![]() ![]() If you grow seed potatoes you must be registered as a professional operator by APHA. Seed potatoes must have a plant passport at every stage of the trade chain in Great Britain. You do not need a plant passport for other retail sales - for example, if you sell plants to customers paying in person. If you’re selling plants through distance contracts (for example, online) directly to customers buying for personal use, a plant passport is still needed. If you sell directly to retailers, you need to be authorised to issue plant passports for any plants which have plant passport requirements. There is no exemption when you directly supply retailers. Read guidance on plant and plant product imports and exports between the UK and the EU. If you’re unsure whether your consignment needs UK plant passports, contact APHA at or Forestry Commission at you’re moving regulated plants, some seeds and seed potatoes from Great Britain to Northern Ireland you may need a phytosanitary certificate. commodities that need Pest Free Area ( PFA) plant passports.plants and wood that need a plant passport for movement within Great Britain.When you need a UK plant passportĬheck the following lists for more detail on the: You must follow Forestry Commission guidance if you’re a GB-trader in wood, wood products or isolated bark.įor Northern Ireland, check with DAERA (Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs). For example, from Kent to Yorkshire.įor Scotland, check with SASA (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture). This guidance also applies if you’re moving these within the same country in Great Britain. If you’re a professional operator in England or Wales producing or moving plants and plant material within Great Britain, to the Isle of Man or to the Channel Islands, you must follow this APHA advice. You can issue UK plant passports yourself, but you must be authorised by the Animal and Plant Health Agency ( APHA), or the Forestry Commission depending on the goods. wood products - this includes chips, particles, shavings, sawdust, wood waste or scrap and some other types of wood product where there could still be a phytosanitary risk, even after processing.UK plant passports are issued in place of EU plant passports.Ī UK plant passport is an official document you need to move plants and certain regulated wood within Great Britain, to the Isle of Man or to the Channel Islands. Professional operators in Great Britain no longer issue EU plant passports. ![]()
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