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The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018

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Publication 2018-03-01

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(2) The amount of the fee in respect of any service described in column 1 of the table is—

(a) in the case of a small exporter who, at the date of the application, has only been liable during the financial year in which the application is made to pay fees of £750 or less in respect of the services described in column 1 of the table, the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table;

(b) in any other case, the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the table.

(3) The fees specified in columns 2 and 3 of the table in respect of an inspection of a consignment or an audit of a grain inspection are payable for each 15 minutes (or part thereof) spent in carrying out the inspection or audit and any associated activities, subject to the minimum fees specified in those entries.

(4) Where a person submits an application for a certificate or a pre-export service or a request to amend a certificate in paper form (and not online), the following additional fee is payable in respect of the application or request—

(a) in the case of a small exporter who, at the date of the application or request, has only been liable during the financial year in which the application or request is made to pay fees of £750 or less in respect of the services described in column 1 of the table, £7.88;

(b) in any other case, £15.76.

(4A) The fees specified in Schedule 4A are not payable in respect of a consignment to be transported to Northern Ireland—

(a) by a person acting otherwise than in the course of a business, where the consignment is not to be placed on the market; or

(b) for delivery to—

(i) a professional operator whose principal place of business is in Northern Ireland or

(ii) any person resident in Northern Ireland, where the consignment is not to be placed on the market or used for the purposes of any business.

(4B) Paragraph (4A) ceases to have effect at the end of 30th June 2025.

(5) In this regulation—

“certificate” means either a phytosanitary certificate for export or a phytosanitary certificate for re-export;

“pre-export service” means any plant health inspection or examination, including by the taking of samples, which is required to be carried out in relation to a plant, plant product or other object which is to be exported ... in order to satisfy the relevant phytosanitary import requirements within the meaning of Article 99a of the Plant Health Regulation, other than any such inspection or examination required for the issue of a certificate;

“professional operator” means any person, governed by public or private law, involved professionally in, and legally responsible for, one or more of the following activities concerning plants, plant products and other objects—planting;breeding;production, including growing, multiplying and maintaining;introduction into, and movement within and out of Northern Ireland;making available on the market;storage, collection, dispatching and processing.

“small exporter” means a person who—in the financial year in which the application or request is made—is not a taxable person for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994; ordoes not make a taxable supply of plants, plant products, seeds, soil or agricultural machinery for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994; orin the financial year preceding the year in which the application or request is made, exported goods which were accompanied by a certificate the total value of which was less than £5,000.

Potatoes originating in Egypt: fee

Potatoes originating in Lebanon: fee

SCHEDULE4A — Fees for export certification services and pre-export services

(1)Service	(2)Fee - Small Exporter (£)	(3)Fee – other Exporter (£)
Inspection of consignment	31.90 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 63.80	63.80 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 127.60
Audit of a grain inspection	13.20 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 26.40	26.40 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 52.80
Laboratory examination (including laboratory testing)	16.78 per sample tested	33.56 per sample tested
Issue of certificate	12.76 per certificate	25.52 per certificate
Amendment of a certificate at the request of the exporter	7.88 per certificate	15.76 per certificate

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Potatoes originating in Lebanon: fee

SCHEDULE 1A — Import inspection fees: consignments originating in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland

