Article 47 Requirements for phytosanitary transit
United Kingdom
By way of derogation from Article 40(1), Article 41(1), Article 42(2), Article 72(1) and Article 73, plants, plant products and other objects may be introduced into, and be passed through, F1Great Britain to a F2place outside Great Britain, either in the form of transit or transhipment (‘phytosanitary transit’), if they fulfil both of the following conditions:
they are accompanied by a signed declaration of the professional operator in control of those plants, plant products and other objects stating that those plants, plant products or other objects are in phytosanitary transit;
F5The competent authority shall prohibit phytosanitary transit if the plants, plant products or other objects concerned do not comply, or there is reasonable evidence that they will not comply, with paragraph 1.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 47(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 29(10)(a)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F2
Words in Art. 47(1) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 46(3)
- F3
Word in Art. 47(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 29(10)(a)(ii)(aa) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F4
Words in Art. 47(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 29(10)(a)(ii)(bb) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F5
Words in Art. 47(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 29(10)(b) (with regs. 53, 55)
Notes on Section 1
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Ch. 4 Section 1 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 29(2) (with regs. 53, 55)