The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2022

The protective measures against the introduction of the plant pests Polygraphus proximus and Scolytus morawitzi Semenov (bark beetles known to attack fir, pine, spruce, larch and hemlock trees) from Russia in Great Britain (GB), are updated.

Additionally, the import and movement requirements for Thaumetopoea processionea (oak moth) from all third countries are updated in Annexes VII and VIII. Updates are also made to the import requirements for:

• Bemisia abaci (silverleaf whitefly);
• Liriomyza huidobrensis and Liriomyza tifolii (leaf miners);
• Cronartium spp (rust fungus); and
• Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm).

The measures against Aonidiella orientalise (oriental yellow scale insect) and Diaporthe caulivora (fungal plant pathogen), which no longer pose a risk to GB’s biosecurity, are removed.

Finally, the GB quarantine pest* list is revised to include:

• Eotetranychus sexmaculatus (six-spotted spider mite);
• Platypus apicalis, Agrilus horn and Chrysobothris femorata (wood boring beetles);
• Lycorma delicatula (spotted laternfly);
• Diaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae (plant pathogenic** fungus);
• Pseudomonas avellanae (plant pathogenic bacterium);
• Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne enterolobii, Meloidogyne javanica and Xiphinema index (plant parasitic worms); and
• Chilli veinal mottle virus (plant pathogenic virus).

*Quarantine pests are plant pests which are not known to exist in GB and which would be damaging if introduced.

**Pathogenic refers to a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism causing disease.