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Made
18th February 2008
Coming into operation
31st March 2008
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(1), being a Department makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act(2) and section 56(1), (2) and (5) of the Finance Act 1973(3), with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.
The Department is designated(4) for the purposes of the said section 2(2) in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community.
1.–(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and come into operation on 31st March 2008.
(2) In these Regulations–
"the principal Regulations" means the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Northern Ireland) 2005(5).
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(6) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
2. The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
3. In regulation 2, after "identity check"–
"" official body of point of entry" has the same meaning as in Article 2(1)(k) of the Directive;".
4. For regulation 3, substitute–
"3. These Regulations apply in relation to consignments of plants, plant products and other objects of a description specified in the first column of Schedule 1 that are:
(a) listed in Annex V, Part B of the Directive; or
(b) seeds of Solanaceae whether or not listed in Annex V, Part B of the Directive;
and which are landed in Northern Ireland from a third country or are the subject of a agreement made under Article 12(6) of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006(7), to be responsible for certain matters.".
5. For Schedule 2, substitute–
Regulation 4(3)
Genus | Quantity | Country of origin | Fee | Fee (non-daytime working hours) |
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Cut flowers | ||||
Dianthus | Per consignment | |||
– up to 20,000 in number | Colombia | £0.40 | £0.60 | |
Ecuador | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
Turkey | £3.31 | £4.96 | ||
Israel | £4.63 | £6.95 | ||
– for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof | Colombia | £0.003 | £0.004 | |
Ecuador | £0.01 | £0.02 | ||
Turkey | £0.02 | £0.03 | ||
Israel | £0.03 | £0.05 | ||
– maximum price | Colombia | £3.17 | £4.75 | |
Ecuador | £15.88 | £23.83 | ||
Turkey | £26.48 | £39.72 | ||
Israel | £37.07 | £55.60 | ||
Rosa | Per consignment | |||
– up to 20,000 in number | Ecuador | £0.40 | £0.60 | |
Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya | £0.66 | £0.99 | ||
Uganda, Zambia | £1.32 | £1.98 | ||
Tanzania | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
India, Zimbabwe | £6.62 | £9.93 | ||
– for each additional 1,000 units or part thereof | Ecuador | £0.003 | £0.004 | |
Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya | £0.005 | £0.007 | ||
Uganda, Zambia | £0.01 | £0.015 | ||
Tanzania | £0.01 | £0.02 | ||
India, Zimbabwe | £0.05 | £0.07 | ||
– maximum price | Ecuador | £3.17 | £4.75 | |
Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya | £5.29 | £7.94 | ||
Uganda, Zambia | £10.59 | £15.89 | ||
Tanzania | £15.88 | £23.83 | ||
India, Zimbabwe | £52.96 | £79.44 | ||
Fruit | ||||
Malus | Per consignment | |||
Chile | £0.93 | £1.39 | ||
– up to 25,000 kg in weight | New Zealand, South Africa | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
Argentina | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
Brazil, USA | £3.31 | £4.96 | ||
China | £4.63 | £6.95 | ||
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Chile | £0.03 | £0.05 | |
New Zealand, South Africa | £0.05 | £0.07 | ||
Argentina | £0.07 | £0.11 | ||
Brazil, USA | £0.13 | £0.19 | ||
China | £0.18 | £0.27 | ||
Mangifera | Per consignment | |||
– up to 25,000 kg in weight | Brazil | £0.66 | £0.99 | |
Peru | £6.62 | £9.93 | ||
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Brazil | £0.02 | £0.03 | |
Peru | £0.26 | £0.39 | ||
Prunus | Per consignment | |||
– up to 25,000 kg in weight | South Africa, Turney | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
Chile | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
Argentina | £3.31 | £4.96 | ||
USA | £6.62 | £9.93 | ||
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | South Africa, Turkey | £0.05 | £0.07 | |
Chile | £0.07 | £0.11 | ||
Argentina | £0.13 | £0.19 | ||
USA | £0.26 | £0.39 | ||
Pyrus | Per consignment | |||
– up to 25,000 kg in weight | South Africa | £1.98 | £2.97 | |
Argentina | £3.31 | £4.96 | ||
Chile | £4.63 | £6.95 | ||
China | £6.62 | £9.93 | ||
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | South Africa | £0.07 | £0.11 | |
Argentina | £0.13 | £0.19 | ||
Chile | £0.18 | £0.27 | ||
China | £0.26 | £0.39 | ||
Citrus | Per consignment | |||
– up to 25,000 kg in weight | Morocco, Turkey | £0.66 | £0.99 | |
USA | £1.32 | £1.98 | ||
Uruguay | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
Egypt, Israel, Mexico, Peru | £3.31 | £4.96 | ||
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Morocco, Turkey | £0.02 | £0.03 | |
USA | £0.05 | £0.07 | ||
Uruguay | £0.07 | £0.11 | ||
Egypt, Israel, Mexico, Peru | £0.13 | £0.19 | ||
Momordica | Per consignment | |||
– up to 25,000 kg in weight | Suriname | £6.62 | £9.93 | |
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Suriname | £0.26 | £0.39 | |
Passiflora | Per consignment | |||
– up to 25,000 kg in weight | Kenya | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
Colombia | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
Zimbabwe | £4.63 | £6.95 | ||
South Africa | £6.62 | £9.93 | ||
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Kenya | £0.05 | £0.07 | |
Colombia | £0.07 | £0.11 | ||
Zimbabwe | £0.18 | £0.27 | ||
South Africa | £0.26 | £0.39 | ||
Vegetables | ||||
Solanum melongena | Per consignment | |||
– up to 25,000 kg in weight | Turkey | £3.31 | £4.96 | |
– for each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Turkey | £0.13 | £0.19 |
Where the total amount of any fee comprises an amount of less than £0.01, that amount shall be excluded.".
