Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 14 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Agriculture Plant Health OFFICIAL CONTROLS FOR IMPORTS OF PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS OR OTHER OBJECTS: As of the withdrawal date the plants, plant products or other objects listed in Part B of Annex V to that Directive, introduced into the EU from the UK shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. According to Article 13a, each of those commodities shall be subject to a meticulous documentary, identity and physical check. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES ON PLANT HEALTH Agriculture Plant Health After 14 December 2019, those products shall be subject to the import controls of Articles 44 to 64 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls, which will replace the respective rules of Directive 2000/29/EC. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES ON PLANT HEALTH Agriculture Plant reproductive material As of the withdrawal date, the EU rules in the field of marketing of plant reproductive material no longer apply to the United Kingdom. EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF MARKETING OF SEEDS AND OTHER PLANT REPRODUCTIVE PROPAGATING MATERIAL Agriculture Plant reproductive material Inclusion in Common Catalogues or national registry (catalogue, register or list): Varieties of agricultural and vegetable species have to be maintained in an EU27-Member State in order for their seed to be allowed to be marketed within the Union. EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF MARKETING OF SEEDS AND OTHER PLANT REPRODUCTIVE PROPAGATING MATERIAL Agriculture Plant reproductive material According to EU legislation, varieties of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, beet seed, vegetable seed, vegetable propagating material, seed potatoes and seed of oil and fibre plants (agricultural and vegetable species) must be examined and accepted by at least one Member State and listed in the Common Catalogues of Directive 2002/53/EC or Directive 2002/55/EC to be allowed to be marketed throughout the Union. EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF MARKETING OF SEEDS AND OTHER PLANT REPRODUCTIVE PROPAGATING MATERIAL Agriculture Plant reproductive material As of the withdrawal date varieties that have been included in the Common Catalogues by the United Kingdom only must be accepted by an EU 27 Member State in order for the varieties to remain in those Common Catalogues in order to continue to be allowed to be marketed in the EU after the withdrawal date. EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF MARKETING OF SEEDS AND OTHER PLANT REPRODUCTIVE PROPAGATING MATERIAL