# Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Division VIII: CONSIGNMENTS OF PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS, OBJECTS AND MATERIALS CAPABLE OF HARBOURING OR SPREADING PESTS OF PLANTS

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

(a)For documentary checks: Sterling equivalent of EUR 7 per consignment.
(b)For identity checks:
(i)Sterling equivalent of EUR 7 per consignment up to a size of a truck load, a railway wagon load or the load of a container of comparable size,
(ii)Sterling equivalent of EUR 14 per consignment bigger than the above size.
(c)For plant health checks, in accordance with the following specifications:
(i)cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 10 000 in number,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,7 per consignment for each additional 1 000 units,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(ii)shrubs, trees (other than cut Christmas trees), other woody nursery plants including forest reproductive material (other than seed):
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 10 000 in number,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,44 per consignment for each additional 1 000 units,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(iii)bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, intended for planting (other than tubers of potatoes):
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 200 kg of weight,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,16 per consignment for each additional 10 kg,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(iv)seeds, tissue cultures:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 7,5 per consignment up to 100 kg of weight,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,175 per consignment for each additional 10 kg,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(v)other plants intended for planting, not specified elsewhere in this point:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 5 000 in number,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,18 per consignment for each additional 100 units,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(vi)cut flowers:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 20 000 in number,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,14 per consignment for each additional 1 000 units,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(vii)branches with foliage, parts of conifers (other than cut Christmas trees):
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 100 kg of weight,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 1,75 per consignment for each additional 100 kg,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(viii)cut Christmas trees:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 1 000 in number,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 1,75 per consignment for each additional 100 units,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(ix)leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 100 kg of weight,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 1,75 per consignment for each additional 10 kg,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(x)fruits, vegetables (other than leafy vegetables):
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 25 000 kg of weight,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,7 per consignment for each additional 1 000 kg,
(xi)tubers of potatoes:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 52,5 per lot up to 25 000 kg of weight,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 52,5 per lot for each additional 25 000 kg,
(xii)wood (other than bark):
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 1 000 m3 of volume,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,175 per consignment for each additional 10 m3,
(xiii)soil and growing medium, bark:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 25 000 kg of weight,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,7 per consignment for each additional 1 000 kg,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,
(xiv)grain:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 25 000 kg of weight,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 0,7 per consignment for each additional 1 000 kg,
Sterling equivalent of EUR 700 per consignment maximum fee,
(xv)other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this point:
Sterling equivalent of EUR 17,5 per consignment.
Where a consignment does not consist exclusively of products coming under the description of the relevant indent, those parts thereof consisting of products coming under the description of the relevant indent (lot or lots) shall be treated as a separate consignment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/625/annex/IV/chapter/I/division/VIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625/annex-IV/chapter-I/division-VIII
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