Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the CouncilShow full title

ANNEX IV U.K. ELEMENTS TO IDENTIFY PLANTS OR PLANT PRODUCTS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO POSE NEWLY IDENTIFIED PEST RISKS OR OTHER SUSPECTED PHYTOSANITARY RISKS FOR [F1 GREAT BRITAIN], AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 49

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Annex 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 39(a) (with regs. 53, 55)

Plants or plant products from third countries shall be considered likely to pose pest risks for [F2 Great Britain], as referred to in Article 49(1), where those plants or plant products fulfil at least three of the following conditions, including at least one of the conditions provided in point (1)(a), (b) and (c):

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Annex 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 39(b) (with regs. 53, 55)

(1)

Characteristics of the plants or plant products:

(a)

they belong to, or are produced from, a plant genus or family known to commonly host pests regulated as quarantine pests in [F2 Great Britain] or in third countries;

(b)

they belong to, or are produced from, a plant genus or family known to host commonly hosted pests known to have major impact on plant species grown in [F2 Great Britain] which have major economic, social or environmental importance to [F2 Great Britain];

(c)

they belong to, or are produced from, a plant genus or family known to commonly harbour pests without signs and symptoms of those pests, or with a latent period for the expression of those signs or symptoms of at least three months, implying that the presence of pests on those plants or plant products is likely to be missed during official controls at introduction into [F2 Great Britain], without recourse to sampling and testing or submission to quarantine procedures;

(d)

they are grown outdoors or grown from plants grown outdoors in the third countries of origin;

(e)

they are not shipped in closed containers or packaging, or when shipped in such a way, the shipments because of their size cannot be opened in closed premises for purposes of official controls at introduction into [F2 Great Britain].

(2)

Origin of the plants or plant products:

(a)

they originate from, or are moved from, a third country which is the source of repetitive notifications of interception of quarantine pests not listed [F3 in Annex 2 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation];

(b)

they originate from, or are moved from, a third country which is not a contracting party to the IPPC.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Annex 4 point (2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 39(c) (with regs. 53, 55)