Guidance

Pest-free areas

Published 4 April 2024

List of pest-free areas and the respective pest-free area quarantine pests and codes, according to Schedule 3 of the Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

These additional requirements apply to movements of specified plants into and within pest-free areas.

They are above and beyond ordinary plant passports and apply to plants all the way from propagation to final consumer.

All entries are for plants intended for planting (excluding fruit and seeds) unless otherwise specified. Please contact your local Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate for further details.

Under these regulations the EPPO Code or scientific name of the pest should be used as the pest-free area code on plant passporting labels.

Pest-free area quarantine pest and host plants (with EPPO code)	Description of pest-free areas in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
Cephalcia lariciphila (European web-spinning larch sawfly) Plants for planting of Larix, other than seeds EPPO Code - CEPCAL	Jersey.
Dendroctonus micans (Large spruce beetle) Plants of Abies, Larix, Picea, Pinus and Pseudotsuga over 3m in height (including cut Christmas trees) EPPO Code - DENCMI	The eastern boundary for the Scottish pest-free area runs from Dumbarton along the A82 to Crianlarich. From Crianlarich the boundary continues along the A82 to Loch Tulla. Then it follows the railway line from Loch Tulla to Rannoch Station, to Tulloch Station and to Roybridge Station. It then follows the C road by the river Roy up to Brae Roy Lodge, following the River Turret. It then cuts across the watershed following the Allt an t-Sidhean stream to the A82 at Laggan and then to Invergarry. It then follows the A87 to the Kyle of Lochalsh and the islands of Skye, Mull, Jura, Arran, Scarba, Seil, Luing, Shuna, Torsa, Ulva, Gometra, Kerrera, Lismore and Eilean Shona. Jersey.
Erwinia amylovora (Fire blight) Plants and live pollen for pollination of: Amelanchier, Chaenomeles, Cotoneaster, Crataegus, Cydonia, Eriobotrya, Malus, Mespilus L., Photinia davidiana, Pyracantha, Pyrus and Sorbus, other than fruit and seeds EPPO Code - ERWIAM	Jersey.
Gilpinia hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) Plants for planting of Picea, other than seeds EPPO Code - GILPPO	Jersey.
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (Ash dieback) Plants for planting, seeds and wood that retains any of its natural round surface of: Fraxinus excelsior (common ash), Fraxinus angustifolia (narrow-leaved ash), Fraxinus ornus (manna ash), Fraxinus chinensis (Chinese ash), Fraxinus mandshurica (Manchurian ash), Fraxinus nigra (black ash), Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) and Fraxinus americana (white ash) EPPO Code - CHAAFR	Jersey.
Ips cembrae (Larger pine scolytid) Plants of Abies, Larix, Picea, Pinus and Pseudotsuga over 3m in height (including cut Christmas trees) EPPO Code - IPSXCE	The eastern boundary for the Scottish pest-free area runs from Dumbarton along the A82 to Crianlarich. From Crianlarich the boundary continues along the A82 to Loch Tulla. Then it follows the railway line from Loch Tulla to Rannoch Station, to Tulloch Station and to Roybridge Station. It then follows the C road by the river Roy up to Brae Roy Lodge, following the River Turret. It then cuts across the watershed following the Allt an t-Sidhean stream to the A82 at Laggan and then to Invergarry. It then follows the A87 to the Kyle of Lochalsh and the islands of Skye, Mull, Jura, Arran, Scarba, Seil, Luing, Shuna, Torsa, Ulva, Gometra, Kerrera, Lismore and Eilean Shona. Jersey.
Ips sexdentatus (Six toothed bark beetle) Plants of Abies, Larix, Picea, Pinus over 3m in height (including cut Christmas trees) EPPO Code - IPSXSE	The eastern boundary for the Scottish pest-free area runs from Dumbarton along the A82 to Crianlarich. From Crianlarich the boundary continues along the A82 to Loch Tulla. Then it follows the railway line from Loch Tulla to Rannoch Station, to Tulloch Station and to Roybridge Station. It then follows the C road by the river Roy up to Brae Roy Lodge, following the River Turret. It then cuts across the watershed following the Allt an t-Sidhean stream to the A82 at Laggan and then to Invergarry. It then follows the A87 to the Kyle of Lochalsh and the islands of Skye, Mull, Jura, Arran, Scarba, Seil, Luing, Shuna, Torsa, Ulva, Gometra, Kerrera, Lismore and Eilean Shona.
Thaumetopoea processionea (Oak processionary moth) Plants for planting of Quercus L., other than Quercus suber L., of a girth of at least 8cm measured at 1.2m height from the root collar, other than fruits and seeds EPPO Code - THAUPR	Great Britain (excluding the local authority areas of Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Basildon, Basingstoke and Deane, Bexley, Bracknell Forest, Brent, Brentwood, Bromley, Broxbourne, Camden, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Chiltern, City of London, City of Westminster, Crawley, Croydon, Dacorum, Dartford, Ealing, East Hertfordshire, Elmbridge District, Enfield, Epping Forest, Epsom and Ewell District, Gravesham, Greenwich, Guildford, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harlow, Harrow, Hart, Havering, Hertsmere, Hillingdon, Horsham, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Kingston-upon-Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Littlesford, Medway, Merton, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Newham, North Hertfordshire, Reading, Redbridge, Reigate and Banstead, Richmond- upon-Thames, Runnymede District, Rushmoor, Sevenoaks, Slough, South Bedfordshire, South Bucks, South Oxfordshire, Southwark, Spelthorne District, St Albans, Sutton, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Three Rivers, Thurrock, Tonbridge and Malling, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Watford, Waverley, Welwyn Hatfield, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Woking, Wokingham and Wycombe). The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.