uksi/2019/180 — The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

2019 No. 180 Plant Health, England The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 Made 4th February 2019 Laid before Parliament 6th February 2019 Coming into force 1st March 2019 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973 . Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st March 2019. Amendment of the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 2 For Schedule 2 to the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 substitute— SCHEDULE 2 Import inspection fees: reduced rates Regulation 3(2)(c) Column 1 Genus Column 2 Country of origin Column 3 Fee (£) Cut flowers Aster Zimbabwe 25.07 Dianthus Colombia 1.00 Ecuador 5.01 Kenya 1.67 Turkey 5.01 Rosa Colombia 1.00 Ecuador 0.33 Ethiopia 1.67 Kenya 3.34 Tanzania 16.71 Zambia 3.34 Branches with foliage Phoenix Costa Rica 32.33 Fruit Citrus Egypt 43.08 Morocco 1.72 Peru 5.74 Tunisia 43.08 Turkey 1.72 USA 14.36 Citrus limon and citrus aurantifolia Israel 14.36 Malus Argentina 20.11 Brazil 28.73 Chile 2.87 New Zealand 5.74 South Africa 2.87 Mangifera Brazil 28.73 Passiflora Colombia 4.02 Kenya 14.36 South Africa 20.11 Vietnam 14.36 Zimbabwe 28.73 Prunus Argentina 43.09 Chile 5.74 Morocco 28.73 Turkey 20.11 USA 28.73 Prunus, other than prunus persica South Africa 2.87 Pyrus Argentina 8.62 Chile 8.62 China 28.73 South Africa 5.74 Vaccinium Argentina 14.36 Vegetables Solanum lycopersicon Canary Islands 2.87 Morocco 2.87 Solanum melongena Turkey 14.36 Gardiner of Kimble Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 30th January 2019 We consent Mike Freer Paul Maynard Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th February 2019 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. 2018/289 ) which specify fees payable to the Secretary of State in relation to plant health services and the certification of seed potatoes and fruit plants and fruit plant propagating material. Schedule 2 to the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 sets out reduced rate fees payable by the importer of a third country consignment for plant health checks in respect of certain plants and plant products which are subject to reduced levels of checks agreed under the procedure provided for in Articles 13a(2) and 18(2) of 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 169, 10.7.2000, p.1). Regulation 2 of these Regulations substitutes Schedule 2 to reflect the new fees payable as a consequence of the latest decision by the EU Standing Committee on Plant Health on the reduced plant health checks which are applicable to certain plants and plant products. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.