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 18th February 2008.
John Speers
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to the foregoing Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 18th February 2008.
Jack Layberry
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/373) ("the principal Regulations"). The principal Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No. L169, 10.7.00, P.1) as amended by Council Directive 2002/89/EC (O.J. No. L355, 30.12.02, P.45-60), 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. These minimum fees are revised annually by the EC.
These Regulations: (a) extend the application of the principal Regulations to consignments consisting of EU transit goods in respect of which the Department has agreed with the official body of point of entry for those goods, in accordance with the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/82), to be responsible for certain matters, which was omitted from the original Regulations; and (b) substitute a new Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, to give effect to the latest annual EC agreement in respect of reduced rate fees. (Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations includes provision for reduced rates for certain plants and plant products agreed under the procedure provided for in Articles 13d(2) and 18(2) of the Directive).
(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. |
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(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. |
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Genus | Country of origin | Previous rate of inspection | Initial fee(1) | New rate of inspection |
Initial fee, specified in Schedule 2 |
Cut Flowers | |||||
Aster | Zimbabwe | 50% | £6.62 | 100%(2) | - |
Dianthus | Israel | 25% | £3.31 | 35% | £4.63 |
Dianthus | Morocco | 50% | £6.62 | 100% | - |
Rosa | Ecuador | 5% | £0.66 | 3% | £0.40 |
Rosa | Ethiopia | 25% | £3.31 | 5% | £0.66 |
Rosa | Israel | 10% | £1.32 | 100% | - |
Rosa | Kenya | 1% | £0.13 | 5% | £0.66 |
Rosa | Tanzania | 25% | £3.31 | 15% | £1.98 |
Rosa | Uganda | 5% | £0.66 | 10% | £1.32 |
Rosa | Zimbabwe | 25% | £3.31 | 50% | £6.62 |
Fruit | |||||
Fortunella | Israel | 50% | £6.62 | 100% | - |
Fortunella | South Africa | 75% | £9.93 | 100% | - |
Malus | USA | 15% | £1.98 | 25% | £3.31 |
Mangifera | Brazil | 10% | £1.32 | 5% | £0.66 |
Passiflora | South Africa | 75% | £9.93 | 50% | £6.62 |
Prunus | Argentina | 15% | £1.98 | 25% | £3.31 |
Prunus | Chile | 10% | £1.32 | 15% | £1.98 |
Prunus | Turkey | 15% | £1.98 | 10% | £1.32 |
Prunus | USA | 35% | £4.63 | 50% | £6.62 |
Pyrus | Argentina | 15% | £1.98 | 25% | £3.31 |
Pyrus | Chile | 25% | £3.31 | 35% | £4.63 |
Pyrus | South Africa | 10% | £1.32 | 15% | £1.98 |
Citrus | Israel | 15% | £1.98 | 25% | £3.31 |
Citrus | Peru | 75% | £9.93 | 25% | £3.31 |
Citrus | Turkey | 15% | £1.98 | 5% | £0.66 |
Citrus | USA | 15% | £1.98 | 10% | £1.32 |
Citrus | Zimbabwe | 75% | £9.93 | 100% | - |
Vegetables | |||||
Solanum melongena | Turkey | 75% | £9.93 | 25% | £3.31 |