S T A T U T O R Y  I N S T R U M E N T S  
2022 No. 
PLANT  HEALTH  
The Phyto sanitary  Cond itions  (Ame ndment ) (No. 2) Regulations  
2022  
Made  - - - - *** 
Laid before  Parliament  *** 
Coming  into force  - - *** 
The Secretary  of State , in exercise  of the power s conferred  by Article 41(3) of Regulation  (EU)  
2016/2031  of the European  Parliament  and of the Council  on protective  measures  against  pests  of 
plants (a) (“the Plant  Health  Regulation ”), makes  the following  Regulation s. 
The Scottish  Ministers  and the Wels h Ministers (b) have  consented  to the Secretary  of State  
making  these  Regulations  for the purposes  of Article  2a(2)  of the Plant  Health  Regulation . 
Citation,  commencement  and extent  
1.—(1) These Regulations  may be cited  as the Phytosanitar y Conditions  (Amendment)  (No. 2) 
Regulations  2022  and come  into force on 29th April 2022 . 
(2) These  Regulations  extend  to Engla nd and Wales,  and Scotland.  
Amendments  to Commi ssion  Implementing  Regulation  2019/2072  
2.—(1) Commission  Impl ementing Regulation  (EU)  2019/2072  establishing  uniform  conditions  
for the implementation  of Regulation  (EU)  2016/20 31 of the European  Parliament  and the 
Council,  as regards  protective  measures  against  pests  of plants (c) is amended  as follows.  
(2) In Annex  7, in Part A, in entry  57 of the table— 
(a) in the first column , omit “for planting”; 
(b) in the third  column, omit paragraph  (c) but not the final “or”. 
 
 Name  
 Parliamentary  Under  Secretary  of State  
Date Department  for Environment,  Food  and Rural Affairs  
 
 
 
(a) EUR 2016/2013 , amended by S.I.  2020/1482. There are other amendments, but none is relevant to t his in strument.  
(b) Article 2a(2 ) of EUR 2016/ 2031 contains a definition of “the appropriate  authority” for the purposes of making regulations 
and provides that, in the case of regulations applying in relation to Wales or Scotland, “the appropriate  authori ty” is the 
Secretary of State if  consent is gi ven by the Welsh Ministers o r the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be.  
(c) EUR 2019/2072, amended by S.I. 2020/1527 . There are other amendments, but non e is rele vant to this instrument .  2 EXPLANATORY  NOTE  
(This  note is not part of the Regulations ) 
These  Regulations  amend  Commission  Implementing  Regulation  (EU) 2019/2072  (the 
“Phytosanitary  Conditions  Regulation ”) establishing  uniform  conditions  for the implementation  of 
Regulation  (EU)  2016 /2031  of the Euro pean  Parliament  and the Council as regard s protective  
measure  against  pests  of plants  (EUR  2016/2031) . 
Regulation  2 amend s the special  requirements  applicable  under  the Phytosanitary  Condition s 
Regulation  to prevent  the introduction  of the plant  pest Thaumetopoea  pityocampa  (Denis  & 
Schifferm üller) in Great Britain on the introduction  of the following  plants  which  are hosts of this 
pest: Cedrus  Trew  and Pinus L, originating  from  any third country . Specifically , it remov es the 
special  requirement  that previously  applied  to plants  for planting  (other  than seeds)  for those 
plants  to be accomp anied by an official  statement  that they have  been  produced  in nurser ies which  
have been  found  free from Thaumetopoea  pityocampa  (Denis  & Schifferm üller) on the basis  of 
official  inspections  and surveys carried  out at appropriate  times , and alters  the remaining  special  
requirements  in respect  of Cedrus  Trew  and Pinus  L so that they apply  to all plants  (other  than 
seeds)  originating  from  any third country,  irrespective  of whether  they are plants  for planting . 
A full impact  assessment  has not been produced  for this instrument  as no, or no signif icant , impact  
on the private  of voluntary  sector  is foreseen .