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Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (W.S.I. No. 206 (W. 48) of 2020).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Wales
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant protection Plant production Pests/diseases Inspection International trade Internal trade Authorization/permit Genetically modified organism (GMO) Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Biotechnology
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations give effect to European legislation on protective measures against pests of plants and on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products. They also implement European legislation on potato diseases. The Welsh Ministers are designated as the competent authority in Wales for the purposes of the EU Plant Health Regulation and the Official Controls Regulation. The Regulations make further provision in relation to consignments of plants, plant products and other objects from third countries which are subject to official controls on their entry into the European Union and impose additional temporary measures to prevent the entry of certain harmful plant pests into Wales or their establishment in, or spread within, Wales. They refer to (FAO) International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. The Regulations also deal with official control, notifications and measures of enforcement and contain offences for non-compliance with specified provisions of the EU Plant Health Regulation, the Official Controls Regulation and other EU instruments, and offences in relation to these Regulations. A minor amendment is made to the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2020 to extend certain provisions in those Regulations relating to the implementation and enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 to official controls on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms for the purposes of food and feed production.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No. 228/2013, (EU) No. 652/2014 and (EU) No. 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC.

Legislation | European Union | 2016 (2017)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Certification, Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies, Quarantine, Traceability/product tracing, Early warning system, Risk assessment/management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No. 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019.

Legislation | European Union | 2019

Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies, Quarantine, Early warning system

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 2517 of 2005).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005

Keyword: Forestry protection measures, Timber, Forest management/forest conservation, Plant protection, International trade, Pests/diseases, Certification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 2245 (W.209) of 2004).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2004

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, International trade, Offences/penalties, Plant protection, Vegetables/legumes, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Plant Health (Export Certification) (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1701 (W.163)).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006

Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, International trade, Certification, Royalties/fees

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018 (S.R. No. 1064 (W. 223) of 2018).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018

Keyword: Plant protection, Plant production, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Transport/storage, Internal trade, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX