{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/2031",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "CRITERIA TO ASSESS HIGH-RISK PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS OR OTHER OBJECTS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 42",
  "text": "The criteria to be taken into account for the assessment referred to in Article 42 are the following:\n(1)as regards plants for planting other than seeds:\n(a)they are introduced into Great Britain usually in the form of a shrub or tree or they are present in Great Britain in such form or are taxonomically related to such plants;\n(b)they are collected in the wild or grown from plants collected in the wild;\n(c)they are grown outdoors or grown from plants grown outdoors in the third countries, group of third countries or specific areas of third countries concerned;\n(d)they are known to host commonly hosted pests known to have a major impact on plant species which are of major economic, social or environmental importance to Great Britain;\n(e)they are known to commonly harbour pests without signs and symptoms of those pests, or with a latent period for the expression of those signs or symptoms, implying that the presence of pests is likely to be missed during inspections at introduction into Great Britain;\n(f)they are perennial plants commonly traded as old plants;\n(2)as regards other plants, plant products or other objects:\n(a)they are known to host and provide a significant pathway for commonly hosted pests known to have major impact on plant species which are of a major economic, social or environmental importance to Great Britain;\n(b)they are known to commonly harbour and provide a significant pathway for pests without signs and symptoms of those pests, or with a latent period for the expression of those signs or symptoms, implying that the presence of pests is likely to be missed during inspections at introduction into Great Britain.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 point (1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 38(a) (with regs. 53, 55)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 38(b) (with regs. 53, 55)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:21.622458+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}