The Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Amendments to Annex 11 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation

11.—(1) Annex 11 (list of plants, plant products and other objects and the respective third countries of origin or dispatch in respect of which phytosanitary certificates are required)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part A, in the table—

(a) in entry 5, in column 3, after “Any third country” insert “other than EU Member States and Switzerland”;

(b) in entry 18B, in column 3, after “Any third country” omit “other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland”;

(c) in entry 20, in column 3, after “Any third country” insert “other than EU Member States and Switzerland”;

(d) in entry 26, in column 1, for “cocineus” substitute “coccineus”;

(e) in entries 35 and 45, in column 1, for “Pinales” substitute “Pinopsida”;

(f) omit entry 40;

(g) after entry 40A insert—

“40B

Castanea Mill.

Vegetable products of bark not elsewhere specified or included: ex 1404 90 00 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: Wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated: ex 4401 40 90

Any third country”;

(h) in entry 45, in column 3, for “Any third country” substitute—

“Any third country other than Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and EU Member States other than EU Member States where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Bührer) Nickle is known to occur or where Heterobasidion irregulare Garbelotto & Otrosina is known to occur.”;

(i) after entry 45, insert—

“45A

Conifers (Pinopsida), excluding wood which is bark free

Fuel wood in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms: Coniferous 4401 11 00 Wood in chips or particles: Coniferous 4401 21 00 Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated: Sawdust: ex 4401 40 10 Wood waste and scrap (other than sawdust): ex 4401 40 90 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared: Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: Coniferous 4403 11 00 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared: Coniferous, other than treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: Of pine (Pinus spp.): ex 4403 21 10 ex 4403 21 90 ex 4403 22 00 Of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.): ex 4403 23 10 ex 4403 23 90 ex 4403 24 00 Other coniferous: ex 4403 25 10 ex 4403 25 90 ex 4403 26 00 Split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise: Coniferous: ex 4404 10 00 Coniferous railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood: Not impregnated: 4406 11 00 Other (than not impregnated): 4406 91 00 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm: Coniferous: Of pine (Pinus spp.): 4407 11 10 4407 11 20 4407 11 90 Of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.): 4407 12 10 4407 12 20 4407 12 90 Other, coniferous: 4407 19 10 4407 19 20 4407 19 90 Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm: Coniferous: 4408 10 15 4408 10 91 4408 10 98 Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves: ex 4416 00 00 Prefabricated buildings of wood: ex 9406 10 00

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and EU Member States other than those where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Bührer) Nickle is known to occur or where Heterobasidion irregulare Garbelotto & Otrosina is known to occur. ”;

(j) omit entry 52.

(3) In Part C, in the table, in entry 29, in column 1 for “and Prunus L.” substitute “, Prunus L. and Vitis L.”.

(1)

EUR 2019/2072, Annex 11 was substituted by S.I. 2020/1527 and amended by S.I. 2021/426, 641, 1171, 2022/114, 1120, 2023/959, 2024/541, 610.