Consultation on implementation of Directive 2007/33/EC: control of potato cyst nematodes (PCN)

Plant Health Division
Ground Floor, Foss House
Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green
York Y01 7PX

Telephone: +44(0)1904 641000
Website: www.defra.gov.uk

27 March 2009

Dear Consultee

Consultation on implementation of Directive 2007/33/EC: control of potato cyst nematodes (PCN)

1. I am writing to invite views on implementation of the above Directive. This consultation is important if you grow seed potatoes, ware potatoes, plants for planting or bulbs.

2. The following documents may be found on Defra’s website: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/pcn/index.htm

  • This consultation letter
  • List of consultees
  • Consultation paper
  • Impact Assessment
  • A Q&A document about the impact of the new Directive

3. We welcome your views and comments on the proposals. If you wish to obtain a copy of this consultation, please contact pcn@defra.gsi.gov.uk (or telephone 01904 455256).  You can also contact us if you have a question about PCN which is not covered by material above.

Responses

4. Please send responses to either: Nigel Wood, Plant Health Policy Unit, FERA, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ; or email: pcn@defra.gsi.gov.uk

5. Responses should be received by 19 June 2009.

Consultation Criteria

This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at  http://www.berr.gov.uk/bre/

6. When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.

7. If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.

8. Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential. 

We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/resources/consultation/index.htm .  This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details. 

To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:

Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020-7238-6575
Email:  defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Please give the library 24 hours’ notice.  There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

9. If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House,17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

10. Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries please contact us as above.

Yours sincerely

 

Richard McIntosh
Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs

 

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