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Article 2(1)
1. A plant passport may only be issued in respect of relevant material that has been the subject of a satisfactory inspection at its place of production.E+W+S
2. A plant passport shall comprise either an official label or an official label together with a document of a kind normally used for trade purposes, containing the information specified in paragraph 5 or (as the case may be) 6.E+W+S
3. The references in paragraph 1 above to an official label are references to a label which—E+W+S
(a)has not been previously used and is made of a material suitable for its purpose, and
(b)in the case of an adhesive label, is in a form approved for use as an official label by [F1the appropriate authority], for plant passports issued in [F2a relevant territory], or by the authority with responsibility or such authorisation for plant passports issued in other member states.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 9 para. 3(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 244(2)(a) (with Sch. 7)
F2Words in Sch. 9 para. 3(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 244(2)(b) (with Sch. 7)
4.—(1) The information contained in a plant passport shall be—E+W+S
(a)given in at least one of the official languages of the European Community, and
(b)printed, except where it would not reasonably be practicable to do so.
(2) Where the information is printed, it shall be printed in block capitals.
(3) Where the information is not printed, it shall be given in typescript or written in block capitals.
5. Where a plant passport comprises only an official label, it shall contain the information specified in paragraph 7.E+W+S
6. Where the plant passport comprises an official label and an additional document—E+W+S
(a)the official label shall contain at least the information specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 7, and
(b)the additional document shall contain all the information specified in paragraph 7.
7. The information referred to in paragraph 5 and 6 above shall be—E+W+S
(a)the title “EC-plant passport” or, until 31st December 2005 “EEC-plant passport”;
(b)the code for the member State in which the plant passport was issued;
(c)the name or code of the responsible official body of the member state in which the plant passport was issued;
(d)the registration number of the producer, importer or other person who is authorised to issue the plant passport or to whom the plant passport is issued;
(e)the week number of the date when the plant passport is attached to material, or a serial or batch number identifying that material;
(f)the botanical name in Latin of the material to which the plant passport relates;
(g)the quantity of the material to which the plant passport relates (number of trees, volume or weight of wood or isolated bark, etc.);
(h)where the relevant material fulfils the requirements for a protected zone, the marking “ZP” and the code for the protected zone;
(i)in the case of a replacement plant passport, the marking “RP” and where appropriate the registration number of the producer or importer who was authorised to issue the original plant passport or to whom the original plant passport was issued; and
(j)in the case of material originating in a third country, the name of the country of origin of the material or (if appropriate) the country from which the material was consigned to [F3the relevant territory].
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 9 para. 7(j) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 244(3) (with Sch. 7)
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