# The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019, Note: Explanatory note Extent: S (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (“the principal Regulations”). Article 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. The table provides a comparison of changes made to the fees in schedule 2 of the principal Regulations: TABLE 1 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. 2 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 to the principal Regulations. Genus Country of origin Previous rate of inspection Previous fee1 New rate of inspection New fee, specified in Schedule 2 PART 1 Cut Flowers Phoenix Costa Rica 35% £30.30 50% £33.00 Rosa Ecuador 3% £24.60 1% £24.20 Rosa Kenya 5% £24.90 10% £25.80 Rosa Tanzania 15% £26.70 50% £33.00 Fruit Citrus Egypt 100% £42.00 75% £37.50 Citrus Morocco 5% £24.90 3% £24.60 Citrus Tunisia 100% £42.00 75% £37.50 Citrus USA 15% £26.70 25% £28.50 Malus Brazil 75% £37.50 50% £33.00 Mangifera Brazil 100% £42.00 50% £33.00 Passiflora Vietnam 35% £30.30 25% £28.50 Prunus Morocco 25% £28.50 50% £33.00 Prunus USA 25% £28.50 50% £33.00 Vegetables Capsicum Morocco 5% £24.90 100%2 - Momordica Surinam 35% £30.30 100%2 - Solanum melongena Kenya 10% £25.80 100%2 - Regulation 3 revokes regulation 2 of the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018. No business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument as it has limited impact on the cost of business. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/28/note (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-import-inspection-fees-scotland-amendment-regulations-2019/note Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.