Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2090 of 28 September 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the content and the model form of the plant health label for plants for planting other than seed potatoes, and for machinery and vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes, entering into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom, for placing on the market (Text with EEA relevance)

This Regulation lays down rules on the content and the model form of the plant health label referred to in Article 10(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1231, required for the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom, and the placing on the market in Northern Ireland, of the following consignments (‘the plant health label’): (a) plants for planting other than seed potatoes; (b) machinery and vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes before entering into Northern Ireland.

1 The plant health label shall contain the following elements: (a) at the top part of the plant health label, the words ‘NI plant health label’; (b) the letter ‘A.’, followed by: (i) in the case of plants for planting, the botanical name of the plant species or taxon concerned and, optionally, the name of the plant variety; or (ii) in the case of machinery or a vehicle, the name of the object; (c) the letter ‘B.’, followed by the registration number of the professional operator; (d) the letter ‘C.’, followed by: (i) in the case of plants for planting, the traceability code of the plant for planting; or, (ii) in the case of machinery or a vehicle, the traceability code of the object; (e) the letter ‘D.’, followed by: (i) a QR code referring to a page on the official websites of the competent authorities of the United Kingdom, relevant to the professional operator in Northern Ireland receiving the consignments referred to in Article 1 and informing that professional operator of the applicable Union legislation with an explicit reference to Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 and this Regulation; or (ii) the indication ‘complies with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1231’; (f) at the bottom part of the plant health label, the words ‘for use in the United Kingdom only’.

2 The plant health label shall comply with the model form set out in the Annex.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 October 2023.