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The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order 2018

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Commencement: 26th November 2018

Amends: The Plant Health (England) Order 2015

Amendment

This Order amends Article 19A to extend measures to protect against the introduction into England from the EU of Xylella fastidiosa (a plant disease causing bacteria).

Article 19A requires importers of specified plants, which have been grown or are suspected to have grown in another member State of the EU or Switzerland, to notify an authorised inspector of their arrival no later than four days after their landing in England.

 

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