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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2590) (“the Order”) so as to implement Commission Decision 2007/201/EC amending Decision 2002/757/EC on provisional emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld sp. nov (O.J. No. L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 83) and to make other minor changes. The principal changes made are—

(a) amendment of the list of susceptible material to which the Order applies (article 2(5));

(b) introduction of additional requirements on movement of susceptible material in Schedule 2 to the Order, in particular that appropriate phytosanitary measures be taken within a radius of two metres from where infected plants have been standing.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.