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Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC
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Article 72U.K.Plants, plant products and other objects for which phytosanitary certificates are required
[F11. Plants, plant products and other objects of a description specified in any entry in columns (1) and (2) of the table in Part A of Annex 11 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation which originate in any third country listed in the corresponding entry in column (3) of that table may not be introduced into Great Britain unless they are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.]
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3.[F4The appropriate authority may by regulations amend Part A of Annex 11 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation], in accordance with the principles set out in Section 2 of Annex II, where there is a risk that a plant, plant product or other object not listed in [F5that Part hosts a GB quarantine pest or provisional GB quarantine pest], or where, for a plant, plant product or other object listed in [F6that Part], that risk no longer exists.
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5.By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 F8... and 3, no phytosanitary certificate shall be required for the plants, plant products or other objects which are subject to [F9Articles 47, 48 and 75(1)].
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F1Words in Art. 72(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(a)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
F2Words in Art. 72(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(a)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
F3Art. 72(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(b) (with regs. 53, 55)
F4Words in Art. 72(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(c)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
F5Words in Art. 72(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(c)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
F6Words in Art. 72(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(c)(iii) (with regs. 53, 55)
F7Art. 72(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(d) (with regs. 53, 55)
F8Word in Art. 72(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(e)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
F9Words in Art. 72(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(4)(e)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
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C1Art. 72(1) restricted (temp.) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 52(2)(a), Sch. 2 (with regs. 53, 55)
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