Policy paper

EM on EU regulation 2016/2031 (COM(2023)661)

The government's summary of a proposal to amend EU regulation 2016/2031 to enhance the effectiveness of EU rules for plant health.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 6 February 2024

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EM on EU plant health legislation

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This explanatory memorandum is about a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest.

It was submitted by Lord Douglas-Miller, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health & Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Published 6 February 2024