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Where, for the export of a plant, plant product or other object from the Union territory to a third country, a phytosanitary certificate is required by the phytosanitary import requirements of that third country (‘phytosanitary certificate for export’), that certificate shall be issued by the competent authority, at the request of the professional operator, when all of the following conditions are fulfilled: the professional operator is registered by that competent authority in accordance with Article 65; the professional operator has under its control the plant, plant product or other object to be exported; it is ensured that that plant, plant product or other object complies with the phytosanitary import requirements of the third country concerned. The competent authority shall also issue a phytosanitary certificate for export at the request of persons other than professional operators, provided that the conditions set out in points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph are fulfilled. For the purpose of this paragraph, the competent authority shall not delegate the issuance of the phytosanitary certificate for export to any other person.

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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.