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The Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Jurisdiction: Great Britain
Commencement: 30th January  2025
Amends: 

  • Assimilated Regulation 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products
  • Assimilated Regulation 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 as regards protective measures against pests of plants

Mini Summary

The Assimilated Regulation 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products sets out the official controls to be carried out on animals and relevant goods entering Great Britain by the relevant competent authorities.

 

The Assimilated Regulation 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 as regards protective measures against pests of plants lists the different pests of plants and is supplementary to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants.
 

Duties

Various duties apply and are available to view on the Legislation Update Service.

 

Amendment

 

Assimilated Regulation 2017/625

 

The list of goods (specific fruit and vegetables) that are exempt from the requirement for pre-notification when those goods are imported into Great Britain from an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland is updated.

Exemptions no longer apply for imports of:

  • root and tubercle vegetables; or
  • fruits such as avocados, grapes, apples, strawberries, raspberries and cranberries.


An exemption is added for asparagus.

 

Assimilated Regulation 2019/2072

 

The list of goods (specific fruit and vegetables) that are exempt from the requirement for pre-notification when those goods are imported into Great Britain from an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland is updated.

 

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