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Article 101 Phytosanitary certificate for re-export from Great BritainF9

United Kingdom

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1.

For the re-export of a plant, plant product or other object which originates in a third country and has been introduced into F1Great Britain from that, or another, third country, a phytosanitary certificate for re-export from F2Great Britain (‘the phytosanitary certificate for re-export’) shall, where possible, be issued instead of the phytosanitary certificate for export.

The phytosanitary certificate for re-export shall be issued by the competent authority at the request of the professional operator when all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a)

that 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 re-exported;

(c)

it is ensured that that plant, plant product or other object complies with the phytosanitary import requirements of the third country concerned.

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

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

2.

Without prejudice to obligations under the IPPC, and taking into account the relevant international standards, the phytosanitary certificate for re-export shall be issued where the information available allows certifying of compliance with the F3relevant phytosanitary import requirements and that all of the following conditions are complied with:

(a)

the original phytosanitary certificate accompanying the plant, plant product or other object concerned from the third country of origin, or a certified copy of it, is attached to the phytosanitary certificate for re-export;

(b)

the plant, plant product or other object concerned has not been grown, produced or processed to change its nature since its introduction in F4Great Britain;

(c)

the plant, plant product or other object concerned has not been exposed to any risk of infestation or contamination with quarantine pests or regulated non-quarantine pests, listed as such F5for the purposes of imports into the third country of destination, during F6its storage in Great Britain;

(d)

the identity of the plant, plant product or other object concerned has been maintained.

3.

Article 100(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

4.

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

5.

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 105 amending Part B of Annex VIII to adapt it to the development of the relevant international standards.

F76.

Electronic phytosanitary certificates for re-export shall be provided through, or in electronic exchange with, the F8appropriate computerised information management system, where the use of electronic phytosanitary certificates is permitted by the competent authority.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 101(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(43)(b)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)

F2

Words in Art. 101(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(43)(b)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)

F3

Words in Art. 101(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(43)(c)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)

F4

Words in Art. 101(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(43)(c)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)

F5

Words in Art. 101(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(43)(c)(iii)(aa) (with regs. 53, 55)

F6

Words in Art. 101(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(43)(c)(iii)(bb) (with regs. 53, 55)

F7

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).

F8

Words in Art. 101(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(43)(d) (with regs. 53, 55)

F9

Words in Art. 101 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(43)(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)