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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2313Show full title
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2313 of 13 December 2017 setting out the format specifications of the plant passport for movement within the Union territory and the plant passport for introduction into, and movement within, a protected zone
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[F1Article A1U.K.Interpretation
Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions which are not defined in this Regulation and appear in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council have the same meaning in this Regulation as they have in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. A1 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(2)
Article 1U.K.Models for [F2UK] plant passports
1.[F3UK plant] passports for movement within [F4Great Britain, the introduction into Great Britain from a CD territory and the introduction into a CD territory from Great Britain] shall comply with one of the models provided for in Part A of the Annex.
2.[F5UK plant] passports for introduction into, and movement within, a [F6GB pest-free area and for the introduction into a CD pest-free area], shall comply with one of the models provided for in Part B of the Annex.
3.[F7UK plant] passports for movement within [F8Great Britain, the introduction into Great Britain from a CD territory and the introduction into a CD territory from Great Britain], combined with a certification label pursuant to the [F9first] subparagraph of Article 83(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, shall comply with one of the models provided for in Part C of the Annex.
4.[F10UK plant] passports for introduction into, and movement within, a [F11GB pest-free area and for the introduction into a CD pest-free area], combined with a certification label pursuant to the [F12first] subparagraph of Article 83(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, shall comply with one of the models provided for in Part D of the Annex.
Textual Amendments
F2Word in Art. 1 heading inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(a)
F3Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(b)(i)
F4Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(b)(ii)
F5Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(c)(i)
F6Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(c)(ii)
F7Words in Art. 1(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(d)(i)
F8Words in Art. 1(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(d)(ii)
F9Word in Art. 1(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(d)(iii)
F10Words in Art. 1(4) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(e)(i)
F11Words in Art. 1(4) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(e)(ii)
F12Word in Art. 1(4) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(3)(e)(iii)
Article 2U.K.Requirements for the elements of the [F13UK plant] passports
The elements of the [F14UK plant] passport, as set out in Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, shall be arranged within a rectangular or square shape, and shall be legible without the use of a visual aid.
They shall be contained within a border line, or otherwise clearly separated from any written or pictorial matter, so as to be easily visible and clearly distinguishable.
Textual Amendments
F13Words in Art. 2 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(4)(a)
F14Words in Art. 2 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(4)(b)
Article 3U.K.Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4U.K.Date of application
This Regulation shall apply from 14 December 2019.
Plant passports issued before 14 December 2019, in accordance with [F15legislation transposing] Directive 92/105/EEC, shall remain valid until 14 December 2023.
Textual Amendments
F15Words in Art. 4 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(5)
F16....
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker
Textual Amendments
F16Words in Signature omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 49(6)
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