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Plant passports and fireblight buffer zone status: application

Forms to apply for registration and authorisation to issue plant passports and apply for fireblight buffer zone status.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Application for authorisation to issue plant passports and fireblight pest-free area status

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Growers and traders should use the AppAUTH form to apply for:

To issue plant passports under the Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 plant health regulations, you must:

This will replace your existing authorisation.

Send your form to plantpassportregistration@apha.gov.uk

APHA will process your registration within 5 days. You’ll receive an email confirming your authority to issue plant passports.

Published 1 June 2015
Last updated 22 June 2023 + show all updates
  1. You can now submit an online application to register to become a plant health professional operator.

  2. Pest-free areas of Channel Islands and Isle of Man added. European web-spinning larch sawfly, fireblight, European spruce sawfly and Ash dieback added to list of quarantine pests for Jersey.

  3. Added new forms, explanation notes and pest-free areas list.

  4. Updated application for authorisation to issue plant passports form and removed consolidated EU Xylella fastidiosa host list.

  5. Updated plant passport forms due to smarter rules for safer food plant health regulations.

  6. Consolidated EU Xylella fastidiosa host list updated

  7. Application for plant health registration updated

  8. Consolidated EU Xylella fastidiosa host list updated

  9. Updated consolidated EU Xylella fastidiosa host list

  10. Updated Application for authorisation to issue plant passports and fireblight buffer zone status

  11. Updated consolidated EU Xylella fastidiosa host list

  12. Consolidated EU Xylella fastidioisis host list published as appendix to form PHAR3

  13. First published.