TOM risk categorisations - UK Plant Health Information Portal

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
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	Tubers of Solanum tuberosum (ware potatoes)	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Seeds	Seeds of Castanea	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Capsicum spp.	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Solanum lycopersicum	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Solanum tuberosum (true potato seed)	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Helianthus annuus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Medicago sativa	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Allium cepa	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Allium porrum	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Phaseolus cocineus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Pisum sativum	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Vicia faba	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Brassica napus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Brassica rapa	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Sinapis alba	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Glycine max	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Seeds of Linum usitatissimum	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
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
	Isolated bark of Fraxinus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Isolated bark of Juglans mandshurica	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Isolated bark of Juglans ailantifolia	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Isolated bark of Ulmus davidiana	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Isolated bark of Pterocarya	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Wood (including wood which has not kept it’s natural round surface)	Wood of Acer	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Aesculus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Alnus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Betula	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Carpinus	EU Member States (excluding Spain and Portugal), Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Conifers (Pinales) excluding wood which is bark free	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Conifers	Spain and Portugal
	Wood of Cercidiphyllum	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Corylus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Fagus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Fraxinus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Koelreuteria	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Conifers (Pinales)	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Platanus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Populus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Prunus with the exception of Prunus laurocerasus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Salix	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Tilia	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Wood of Ulmus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Wood of	Wood of Juglans	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Wood of	Wood of Pterocarya	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
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
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
	Plants of Vallisneria	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Prunus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Solanum lycopersicum	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Solanum melongena	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Zea mays	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Cut trees/branches of Conifers (Pinales) under 3m	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Cut Flowers	Orchidaceae	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Dendranthema	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Dianthus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Gypsophila	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Solidago	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Seeds	Prunus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	Rubus	EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
	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