To guarantee trade in healthy and high-quality planting stock and seeds, from 14 December 2019 all plants circulated in the European Union (EU) that are intended for planting (including potted plants) and seeds of specified species must be accompanied by a plant passport when distributed commercially e.g. for retail or professional planting.

In accordance with Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 plant passports are required to move seeds of the following species:

  1. Cereals
    • Oryza sativa L.
  2. Vegetables
    • Allium cepa L.,
    • Allium porrum L.,
    • Capsicum annuum L.,
    • Phaseolus coccineus L.,
    • Phaseolus vulgaris L.,
    • Pisum sativum L.,
    • Solanum lycopersicum L.,
    • Vicia faba L.
  3. Livestock fodder 
    •  Medicago sativa L.
  4. Oil and fibre plants:
    • Brassica napus L.,
    • Brassica rapa L.,
    • Glycine max (L.) Merrill,
    • Helianthus annuus L.,
    • Linum usitatissimum L.,
    • Sinapis alba L.
  5. Ornamental plants:
    • Allium L.,
    • Capsicum annuum L.,
    • Helianthus annuus L.,
    • Prunus avium L.,
    • Prunus armeniaca L.,
    • Prunus cerasus L.,
    • Prunus domestica L.,
    • Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb,
    • Prunus persica (L.) Batsch,
    • Prunus salicina Lindley.
  6. Fruit trees:
    • Prunus avium L.,
    • Prunus armeniaca L.,
    • Prunus cerasus L.,
    • Prunus domestica L.,
    • Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb,
    • Prunus persica (L.) Batsch,
    • Prunus salicina Lindley.

Plant passports ensure that plants comply with the regulatory requirements: checks carried out (in the field and/or by laboratory testing) have shown that they are either free of plant quarantine organisms and organisms affecting the quality of seeds and plants, or that organisms present do not exceed an acceptable level.