Made | 22nd March 2005 | ||
Laid before Parliament | 24th March 2005 | ||
Coming into force | 20th April 2005 |
Consignments to which these Regulations apply
3.
These Regulations apply to consignments of plants, plant products and other objects of a description specified in the first column of Schedule 1, landed in England from a third country, in respect of which Article 13d(1) of the Directive requires member States to charge phytosanitary fees to cover the costs occasioned by documentary checks, identity checks and plant health checks.
Fees
4.
- (1) An importer of a consignment to which these Regulations apply shall pay to the Secretary of State the fees specified in this regulation.
(2) In respect of a plant health check carried out on any consignment of plants, plant products or other objects, other than a consignment of a plant or plant product to which paragraph (3) applies, the fee payable shall be -
(3) In respect of a plant health check carried out, or which, but for Article 13a(2) of the Directive (providing for such checks to be carried out at reduced frequency), would have been required to be carried out, on a consignment of any plant or plant product listed in the first column of Schedule 2 and originating from a country listed in the third column of that Schedule, the fee payable, in accordance with Article 13d(2) of the Directive, shall be -
(4) In respect of a documentary check or an identity check carried out on any consignment the fee payable shall be the fee specified for that check in the third column of Schedule 3.
Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
21st March 2005
We consent,
Nick Ainger
John Heppell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
22nd March 2005
Plant, plant product or other object | Quantity | Fee (daytime working hours) | Fee (non-daytime working hours) |
Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables Shrubs, trees (other than cut Christmas trees), other woody nursery plants including forest reproductive material (other than seed) |
Per consignment | ||
- up to 10,000 in number | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 1,000 units | £0.52 | £0.78 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Per consignment | |||
- up to 1,000 in number | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 100 units | £0.33 | £0.49 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, intended for planting (other than tubers of potatoes) | Per consignment | ||
- up to 200 kg in weight | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 10 kg | £0.12 | £0.18 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Seeds, tissue cultures | Per consignment | ||
- up to 100 kg in weight | £5.67 | £8.50 | |
- for each additional 10 kg | £0.13 | £0.19 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Other plants intended for planting, not specified elsewhere in this Schedule | Per consignment | ||
- up to 5,000 in number | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 100 units | £0.13 | £0.19 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Cut flowers | Per consignment | ||
- up to 20,000 in number | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 1,000 units | £0.10 | £0.15 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Branches with foliage, parts of conifers (other than cut Christmas trees) | Per consignment | ||
- up to 100 kg in weight | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 100 kg | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Cut Christmas trees | Per consignment | ||
- up to 1,000 in number | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 100 units | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables | Per consignment | ||
- up to 100 kg in weight | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 10 kg | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Fruits, vegetables (other than leafy vegetables) | Per consignment | ||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 1,000 kg | £0.52 | £0.78 | |
Tubers of potatoes | Per lot | ||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | £39.72 | £59.58 | |
- for each additional 25,000 kg | £39.72 | £59.58 | |
Soil and growing medium, bark | Per consignment | ||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 1,000 kg | £0.52 | £0.78 | |
- maximum price | £105.92 | £158.88 | |
Grain | Per consignment | ||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | £13.24 | £19.86 | |
- for each additional 1,000 kg | £0.52 | £0.78 | |
- maximum price | £529.60 | £794.40 | |
Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this Schedule, except forest trees | Per consignment | £13.24 | £19.86 |
Genus | Quantity | Country of origin | Fee (daytime working hours) | Fee (non-daytime working hours) |
Cut flowers | ||||
Aster | Per consignment | |||
- up to 20,000 in number | Zimbabwe | £3.31 | £4.96 | |
- for each additional 1,000 units | Zimbabwe | £0.02 | £0.03 | |
- maximum price | Zimbabwe | £26.48 | £39.72 | |
Dianthus | Per consignment | |||
- up to 20,000 in number | Colombia | £0.40 | £0.60 | |
Ecuador | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
Morocco, Turkey | £3.31 | £4.96 | ||
- for each additional 1,000 units | Colombia | £0.003 | £0.004 | |
Ecuador | £0.01 | £0.015 | ||
Morocco, Turkey | £0.02 | £0.03 | ||
- maximum price | Colombia | £3.17 | £4.75 | |
Ecuador | £15.88 | £23.82 | ||
Morocco, Turkey | £26.48 | £39.72 | ||
Rosa | Per consignment | |||
- up to 20,000 in number | Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe | £0.66 | £0.99 | |
Colombia | £1.32 | £1.98 | ||
- for each additional 1,000 units | Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe | £0.005 | £0.007 | |
Colombia | £0.01 | £0.015 | ||
- maximum price | Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe | £5.29 | £7.94 | |
Colombia | £10.59 | £15.89 | ||
Fruit | ||||
Malus | Per consignment | |||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | Chile, South Africa | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
Argentina, New Zealand | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
Brazil | £3.31 | £4.96 | ||
China | £6.62 | £9.93 | ||
- for each additional 1,000 kg | Chile, South Africa | £0.05 | £0.07 | |
Argentina, New Zealand | £0.07 | £0.10 | ||
Brazil | £0.13 | £0.19 | ||
China | £0.26 | £0.39 | ||
Mangifera | Per consignment | |||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | Brazil | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
South Africa | £6.62 | £9.93 | ||
- for each additional 1,000 kg | Brazil | £0.05 | £0.07 | |
South Africa | £0.26 | £0.39 | ||
Prunus | Per consignment | |||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | Chile, South Africa, Turkey | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
Argentina | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
- for each additional 1,000 kg | Chile, South Africa, Turkey | £0.05 | £0.07 | |
Argentina | £0.07 | £0.10 | ||
Pyrus | Per consignment | |||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | South Africa | £1.32 | £1.98 | |
Argentina | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
Chile | £3.31 | £4.96 | ||
China | £6.62 | £9.93 | ||
- for each additional 1,000 kg | South Africa | £0.05 | £0.07 | |
Argentina | £0.07 | £0.10 | ||
Chile | £0.13 | £0.19 | ||
China | £0.26 | £0.39 | ||
Citrus | Per consignment | |||
- up to 25,000 kg in weight | Morocco | £0.66 | £0.99 | |
Turkey | £0.92 | £1.38 | ||
USA | £1.32 | £1.98 | ||
Israel, Mexico, Uruguay | £1.98 | £2.97 | ||
- for each additional 1,000 kg | Morocco | £0.02 | £0.03 | |
Turkey | £0.03 | £0.04 | ||
USA | £0.05 | £0.07 | ||
Israel, Mexico, Uruguay | £0.07 | £0.10 |
Check | Quantity | Fee |
Documentary check | Per consignment | £5.29 |
Identity check | Per consignment | |
- up to a size of a truck load, a railway wagon load or the load of a container of comparable size | £5.29 | |
- bigger than the above size | £10.58 |
[3] OJ No. L 169, 10.7.00, p. 1.back
[4] OJ No. L 56, 2.3.2005, p. 12.back