Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. No. 37 of 2012).

These Regulations amend the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Scotland) Regulations 2004 to implement in Scotland Commission Implementing Decision (EU) No 2011/787 authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. as regards Egypt. The amendments concern, among other things: the definition of “pest-free area” and of “phytosanitary certificate; labelling of potatoes; powers of an inspector; sampling; and offences committed by bodies corporate.