Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993 and implements the following Community legislation—
Council Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of the European Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community, in particular as amended by Commission Directive 93/110/EC (OJ No. L303, 10.12.93, p.19);
Commission Directive 93/51/EEC (OJ No. L205, 17.8.93, p.24) establishing rules for movements of certain plants, plant products or other objects through a protected zone, and for movements of such plants, plant products or other objects originating in and moving within such a protected zone.
The principal amendments made by the Order are as follows:
a new definition is provided for “dunnage” and the requirements which it must meet are clarified (article 3 and Schedule 1);
a plant passport is no longer required for the landing or movement in Great Britain of conifer wood which has been stripped of its bark and which has been consigned from another Member State, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man (article 5 and Schedule 1);
a plant passport is no longer required for the movement of conifers and certain other material derived from conifers through a protected zone to a destination outside that zone, provided either that the trees or material originate in that zone or certain conditions are satisfied (article 6);
a new definition is provided for the Dendroctonus micans protected zone (article 12 and Schedule 2).