{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2018/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2018/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/2018",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2018 of 18 December 2018 laying down specific rules concerning the procedure to be followed in order to carry out the risk assessment of high risk plants, plant products and other objects within the meaning of Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2018",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Content of the technical dossier",
  "text": "The technical dossier shall contain for each plant, plant product or other objects all of the following elements:\n(a)information on the commodity, including treatments and processing of the commodity;\n(b)information on the identification of pests potentially associated with the commodity in the exporting country;\n(c)information on phytosanitary mitigation measures and inspections;\n(d)the contact details of the National Plant Protection Organisation contact point of the third country responsible for liaising with the UK NPPO.\n(e)the detailed information referred to in point (a) of Article 2(3).\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThe applicant may indicate the information, the disclosure of which might harm the competitive position of a certain third party and which should therefore be treated as confidential in accordance with Article 6 of this Regulation. Verifiable justification shall be given in such cases.\nThe dossier shall be submitted in English.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(4)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 3(e) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(4)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 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), 45(4)(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 45(4)(a)(iv)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/2018/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:43.160566+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}