Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/82) (“the principal Order”) to implement—
Commission Implementing Directive 2014/78/EU amending Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to 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 183, 24.6.2014, p23);
Commission Implementing Directive 2014/83/EU amending Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to 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 186, 26.6.2014, p64);
Commission Implementing Decision 2014/422/EU setting out measures in respect of certain citrus fruit originating in South Africa to prevent the introduction into and spread within the Union of Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa (OJ L No 196, 3.7.2014, p21).
Commission Implementing Decision 2014/690/EU repealing Decision 2006/464/EC on provisional emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and spread within the Community of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (OJ L 288, 2.10.2014, p. 5).
Articles 4, 5 (other than article 5(1)(c)(ii)), 6 (other than article 6(1)(f) and (g)) and 7 to 12 amend Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to 7 to the principal Order so as to implement various amendments made by Commission Implementing Directives 2014/78/EU and 2014/83/EU to technical annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p1).
Articles 3(a) and 6(1)(f) and (g) amend article 2(1) of, and Part A of Schedule 4 to, the Principal Order to implement Commission Implementing Decision 2014/422/EU.
Article 4(2) amends Schedule 1 to the principal Order to implement the amendments made by Commission Implementing Directive 2014/78/EU to Council Directive 2000/29/EC in relation to the plant pests Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, the oriental chestnut gall wasp, and Thaumatopoea processionea L., the Oak Processionary Moth. The amendments prohibit the landing or movement of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu and Thaumatopoea processionea L. in Northern Ireland, which is recognised as a protected zone in relation to these plant pests. Article 6(3)(d) amends Schedule 4 Part C to impose additional requirements on the movement of Castanea Mill. (chestnut) plants which are a host for Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu.
In addition, the Order makes other minor amendments to the Principal Order.
Article 3(a) provides for references to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/422/EU to be read as references to that Decision as amended from time to time. Article 3(e) provides for references to Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 to be read as references to that Regulation as amended from time to time.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on business or the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum for this rule, together with a transposition note for Commission Implementing Directives 2014/78/EU and 2014/83/EU, is available alongside the rule at www.legislation.gov.uk.