2001 No. 2356 (W.194)
PLANT HEALTH, WALES
The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001
Made 26th June 2001
Coming into force 1st July 2001

The National Assembly for Wales, being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), makes the following Regulations:
S.I.1999/2788.
1972. c.68.

1 Title, application and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001, shall apply to Wales and shall come into force on 1st July 2001.

2 Amendment of the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998
1 The Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 shall be amended in their application to Wales in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
S.I.1998/201, as amended by SI1998/3167 and S.I.2000/350 (W.8).
2 In regulation 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “the Decision” there shall be substituted—

““the Decision” means Commission Decision 96/301/EC authorising member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt as amended by the instruments listed in the Schedule to these Regulations;”

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OJNo. L115, 9.5.96, p.47.
2 After regulation 6 there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998
1998 c. 38.
Dafydd Elis Thomas The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly 26th June 2001

THE SCHEDULE New Schedule to the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998
Regulation 2(3)

“SCHEDULE Instruments amending Commission Decision 96/301/EC
Regulation 2
Instrument	Reference
Commission Decision 98/105/EC	OJNo. L25, 31.1.98, p.101
Commission Decision 98/503/EC	OJNo. L225, 12.8.98, p.34
Commission Decision 99/842/EC	OJNo. L326, 18.12.99, p.68
Commission Decision 2000/568/EC	OJNo. L238, 22.9.00, p.59”

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply to Wales only and come into force on 1st July 2001, implement Commission Decision 2000/568/EC amending Decision 96/301/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (OJNo. L238, 22.9.2000, p.59).
The Regulations amend the definition of “the Decision” in the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 (regulation 2(2)). Commission Decision 2000/568/EC renews the framework within which potatoes may be imported from Egypt into the territory of the European Community.
No regulatory appraisal has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.