Reminder to complete Defra Plant Health - EU Fruit & Vegetable Stakeholder Engagement DEADLINE 14th Aug 2024

Plant health controls apply to any goods that are regulated to prevent the introduction or movement of harmful pests into, and within, Great Britain:

Part A of Annex 11 lists high- and medium-risk goods posing a known threat, that require a phytosanitary certificate and are subject to 100% checks on import (except where reduced checks are applied).

Part B of Annex 11 lists those medium-risk goods that require a phytosanitary certificate, as they pose a potential threat, but with insufficient evidence currently to categorise in Part A or Part C of Annex 11.

Part C of Annex 11 includes a list of low-risk plant products which are not subject to plant health controls, such as fruits of banana and pineapple.

Issue

Based on a review of goods in Annex 11, we propose to:

• Move goods assessed as lower phytosanitary risk when imported from certain countries (i.e. grapes) from Part A to Part B of Annex 11 so they have a lower level of checks, though still require a phytosanitary certificate,

• allocate goods assessed as negligible risk when imported from certain countries (such as apples and pears) from Part A to Part C of Annex 11; the list of plant products which are not subject to plant health controls,

• move goods assessed as higher phytosanitary risk when imported from certain countries (i.e. asparagus) from Part B to Part A of Annex 11 so they have a higher level of checks.

These proposals are part of an ongoing review of products included within Annex 11.

Please see the Appendix for the full list of goods and the proposed changes.

Any comments should be sent to plantpestsrisks@defra.gov.uk by 14 August 2024.

Full details can be found in the following documents:

Letter for Annex 11 changes PH052 v3

Appendix v2