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Prohibited Commodities

Description of plants, plant products or other objects

Third country, group of third countries or specific area of third country

Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Abies Mill., Cedrus Trew, Chamaecyparis 

Spach, Juniperus L., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L., Pseudotsuga Carr.and Tsuga

Carr.

Any third country other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, EU Member States, Faroe 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

Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Castanea Mill. and Quercus L., with leaves

Any third country other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, EU Member States, Faroe 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

Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Populus L., with leaves

Canada, Mexico and the USA

Isolated bark of Castanea Mill.

Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Isolated bark of Quercus L., other than Quercus suber L.

Canada, Mexico and the USA

Isolated bark of Acer saccharum Marsh.

Canada, Mexico and the USA

Isolated bark of Populus L.

The Americas

Plants for planting, other than dormant plants

free from leaves, flowers and fruits, of Chaenomeles Ldl., Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill.

, Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L. and Rosa L.

Any third country other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, EU Member States, Faroe 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

Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L. and their hybrids, and Fragaria L.

Any third country other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Canary Islands, Egypt, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, 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, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA, other than Hawaii

Plants, other than fruits, of Vitis L.

Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Raf., and their hybrids

Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Plants for planting, other than dormant plants free from leaves, flowers and fruits, of Photinia Ldl.

China, Democratic Peopleʼs Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea and the USA

Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Phoenix spp.

Algeria and Morocco

Plants for planting, other than seeds, of the

family Poaceae, other than plants of ornamental perennial grasses of the subfamilies Bambusoideae and Panicoideae and of the genera Buchloe, Bouteloua Lag., Calamagrostis, 

Cortaderia Stapf., Glyceria R. Br., Hakonechloa Mak. ex Honda, Hystrix, Molinia, Phalaris L., Shibataea, 

Spartina Schreb., Stipa L. and Uniola L.

Any third country other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, 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, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine

Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., seed potatoes

Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Plants for planting of stolon- or tuber-forming species of Solanum L. and their hybrids, other than tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. specified in entry 15

Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Tubers of species of Solanum L., and their hybrids, other than those specified in entries 15 and 16

Any third country other than Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, EU Member States, Israel, Libya, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Serbia, Syria, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey

Plants for planting of Solanaceae other than seeds and the plants specified in entries 15, 16 and 17

Any third country other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, 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, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine

Soil consisting in part of solid organic substances

Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Growing medium, other than soil, consisting in whole or in part of solid organic substances, other than any composed entirely of peat or fibre of Cocos nucifera L., previously not used for growing of plants or for any agricultural purposes

Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Plants for planting, other than seeds, in vitro material and naturally or artificially dwarfed woody plants for planting from the following genera or species: Acacia Mill., Acer L. Albizia Durazz., Alnus Mill., Annona L, Bauhinia L., Berberis L., Betula L., Caesalpinia L., Cassia L., Castanea Mill., Cornus L., Corylus L., Crataegus L., Diospyros L., Fagus L., Ficus carica L, Fraxinus L., Hamamelis L., Jasminum L., Juglans L., Ligustrum L., Lonicera L., Malus Mill., Nerium L., Persea Mill., Populus L., Prunus L., Quercus L., Robinia L., Salix L., Sorbus L., Taxus L., Tilia L., Ulmus L.

 

Originating from any third country, other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, and belonging to the following genera or species:

Plants of Ullucus tuberosus Loz

originating from any third country, other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Fruits of Momordica L.

originating from any third country or area of a third country where Thrips palmi Karny is known to occur and where effective mitigation measures for that pest are lacking.

 Wood of Ulmus L.

originating from any third country or area of a third country where Saperda tridentata Olivier is known to occur.

 

Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Coffea

Costa Rica and Honduras

Isolated bark of Acer macrophyllum Pursh, Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd., Quercus spp. L. and Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

The USA