CHAPTER VI Certification of plants, plant products and other objects

Section 2 UK plant passports required for the movement of plants, plant products and other objects within or into Great Britain

F1Article 92aUK plant passports issued in CD territories

(1.

A UK plant passport issued in a CD territory may only accompany plants, plant products or other objects that are introduced into Great Britain from that CD territory, and are subsequently moved within Great Britain, if the UK plant passport:

(a)

has been issued, in accordance with the relevant legislation in the CD territory, by the CD authority for that territory or by a professional operator under the supervision of the CD authority;

(b)

is in the relevant form and has the relevant content specified in Article 83; and

(c)

is attached to the trade unit of the plants, plant products or other objects, or where the plants, plant products or other objects are moved in a package, bundle or container, to that package, bundle or container.

(2.

In paragraph 1, ‘relevant legislation’ means legislation containing provision which only permits UK plant passports to be issued for plants, plant products or other objects that are to be introduced into Great Britain if:

(a)

the plants, plant products or other objects:

i)

are free from GB quarantine pests, provisional GB quarantine pests, and where applicable, PFA quarantine pests;

ii)

comply with the provisions of Article 37(1) concerning the presence of GB regulated non-quarantine pests on plants for planting and the provisions of Article 37(4A) concerning the measures to be taken;

iii)

comply with the requirements concerning their introduction into, and movement within, Great Britain referred to in Article 41(1A) and (1B) and, where applicable, the requirements referred to in Article 54(1);

iv)

comply with any requirements specified in regulations made under Article 28(1) or 30(1); and

v)

comply with any measures adopted by the competent authority for the eradication of GB quarantine pests pursuant to Article 17(1) or the eradication of provisional GB quarantine pests pursuant to regulations made under Article 30(1); and

(b)

examinations have been carried out for the purpose of attesting that the plants, plant products or other objects fulfil those requirements in a manner equivalent to the examinations required under Article 87 in respect of UK plant passports issued for the movement of plants, plant products or other objects within Great Britain.