Plant Quarantine (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 2005

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 17,813, 2 ta’ Settembru, 2005

L.N. 307 of 2005

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT, 2001

(ACT NO. XVIII OF 2001)

Plant Quarantine (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 2005

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant

Quarantine Act, 2001, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the

Environment has made the following regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Plant Quarantine Title and scope.

(Harmful Organisms) (Amendments) Regulations, 2005 and they shall

be read and construed as one with the Plant Quarantine (Harmful

Organisms) Regulations, 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 97 of 2004.

regulations”.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose the

provisions found in Directive 2005#16#EC, amending Directive 2000#29,

which has been transposed as the principal regulations.

In Part B of Schedule I to the principal regulations>-

Amends Schedule I

to the principal

regulations.

(a) under heading (a), point 3, for Protected Zone(s) in the

third column there shall be substituted the following>

“E (Ibiza and Menorca), IRL, CY, M, P (Azores and

Madeira), UK, S (Blekinge, Gotland, Halland, Kalmar,

Skåne), FI (the districts of Åland, Turku, Uusimaa, Kymi,

Häme, Pirkanmaa, Satakunta)”<

(b) Under heading (b), point 1, “DK” shall be deleted.

Schedule II, Part B, of the principal regulations shall be Amends Schedule II

to the principal

amended as follows>

regulations.

(a) Under heading (a), point 3, the third column shall be

substituted by the following>

“EL, IRL, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and

Jersey)”<

(b) Under heading (b), point 2, “EE” is inserted before “F

(Corsica)” in the third column<

(c) Under heading (d), point 1, in the third column, “I” is

deleted.

In Schedule III, Part B of the principal regulations, in points 1

and 2, in the second column, “EE” shall be inserted before “F (Corsica)”.

Schedule IV, Part B of the principal regulations, is amended

as follows>

(a) In point 1, the third column is being substituted by the

following>

“EL, IRL, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and

Jersey)”.

(b) In point 7, the third column is being substituted by the

following>

“EL, IRL, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and

Jersey)”.

(c) In point 14.1, the third column is being substituted by

the following>

“EL, IRL, UK (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and

Jersey)”.

(d) In the third column of point 20.1, “DK” shall be deleted<

(e) In the third column of point 20.2, “DK” shall be deleted<

(f)

Point 21 is amended as follows>

(i) in the second column, under point (c), “Ticino” shall

be deleted<

(ii) in the third column, “EE” shall be inserted before

“F (Corsica)”.

(g) The following point 21.1 shall be inserted>

“21.1.Plants of

Without prejudice to

CY”

Vitis L., other than fruit the prohibition in Annex III

and seeds

Part A pint 15. on

introducing plants of Vitis

L. other than fruits from

third countires (except

Switzerland) into the

Community,

official

statement that the plants>

(a) originate in an area

known to be free from

Daktulosphaira vitifoliae

(Fitch)< or

(b) have been grown at

a place of production which

has been found free from

Daktulosphaira vitifoliae

(Fitch)

on

official

inspections carried out

during the last two complete

cycles of vegetation< or

(c) have been subject to

fumigation or other

appropriate

treatment

against Daktulosphaira

vitifoliae (Fitch). other than

fruit and seeds

(h) Point 21.3 is amended as follows>

(i) in the second column, in point (b), “Ticino” is

deleted<

(ii) in the third column “EE” is inserted before “F

(Corsica)”

(i) in the column of point 22, “DK” is deleted<

(j) in the third column of point 23, “DK” is deleted<

(k) in the third column of point 25, “DK” is deleted<

(l) in the third column of point 26, “DK” is deleted<

(m) in the third column of point 27.1, “DK” is deleted<

(n) in the third column of point 27.2, “DK” is deleted<

(o) in the third column of point 30, “DK” shall be deleted<

and

(p) for point 31 there shall be substituted the following>

“31. Fruits of

Without prejudice to EL, F (Corsica),

Citrus L., Fortunella the requirement in Annex M, P”

Swingle, Poncirus IV Part A Section II Point

Raf., and their 30.1 that Packaging should

Hybrids originating bear an origin mark>

in E,F (except

Corsica), CY and I

(a) the fruits shall be

free from leaves and

peduncles< or

(b) in the case of

fruits with leaves or

peduncles,

official

statement that the fruits are

packed in closed containers

which have been officially

sealed during their

transport through a

protected zone, recognised

for these fruits, and shall

bear a distinguishing mark

to be reported on the

passport.

In Schedule V, Part A of the principal regulations, for the text

in point 2.4 is being substituted by the following>

“2.4. Seeds and bulbs of Allium ascalonicum L., Allium cepa

L. and Allium schoenoprasum L. intended for planting and plants

of Allium porrum L. intended for planting.

Seeds of Medicago sativa L.,

Certified seeds of Helianthus annuus L., Lycopersicon

lycopersicum (L.) Karsten ex Farw. and Phaseolus L.”

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