Column 1Plant, plant product or other object and genus (if applicable)	Column 2Country of origin	Column 3Fee: Physical check (£)	Column 4Fee: Identity check (£)
(1)“Intended for final users” includes clearly packed and ready for supply to final users, identifiable as being for use by landscapers or contractors for planting at the final site of the plants and where additional packing or preparation (excluding multiplication, propagation or growing on) is required before making plants available to final users.	(1)“Intended for final users” includes clearly packed and ready for supply to final users, identifiable as being for use by landscapers or contractors for planting at the final site of the plants and where additional packing or preparation (excluding multiplication, propagation or growing on) is required before making plants available to final users.	(1)“Intended for final users” includes clearly packed and ready for supply to final users, identifiable as being for use by landscapers or contractors for planting at the final site of the plants and where additional packing or preparation (excluding multiplication, propagation or growing on) is required before making plants available to final users.	(1)“Intended for final users” includes clearly packed and ready for supply to final users, identifiable as being for use by landscapers or contractors for planting at the final site of the plants and where additional packing or preparation (excluding multiplication, propagation or growing on) is required before making plants available to final users.
(2)“All” means any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.	(2)“All” means any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.	(2)“All” means any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.	(2)“All” means any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.
Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables, not intended for final users[^f01000]
All genera	All[^f01001]	173.91	5.25
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), not intended for final users[^f01000]	Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), not intended for final users[^f01000]	Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), not intended for final users[^f01000]	Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), not intended for final users[^f01000]
All genera	All[^f01001]	205.04	5.25
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), intended for final users[^f01000]	Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), intended for final users[^f01000]	Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), intended for final users[^f01000]	Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), intended for final users[^f01000]
All genera	All[^f01001]	20.50	0.52
Seeds, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Seeds, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Seeds, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Seeds, not intended for final users[^f01000]
Allium cepaL.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Allium porrumL.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Castanea Mill.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Capsicumspp. L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Helianthus annuus L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Medicago sativa L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Phaseolus cocineus	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Phaseolus vulgaris L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Solanum lycopersicum L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (True potato seed)	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Vegetable seeds of Pisum sativum L. and Vicia faba L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—	Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—	Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—	Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—
Brassica napus L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Brassica rapa L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Sinapis alba L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Glycine max (L.) Merrill	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Linum usitatissimum L.	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Seeds, intended for final users[^f01000]	Seeds, intended for final users[^f01000]	Seeds, intended for final users[^f01000]	Seeds, intended for final users[^f01000]
Allium cepaL.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Allium porrum L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Castanea Mill.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Capsicumspp. L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Helianthus annuus L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Medicago sativa L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Phaseolus cocineus	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Phaseolus vulgaris L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Solanum lycopersicum L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Solanum tuberosum L. (True potato seed)	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Vegetable seeds of Pisum sativum L. and Vicia faba L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—	Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—	Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—	Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—
Brassica napus L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Brassica rapa L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Sinapis alba L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Glycine max (L.) Merrill	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Linum usitatissimum L.	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Other seeds not specified elsewhere in this table	Other seeds not specified elsewhere in this table	Other seeds not specified elsewhere in this table	Other seeds not specified elsewhere in this table
All genera	All[^f01001]	3.84	0.15
Tissue cultures, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Tissue cultures, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Tissue cultures, not intended for final users[^f01000]	Tissue cultures, not intended for final users[^f01000]
All genera	All[^f01001]	128.13	5.25
Tissue cultures, intended for final users[^f01000]	Tissue cultures, intended for final users[^f01000]	Tissue cultures, intended for final users[^f01000]	Tissue cultures, intended for final users[^f01000]
All genera	All[^f01001]	6.40	0.26
Plants intended for planting (other than cut Christmas trees), not intended for final users[^f01000]	Plants intended for planting (other than cut Christmas trees), not intended for final users[^f01000]	Plants intended for planting (other than cut Christmas trees), not intended for final users[^f01000]	Plants intended for planting (other than cut Christmas trees), not intended for final users[^f01000]
All genera	All[^f01001]	182.38	5.25
Other plants intended for planting not specified elsewhere in this table, intended for final users[^f01000]	Other plants intended for planting not specified elsewhere in this table, intended for final users[^f01000]	Other plants intended for planting not specified elsewhere in this table, intended for final users[^f01000]	Other plants intended for planting not specified elsewhere in this table, intended for final users[^f01000]
All genera	All[^f01001]	18.23	0.52
Cut flowers	Cut flowers	Cut flowers	Cut flowers
All genera	All[^f01001]	1.28	0.15
Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers other than bark or cut Christmas trees	Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers other than bark or cut Christmas trees	Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers other than bark or cut Christmas trees	Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers other than bark or cut Christmas trees
All genera	All[^f01001]	1.02	0.15
Cut Christmas trees	Cut Christmas trees	Cut Christmas trees	Cut Christmas trees
All genera	All[^f01001]	3.58	0.15
Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables	Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables	Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables	Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables
All genera	All[^f01001]	2.15	0.15
Fruit or vegetables	Fruit or vegetables	Fruit or vegetables	Fruit or vegetables
All genera	All[^f01001]	1.59	0.15
Tubers of potatoes	Tubers of potatoes	Tubers of potatoes	Tubers of potatoes
Solanum tuberosum L. intended for planting (seed potatoes)	All[^f01001]	156.69	5.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)	Poland, Portugal or Romania	78.34	2.62
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)	Spain	156.69	5.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)	Any other EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	4.70	0.15
Soil and growing medium, bark	Soil and growing medium, bark	Soil and growing medium, bark	Soil and growing medium, bark
Bark of—	Bark of—	Bark of—	Bark of—
CastaneaMill.	All[^f01001]	5.98	0.26
Conifers (Pinales)	All[^f01001]	5.98	0.26
JuglansL.	All[^f01001]	5.98	0.26
Pterocarya Kunth.	All[^f01001]	5.98	0.26
Soil and growing medium, bark	Soil and growing medium, bark	Soil and growing medium, bark	Soil and growing medium, bark
Bark of all genera not specified elsewhere in this table	All[^f01001]	3.58	0.15
Grain	Grain	Grain	Grain
All genera	All[^f01001]	4.28	0.15
Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium	Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium	Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium	Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium
All genera	All[^f01001]	0.68	0.15
Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes	Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes	Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes	Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes
—	All[^f01001]	5.98	0.26

SCHEDULE 2A — List of plants and plant products originating in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland subject to fees for physical checks and identity checks from the end of the transitional staging period

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9

Bark of all genera other than Castanea Mill, conifers (Pinales), JuglansL and Pterocarya Kunth.

10

Grain.

11

Plants or plant products referred to in Schedule 1A as falling within the description “Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium”.

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SCHEDULE2B

Category and description of plant or plant product
Cut Flowers
Dendranthema(DC.) Des Moul. (ChrysanthemumL.)
Rosa L.
Solidago L.
Other genera not specified or included elsewhere in this table
Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers (other than bark or cut Christmas trees)
All genera
Fruit, vegetables, leaves
Momordica L.
Ocimum L.
SolanaceaeJuss. (other thanSolanum tuberosumL.)
Solanum melongena L.
Other genera or species of fruit or vegetables not specified or included elsewhere in this table
Otherleavesnot specified or included elsewhere in this table
Cut Christmas trees (less than 3 metres in height)
All genera

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