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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-import-inspection-fees-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/22",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-import-inspection-fees-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (“the principal Regulations”).\nArticle 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p.1) (“the Directive”) requires a Member State to ensure the collection of fees to cover the costs occasioned by the documentary checks, identity checks and plant health checks of certain imports of plants, plant products and other objects from third countries which are required by Article 13a(1) of the Directive. Pursuant to Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) 1756/2004 (OJ L 313, 12.10.2004, p.6), the European Commission notifies Member States of plants and plant products which should be subject to reduced inspection and of the rate of such inspection. Regulation 2 substitutes schedule 2 of the principal Regulations to take account of the most recent Commission Notification on reduced inspection rates as published on the following website: http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_health_biosafety/trade_non_eu/reduced_frequency_checks_en.htm.\nThe table provides a comparison of changes made to the fees in schedule 2 of the principal Regulations:\nTABLE\n1 Initial fee per consignment for cut flowers (up to 20,000 in number) and fruit and vegetables (up to 25,000 kg in weight). Corresponding fees are set in the principal Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and inspections carried out outside normal working hours.\n2 Consignments subject to an inspection rate of 100% are excluded from the reduced rate inspection scheme and are subject to the import inspection fees specified in schedule 1 of the principal Regulations.\n3 In 2018 the Commission Notification revised the rate of inspection for Citrus coming from Israel up to 100%, except in respect of the subspecies Citrus limon C.aurantiifolia.\n4 In 2018 the Commission Notification revised the rate of inspection for Prunus-persica coming from South Africa up to 100%. For all other sub-species of Prunus coming from South Africa the rate of inspection has been revised down to 5%.\nRegulation 3 revokes regulation 2 of the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017.\nNo business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument as it has limited impact on the cost of business.\nGenus\nCountry of origin\nPrevious rate of inspection\nPrevious fee1\nNew rate of inspection\nNew fee, specified in schedule 21\nFruit\nCitrus\nEgypt\n25%\n£28.50\n100%2\n-\nCitrus limon C.aurantiifolia 3\nIsrael\n10%\n£25.80\n25%\n£28.50\nCitrus- other 3\nIsrael\n10%\n£25.80\n100%2\n-\nMalus\nBrazil\n25%\n£28.50\n75%\n£37.50\nMalus\nUSA\n75%\n£37.50\n100%2\n-\nPassiflora\nZimbabwe\n75%\n£37.50\n50%\n£33.00\nPrunus-persica 4\nSouth Africa\n10%\n£25.80\n100%2\n-\nPrunus-other(4)\nSouth Africa\n10%\n£25.80\n5%\n£24.90\nPrunus\nTurkey\n10%\n£25.80\n35%\n£30.30\nPyrus\nArgentina\n10%\n£25.80\n15%\n£26.70\nPyrus\nChina\n75%\n£37.50\n50%\n£33.00\nVegetables\nCapsicum\nIsrael\n10%\n£25.80\n100%2\n-\nSolanum lycopersicon\nMorocco\nNew\n-\n5%\n£24.90\nSolanum lycopersicon\nCanary Islands\nNew\n-\n5%\n£24.90\nSolanum melongena\nTurkey\n5%\n£24.90\n25%\n£28.50",
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