The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2000

W.S.I. 2000/350 · Made 8 February 2000 · Extends to England and Wales

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Regulations	revoked	Potatoes Originating in Egypt 2004 reg. 8(2)(a)

PLANT HEALTH, WALES

Made 8 February 2000

Coming into force 9 February 2000

The National Assembly for Wales, being designatedM1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1999/2788
M2: 1972 c.68.

1Title, commencement and application
2Amendment of the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998
3Regulation 3
Signature
Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and application

These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2000, shall apply to Wales and shall come into force on 9 February 2000.

2Amendment of the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998

(1)

The Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 M1 shall be amended in their application to Wales in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation) -

(a)

for the definition of “the Decision” there shall be substituted -

““the Decision” means Commission Decision 96/301/EC authorising member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt M2 as amended by Commission Decision 98/105/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt M3, Commission Decision 98/503/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt M4 and Commission Decision 99/842/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum as regards Egypt M5;”; and

(b)

in the definition of “the Minister”, there shall be substituted “ the National Assembly for Wales ” for “the Secretary of State for Wales”.

3

In regulation 3(2) (imports of potatoes originating in Egypt) and regulation 5A(1) (charges in respect of the sampling of imports of potatoes), for the words “Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith”, there shall be substituted “ Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. M1 ”.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 M1

Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer

8 February 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to Wales, implement Commission Decision 99/842/EC amending Decision 96/301/EC which authorises Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (OJ No. L326, 18.12.99, p.68) by amending the definition of “the Decision” in the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 (“the 1998 Regulations”) (regulation 2(2)). Decision 99/842/EC makes minor modifications to the requirements applying to potatoes imported into Member States from Egypt.

These Regulations also:

(a)

vest the functions of “the Minister” in the 1998 Regulations in the National Assembly for Wales, in so far as such functions are exercisable in relation to Wales (regulation 2(2)(b)); and

(b)

substitute the references to “Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith” in the 1998 Regulations with the term “Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.” (regulation 2(3)).