The passport is effectively a statement that the material to which it relates complies with statutory plant health requirements and should therefore be free from quarantine pests and diseases. Provided they meet certain requirements, they may be authorised to issue their own passports. PHSI inspects authorised premises at least once a year to ensure compliance, charging a fee for each inspection. Businesses moving genera which present particularly high plant health risk are subject to additional inspections, for which fees are charged. The PHSI can advise on these requirements and provides appropriate inspection and phytosanitary certification to enable exports to proceed.
Further advice is also available in the section Help with exporting .
Import inspections Plants and plant material imported from non-EU countries under phytosanitary certificates are inspected by PHSI on or shortly after arrival in this country in order to confirm that they satisfy our health requirements. No charge is made for these inspections. Import, movement and keeping of prohibited material To guard against the spread of harmful pests and diseases, official controls apply to the import, movement and keeping of plants, plant pests and certain other material. However, they may be licensed for trials, scientific or varietal selection work, subject to appropriate precautions. Applications incur a fee and must be made in advance of import.