The Official Controls (Plant Health) (Prior Notification) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendments to Annex 7

8.—(1) Annex 7 (list of plants, plant products and other objects originating from third countries and the corresponding special requirements for their introduction into Great Britain) is amended as follows.

(2) In the table in Part A (plants, plant products and other objects originating in third countries which may only be introduced into Great Britain if special requirements are met)—

(a) in entry 20—

(i) for the words in column 1 (description of plants, etc.), substitute “Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Solanum tuberosum L.”;

(ii) in column 3 (special requirements)—

(aa) for “tubers”, in the first and second place where it occurs, substitute “plants”;

(bb) in point (d)(ii), after “appropriate times and”, insert “, in the case of tubers,”;

(cc) in point (d)(iii), at the beginning, insert “in the case of tubers,”;

(b) in entry 21—

(i) in column 1, for “Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., for planting” substitute “Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Solanum tuberosum L.”;

(ii) in column 3—

(aa) for “tubers” substitute “plants”;

(bb) after “EU Member State”, in both places where it occurs, insert “, Liechtenstein”;

(c) in entry 22, in column 1, after “entry 20” insert “or 21”;

(d) in entry 29, in column 3, after “entry 20” insert “or 21”;

(e) in entry 83A, for the words in column 2 (origin) substitute “Any third country”.

(3) In the table in Part B (plants, plant products and other objects originating in third countries which are subject to emergency measures and may only be introduced into Great Britain if special requirements are met)(1), in entry 6, in column 3 (special requirements)—

(a) in the first unnumbered paragraph—

(i) omit the “or” after point (a);

(ii) at the end of point (b)(ii), insert—

“; or

(c) in the case of any seeds which were harvested before 15th August 2020, an official statement stating that “The seeds were harvested before 15th August 2020 and the seeds have undergone official sampling and testing for Tomato brown rugose fruit virus and have been found, according to those tests, to be free from that pest.”.”;

(b) in the third unnumbered paragraph, for “point (b)(ii)” substitute “points (b)(ii) and (c)”.

(1)

Part B of Annex 7 was substituted by S.I. 2020/1527 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631), and amended by S.I. 2021/136, 641, 2022/1120.