
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof Kenya £0.05 £0.07
Colombia £0.07 £0.11
Zimbabwe £0.18 £0.27
South Africa £0.26 £0.39
Vegetables
Solanum melongena Per consignment
– up to 25,000 kg in weight Turkey £3.31 £4.96
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof Turkey £0.13 £0.19

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

Elin Jones

Minister for Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

22 November 2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2832 (W.253)) ("the principal Regulations"). The principal Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No. L 169, 10.7.00, p. 1), which 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: (a) extend the application of the principal Regulations to consignments consisting of goods in transit within the European Community in respect of which the Welsh Ministers have agreed with the official body of point of entry for those goods, in accordance with the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1643 (W.158)), that they the Welsh Ministers would be responsible for certain matters; and (b) substitute a new Schedule 2 instead of the current one in the principal Regulations, to give effect to the latest agreed reduced rates for inspections of certain material. (Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations includes provision for reduced rates for certain plants and plant products agreed under the procedure provided for in Articles 13d(2) and 18(2) of the Directive.) The changes to the fees made by these Regulations, which are set at a proportion of the standard fee (described in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations) corresponding to the rate of inspection, are based on the agreed inspection rates set out below:

A regulatory impact assessment was prepared in respect of the predecessor to the principal Regulations (S.I. 2006/171 (W.22)). This can be obtained from the Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

Genus Country of origin Previous rate of inspection Initial feea New rate of inspection Initial fee, s specified in Schedule 2
a

Initial fee per consignment for cut flowers (up to 20,000 in number) and fruit and vegetables (up to 25,000 kg in weight). Corresponding fees are set in the Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime working hours.
b

Consignments subject to an inspection rate of 100% are excluded from the reduced rate inspection scheme and are subject to the import inspection fees specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.
Cut Flowers
Aster Zimbabwe 50% £6.62 100%b –
Dianthus Israel 25% £3.31 35% £4.63
Dianthus Morocco 50% £6.62 100% –
Rosa Ecuador 5% £0.66 3% £0.40
Rosa Ethiopia 25% £3.31 5% £0.66
Rosa Israel 10% £1.32 100% –
Rosa Kenya 1% £0.13 5% £0.66
Rosa Tanzania 25% £3.31 15% £1.98
Rosa Uganda 5% £0.66 10% £1.32
Rosa Zimbabwe 25% £3.31 50% £6.62
Fruit
Fortunella Israel 50% £6.62 100% –
Fortunella South Africa 75% £9.93 100% –
Malus USA 15% £1.98 25% £3.31
Mangifera Brazil 10% £1.32 5% £0.66
Passiflora South Africa 75% £9.93 50% £6.62
Prunus Argentina 15% £1.98 25% £3.31
Prunus Chile 10% £1.32 15% £1.98
Prunus Turkey 15% £1.98 10% £1.32
Prunus USA 35% £4.63 50% £6.62
Pyrus Argentina 15% £1.98 25% £3.31
Pyrus Chile 25% £3.31 35% £4.63
Pyrus South Africa 10% £1.32 15% £1.98
Citrus Israel 15% £1.98 25% £3.31
Citrus Peru 75% £9.93 25% £3.31
Citrus Turkey 15% £1.98 5% £0.66
Citrus USA 15% £1.98 10% £1.32
Citrus Zimbabwe 75% £9.93 100% –
Vegtables
Solanum melongena Turkey 75% £9.93 25% £3.31
(1)

1973 c. 51. Back [1]

(2)

section 59(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). Back [2]

(3)

S.I. 2006/2832 (W.253), amended by S.I. 2007/1763 (W.153). Back [3]

(4)

S.I 2006/1643 (W.158), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [4]


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