The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019

PART 8 Notification requirements: plant health

Notification requirements in relation to seed potatoes

24.—(1) A professional operator who is bringing any of the following potatoes into England must, at least two days before the expected date of their arrival in England, provide written notification to a plant health inspector of the matters referred to in paragraph (2)—

(a) seed potatoes grown or suspected of having been grown in another member State or in Switzerland; or

(b) potatoes, other than seed potatoes, grown or suspected of having been grown in Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain.

(2) The matters are—

(a) the expected time and date of their arrival;

(b) their intended use;

(c) their intended destination;

(d) their variety and quantity; and

(e) the identification number of the producer of the potatoes.

(3) In paragraph (1)(b), “Spain” means that part of Spain which is included within the Union territory for the purposes of the EU Plant Health Regulation, other than the Balearic Islands.

Notification requirements in relation to citrus fruits

25.—(1) A professional operator who is introducing notifiable citrus fruits into the Union territory through a border control post in another part of the Union territory must, before their arrival at that border control post, provide written notification to the Secretary of State at the specified address of the matters referred to in paragraph (2).

(2) The matters are—

(a) the expected date of their introduction into the European Union;

(b) the name of the border control post;

(c) their volume;

(d) the identification numbers of their containers;

(e) the names, addresses and the locations of the premises in England at which they are to be processed.

(3) In paragraph (1)—

“notifiable citrus fruits” means fruits of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., Microcitrus Swingle, Naringi Adans., or Swinglea Merr., originating in a third country, which are to be industrially processed into juice in England;

“specified address” means the address given by the Secretary of State from time to time for the purposes of this regulation.

Notification requirements in relation to other plants and plant products

26.—(1) A professional operator who is bringing any of the following plants or plant products into England must, before or no later than four days after the date of their arrival in England, provide written notification to an appropriate plant health inspector of the matters referred to in paragraph (2)—

(a) plants of Castanea Mill., Fraxinus L., Olea europaea L., Pinus L., Platanus L., Prunus L., Quercus L. or Ulmus L. intended for planting, which have been grown or are suspected of having been grown in another member State;

(b) plants of Castanea Mill., Fraxinus L., Olea europaea L., Pinus L., Platanus L., Prunus L., Quercus L. or Ulmus L. intended for planting, which have been grown or are suspected of having been grown in Switzerland and to which Article 47(1) of the Official Controls Regulation does not apply; or

(c) solid fuel wood from another member State, or solid fuel wood from a third country to which Article 47(1) of the Official Controls Regulation does not apply.

(2) The matters are—

(a) the expected date of the arrival of the consignment or, if the consignment has arrived in England, the date on which it first arrived in England;

(b) the intended destination of the consignment, or if the consignment has arrived at its intended destination in England, its current location;

(c) the genus, species and quantity of the plants or wood in the consignment;

(d) the country from which the plants or wood have been, or are to be, consigned;

(e) in the case of plants intended for planting, the identification number of the supplier of the plants;

(f) in the case of solid fuel wood—

(i) the address of the consignor; and

(ii) details of any phytosanitary treatments applied to the wood.

(3) In this regulation—

“appropriate plant health inspector” means—

(a)

in the case of plants referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b), a plant health inspector appointed by the Secretary of State;

(b)

in the case of solid fuel wood referred to in paragraph (1)(c), a plant health inspector appointed by the Forestry Commissioners;

“solid fuel wood” means fuel wood in the form of logs, billets, twigs, faggots or other similar forms.