Further information related to special requirements needed for imports in to GB now include some further clarifications. The attached special requirements will apply with immediate effect.

This effects imports of:

• Commodities subject to PCN requirements

• Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L.

• Plants of herbaceous species for planting, other than bulbs, corms, plants of the family Gramineae, rhizomes, seeds, tubers – Liriomyza spp

• Plants of Castanea and Qeuercus - Cronartium spp.

• Plants of Malus – Candidatus Phytoplasma mali

• Plants of Prunus – Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni

• Wood of Pinus and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco, other than in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap, and isolated bark

• Wood of conifers (Pinales) in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap, and isolated bark

• Wood of Anoplophora glabripennis hosts

• Wood and isolated bark of conifers (Pinales)

• Vegetable seed – tomatoes

• Plants of Malus and Prunus – Tomato ringspot virus