Article 75 Exceptions for travellers' luggage
United Kingdom
Small quantities of particular plants, other than plants for planting, and of plant products and other objects from a third country may be exempted from the requirement for a phytosanitary certificate set out in F1... Article 72(1), Article 73 or Article 74(1), if they comply with all of the following conditions:
they are introduced into F2Great Britain as part of travellers' personal luggage;
they are not to be used for professional or commercial purposes;
they are listed in F3regulations made under paragraph 2 of this Article.
The F4appropriate authority may by regulations list the plants, plant products and other objects referred to in paragraph 1 and the third countries concerned, and set out the maximum quantity, as appropriate, of the plants, plant products and other objects concerned that are to be subject to the exemption of that paragraph and, where appropriate, one or more of the risk management measures set out in Section 1 of Annex II.
That listing and the setting out of the maximum quantity concerned and, where appropriate, the risk management measures shall be decided on the basis of the pest risk posed by small quantities of those plants, plant products and other objects, in accordance with the criteria set out in Section 2 of Annex II.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 75(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), 31(8)(a)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F2
Words in Art. 75(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(8)(a)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F3
Words in Art. 75(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(8)(a)(iii) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F4
Words in Art. 75(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 31(8)(b)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F5
Words in Art. 75(2) 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(8)(b)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
Notes on Section 1
Textual amendments
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Words in Ch. 6 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), 31(2) (with regs. 53, 55)