S.L. 433.33 Art. 12Traceability. S.L. 433.03

(1) Professional operators supplying specified plants which have been grown for at least part of their lives in a demarcated area, or which have been moved through such an area, shall keep a record of each lot supplied and of the professional operator who received it.

(2) Professional operators being supplied with specified plants which have been grown for at least part of their life in a demarcated area, or which have been moved through such an area, shall keep a record of each lot received and of the supplier.

(3) Sub-regulations (1) and (2) shall also apply to the supply of plants for planting of Coffea, Lavandula dentata L., Nerium oleander L., Olea europaea L., Polygala myrtifolia L. and Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb which have never been grown within a demarcated area.

(4) Professional operators shall keep the records referred to in sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) for 3 years from the date on which the respective lot was supplied to or by them.

(5) The professional operators referred to in sub-regulations

(1) and (2) shall declare the introduction of plant material forty-eight

(48) hours prior to its arrival in Malta, through the Supplementary Declaration System of Malta (Intrastat) and information on each lot received by them. That information shall include the origin, consigner, consignee, place of destination, individual serial, week or batch number of the plant passport and identity and quantity of the lot concerned.

(6) The Directorate receiving information pursuant to sub-regulation (5) shall immediately inform the responsible official body of the place of destination of the lot concerned.

(7) The professional operators being supplied from Union territories with specified plants which have been grown in non-demarcated areas, or which have not been moved in such areas shall also declare the introduction of plant material through the Supplementary Declaration System of Malta (Intrastat), forty-eight hours (48) prior to their arrival in Malta.

(8) The professional operator being supplied with specified plants referred to in sub-regulation (7) shall keep a record of each lot received and, or supplied to other professional operator/s. The records shall include the supplementary declaration form, all invoices and accompanying documents (delivery notes or receipts), plant passports in accordance with regulation 8 of the Plant Quarantine

(Harmful Organisms) Regulations where applicable.

(9) The non-professional final user being supplied with specified plants shall also inform the Directorate by means of the EU-Plant Notification Form (For General Public) available on the Directorate’s website forty-eight hours (48) prior to the arrival of the plant material in Malta irrespective of origin, location and growing areas.

(10) The Directorate shall, upon request, make available the information referred to in sub-regulation (5) to the Commission.