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The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

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Part A.Plants, plant products and other objects the introduction of which shall be prohibited in Great Britain

DescriptionCountry of origin
1. Plants of Abies Mill.,Cedrus Trew,Chamaecyparis Spach,Juniperus L.,Larix Mill.,Picea A. Dietr.,Pinus L.,Pseudotsuga Carr. and Tsuga Carr., other than fruit and seedsNon-European countries
2. Plants of Castanea Mill. and Quercus L., with leaves, other than fruit and seedsNon-European countries
3. Plants of Populus L., with leaves, other than fruit and seedsNorth American countries
4. Isolated bark of conifers (Coniferales)Non-European countries
5. Isolated bark of Castanea Mill.Third countries
6. Isolated bark of Quercus L., other than Quercus suber L.North American countries
7. Isolated bark of Acer saccharum MarshNorth American countries
8. Isolated bark of Populus L.Countries of the American continent
9. Plants of Chaenomeles Lindl.,Cydonia Mill.,Crataegus L.,Malus Mill.,Photinia Ldl.,Prunus L.,Pyrus L. and Rosa L., intended for planting, other than dormant plants free from leaves, flowers and fruitNon-European countries
10. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., seed potatoesThird countries other than Austria and Switzerland
11. Plants of stolonor tuberforming species of Solanum L. or their hybrids, intended for planting, other than those tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. as specified under Schedule 3A(10)Third countries
12. Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., other than those specified in Schedule 3A(10), (11)Without prejudice to the special requirements applicable to the potato tubers listed in Schedule 4, Part A, Section 1, third countries other than Austria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey, and other than European third countries which are either recognised as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.sepedonicus(Spieckermann et Kotthoff) Davis et al., or in which provisions recognised as equivalent to the Community provisions on combating Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.sepedonicus(Spieckermann et Kotthoff) Davis et al. have been complied with
13. Plants of Solanaceae, intended for planting, other than seeds and those items covered by Schedule 3A(10), (11) or (12)Non-European countries
14. Soil and growing medium as such, which consists in whole or in part of soil or solid organic substances such as parts of plants, humus including peat or bark, other than that composed entirely of peatTurkey, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Russia, Ukraine and third countries not belonging to continental Europe, other than the following: Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia
15. Plants of Vitis L., other than fruitsThird countries
16. Plants of Citrus L.,Fortunella Swingle,Poncirus Raf., and their hybrids, other than fruit and seedsThird countries
17. Plants of Phoenix spp., other than fruit and seedsAlgeria, Morocco
18. Plants of Cydonia Mill.,Malus Mill.,Prunus L., and Pyrus L. and their hybrids and Fragaria L., intended for planting, other than seedsWithout prejudice to the prohibitions applicable to the plants listed in Schedule 3A(9), where appropriate, non-European countries, other than Mediterranean countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the continental states of the USA
19. Plants of the family Gramineae other than plants of ornamental perennial grasses of the subfamilies Bambusoideae, Panicoideae, and of the genera Buchloe, Bouteloua Lag.,Calamagrostis, Cortaderia Stapf.,Glyceria R. Br.,Hakonechloa Mak. ex Honda,Hystrix, Molinia, Phalaris L.,Shibataea, Spartina Schreb.,Stipa L. and Uniola L., intended for planting, other than seedsThird countries, other than European and Mediterranean countries

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