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These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000, shall apply to England and shall come into force on 7th February 2000.
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(1) The Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 shall be amended in their application to England in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “the Decision” there shall be substituted—“
 “the Decision” means Commission Decision 96/301/EC authorising member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt as amended by Commission Decision 98/105/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt, Commission Decision 98/503/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt and Commission Decision 99/842/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt;”.
(3) In regulation 3(2) (imports of potatoes originating in Egypt) and regulation 5A(1) (charges in respect of the sampling of imports of potatoes), for the words “Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith”, there shall be substituted “Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.”.
Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
10th January 2000