S.L. 433.3 чл. 4BAuthorisation for derogation, Commission Decision 2002/ 887.

(1) The Director is hereby authorized to provide for derogations from Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC with regard to the prohibitions referred to in Part A, point 1 of Annex III to that

Directive for plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., other than fruits and seeds, originating in Japan. In order to qualify for those derogations the plants shall satisfy, in addition to or by derogation of the requirements laid down in Annex I, Annex II and in Part A, Section I, point 43 of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, the conditions set out in Schedule XIV relating to Commission Decision 2002/887 of 8 November 2002.

(2) The Director shall provide the Commission and the other Member States with information on quantities imported prior to that date pursuant to the said Decision and with a detailed technical report of the examination and, or, tests carried out on these plants during the quarantine period referred to in point 10 of the said Schedule. Any Member State, other than that of importation, in which the plants are introduced, shall also provide the Commission and the other Member States with a detailed technical report of the examination and/or tests carried out on these plants introduced prior to that date during the quarantine period referred to in point 10 of the said Schedule.

(3) The Director shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of all cases of consignments introduced into Malta pursuant to the Commission Decision which were subsequently found not to comply with the conditions laid down herein.

(4) The territory of Malta may apply the derogations mentioned in sub-regulation (1) to plants imported into the Community in the following periods as follows:

(a) from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2020; Pinus,

(b) from 1 January 2011 to 31 December Chamaecyparis, 2020;

(c) from 1 November to 31 March of each year Juniperus, until 31 December 2020.