| Description | consultation paper Revision of the Fruit Plant Marketing Directive (92/34 |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Website Publication Date | August 21, 2007 |
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Rural Directorate Crops, Plant Health and Pesticides Policy Unit To: Organisations on the attached list | Pentland House, 47 Robb's Loan, Edinburgh, EH14 1TY Telephone: 0131-244-6339 Fax: 0131-244-6509 caroline.boyd@scotland.gsi.gov.uk http://www.scotland.gov.uk Your ref: Our ref: 21 August 2007 |
Dear Sir/Madam
Consultation on a Proposal to Revise Directive 92/34 on the Marketing of Fruit Plant Propagating Material and Fruit Plants
I am writing to consult you about a Commission Proposal to revise the above Directive.
This consultation is relevant to you if you market (including import) fruit plant propagating material or fruit plants intended for fruit production. Propagating material includes seeds and all parts of plants intended for propagation or production. The consultation applies to Scotland only. Equivalent exercises are being undertaken in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland.
A European Commission Proposal aims to update the requirements relating to the above activities. The Proposal is available via a link to the Defra website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/dir9234rev-fruitplants/index.htm: or by writing to the address above. A first read through of the text has been started by the German Presidency and further meetings are planned by the Portuguese Presidency on 24 September and 16 November. It is likely that discussions will continue into 2008.
This consultation exercise provides an opportunity to contribute to the development of a UK negotiating position for discussions on the Proposal within the Council of the EU. Your input is important to ensure that the negotiating strategy is based on accurate information and reflects the best interests of all affected sectors. We will be developing positions on all aspects of the Proposal, but are particularly interested in views on the areas referred to in the consultation paper. We are also interested in views on the Partial Impact Assessment and whether the figures included in that document reflect reasonable estimates. This is particularly important, as the outcome of the Impact Assessment will have an influence on the final negotiating strategy.
If you wish to contribute, please:
(i) read the consultation paper and Impact Assessment;
(ii) consider the questions in the consultation paper;
(iii) submit your comments to me using the contact details indicated overleaf, by 13 November 2007.The Scottish Executive would be happy to hold a consultation meeting to discuss this issue, probably in early September. Please could you let me know, as soon as possible, if you would be interested in attending such a meeting. Alternatively if you do not wish to attend a meeting but have some initial comments could you pass these to me as soon as possible and I will pass them onto Defra to feed into the UK's discussions with the Council.
Responses should be received by 13 November at the latest. Responses/Comments should be sent to Caroline Boyd at the Scottish Executive, Rural Directorate - Crops, Plant Health and Pesticides Policy Unit, 1-B, Pentland House, 47 Robb's Loan, EDINBURGH, EH14 1TY Telephone 0131 244 6339 (e-mail caroline.boyd@scotland.gsi.gov.uk)
Yours faithfully
Mrs Caroline Boyd