Regulations, 2007

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,146, 9 ta’ Novembru, 2007

L.N. 359 of 2007

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT

(CAP. 433)

Plant Quarantine (Harmful Organisms) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2007

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

Quarantine Act, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has

made the following rules:-

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

(Harmful Organisms) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 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

Commission Directive 2007/40/EC of 28 June 2007 amending Directive

2001/32/EC and Commission Directive 2007/41/EC of 28 June 2007

amending Council Directive 2000/29.

Schedule VII to the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

VII to the principal

as follows

regulations.

(a) in point (c) (1) thereof, the word ‘Denmark’ shall be

deleted; and

(b) in point (d) thereof, immediately after point (3) there

shall be added the following;

“4. Grapevine flavescence dorée MLO

Czech Republic (until 31March

2009), regions of Champagne-

Ardenne, Lorraine and Alsace in

France (until 31 March 2009), region

of Basilicata in Italy (until 31 March

2009)”.

Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be amended as

(a) in Part B(c), point 0.1, in the right hand column,. the

word “DK” shall be deleted; and

(b) in Part B(d), the following point shall be added

immediately after point 1

Grapevine Plants of Vitis L., other than fruit and seeds. CZ,

FR

(Champagne-

Ardenne, Lorraine

and Alsace), IT

(Basilicata)”.

Schedule IV of the principal regulations shall be amended as

(a) in Part B, point 6.3, in the right hand column, the word

“DK” shall be deleted; and

(b) in Part B, the following point shall be added immediately

after point 31

Without prejudice to the provisions

CZ,

FR

L., other than fruit applicable to the plants listed in Annex

(Champagne-

III(A)(15), IVA(II)17, and IVB21.1, official

A r d e n n e ,

statement that

Lorraine and

Alsace),

IT

(a) the plants originate and have been (Basilicata)”.

grown in a place of production in a country

where Grapevine flavescence dorée MLO is

not known to occur; or

(b) the plants originate and have been

grown in a place of production in an area free

from Grapevine flavescence dorée MLO

established by the national plant protection

organisation in accordance with the relevant

international standards; or

(c) the plants originate and have been

grown in either the Czech Republic, France

(Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine and Alsace),

or Italy (Basilicata); or

(d) the plants originate and have been

grown in a place of production where

(aa) no symptoms of Grapevine

flavescence dorée MLO have been observed

on the mother-stock plants since the beginning

of the last two complete cycles of vegetation;

and

(bb) either

(i) no symptoms of Grapevine

flavescence dorée MLO have been found on

the plants in the place of production; or,

(ii) the plants have undergone hot water

treatment of at least 50 ∞C for 45 minutes in

order to eliminate the presence of Grapevine

flavescence dorée MLO.

In Schedule V to the principal regulations, in part A.II thereof, Amends Schedule V

to the principal

for point 1.3there shallo be substituted the following

regulations.

“1.3. Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Amelanchier Med.,

Chaenomeles Lindl., Cotoneaster Ehrh., Crataegus L., Cydonia

Mill., Eriobotrya Lindl., Eucalyptus L’Herit., Malus Mill.,

Mespilus L., Photinia davidiana (Dcne.) Cardot, Pyracantha

Roem., Pyrus L., Sorbus L. and Vitis L.”.

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