Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 257 (W.23) of 2005).

The amendments made by these Regulations implement Commission Decision 2005/85/EC imposing special conditions on the import of pistachios and certain products derived from pistachios originating in, or consigned from Iran. The significant differences between the new Decision and Commission Decision 97/830/EC, implemented by the principal Regulations, are that: (a) Article 1.1 of the new Decision provides that the health certificate required to accompany a consignment of "Iranian pistachios" (defined in regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2003/2288) shall be valid for import carried out no more than 4 months after the issue date of the health certificate; and (b) Article 3 of the new Decision provides that certain costs relating to the import controls on Iranian pistachios imposed by the Decision and the costs relating to official measures taken against non-compliant consignments of Iranian pistachios shall be borne by the person responsible for the consignment.