# The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1989, Article 11: Export of trees, wood etc. to Member States


(1) Subject to paragraph (6) of this article, no person shall export from Great Britain to a Member State any consignment of trees, wood, isolated bark, soil or growing medium of a description specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 4 unless the consignment is accompanied by–
(a) a phytosanitary certificate issued by an authorised officer; or
(b) in the case of a consignment to which this sub-paragraph applies (and without prejudice to paragraph (4) of this article), a reforwarding phytosanitary certificate issued by an authorised officer.
(2) No phytosanitary certificate shall be issued for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) of this article unless the entire consignment or a representative sample taken from it or its packaging and, where necessary, the vehicle in which it is carried has been examined by an inspector in order to ensure that the consignment complies with such requirements of the Member State concerned as are adopted in accordance with the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC.
(3) Paragraph (1)(b) of this article applies to a consignment which–
(a) is imported from a Member State or a third country;
(b) is to be re-exported to a Member State; and
(c) when imported, was accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.
(4) No person shall export from Great Britain any consignment of trees, wood or isolated bark which–
(a) is of a description specified in column 2 of Part II of Schedule 4; and
(b) originated in another Member State or a third country
to a Member State listed in column 3 of Part II of Schedule 4 opposite the reference to such tree, wood or isolated bark unless the consignment is accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued in the country of origin or by a certified copy of that certificate.
(5) Applications for phytosanitary certificates or reforwarding phytosanitary certificates shall be made to the Commissioners in such form and manner, and giving such information, as they may require.
(6) Paragraph (1) of this article shall not apply to the export from Great Britain of–
(a) wood ofConiferae which has been kiln-dried in accordance with the conditions specified in paragraph (2) of column 3 of item 1 in Part II of Schedule 3 provided it is accompanied by a declaration in the form laid down in column 4 thereof; or
(b) any consignment of trees, wood, isolated bark, soil or growing medium which is imported from a Member State or third country and re-exported to a Member State without being stored, repacked or split up in Great Britain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/823/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-order-1989/article-11
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