Chapter PART IIA: GENERAL TYPES OF PLANTS

Rooted plants, planted or intended for planting, and all unrooted vegetative propagating material including bulbs, corms, tubers, cuttings, scions, budwood and plants in tissue culture, but excluding (1) warm-temperate, sub-tropical or tropical plants originating in a Member State, intended for use in temperature-controlled water tanks and (2) plants of the genera:—

• Abies Mill.

• Castanea Mill.

• Larix Mill.

• Picea A. Dietr.

• Pinus L.Pseudotsuga Carrière

• Quercus L.Tsuga Carrière

• Zelkova Spach.

the landing of which genera in Great Britain is subject to the provisions of The Import and Export of Trees, Wood and Bark (Health) (Great Britain) Order 1980^f1.

An official statement shall have been made that the plants were grown on land:—

1. (a)

   which is free from Potato Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganense pv.sepedonicum(Spieck. and Kotth.) Davieset al.(syn.Corynebacterium sepedonicum) (Spieck. and Kotth.) Skapt. and Burkh.) and Wart Disease of Potatoes (Synchytrium endobioticum(Schilb.) Perc.); and

2. (b)

   which has been officially sampled and the samples found to be free from Potato Cyst Nematodes (Globodera pallida(Stone) Behrens andG. rostochiensis(Wollenweber) Behrens).

Where the consignment originates in a third country:—

1. (a)

   it shall be free from plant debris; and

2. (b)

   where the plants comprising it originate outside the Euro-Mediterranean area they shall have undergone effective treatment for the control of insect and mite pests and the method of treatment shall be declared in the phytosanitary certificate accompanying the plants.

Plants of trees and shrubs grown in and directly consigned to Great Britain from New Zealand other than bonsai and other than plants of the genera:—

• Camellia L.

• Chaenomeles Lindl.

• Crataegus L.

• Cydonia Mill.

• Eriobotrya Lindl.

• Malus Mill.

• Prunus L.

• Pyrus L.

and any other host of Fruit Brown Rot (Sclerotinia fructicola(Wint.) Rehm (syn.Monilinia fructicola(Wint.) Honey)) the landing of which is prohibited under Item 3 of Schedule 2.

1. (1)

   An official statement shall have been made that the plants were officially examined at least once since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and found free from the plant pests specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 1 and substantially free from other plant pests.

2. (2)

   An official statement shall have been made that the plants were derived directly from parent and, where applicable, stock plants which were officially examined at least twice since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation and found free from symptoms of viruses and virus-like organisms, and substantially free from other plant pests.

3. (3)

   In the case of evergreen plants, they shall have been freed from fruit prior to export.

4. (4)

   In the case of plants of the genusPhormium J.R. and G. Forster, they shall:—

   1. (a)

      have been treated immediately prior to export to ensure freedom from the Flax Mealy Bug,Trionymus diminutus Leonardi and the method of treatment shall be declared in the phytosanitary certificate accompanying the plants; and

   2. (b)

      be free from the fungiPhaeoseptoria sp. andGloeosporium phormii(P. Henn.) Bubák.

5. (5)

   In the case of plants of the genusPhotinia Lindl., they shall have been found free from Photinia Leaf Scorch (Pestalotia photiniae Thüm.) and the phytosanitary certificate shall bear an additional declaration stating how this condition has been met.

6. (6)

   An official statement shall have been made that the plants were grown in a sterile soil free medium which has not been in contact with soil.

7. (7)

   Plants of the generaAcacia Mill.,Acer L.,Amelanchier Medik.,Euonymus L.,Fagus L.,Juglans L.,Ligustrum L.,Maclura Nutt.,Populus L.,Ptelea L.,Salix L.,Syringa L.,Tilia L. andVitis L.:—

   1. (a)

      shall not have been consigned between 16 October and 31 March (both dates inclusive);

   2. (b)

      between 1 April and 15 October shall have been fumigated in accordance with a method approved by the appropriate Minister.