Apply for authorization to issue plant passports

• As an entrepreneur, you submit the application for authorization to issue plant passports to the competent plant protection office.
• The competent authority will check the application documents and carry out any necessary checks.
• The authorization is issued if the check is positive.

• You have the necessary knowledge to recognize the regulated pests relevant to the company and the symptoms they cause.
• You have an action plan in place to take the necessary measures in the event of suspected or actual occurrence of regulated pests in the company.
• You have a prevention plan in place to minimize the risk of introducing regulated pests into the company.
• You have a system and procedures in place to meet the traceability obligations for goods subject to plant passport requirements.

• Declaration by the entrepreneur that the relevant authorization requirements have been met.

• Art. 89 der Verordnung (EU) 2016/2031 (Pflanzengesundheitsverordnung)

Appeal (appeal may be excluded depending on state law), administrative court action

Authorized operators have the following obligations, among others:

• Before a plant passport is issued, plants, plant products and other objects must be examined by trained personnel for the possible presence of pests regulated by EU emergency measures within the meaning of Art. 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, Union quarantine pests and Union regulated non-quarantine pests (see also Art. 87, 90 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031). The performance and results of these tests must be documented. The documentation must be kept for at least 3 years.

• Plants and plant parts and other objects subject to plant passport requirements must be provided with a valid plant passport. The plant passport is a label and must comply in form and content with the requirements of Art. 83 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2313.

• Authorized operators are obliged to identify and monitor critical points in the production and operational process so that there is no risk of regulated pests spreading. This must be documented and kept for at least three years.

06.01.2025

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.