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Plant Health (Forestry) ("Phytophthora ramorum") (Great Britain) (No. 2) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 2589 of 2002).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Great Britain
Document type
Regulation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Timber International trade Plant protection Pests/diseases Quarantine
Geographical area
Europe, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force on 5 November 2002.
Abstract

This Order implements Commission Decision 2002/757/EC in Great Britain insofar as it relates to forest trees, wood and bark. The Order prohibits the introduction and spread of the plant pest, Phytophthora ramorum, a fungus identified as causing Sudden Oak Death syndrome in species of oak in the USA and harm to other species of plants. It imposes landing controls on plants and wood of four species of forest tree, Acer macrophyllum Pursh., Aesculus californica Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus (H A)

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

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Repeals

Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 1478 of 2002).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2002 | Repealed

Keyword: Timber, International trade, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Quarantine

Source: FAO, FAOLEX