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TOM risk categorisations

This page outlines the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) risk categorisation for plants and plant products from the European Union (EU). Risk categorisation for goods from non-EU countries can be found on the Plant Health Portal. The risk categories for EU goods are as follows:

 

Note: Although some fruit and vegetables from the EU are medium risk they are temporarily being treated as low risk. Further information related to the categorisation of fruit and vegetables from the EU will be available shortly.

 

TOM High Risk

Group

Legislative Term

Country of origin

Plants for planting

Plants for planting, other than seeds 

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Tubers of

Solanum tuberosum intended for planting (Seed potatoes)

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Solanum tuberosum (ware potatoes)

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Seeds of

Castanea 

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Capsicum spp.

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Solanum lycopersicum

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Solanum tuberosum (true potato seed)

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Helianthus annuus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Medicago sativa

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Allium cepa

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Allium porrum

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Phaseolus cocineus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Phaseolus vulgaris

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Pisum sativum*

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Vicia faba*

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Brassica napus*

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Brassica rapa *

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Sinapis alba*

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Glycine max*

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Linum usitatissimum*

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Pinus EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Pseudotsuga menziesii

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Parts of Plants, other than fruits and seeds**

Conifers (Pinales) over 3m

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Bark of

Castanea

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Conifers (Pinales) 

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Fraxinus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Juglans

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Ulmus davidiana 

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Pterocarya

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Wood (including wood which has not kept it’s natural round surface) of

Acer

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

 

Aesculus 

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Alnus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Betula

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

 Carpinus

EU Member States (excluding Spain and Portugal), Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Conifers (Pinales) excluding wood which is bark free

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Conifers

Spain and Portugal

Cercidiphyllum

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Corylus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Fagus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Fraxinus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Koelreuteria

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Conifers (Pinales)

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Platanus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Populus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Prunus  with the exception of Prunus laurocerasus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Salix

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Tilia

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Ulmus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Wood of

Juglans

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Pterocarya

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Wood (excluding wood which is bark-free) of

Castanea excluding wood which is bark-free 

 EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Used Machinery

Machinery and vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

 

 

TOM Medium Risk

 

Group

Legislative Term

Country of origin

Parts of Plants, other than fruits and seeds**

Cryptocoryne

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Hygrophila

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Vallisneria

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Prunus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Solanum lycopersicum 

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Solanum melongena

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Zea mays

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Conifers (Pinales) under 3m

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Cut Flowers

Orchidaceae

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Dendranthema

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Dianthus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Gypsophila

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Solidago

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Seeds

 

 

 

 

Prunus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Rubus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Zea mays

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

 

Produce (fruit and vegetables) - temporarily treated as low-risk goods

These EU Fruit and Vegetable products are temporarily being treated as low risk. Therefore, they do not require a phytosanitary certificate or pre-notification and will not be subject to inspections.

Produce 

(fruit and vegetables)

 

Apium graveolens

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Carica papaya

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Cydonia

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Eryngium

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Fragaria

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Limnophila

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Malus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Manihot esculenta

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Momordica

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Ocimum

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Persea americana

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Prunus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Pyrus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Ribes

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Root and tubercle vegetables, such as: 

  • Chicory roots  

  • Horseradish  

  • Beetroot  

  • Radish 

  • Swede 

  • Marioc  

  • Carrot  

  • Salisfy Veg   

  • Ginger  

  • Sweet Potatoes  

  • Sugar beet  

  • Yams  

  • Taro   

  • Yautia  

  • Arrowroot  

  • Tumeric  

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Rubus

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Solanaceae

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Syzygium

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Vaccinium

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Vitis

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Zea mays

EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

 

TOM Low Risk

Group
Any plants or plant products from the EU not mentioned in or excluded from the high or medium risk categories, are low-risk. Further risk assessment is ongoing and any changes to these TOM risk categories from the EU will be communicated to trade well in advance of any changes to commodity categorisation.

 

* Seed will only require a phytosanitary certificate if the seed is certified vegetable seed and standard seed of vegetables in the case of P.sativum and V.faba and certified seed for oil or fibre production in the case of B.napus, B.rapa, S.alba, G.max and L.usitatisimum

** ‘plants’ means living plants and the following living parts of plants: (a) seeds, in the botanical sense, other than those not intended for planting; (b) fruits, in the botanical sense; (c) vegetables; (d) tubers, corms, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, rootstocks, stolons; (e) shoots, stems, runners; (f) cut flowers; (g) branches with or without foliage; (h) cut trees retaining foliage; (i) leaves, foliage; (j) plant tissue cultures, including cell cultures, germplasm, meristems, chimaeric clones, micro-propagated material; (k) live pollen and spores; (l) buds, budwood, cuttings, scions, grafts