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The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

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Made: 21st July 2009

Laid before Parliament: 28th July 2009

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973[^f00001].

Title and commencement

1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st September 2009, except for regulation 4 which comes into force on 1st January 2010.

Amendments

2

The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (England) Regulations 2006[^f00002] are amended as follows.

Amendments coming into force on 1st September 2009

3

In Schedule 2—

(a) for the entry for Rosa,substitute the entry for Rosa set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;

(b) after the entry for Prunus, insert the entry for Psidium set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Amendment coming into force on 1st January 2010

4

For Schedule 2, substitute—

SCHEDULE2

Genus	Quantity	Country of origin	Fee	Fee (non-daytime working hours)
Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount less than £0.01, that amount is to be excluded.	Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount less than £0.01, that amount is to be excluded.	Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount less than £0.01, that amount is to be excluded.	Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount less than £0.01, that amount is to be excluded.	Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount less than £0.01, that amount is to be excluded.
*Cut flowers*
Dianthus	Per consignment
Dianthus	— up to 20,000 in number	Colombia	£0.39	£0.59
Dianthus	— up to 20,000 in number	Ecuador	£1.98	£2.97
Dianthus	— up to 20,000 in number	Kenya, Turkey	£3.31	£4.96
Dianthus		Israel	£6.62	£9.93
Dianthus	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Colombia	£0.003	£0.004
Dianthus	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Ecuador	£0.01	£0.02
Dianthus	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Kenya, Turkey	£0.02	£0.03
Dianthus		Israel	£0.05	£0.07
Dianthus	— maximum price	Colombia	£3.17	£4.76
Dianthus	— maximum price	Ecuador	£15.88	£23.83
Dianthus	— maximum price	Kenya, Turkey	£26.48	£39.72
		Israel	£52.96	£79.44
Rosa	Per consignment
	— up to 20,000 in number	Ecuador	£0.39	£0.59
		Colombia	£0.66	£0.99
		Ethiopia, Kenya	£1.32	£1.98
		Tanzania	£1.98	£2.97
		Zambia	£6.62	£9.93
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Ecuador	£0.003	£0.004
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Colombia	£0.005	£0.007
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Ethiopia, Kenya	£0.01	£0.015
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Tanzania	£0.01	£0.02
		Zambia	£0.05	£0.07
	— maximum price	Ecuador	£3.17	£4.76
		Colombia	£5.30	£7.94
		Ethiopia, Kenya	£10.59	£15.88
		Tanzania	£15.88	£23.83
		Zambia	£52.96	£79.44
*Fruit*
Citrus	Per consignment
Citrus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Turkey	£0.39	£0.59
Citrus		Morocco	£0.66	£0.99
Citrus		Israel, Uruguay, USA	£1.98	£2.97
Citrus		Egypt, Mexico	£3.31	£4.96
Citrus		Peru	£4.63	£6.95
Citrus		Honduras	£6.62	£9.93
Citrus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Turkey	£0.01	£0.02
Citrus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Morocco	£0.02	£0.03
Citrus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Israel, Uruguay, USA	£0.07	£0.11
Citrus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Egypt, Mexico	£0.13	£0.19
Citrus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Peru	£0.18	£0.27
Citrus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Honduras	£0.26	£0.39
Malus	Per consignment
Malus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Chile	£0.92	£1.39
Malus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa	£1.32	£1.98
Malus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Brazil	£1.98	£2.97
Malus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	China, USA	£3.31	£4.96
Malus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Chile	£0.03	£0.05
Malus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa	£0.05	£0.07
Malus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Brazil	£0.07	£0.11
Malus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	China, USA	£0.13	£0.19
Mangifera	Per consignment
Mangifera	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Brazil	£1.32	£1.98
Mangifera	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Brazil	£0.05	£0.07
Passiflora	Per consignment
Passiflora	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Columbia, Kenya	£1.32	£1.98
Passiflora	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Zimbabwe	£4.63	£6.95
Passiflora	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	South Africa	£6.62	£9.93
Passiflora	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Columbia, Kenya	£1.32	£1.98
Passiflora	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Zimbabwe	£0.18	£0.27
Passiflora	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	South Africa	£0.26	£0.39
Prunus	Per consignment
Prunus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Chile, South Africa, Turkey	£1.32	£1.98
Prunus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Argentina	£4.63	£6.95
Prunus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	USA	£6.62	£9.93
Prunus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Chile, South Africa, Turkey	£0.05	£0.07
Prunus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Argentina	£0.18	£0.27
Prunus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	USA	£0.26	£0.39
Psidium	Per consignment
Psidium	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Brazil	£9.93	£14.89
Psidium	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Brazil	£0.39	£0.58
Pyrus	Per consignment
Pyrus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Argentina, South Africa	£1.98	£2.97
Pyrus	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Chile, China	£4.63	£6.95
Pyrus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Argentina, South Africa	£0.07	£0.11
Pyrus	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Chile, China	£0.18	£0.27
*Vegetables*
Solanum melongena	Per consignment
Solanum melongena	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Turkey	£1.32	£1.98
Solanum melongena	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Turkey	£0.05	£0.07

