This page outlines the Border Target Operating Model (TOM) risk categorisation for plants and plant products from the European Union (EU). Further risk categorisation for goods from the Rest of the World, will be published in due course. The risk categories for EU goods are as follows:
Group |
Legislative Term |
Country of origin |
Plants for planting |
Plants for planting, other than seeds |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Tubers of |
Solanum tuberosum intended for planting (Seed potatoes) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Solanum tuberosum (ware potatoes) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of |
Castanea |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Capsicum spp. |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Solanum lycopersicum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Solanum tuberosum (true potato seed) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Helianthus annuus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Medicago sativa |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Allium cepa |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Allium porrum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Phaseolus cocineus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Phaseolus vulgaris |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Pisum sativum* |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Vicia faba* |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Brassica napus* |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Brassica rapa * |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Sinapis alba* |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Glycine max* |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Linum usitatissimum* |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Pinus | EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland | |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Parts of Plants, other than fruits and seeds** |
Conifers (Pinales) over 3m |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Bark of |
Castanea |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Conifers (Pinales) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Fraxinus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Juglans mandshurica |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Juglans ailantifolia |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Ulmus davidiana |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Pterocarya |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood (including wood which has not kept it’s natural round surface) of |
Acer |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Aesculus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Alnus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Betula |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Carpinus |
EU Member States (excluding Spain and Portugal), Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Conifers (Pinales) excluding wood which is bark free |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Conifers |
Spain and Portugal |
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Cercidiphyllum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Corylus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Fagus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Fraxinus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Koelreuteria |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Conifers (Pinales) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Platanus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Populus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Prunus with the exception of Prunus laurocerasus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Salix |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Tilia |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Ulmus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of |
Juglans |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Pterocarya |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood (excluding wood which is bark-free) of |
Castanea excluding wood which is bark-free |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Used Machinery |
Machinery and vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Group |
Legislative Term |
Country of origin |
Parts of Plants, other than fruits and seeds** |
Cryptocoryne |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Hygrophila |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Vallisneria |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Prunus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Solanum lycopersicum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Solanum melongena |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Zea mays |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Conifers (Pinales) under 3m |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Cut Flowers |
Orchidaceae |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Dendranthema |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Dianthus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Gypsophila |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Solidago |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds |
Prunus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Rubus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Zea mays |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Group |
Any plants or plant products from the EU not mentioned in or excluded from the high or medium risk categories, are low-risk. Further risk assessments is ongoing and any changes to these TOM risk categories from the EU will not take place before April 2024 and we will communicate with traders, well in advance of any changes to commodity categorisation. |
* Seed will only require a phytosanitary certificate if the seed is certified vegetable seed and standard seed of vegetables in the case of P.sativum and V.faba and certified seed for oil or fibre production in the case of B.napus, B.rapa, S.alba, G.max and L.usitatisimum
** ‘plants’ means living plants and the following living parts of plants: (a) seeds, in the botanical sense, other than those not intended for planting; (b) fruits, in the botanical sense; (c) vegetables; (d) tubers, corms, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, rootstocks, stolons; (e) shoots, stems, runners; (f) cut flowers; (g) branches with or without foliage; (h) cut trees retaining foliage; (i) leaves, foliage; (j) plant tissue cultures, including cell cultures, germplasm, meristems, chimaeric clones, micro-propagated material; (k) live pollen and spores; (l) buds, budwood, cuttings, scions, grafts
*** some goods in the low-risk section are still pending further risk assessment