Summary of Import Requirements for Plants, Plant Produce and Products
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SUMMARY OF IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCE AND PRODUCTS Introduction This guide provides guidance on the import regulations for plants, plant produce and other regulated objects which are subject to phytosanitary control. It is divided into 6 commodity groups and explains which category different products fall into. For full details please refer to EU Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2072. Plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, soil and other regulated objects (e.g. machinery) from outside the EU fall into 4 categories: • ‘prohibited’ plants you can’t bring into the UK unless you get a scientific research licence or an exception (‘derogation’) to the rules. These are labelled as ‘Prohibited’ on the table below. • ‘regulated & notifiable’ material that you can only bring into the UK with a phytosanitary certificate and which must be notified in advance of landing. These are labelled as ‘Regulated & Notifiable’ on the table below. • ‘regulated’ material that you can only bring into the UK with a phytosanitary certificate but which does not require advanced notification of landing. These are labelled as ‘Regulated’ on the table below. • ‘unregulated’ material you can bring to the UK without any conditions. These are labelled as ‘Unregulated’ on table below. Note: that commodities covered by prohibitions includes both commodities covered under Annex VI of 2019/2072 and the Commission Implementing regulation 2018/2019 for High Risk Plants. The guide is divided into the following commodity groups: • Plants for planting • Fruit • Seeds for planting • Cut flowers, foliage and vegetables • Potatoes • Other 1 Revised January 2020 Geographical groupings - in this guide: ‘European countries’ refers to the following countries Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo- Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine ‘Euro-Mediterranean area (Euro Med)’ refers to: The countries covered by the definition of ‘Europe’ and: Algeria Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia. All other third countries refers to: All other countries not included in the categories above and that are not members of the European Union. Switzerland is regarded as an EU country unless shown otherwise below or included as a European country above. 2 Revised January 2020 Section I Plants for planting No plants for planting are unregulated. They’re either regulated and require pre-notification or are prohibited. Plants for planting include, but is not limited to: • plants that can only grow in water or soil that’s permanently saturated with water • bulbs • tubers • rhizomes • fungi • algae A full definition of plants for planting can be found in Article 2 of the Plant Health Regulation 2016/2031. Trees, shrubs and annual and biennial plants must be free from plant debris, flowers and fruit and must also be dormant and free from leaves but may also be subject to special requirements. Botanical name Common name Origin Requirement Poaceae – Other Grasses and European countries Regulated & than plants of cereals Notifiable ornamental perennial grasses of the subfamilies Euro Med countries Regulated and Bambusoideae and Notifiable Panicoideae, and of the genera Buchloe, All other third countries Prohibited Bouteloua, Calamagrostis, Cortaderia, Glyceria, Hakonechloa, Hystrix, Molinia, Phalaris, Shibataea, Spartina, Stipa and Uniola, may be imported with a phytosanitary certificate Abies Fir European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Castanea (with Sweet Chestnut European countries Regulated & leaves) Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited 3 Revised January 2020 Cedrus Cedar European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Chaenomeles Japonica European countries Regulated & other than dormant Notifiable plants free from leaves, flowers and All other third countries Prohibited fruits Chamaecyparis False Cypress European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Citrus and their Orange, Lemon, All third countries Prohibited hybrids Lime etc Crataegus Hawthorn European countries Regulated & other than dormant Notifiable plants free from leaves, flowers and All other third countries Prohibited fruits Cydonia and their Quince European countries Regulated & hybrids - dormant Notifiable plants free from leaves, flowers and fruits All other third countries Prohibited Cydonia with leaves Quince Australia, New Zealand Regulated & Canada, USA other than Notifiable Hawaii European countries Regulated and Notifiable All other countries Prohibited Fortunella and Kumquat All third countries Prohibited hybrids Fragaria Strawberry Euro Med countries Regulated & Notifiable Australia, New Zealand, Regulated & Canada, USA other than Notifiable Hawaii All other third countries Prohibited Juniperus Juniper European countries Regulated & Notifiable 4 Revised January 2020 All other third countries Prohibited Larix Larch European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Malus and their Apple European countries Regulated & hybrids - Notifiable dormant plants free from leaves, flowers and fruits All other third countries Prohibited Malus and their Apple European countries Regulated & hybrids Notifiable Australia, New, Zealand Regulated & Canada, USA other than Notifiable Hawaii Euro Med countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Phoenix Date palm Algeria and Morocco Prohibited All other third countries Regulated & Notifiable Photinia – Other Photinia USA, China, Japan, the Prohibited than dormant plants Republic of Korea and free from leaves, Democratic People's Republic flowers and fruits of Korea All other third countries Regulated & Notifiable Picea Spruce European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Pinus Pine European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Poncirus and Ornamental All countries Prohibited hybrids Citrus Populus (with Poplar, Aspen All other third countries Regulated & leaves) Notifiable Canada, Mexico and the USA Prohibited 5 Revised January 2020 Prunus and their Cherry, Plum, European countries Regulated & hybrids - dormant Peach, Notifiable plants free from Flowering leaves, flowers and Almond etc. All other third countries Prohibited fruits Prunus and their European countries Regulated and hybrids Notifiable Euro Med countries Regulated & Notifiable Australia, New Zealand, Regulated & Canada, USA other than Notifiable Hawaii All other third countries Prohibited Pseudotsuga Douglas Fir European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Pyrus and their Pear European countries Regulated & hybrids - dormant Notifiable plants free from Other third Countries Prohibited leaves, flowers and fruits Pyrus and their Pear European countries Regulated & hybrids Notifiable Euro Med countries Regulated & Notifiable Australia, New Zealand Regulated & Canada, USA other than Notifiable Hawaii All other third countries Prohibited Rosa Roses European countries Regulated & other than dormant Notifiable plants free from leaves, flowers and All other third countries Prohibited fruits Pseudotsuga Douglas Fir European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Quercus (with Oak European countries Regulated & leaves) Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Plants of European countries Regulated & Solanaceae Notifiable 6 Revised January 2020 intended for planting, other than plants of Solanum Euro Med countries Regulated & species. Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Stolon- or tuber- Various All third countries Prohibited forming Solanum species and their hybrids other than Solanum tuberosum (see also Section V) Tsuga Hemlock European countries Regulated & Notifiable All other third countries Prohibited Vitis Grape Vine All third countries Prohibited All other plants, for All third countries Regulated & planting Notifiable Additional requirements for species susceptible to Phytophthora ramorum The plants for planting in the following table are susceptible to Phytophthora ramorum. If you’re importing them from the United States of America contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to ask about additional requirements. Botanical name Common name Abies alba European silver fir Abies concolor White fir Abies grandis Grand fir Abies magnifica Red fir Abies procera Noble fir Acer circinatum Vine maple Acer davidii Striped bark maple Acer laevigatum Evergreen maple Acer macrophyllum Big Leaf Maple, Oregon Maple Acer macrophyllum Big leaf maple Adiantum jordanii California Maidenhair Fern Adiantum jordanii California maidenhair fern Aesculus californica California Buckeye Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut Arbutus menziesii Madrone Arbutus unedo Strawberry Tree Arctostaphylos spp. Bearberry, Manzanita Ardisia japonica Japanese ardisia, Maleberry 7 Revised January 2020 Betula pendula Silver birch Calluna vulgaris Heather Calluna vulgaris Heather Camellia spp. Camellia Castanea sativa