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Article 65 Official register of professional operators

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

1.

The competent F1authorities shall keep and update a register containing the following professional operators who operate in F2Great Britain:

(a)

professional operators introducing into, or moving within, F3Great Britain plants, plant products and other objects for which a phytosanitary certificate or a F4UK plant passport is required F5... pursuant to Article 72(1), Article 73, Article 74(1), Article 79(1) and Article 80(1);

(b)

professional operators authorised to issue F6UK plant passports in accordance with Article 89;

(c)

professional operators who request the competent authority to issue the certificates referred to in Articles 100 F7and 101;

(d)

professional operators authorised to apply the marks referred to in Article 98, authorised to issue the attestations referred to in Article 99, providing information in accordance with Articles 45 or 55, F8... or carrying out activities concerning the relevant plants in demarcated areas, unless those operators are listed in another official register which is accessible to the competent authorities; and

(e)

professional operators other than the ones referred to in points (a) to (d) of this subparagraph, if so required by F9the special requirements in Annex 7, 8 or 10 or by regulations made under Article 28(1), 30(1) or 49(1).

F10...

2.

F11The competent authorities must ensure that a professional operator is registered only once. Where applicable, that registration shall be carried out with explicit references to each of the different premises referred to in point (d) of Article 66(2).

3.

Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to a professional operator who fulfils one or more of the following criteria:

F12(a)

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(b)

it supplies exclusively and directly to final users small quantities of seeds, other than the seeds subject to Article 72;

(c)

its professional activity concerning plants, plant products and other objects is limited to transporting them for another professional operator;

(d)

its professional activity exclusively concerns the transport of objects of all kinds using wood packaging material.

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4.

F14The appropriate authority may by regulations:

(a)

F15amend this Regulation by adding further categories of professional operators to be exempted from the application of paragraph 1 of this Article, where registration would constitute an administrative burden for them disproportionate to the low pest risk related to their professional activities;

(b)

F16supplement this Regulation by setting out particular requirements for the registration of certain categories of professional operators, taking into account the nature of the activity or of the plant, plant product or other object concerned;

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Art. 65(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(i)(aa) (with regs. 53, 55)

F2

Words in Art. 65(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(i)(bb) (with regs. 53, 55)

F3

Words in Art. 65(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(ii)(aa) (with regs. 53, 55)

F4

Words in Art. 65(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(ii)(bb) (with regs. 53, 55)

F5

Words in Art. 65(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(ii)(cc) (with regs. 53, 55)

F6

Word in Art. 65(1)(b) inserted (27.1.2021) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/79), regs. 1(2), 3(6)

F7

Words in Art. 65(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(iii) (with regs. 53, 55)

F8

Words in Art. 65(1)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(iv) (with regs. 53, 55)

F9

Words in Art. 65(1)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(v) (with regs. 53, 55)

F10

Words in Art. 65(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(a)(vi) (with regs. 53, 55)

F11

Words in Art. 65(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(b) (with regs. 53, 55)

F12

Art. 65(3)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(c)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)

F13

Words in Art. 65(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(c)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)

F14

Words in Art. 65(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(d)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)

F15

Word in Art. 65(4)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(d)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)

F16

Word in Art. 65(4)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(d)(iii) (with regs. 53, 55)

F17

Art. 65(4)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 30(1)(d)(iv) (with regs. 53, 55)