SCHEDULE

Genus	Quantity	Country of origin	Fee	Fee (non-daytime working hours)
Rosa	Per consignment
	— up to 20,000 in number	Ecuador	£0.40	£0.60
		Colombia	£0.66	£0.99
		Ethiopia, Kenya	£1.32	£1.98
		Tanzania	£1.98	£2.97
		Zambia	£3.31	£4.96
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Ecuador	£0.003	£0.004
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Colombia	£0.005	£0.007
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Ethiopia, Kenya	£0.01	£0.015
	— for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof	Tanzania	£0.01	£0.02
		Zambia	£0.02	£0.03
	— maximum price	Ecuador	£3.17	£4.75
		Colombia	£5.29	£7.94
		Ethiopia, Kenya	£10.59	£15.89
		Tanzania	£15.88	£23.83
		Zambia	£26.48	£39.72
Psidium	Per consignment
Psidium	— up to 25,000 kg in weight	Brazil	£9.93	£14.89
Psidium	— for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof	Brazil	£0.39	£0.58

Signed

Bryan Davies — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 21st July 2009

We consent,

Dave Watts — Tony Cunningham — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 21st July 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1879) (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No L 169, 10.7.00, p1) (“the Directive”), which requires member States to charge 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.

The Directive contains a procedure (Articles 13a(2), 13d(2) and 18(2)) for setting reduced rates of inspection for imports of certain plants and plant products and for charging fees at a proportionately reduced rate. Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations sets out the fees for reduced rate inspections and these Regulations amend that Schedule to set out the fees corresponding to the latest rates of inspection. The changes to the fees made by these Regulations, which are set at a proportion of the standard fee (described in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations) corresponding to the rate of inspection, are based on the agreed inspection rates set out below:

Genus	Country of origin	Previous rate of inspection	Initial fee[^f01000]	New rate of inspection	Initial fee, specified in Schedule 2
(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 Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime working hours.	(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 Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime working hours.	(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 Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime working hours.	(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 Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime working hours.	(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 Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime working hours.	(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 Regulations for additional quantities, maximum price per consignment and non-daytime 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.	(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.	(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.	(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.	(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.	(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.
(3) New rates apply from 1st September 2009. Other changes apply from 1st January 2010.	(3) New rates apply from 1st September 2009. Other changes apply from 1st January 2010.	(3) New rates apply from 1st September 2009. Other changes apply from 1st January 2010.	(3) New rates apply from 1st September 2009. Other changes apply from 1st January 2010.	(3) New rates apply from 1st September 2009. Other changes apply from 1st January 2010.	(3) New rates apply from 1st September 2009. Other changes apply from 1st January 2010.
Cut Flowers
Dianthus	Israel	35%	£4.63	50%	£6.62
Dianthus	Kenya	10%	£1.32	25%	£3.31
Rosa	India	50%	£6.62	100%[^f01001] [^f01002]	-
Rosa	Uganda	50%	£6.62	100%[^f01001] [^f01002]	-
Rosa	Zambia	25%	£3.31	50%	£6.62
Fruit
Mangifera	Brazil	5%	£0.66	10%	£1.32
Psidium	Brazil	100%	£13.24	75%	£9.93
Prunus	Argentina	25%	£3.31	35%	£4.63
Pyrus	Argentina	25%	£3.31	15%	£1.98
Pyrus	China	50%	£6.62	35%	£4.63
Citrus	Honduras	75%	£9.93	50%	£6.62
Citrus	Israel	25%	£3.31	15%	£1.98
Citrus	Peru	25%	£3.31	35%	£4.63
Vegetables
Solanum melongena	Turkey	15%	£1.98	10%	£1.32

The regulatory impact assessment which was prepared in respect of the predecessor to the principal Regulations (S.I. 2005/906) foresaw changes to the fees for plant health import inspections to which these Regulations apply. This was placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1973 c. 51.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2006/1879 as amended by S.I. 2007/788, 2007/3013 and 2008/3233.

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