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Plant Health (Forestry) ("Phytophthora ramorum") (Great Britain) (No. 2) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 2589 of 2002).

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This Order implements Commission Decision 2002/757/EC in Great Britain insofar as it relates to forest trees, wood and bark. The Order prohibits the introduction and spread of the plant pest, Phytophthora ramorum, a fungus identified as causing Sudden Oak Death syndrome in species of oak in the USA and harm to other species of plants. It imposes landing controls on plants and wood of four species of forest tree, Acer macrophyllum Pursh., Aesculus californica Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus (H A)
Title
Plant Health (Forestry) ("Phytophthora ramorum") (Great Britain) (No. 2) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 2589 of 2002).
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
2002
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Glossary term(s)
logging
import
export
biological contamination
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
HTML icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/html/uk35056.htm
Link to full text
http://www.opsi.gov.uk
Repeals
Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 1478 of 2002).