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

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
England
Document type
Regulation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Timber International trade Plant protection Pests/diseases Quarantine
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force on 27 June 2002.
Abstract

This Order implements measures to prevent the introduction and spread into Great Britain of the pest Phytophthora ramorum, a fungus which is not established in the United Kingdom. It regulates the landing and movement in and within Great Britain of forest trees and wood and bark from forest trees originating in the United States of America which has been identified as susceptible to the pest, known to cause Sudden Oak Death syndrome in certain species of oak, as well as harm to other plants. There are associated plant health Orders in England, Scotland and Wales also taking measures against Phytophthora ramorum. This Order requires susceptible material (schedules tree species) which originates in the USA and is landed in Great Britain to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate or reforwarding phytosanitary certificate containing a declaration that the material originates in a location which is officially recognised in the USA as free from the pest. This Order also prohibits the movement and keeping of susceptible material which has been imported in breach of its terms.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Repealed by

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

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2002

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX