# 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, Annex VI: CRITERIA TO IDENTIFY PLANTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 73 WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE A PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The assessment referred to in Article 73 shall take into account the following criteria:
(1)the plants do not host GB quarantine pests or provisional GB quarantine pests, or commonly hosted pests which may impact on plant species grown in Great Britain;
(2)the plants have a history of compliance with the requirements for introduction into Great Britain relevant to the third country or countries of origin;
(3)no indication of outbreak(s) is linked to the introduction of the plants concerned from one or more third countries, and those plants have not been subject to repetitive interceptions of GB quarantine pests or provisional GB quarantine pests during the introduction into Great Britain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/annex/VI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/annex-VI
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