Plant Health Guide: passporting and marketing requirements

Introduction

This guide explains the requirements for the commercial marketing of certain plants and plant products in the Single Market. This includes provisions on producer authorisation as well as requirements on plant passporting and supplier documentation. Different rules apply to:

• travellers wishing to bring plants back from another EC Member State or third country (those countries outside the EC) for their own domestic use

• imports from third countries. For further details, refer to The Plant Health Guide for Importers. The guide is available from SE or Defra Publications (see Appendix J)
• trade between the EU and Switzerland is subject to a separate agreement. Under this agreement, certain material that previously required a phytosanitary certificate when traded between the EU and Switzerland may now be traded with a Plant Passport. See Appendices A/1-D/1 for details

There may be different plant passporting and supplier documentation requirements for other Member States. Please contact the SERPID Horticulture and Marketing Unit for further details.

The guide is not intended to be used as a substitute for the Regulations or as an accurate interpretation of the law.