SR 2019/223
16th December 2019
December news letter
18th December 2019

SR 2019/230.

SR 2019/230. The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019. Comes into force 14th December.  These Regulations give effect to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants, and Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products

The Regulations also implement in relation to Northern Ireland

(a)Council Directive 69/464/EEC on control of Potato Wart Disease

(b)Council Directive 93/85/EEC on the control of potato ring rot

(c)Council Directive 98/57/EC on the control of Ralstonia and

(d)Council Directive 2007/33/EC on the control of potato cyst nematodes