Plant Passports

Last updated:  04/03/2021

From 1 January 2021, the UK plant passport regime has changed to reflect post-transition period plant health regulation. For full details please see the [fact sheet].

Changes have happened in the following areas:

1. The content and format of the plant passport will change to differentiate EU from UK plant passports;
2. Guidance on when country of origin changes to UK will change for some commodities;
3. There will be changes to Protected Zones;
4. PPs will no longer be applicable for movements from GB to NI;
5. Imports from the EU will require a phytosanitary certificate (Plant Health certificate or PC). This means that if you move goods on an EU PP now without issuing your own plant passport for them, you may need to be authorised from 1 Jan 2021 to issue your own UKPPs.