The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 No. 1517

Regulation 18

SCHEDULE 1 Temporary national measures

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule, “introduce” means introduce into England from a third country or another part of the Union territory.

PART 1 Plants, plant products or other objects from third countries

Temporary measures applying to the introduction of plants, plant products or other objects from third countries

2.—(1) No person may introduce any used machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes and exported from Switzerland unless the machinery or vehicles—

(a) have been exported from an area established by the national plant protection organisation in accordance with ISPM 4 as an area that is free from Ceratocystis platani (J.M. Walter) Engelbr. & T.C. Harr.; or

(b) in the case of any machinery or vehicles exported from an area infested with Ceratocystis platani (J.M. Walter) Engelbr. & T.C. Harr., they have been cleaned and were free from soil and plant debris prior to being moved out of the area.

(2) In paragraph (1), “ISPM 4” means International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 4 of November 1995 on the requirements for the establishment of pest free areas, prepared by the Secretariat of the IPPC established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations(1).

PART 2 Plants, plant products or other objects from another part of the Union territory

Temporary measures applying to the introduction of plants, plant products or other objects from another part of the Union territory

3.  In this Part—

“move” means move within England;

“official statement” means a statement issued by, or under the supervision of, an authorised representative of the competent authority in the member State of origin;

“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.

4.  No person may introduce or move any plants, plant products or other objects described in column 2 of Table 1 unless they are accompanied by an official statement confirming the matters set out in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Table.

Table 1

(1)	(2) Description of plants, plant products or other objects	(3) Details of official statement
1.	Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., including those intended for planting which originate in Spain except where those tubers originate in an area which has been established in accordance with Article 5 of Decision 2012/270/EU	The official statement must confirm that the tubers have been washed so that there is no more than 0.1% of soil remaining
2.	Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., originating in Poland	The official statement must confirm that the tubers have been found free from Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. Sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthoff) David et al. in laboratory tests

(1)

Available from the IPPC Secretariat, AGPP-FAO, Viale Delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153, Rome, Italy and at https://www.ippc.int/int.