Publication - Advice and guidance

Plant Health Guide: passporting and marketing requirements

Published: 14 August 2007
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9780755954926

This guide offers details about plant passporting - moving plants within the European Community - and marketing regulations.

Supporting documents

Appendix A/1: plants and plant products which must be accompanied by a plant passport at all stages down to the final retailer - plant passporting arrangements with Switzerland

Latin Name (all species of the genera except where indicated)	Common name	Type of material
Amelanchier	Amelanchier	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Beta vulgaris	Beet	Plants for planting (not including seeds)
Camellia	Camellia	Plants for planting
Castanea	Chestnut	Plants for planting
Chaenomeles	Ornamental quince, Japonica	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Crataegus	Hawthorn	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Cydonia	Quince	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Eriobotrya	Includes loquat	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Humulus lupulus	Hop (including ornamentals)	Plants for planting (not including seeds)
Malus	Apple (including ornamentals)	Plants for planting(not including fruit or seeds)*
Mespilus	Medlar	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Prunus (other than Prunus laurocerasus and Prunus lusitanica)	Includes almond, apricot, cherry, damson, greengage, nectarine, peach, plum, sloe and ornamental/flowering varieties	Plants for planting (not including seeds)
Pyracantha	Firethorn	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Pyrus	Pear (including ornamentals)	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Rhododendron,(not including Rhododendron simsii (Azalea indica)	Rhododendron (other than pot azaleas)	Plants for planting,
Solanum and hybrids (stoloniferous and tuberous species)	Potato	Plants for planting
Sorbus other than Sorbus intermedia	Includes rowan and whitebeam	Plants for planting (not including fruit or seeds)*
Viburnum	Viburnum	Plants for planting,
Vitis	Grape, includes grape vine and ornamental grape	Plants for planting (not including fruit)

*Includes live pollen for pollination

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Appendix A/1: plants and plant products which must be accompanied by a plant passport at all stages down to the final retailer - plant passporting arrangements with Switzerland