The Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 No. 2517

SCHEDULE 5 E+W+S Relevant material from a third country for which a phytosanitary certificate may be required

PART A E+W+S Relevant material which may only be landed in Great Britain if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate

1.  Trees, other than seeds, intended for planting. E+W+S

[F1 1a.   Seeds and cones, intended for propagating, of the genera and species referred to in Article 1(2) of Decision 2007/433/EC.] E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 Pt. A Item 1a inserted (31.3.2008) by Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/644), arts. 1, 2(6)

2.  Parts of trees, other than fruit or seeds, of— E+W+S

(a) Castanea Mill., Populus L. or Quercus L.;

(b) conifers (Coniferales); or

(c) Acer saccharum Marsh. originating in the USA or Canada.

[F2 3.   Isolated bark of— E+W+S

(a) conifers (Coniferales), originating in any country outside Europe;

(b) Acer saccharum Marsh., Populus L. or Quercus L. other than Quercus suber L.; or

(c) Fraxinus L., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch., Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., originating in Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan or the USA.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 5 Pt. A Item 3 substituted (1.4.2009) by Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/594), arts. 1, 2(7)(a)

4.  Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “wood” in article 2(1), where it— E+W+S

(a) has been obtained in whole or in part from one of the following order, genera or species, except wood packaging material of a description specified in column 2 of item 8 in Part A of Schedule 4—

(i) Quercus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA, except wood in the form of casks, barrels, vats, tubs or other coopers' products or parts thereof including staves and where there is documented evidence that the wood has been processed or manufactured using a heat treatment to achieve a minimum temperature of 176°C for 20 minutes;

(ii) Platanus, including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA or Armenia;

(iii) Populus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in any country of the American continent;

[F3 (iv) Acer saccharum Marsh., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in the USA or Canada;

(v) Conifers (Coniferales), including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originat-ing in any country outside Europe, Kazakhstan, Russia or Turkey; or

(vi) Fraxinus L., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Ulmus davidiana Planch., Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. and Pterocarya rhoifolia Siebold & Zucc., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan or the USA; and]

(b) meets one of the descriptions specified in item 6(b) in Annex V, Part B, Section I of the Directive.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 5 Pt. A Item 4 substituted (1.4.2009) by Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/594), arts. 1, 2(7)(b)

5.  Soil or growing medium, which consists in whole or in part of soil or solid organic substances such as parts of plants or humus, including peat or bark, other than that composed entirely of peat. E+W+S

6.  Soil or growing medium attached to or appears to have been in contact with trees, consisting in whole or in part of material specified in paragraph 5 or consisting in whole or in part of peat or of any solid inorganic substance, intended to sustain the vitality of the trees, originating in— E+W+S

(a) Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, or the Ukraine; or

(b) any country outside Europe, other than Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco or Tunisia.