Propagation Material of Ornamental Plants (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

B 1281 Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 21,082, 7 ta’ Lulju, 2023 Taqsima B B 1281 L.N. 153 of 2023 PLANT QUARANTINE ACT (CAP. 433) Propagation Material of Ornamental Plants (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant Quarantine Act, the Minister responsible for agriculture, has made the following regulations: Citation and scope. S.L. 433.31. 1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Propagation Material of Ornamental Plants (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Propagation Material of Ornamental Plants Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulation". (2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2022/2438 of 12 December 2022 amending Directive 93/49/EEC and Implementing Directive 2014/98/ EU as regards Union regulated non-quarantine pests on propagating material of ornamental plants, fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production. Amends Schedule I to the principal regulations. 2. Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be amended as follows: (a) immediately after the item "Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. [ERWIAM]" under the sub-heading "Bacteria" thereof, there shall be added the following new item: (b) immediately after the item "Lecanosticta acicola (von Thümen) Sydow [SCIRAC]" under the sub-heading "Fungi and "Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Takikawa, Serizawa, Ichikawa, Tsuyumu & Goto [PSDMAK] Plants for planting other than seeds Actinidia Lindl. 0%"; VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 1282 Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbugħ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta FSC — Printed at the Government Printing Press on FSC certified paper Prezz/Price €0.09 B 1282 oomycetes" thereof, there shall be added the following new item: "Phytophthora ramorum (EU isolates) Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld [PHYTRA] Plants for planting other than pollen and seeds Camellia L., Castanea sativa Mill., Fraxinus excelsior L., Larix decidua Mill., Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carrière, Larix × eurolepis A. Henry, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco, Quercus cerris L., Quercus ilex L., Quercus rubra L., Rhododendron L. other than R. simsii L., Viburnum L. 0%". VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA