# 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, Article 69: Traceability

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

1. A professional operator to whom a regulated trade unit is supplied must keep a record allowing that operator to identify the professional operator who supplied it.
2. A professional operator supplying a regulated trade unit must keep a record allowing that operator to identity the professional operator to whom it was supplied.
3. Where an authorised operator issues a UK plant passport pursuant to Article 84(1), and where the competent authority issues a UK plant passport pursuant to Article 84(2) for a registered operator, that operator shall ensure, for the purpose of ensuring traceability pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, that it records the following information as regards that UK plant passport:
(a) where applicable, the professional operator who supplied the trade unit concerned;
(b) the professional operator to whom the trade unit concerned was supplied; and
(c) relevant information relating to the UK plant passport.
4. Professional operators shall keep the records referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 for at least three years after the date on which the plant, plant product or other object concerned was supplied to or by them.
5. The appropriate authority may by regulations set out the following elements:
(a) a shorter or longer minimum period than the one referred to in paragraph 4 with regards to specific plants, where so justified by the length of the cultivation period of those plants; and
(b) requirements as to the accessibility of the records to be kept by the professional operators referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
...
6. On request, the professional operators referred to in paragraph 4 shall communicate the information in the records referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 to the competent authority.
7. This Article shall not apply to the professional operators referred to in points (c) and (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 65(3).
8. In this Article ‘regulated trade unit’ means a trade unit of plants, plant products or other objects that are subject to requirements or conditions pursuant to Article 28(1), 30(1), 37(1), 41, 47(1), 48(1), 49(1), 54(1), 57, 58 or 79(1) or a relevant NI trade unit.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/69 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-69
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.