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.
TOM High Risk |
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Group |
Legislative Term |
Country of origin |
Plants for planting |
Plants for planting, other than seeds |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Tubers |
Tubers of Solanum tuberosum intended for planting (Seed potatoes) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Tubers of Solanum tuberosum (ware potatoes) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds |
Seeds of Castanea |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Seeds of Capsicum spp. |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Solanum lycopersicum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Solanum tuberosum (true potato seed) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Helianthus annuus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Medicago sativa |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Allium cepa |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Allium porrum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Phaseolus cocineus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Pisum sativum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Vicia faba |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Brassica napus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Brassica rapa |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Sinapis alba |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Glycine max |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Seeds of Linum usitatissimum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Branches, foliage or cut trees |
Cut trees/branches of Conifers (Pinales) over 3m |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Bark |
Isolated bark of Castanea |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Isolated bark of Conifers (Pinales) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Isolated bark of Fraxinus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Isolated bark of Juglans mandshurica |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Isolated bark of Juglans ailantifolia |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Isolated bark of Ulmus davidiana |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Isolated bark of Pterocarya |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood (including wood which has not kept it’s natural round surface) |
Wood of Acer |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Aesculus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Wood of Alnus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Betula |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Carpinus |
EU Member States (excluding Spain and Portugal), Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Conifers (Pinales) excluding wood which is bark free |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Conifers |
Spain and Portugal |
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Wood of Cercidiphyllum |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Corylus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Fagus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Fraxinus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Koelreuteria |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Conifers (Pinales) |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Platanus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Populus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Prunus with the exception of Prunus laurocerasus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Salix |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Tilia |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of Ulmus |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood of |
Wood of Juglans |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Wood of Pterocarya |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Wood (excluding wood which is bark-free) |
Wood 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 |
TOM Medium Risk
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Group |
Legislative Term |
Country of origin |
Parts of Plants, other than fruits and seeds* |
Plants of Cryptocoryne |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
Plants of Hygrophila |
EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
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Plants of 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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Cut trees/branches of 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 |
TOM Low Risk**
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. |
* ‘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