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You must have a phytosanitary (health) certificate (PC) for almost all plants and living parts of plants, including all seeds for planting, entering Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from non-EU third countries.

You may also need to register as an importer and pre-notify the plant health authority to import certain regulated plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers and other objects.

Regulated materials that require pre-notification are:

• all plants for planting
• root and tubercle vegetables
• some common fruits other than fruit preserved by deep freezing
• some cut flowers
• some seeds, grains and leafy vegetables other than vegetables preserved by deep freezing
• potatoes
• machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes

If you are not sure whether the item you want to bring to GB is regulated and requires pre-notification, check the list of plant species by import category or contact the .