Registration of companies for the import of plants, plant products and other objects with phytosanitary certificate requirement

If you as an entrepreneur wish to import plants and plant products subject to inspection from non-EU countries, you must be entered in an official register. You can find out more here.

For companies wishing to import plants, plant products and other objects for which a phytosanitary certificate or plant passport is required under the Plant Health Regulation from non-EU countries, registration is mandatory under the Plant Health Regulation.

Business operators do not have to be registered if they
- transport plants for another company
- transport objects in wooden packaging

Entrepreneurs (commercial activity) can only be entered once in the register of a competent authority. If an operator has several businesses or branches, reference is made to the branches in the official register.

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

- As an entrepreneur, you submit the registration application to the relevant competent authority.
- The application documents are checked and any necessary checks are carried out.
- If the check is positive, a registration number will be assigned.

Depends on the administrative fee schedule of the respective federal state.

The occurrence or suspected occurrence of Union quarantine pests and pests regulated by EU emergency measures within the meaning of Art. 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 must be reported immediately to the competent authority. The operator must take precautionary measures to prevent the establishment and spread of these pests.
In addition, companies that handle goods subject to plant passport requirements have the following obligations
The registration and clearance of import consignments is carried out via the EU's "Trade Control and Expert System" (TRACES NT). In order to be able to use this system, the company (if possible, stating the registration number) and a contact person must be registered in the system.

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.