PLANT PASSPORTS

The plant passport for movement within the Union territory shall contain the following elements: the words ‘Plant Passport’ in its upper right-hand corner, in one of the official languages of the Union and in English, if different, separated by a slash; the flag of the Union in its upper left-hand corner, printed in colour or in black and white; the letter ‘A.’, followed by the botanical name of the plant species or taxon concerned, in the case of plants and plant products, or, where appropriate, the name of the object concerned, and, optionally, the name of the variety; the letter ‘B.’, followed by subsequently the two-letter code, referred to in point (a) of Article 67, for the Member State in which the professional operator issuing the plant passport is registered, a hyphen and the registration number of the professional operator concerned who issues the plant passport or for whom the plant passport is issued by the competent authority; the letter ‘C.’, followed by the traceability code of the plant, plant product or the other object concerned; the letter ‘D.’, where applicable followed by: the name of the third country of origin, or two-letter code, referred to in point (a) of Article 67, of the Member State of origin. The traceability code referred to in point (1)(e) may also be supplemented by a reference to a unique traceability barcode, hologram, chip or other data carrier, present on the trade unit. The plant passport for movement into and within protected zones shall contain the following elements: the words ‘Plant Passport — PZ’ in its upper right-hand corner, in one of the official languages of the Union and in English, if different, separated by a slash; immediately underneath those words, the scientific name(s) or the code(s) of the respective protected zone quarantine pest(s), as referred to in Article 32(3); the flag of the Union in its upper left-hand corner, printed in colour or in black and white; the letter ‘A.’, followed by the botanical name of the plant species or taxon concerned, in the case of plants and plant products, or, where appropriate, the name of the object concerned and, optionally, the name of the variety; the letter ‘B.’, followed by subsequently the two-letter code, referred to in point (a) of Article 67, for the Member State in which the professional operator issuing the plant passport is registered, a hyphen and the registration number of the professional operator concerned who issues the plant passport or for whom the plant passport is issued by the competent authority; the letter ‘C.’, followed by the traceability code of the plant, plant product or the other object concerned; the letter ‘D.’, where appropriate followed by: the name of the third country of origin, or two-letter code, referred to in point (a) of Article 67, of the Member State of origin and, in the case of replacement of the plant passport, the registration number of the professional operator concerned who issued the initial plant passport or for whom the initial plant passport was issued by the competent authority as referred in Article 93(1) and (2). The traceability code referred to in point (1)(f) may also be supplemented by a reference to a unique traceability barcode, hologram, chip or other data carrier, present on the trade unit. The plant passport for movement within the Union territory, combined in a joint label with the official label for seeds or other propagating material referred to respectively in Article 10(1) of Directive 66/401/EEC, Article 10(1) of Directive 66/402/EEC, Article 10(1) of Directive 68/193/EEC, Article 12 of Directive 2002/54/EC, Article 28(1) of Directive 2002/55/EC, Article 13(1) of Directive 2002/56/EC, and Article 12(1) of Directive 2002/57/EC, and the label for pre-basic, basic or certified material as referred to in point (b) of Article 9(1) of Directive 2008/90/EC, shall contain the following elements: the words ‘Plant Passport’ in the upper right-hand corner of the joint label, in one of the official languages of the Union and in English, if different, separated by a slash; the flag of the Union in the upper left-hand corner of the joint label printed in colour or in black and white. The plant passport shall be positioned in the joint label immediately above, and have the same width as, that official label. Point (2) of Part A shall apply accordingly. The plant passport for movement into and within protected zones, combined in a joint label with the official label for seeds or other propagating material referred to respectively in Article 10(1) of Directive 66/401/EEC, Article 10(1) of Directive 66/402/EEC, Article 10(1) of Directive 68/193/EEC, Article 12 of Directive 2002/54/EC, Article 28(1) of Directive 2002/55/EC, Article 13(1) of Directive 2002/56/EC and Article 12(1) of Directive 2002/57/EC, and the label for pre-basic, basic or certified material as referred to in point (b) of Article 9(1) of Directive 2008/90/EC, shall contain the following elements: the words ‘Plant Passport — PZ’ in the upper right-hand corner of the joint label in one of the official languages of the Union and in English, if different, separated by a slash; immediately underneath those words, the scientific name(s) or code(s) of the protected zone quarantine pest(s) concerned; the flag of the Union in the upper left-hand corner of the joint label printed in colour or in black and white. The plant passport shall be positioned in the joint label immediately above, and have the same width as, that official label or, where applicable, that master certificate. Point (2) of Part B shall apply accordingly.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.