Rubus spp

Country
United Kingdom (GB)
Group
Nursery stock
End use
Tissue culture
NPPO Details
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Relevant Web Addresses
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rur…
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No
Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.
Consignments are to be packed in clean, new packages/bags not previously used for any purpose.
Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Consignment must be clearly labelled with its full botanical name (genus and species).

Note:

  • To attest to Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part B point 2 (a) (point 2 of the endorsement) - Xylella host plants are to be tested for Xylella fastidiosa regardless of the exporting country status and laboratory test results must be presented to the authorised officer at the time of inspection.
  • To attest to Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part A point 72 (point 3 of the endorsement) - a declaration from the nursery or growing facility is required as evidence.
  • To attest to Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part A point 81a, b(i), (bb), b(ii) (point 4 of the endorsement) - a laboratory test is required as evidence.
    • Raspberry leaf curl virus and Cherry rasp leaf virus are not known to occur in Australia - no evidence is required.
  • To attest to Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part A point 83 (point 5 of the endorsement) - Anthonomus bisignifer is not known to occur in Australia - no evidence is required. 
The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 8525)
1) Consignment complies with Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part A point 7 (a-c) of Plant Health (Plant Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 – The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that they have been grown in a nursery, that they are free from plant debris, flowers and fruits, and that they have been inspected at appropriate times and have been found prior to their export to be free from symptoms of harmful bacteria, viruses and virus-like organisms, and free from signs or symptoms of harmful nematodes, insects, mites and fungi or have been subjected to appropriate treatment to eliminate such organisms.
2) Consignment complies with Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part B point 2 (a) of Plant Health (Plant Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 – Xylella fastidiosa is not present in Australia.
3) Consignment complies with Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part A point 72 of Plant Health (Plant Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 – The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that no symptoms of diseases caused by non-European viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas or Phyllosticta solitaria have been observed on the plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.
4) Consignment complies with Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part A point 81a, b(i), (bb), b(ii) of Plant Health (Plant Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 – The plants must be free from aphids, including their eggs, and be accompanied by an official statement that the plants have been derived in direct line from material which is maintained under appropriate conditions and has been subjected, within the last three complete cycles of vegetation, at least once, to official testing at least for the pest Tobacco streak virus black raspberry latent strain using appropriate indicators for the presence of those pests or equivalent methods and has been found to be free in those tests from those pests, and that no symptoms of diseases caused by the pest Tobacco streak virus black raspberry latent strain has been observed on plants at the place of production, or on susceptible plants in its immediate vicinity, since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation. Raspberry leaf curl virus and Cherry rasp leaf virus are not known to occur in Australia.
5) Consignment complies with Schedule 7, Annex 7, Part A point 83 of Plant Health (Plant Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 – The plants must be accompanied by an official statement that they originate in an area which, in accordance with the measures specified in ISPM4, is known to be free from Anthonomus bisignifer. Anthonomus bisignifer is not known to occur in Australia.

The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 dated 09 December 2020.

23/10/2026 - Amended text for endorsement 8525 to state Anthonomus bisignifer is not known to occur in Australia.
16/10/2026 - Case created as per NPPO requirements. 

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Reviewed Uploaded: 23/10/2026