PART 3Official Controls: Amendment of the transitional staging period
Interpretation
9. In this Part, “the Official Controls Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products.
Amendment to exemptions from the requirement for prior notification of entry into Great Britain of relevant goods from a relevant third country during the transitional staging period
10.—(1) Part 2 of Annex 6 to the Official Controls Regulation(1) (derogations and modifications: relevant goods entering Great Britain from a relevant third country) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 13—
(a)in the inserted Article 56A (prior notification of entry to Great Britain: transitional arrangements), as it applies in relation to England and Wales, after paragraph 4B, insert—
“4C. In relation to goods entering Great Britain on or after 17th November 2023, the requirement to give prior notification in accordance with paragraph 4(b) does not apply where the goods are plants of a category specified in column 1, and of a description specified in the corresponding entry in column 2, in the table in Annex 8.”;
(b)in the inserted Article 56A (prior notification of entry to Great Britain: transitional arrangements), as it applies in relation to Scotland, after paragraph 6, insert—
“6A. In relation to goods entering Great Britain on or after 17th November 2023, the requirement to give prior notification in accordance with paragraph 4(b) does not apply where the goods are plants of a category specified in column 1, and of a description specified in the corresponding entry in column 2, in the table in Annex 8.”.
(3) After paragraph 14, insert—
“15. After Annex 6, insert the following Annex—
ANNEX 8
| Column 1 Category of plants | Column 2 Description of plants | Column 3 Corresponding entry number in the table in Part A of Annex 11 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation(1) to the category of plants in Column 1 to this table |
|---|---|---|
| (1) “Annex 11 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation” means Annex 11 to Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants.”. | ||
| Root and tubercle vegetables | Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled. | 5 |
| Other root and tubercle vegetables, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, not frozen or dried, not sliced or in the form of pellets. | ||
| Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), and other spices, in the form of root or tubercle plant parts, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Sugar beet, not ground, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Chicory roots, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Other root and tubercle vegetables, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, similar forage products, not in the form of pellets, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Parts of plants, other than fruit and seeds of: | ||
| Zea mays L. | Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Sweetcorn | 8 |
| Leafy vegetables of Apium graveolens L., Eryngium Tournier ex Linnaeus, Limnophila R.Br. and Ocimum L. | Other vegetables, fresh or chilled. | 10 |
| Parts of plants (other than fruit and seeds), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, crushed or powdered. | ||
| Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Leaves of Manihot esculenta Crantz | Leaves of cassava (Manihot esculenta), fresh or chilled. | 11 |
| Vegetable products of cassava (Manihot esculenta), not elsewhere specified or included, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Fruits of: | ||
| Momordica L. and Solanaceae Juss. | Tomatoes, fresh or chilled. | 19 |
| Other vegetables, of Solanaceae, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Other fruit, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Carica papaya L., Cydonia Mill., Fragaria L., Malus Mill., Persea americana Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L., Ribes L., Rubus L., Syzygium Gaertn., Vaccinium L. and Vitis L. | Avocados, fresh or chilled. | 20 |
| Grapes, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Papaws (papayas) fresh or chilled. | ||
| Apples, pears and quinces, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Strawberries, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Raspberries, blackberries and loganberries, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Black, white or red currants and gooseberries, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Cranberries, bilberries, and other fruit of the genus Vaccinium, fresh or chilled. | ||
| Other, fresh or chilled. | ||
EUR 2017/625. Paragraph 13 was amended in relation to England and Wales by S.I. 2021/1096, 1443, 2022/1315 and in relation to Scotland by S.S.I. 2021/342, 493 and 2022/90.