Potatoes Originating in Germany (Notification) (England) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 3194 of 2001).

This Order places certain notification requirements upon persons importing potatoes from Germany, which have been grown during 2001 or later. The Order requires importers bringing such potatoes into England on or after 15 October 2001 to give at least two days' notice in writing to a Plant Health inspector of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, providing specified details as to, inter alia, the landing and intended use of the potatoes (art. 3(1)). The Order provides that an inspector who has reasonable grounds for suspecting a contravention of its provisions may exercise in respect of German potatoes certain enforcement powers conferred by article 22 of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 as read with article 24(1) to (3) of that Order (art. 4(2)). An inspector acting under this Order may also exercise powers to check compliance (by examining, sampling and marking property and/or premises) which are conferred by article 25, other than article 25(1)(d), of the 1993 Order (art. 4(3)).