Article 100 Phytosanitary certificate for export from Great BritainF14

United Kingdom

Where, for the export of a plant, plant product or other object from F1Great Britain to a third country F2or Northern Ireland, a phytosanitary certificate is required by the F3relevant phytosanitary import requirements (‘phytosanitary certificate for export’), that certificate shall be issued by the competent authority, at the request of the professional operator, when all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a)

the professional operator is registered by that competent authority in accordance with Article 65;

(b)

the professional operator has under its control the plant, plant product or other object to be exported;

(c)

it is ensured that that plant, plant product or other object complies with the F4relevant phytosanitary import requirements.

The competent authority shall also issue a phytosanitary certificate for export at the request of persons other than professional operators, provided that the conditions set out in points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph are fulfilled.

For the purpose of this paragraph, the competent authority shall not delegate the issuance of the phytosanitary certificate for export to any other person.

Without prejudice to obligations under the IPPC, and taking into account the relevant international standards, the phytosanitary certificate for export shall be issued where the information available allows the competent authority to certify compliance of the plant, plant product or other object concerned with the F5relevant phytosanitary import requirements. That information may originate from one or more of the following elements, as applicable:

(a)

inspections, sampling and testing of the plants, plant products or other objects concerned, or their place of production and its vicinities;

(b)

official information on the pest status in the production site, place of production, area or country of origin of the plants, plant products or other objects concerned;

(c)

a F6UK plant passport, as referred to in Article 78, accompanying the plants, plant products or other objects concerned, where that UK plant passport attests the results of inspections by F7a competent authority;

(d)

the mark of wood packaging material as referred to in Article 96(1), or the attestations referred to in Article 99(1);

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(f)

official information included in the phytosanitary certificate as referred to in Article 71, where the plants, plant products or other objects concerned have been introduced into F9Great Britain from a third country.

The phytosanitary certificate for export shall comply with the description and format of the model set out in Part A of Annex VIII.

The F10appropriate authority may by regulations amend the elements referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article F11... to adapt them to the development of the relevant international standards.

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Electronic phytosanitary certificates for export shall be provided through, or in electronic exchange with, the F13appropriate computerised information management system, where the use of electronic phytosanitary certificates is permitted by the competent authority.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 100(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(b)(i)(aa) (with regs. 53, 55)
F2: Words in Art. 100(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(b)(i)(bb) (with regs. 53, 55)
F3: Words in Art. 100(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(b)(i)(cc) (with regs. 53, 55)
F4: Words in Art. 100(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(b)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
F5: Words in Art. 100(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(c)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
F6: Words in Art. 100(2)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(c)(ii)(aa) (with regs. 53, 55)
F7: Word in Art. 100(2)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(c)(ii)(bb) (with regs. 53, 55)
F8: Art. 100(2)(e) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(c)(iii) (with regs. 53, 55)
F9: Words in Art. 100(2)(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(c)(iv) (with regs. 53, 55)
F10: Words in Art. 100(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(d)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
F11: Words in Art. 100(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(d)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
F12: Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance).
F13: Words in Art. 100(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(e) (with regs. 53, 55)
F14: Words in Art. 100 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(42)(a) (with regs. 53, 55)

Notes on Section 4

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Ch. 6 Section 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(40) (with regs. 53, 55)