Article 6 Phytosanitary certificates for imported plants etc.
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, where by virtue of article 4 the landing of any plant, soil or growing medium is prohibited unless that plant, soil or growing medium is accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, the phytosanitary certificate shall have been issued in the country in which that plant was grown, or that soil or growing medium originated.
A phytosanitary certificate which relates to plants which are directly consigned to Great Britain from a Member State and are—
bulbs or corms for planting other than corms of gladiolus and bulbs of tulip and narcissus; or
raw fruit of a description specified in column 2 of Part VB of Schedule 3; or
of a description specified in column 2 of Part VIIB of Schedule 3 (certain cut flowers and parts of plants for decoration) other than cut flowers and parts of plants for decoration ofProtea L. andLimonium Mill.;
shall have been issued
in the Member State from which they were so consigned, or
where the plants to which it relates had been consigned from any other country before being consigned from that Member State to Great Britain, in that Member State or in one of the countries from which it had previously been consigned.
Where any plant, soil or growing medium following its export from Great Britain is re-imported into Great Britain, the phytosanitary certificate shall have been issued in the country from which the plant, soil or growing medium was directly consigned to Great Britain.