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ANNEX VII PLANT PASSPORTS

PART A Plant passports for movement within the Union territory as referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 83(2)

(1)The plant passport for movement within the Union territory shall contain the following elements:

(a)

the words ‘Plant Passport’ in its upper right-hand corner, in one of the official languages of the Union and in English, if different, separated by a slash;

(b)

the flag of the Union in its upper left-hand corner, printed in colour or in black and white;

(c)

the letter ‘A.’, followed by the botanical name of the plant species or taxon concerned, in the case of plants and plant products, or, where appropriate, the name of the object concerned, and, optionally, the name of the variety;

(d)

the letter ‘B.’, followed by subsequently the two-letter code, referred to in point (a) of Article 67, for the Member State in which the professional operator issuing the plant passport is registered, a hyphen and the registration number of the professional operator concerned who issues the plant passport or for whom the plant passport is issued by the competent authority;

(e)

the letter ‘C.’, followed by the traceability code of the plant, plant product or the other object concerned;

(f)

the letter ‘D.’, where applicable followed by:

(i)

the name of the third country of origin, or

(ii)

two-letter code, referred to in point (a) of Article 67, of the Member State of origin.

(2)The traceability code referred to in point (1)(e) may also be supplemented by a reference to a unique traceability barcode, hologram, chip or other data carrier, present on the trade unit.