EU CONSIGNMENTS UNDER PLANT HEALTH CONTROL FROM 01 JANUARY TO 31 December 2021
Table 1 below outlines the prioritisation of high priority plants inspections at Place of Destination for 01 January – 31 December 2021.
Importers should note the following points:
• When faced with a consignment of mixed species/types of plants, inspectors will focus on those of highest priority.
• The larger the number of high priority plants included in a consignment, the more intensive the inspection is likely to be.
• The default inspection level is 100%, but if the consignment includes only finished plants/bulbs, then a 10% rate would apply, and likewise a reduced frequency would apply for certain other commodities, as indicated in the table.
• When organising their day, inspectors will prioritise those consignments they know include higher priority plants.
• There are contingency arrangements built-in to cater for circumstances where inspectors cannot meet their targets, which involve releasing consignments after 4 working hours and/or following up plants at a later stage. For further information on Service Level Agreements at Place of Destination please refer to the guidance on the Plant Health Portal.
Table 1:
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Priority 1 |
Host species / pest of interest |
Action within 4h / Inspection level |
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Plants for planting Main Xylella hosts. |
Olea europaea, Prunus dulcis, Nerium oleander, Rosmarinus officinalis, Polygala myrtifolia, Lavandula, Coffea sp. & species of. |
100% with Finished plants to be inspected first then for growing on. |
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Plants for planting |
Platanus |
100% with Finished plants to be inspected first then for growing on. |
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Priority 2 |
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Plants for planting |
Bemisia tabaci (Bt) hosts: Euphorbia pulcherrima, Nerium oleander, Begonia, Ajuga, Crossandra, Dipladenia, Ficus, Hibiscus, Mandevilla & species of. |
100% for propagating material 10% for finished plants |
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Acer palmatum |
100% |
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Bonsai – originating from Japan, China or Korea. |
100% |
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Castanea sativa, Quercus, Ulmus, Pinus, Prunus, Palmae, Abies, Larix, Fraxinus, Picea species of. |
100% |
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Seed potatoes & true potato seed. |
100% including latent sampling. |
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Ware potatoes from Spanish & Portuguese
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100% for Spanish 50 % for Portuguese |
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Priority 3 |
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Other plants for planting |
Aquatics originating outside EU |
100% if for propagation 10% for finished plants. |
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Not covered in any other category above. |
100% if for propagation 10% for finished plants. |
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Ware potatoes |
Poland & Romania |
50% including latent sampling |
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Seeds |
Solanum lycopersicum, Helianthus annuus, Medicago sativa, Allium cepa, Allium porrum, Phaseolus cocineus, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sativum, Vicia faba, Brassica napus, Brassica rapa, Sinapis alba, Glycine max & Linum usitatissimum, Castanea sativa and, Capsicum sp. |
100% if for propagation & 5% if for end use plants. |
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Used agricultural, forestry machinery / vehicles |
Soil or plant material which may contain Plane wilt fungus (Ceratocystis platani). |
5% focused on imports from France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland where plane wilt is known to be present. |
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