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The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) Order 2009

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 14 Cited in Amendments 4 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2009/594
Year2009
  • This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) Order 2009 and comes into force on 1st April 2009.
    • (1) The Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 for the definition of “the Directive” substitute—
      “the Directive” means Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community;
    ; and    after the definition of “Decision 2007/433/EC” insert—
      Decision 2008/840/EC” means Commission Decision 2008/840/EC on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) , as amended from time to time;
    .    after item 1 insert “ 1a Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) , the Citrus Longhorn Beetle ”; andafter item 4 insert “ 4za Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetverikov, the Siberian Coniferous Silk Moth ”.after item 2 insert—
      2a. Trees intended for planting, other than trees in tissue culture and seeds, of Fraxinus L., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch., Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., originating in Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and the USA Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, the Emerald Ash Borer
    ;    after item 12 insert—
      13 Trees of Ulmus L. and Zelkova L., intended for planting, other than seeds Stegophora ulmea (Schweinitz: Fries) Sydow & Sydow, Elm Black Spot
    .    for the text in column (3) of item 8 substitute—
    “The wood packaging material shall: (a) from 1st July 2009, be free from bark with the exception of any number of individual pieces of bark if they are either less than 3 cm in width (regardless of the length) or, if greater than 3 centimetres in width, of not more than 50 square centimetres in area; (b) be subject to one of the approved treatments as specified in Annex I to ISPM No. 15; and (c) display a mark as specified in Annex II to ISPM No. 15, indicating that the wood packaging material has been subjected to an approved phytosanitary treatment”;
    after item 10 insert—
      10a Wood of Fraxinus L., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch., Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., other than in the form of(i) chips, obtained in whole or part from these trees,(ii) wood packaging material, in the form of packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, pallets, box pallets andother load boards, pallet collars, actually in use in the transport of objects of all kinds,(ii) wood used to wedge or support non-wood cargo,but including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan or the USA The wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that the wood: (a) originates in an area established by the national plant protection organisation in the country of export as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire; or (b) is squared so as to remove entirely the rounded surface
    ;    after item 14 insert—
      14a Isolated bark of Fraxinus L., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch., Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc. originating in Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and the USA The bark shall be accompanied by an official statement that the consignment: (a) originates in an area established by the national plant protection organisation in the country of export as being free from Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire; or (b) has been processed into pieces of not more than 2.5 cm thickness and width
    ;    after item 16 insert—
      16a Wood in the form of chips obtained in whole or part from Fraxinus L., Juglans mandshurica Max
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