# 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 79: Plants, plant products and other objects for which a UK plant passport is required for movement within or into Great Britain

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

1. Plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annex 13 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation may not be moved within Great Britain or introduced into Great Britain from a CD territory, unless they are accompanied by a UK plant passport.
1A. Paragraph 1 is subject to Articles 81 and 82 and, in relation to qualifying Northern Ireland goods, to Article 95a(2).
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3. The appropriate authority may by regulations amend Annex 13 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation in accordance with the principles set out in Section 2 of Annex 2:
(a) to include a plant, plant product or other object that is not included in Annex 13 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation, where there is a risk that the plant, plant product or other object hosts a GB quarantine pest or a provisional GB quarantine pest;
(b) to remove a plant, plant product or other object listed in that Annex, where the risk that it hosts a GB quarantine pest or a provisional GB quarantine pest no longer exists.
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5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1... and 3, no UK plant passport shall be required for the plants, plant products or other objects which are subject to Article 47, 48 or 75(1).
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2031/article/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2031/article-79
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