The Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 No. 2517

SCHEDULE 8 Swiss plant passports

PART B Relevant material imported into Switzerland from another third country which, if it would normally be permitted to be landed in Great Britain if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, may be accompanied by a Swiss plant passport(1) or may be landed without phytosanitary documentation(2)

1.  Trees, other than seeds, intended for planting.

2.  Parts of trees, other than fruit or seeds, of Acer saccharum Marsh., originating in the USA or Canada, conifers (Coniferales), Populus L. or Quercus L.

3.  Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “wood” in article 2(1), where it—

(a) has been obtained in whole or in part from one of the following order, genera or species, except wood packaging material, other than in the form of raw wood of 6mm thickness or less or wood that has undergone a manufacturing process involving glue, heat or pressure or a combination thereof, originating in a country outside the European Community or Switzerland—

(i) Quercus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA, except wood in the form of casks, barrels, vats, tubs or other coopers' products or parts thereof including staves and where there is documented evidence that the wood has been processed or manufactured using a heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 176°C for 20 minutes;

(ii) Platanus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA or Armenia;

(iii) Populus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in any country of the American continent;

(iv) Acer saccharum Marsh., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA or Canada; or

(v) conifers (Coniferales), including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in any country outside Europe, Kazakhstan, Russia or Turkey; and

(b) meets one of the descriptions specified in item 6(b) of Appendix 1 to Part B of Annex 4 to the Agriculture Agreement; or

(c) is in the form of—

(i) wood packaging material, other than in the form of raw wood of 6mm thickness or less or wood that has undergone a manufacturing process involving glue, heat or pressure or a combination thereof; or

(ii) dunnage, including that which has not kept its natural round surface, other than in the form of raw wood of 6mm thickness or less or wood that has undergone a manufacturing process involving glue, heat or pressure or a combination thereof.

4.  Soil or growing medium, which consists in whole or in part of soil or solid organic substances such as parts of plants or humus, including peat or bark, other than that composed entirely of peat.

5.  Soil or growing medium attached to or appears to have been on contact with trees, consisting in whole or in part of material specified in paragraph 4 or consisting in part of any solid inorganic substance, intended to sustain the vitality of the trees, originating in—

(a) Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey or the Ukraine; or

(b) any country outside Europe, other than Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco or Tunisia.

6.  Isolated bark of conifers (Coniferales) originating in any country outside Europe.

(1)

If it is listed in Part A as well as in Part B.

(2)

If it is listed in Part B but not in Part A.