Explanatory note

This Order amends the Plant Health (England) Order 2005 (SI 2005/2530) (“the principal Order”) so as to implement—

Commission Directive 2005/77/EC amending Annex 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 in the Community (OJ No. L296, 12.11.2005, p.17);

Commission Decision 2005/870/EC recognising Bulgaria as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. spp sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al (OJ No. L 319, 7.12.2005, p.9);

Commission Directive 2006/35/EC amending Annexes I to IV 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. L88, 25.3.2006, p.9);

Commission Decision 2006/473/EC recognising certain third countries and areas as being free from Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensis Carv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (OJ No. L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 35);

Commission Decision 2006/464/EC on provisional emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (OJ No. L 183, 5.7.2006, p. 29).

The Order also makes minor amendments to the principal Order.

The main changes which this Order makes to the principal Order are to—

A transposition note has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies of the transposition note can be obtained from Plant Health Division, Defra, Foss House, Kings Pool, Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as it has no impact on the costs for business.