Article 8 Exception from requirement of phytosanitary certification

The requirements of article 4(1)(e) shall not apply to—

(a)

any plants which—

(i)

are landed in Great Britain in the baggage of a passenger or other traveller, and

(ii)

are not intended for use in the course of a trade or business, and

(iii)

have been grown in the Euro-Mediterranean area or, in the case of citrus fruit, in the Euro-Mediterranean area or North America, and

(iv)

are not in any of the following categories, namely

(A)

plants intended for planting or propagation ofBeta L.

(B)

plants intended for planting or propagation, other than seeds, of the family Gramineae or of the generaCydonia Mill.,Malus Mill.,Prunus L.,Pyrus L. andVitis L.

(C)

potatoes

(D)

cut flowers of gladiolus and plants of chrysanthemum, and

(v)

are in one of the following categories, not exceeding the stated quantities—

(A)

raw fruit and raw vegetables, together 2 kilograms

(B)

cut flowers and any parts of plants together forming a single bouquet, 1 bouquet

(C)

seeds, 5 retail packets, that is to say packets in which the seed in question is normally sold to the consumer (other than for use in the course of a trade or business) or packets of a similar size

(D)

bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes, free of soil, together 2 kilograms

(E)

other plants, 5 plants, or

(b)

any plants, soil or growing medium which are directly consigned to Great Britain from Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and which—

(i)

originate in any of those countries, or

(ii)

were landed in the country from which they are directly consigned to Great Britain in accordance with the plant health requirements of that country.