# The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2000, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, implement Commission Decision 2000/568/EC amending Decision 96/301/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination ofPseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (O.J. No. L 238, 22.9.2000, p.59).
The Regulations amend the definition of “the Decision” in the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 (regulation 2(2)). Commission Decision 2000/568/EC renews the framework within which potatoes may be imported from Egypt into the territory of the European Community.
No regulatory appraisal has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/393/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-egypt-amendment-no-2-scotland-regulations-2000/note
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