Plant Health (Amendment) (England) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 1076 of 2002).

This Order amends the principal Order so as to implement certain elements of Commission Directives 2002/29/EC and 2002/28/EC in England which are not implemented in other legislation. Directive 2002/29/EC amends the protected zones established under Council Directive 2000/29/EC and scheduled in the Annex to Commission Directive 2001/32/EC Directive 2002/28/EC provides for consequential amendments to certain Annexes of the principal Plant Health Directive. The amendments in this Order implementing Directive 2002/28/EC are at article 2(3) to 2(6) inclusive. Directive 2002/29/EC is implemented by article 2(7), which amends Schedule 8 to the principal Order. The principal changes to the protected zones are removal of Great Britain from the protected zone in respect of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (art. 2(3), (6)(a) and (c) and (7)(b)(i)), and re-definition of the Italian and Austrian protected zones in respect of the bacterium Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al (art. 2(4), (5), (6)(b) and (7)(a)). An amendment is made to the description of Citrus tristeza virus in Schedule 8 (art. 2(7)(b)(ii)).