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Old 01-04-2008, 08:10 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David in Normandy[_7_] David in Normandy[_7_] is offline
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Default Plant Passports!!!

I read an article saying the EU are clamping down on
invasive none native plants. Apparently some are causing
quite a nuisance such as Rhododendrons, the Japanese
knotweed and various others when they escape into the wild
in their none native countries.

To limit the spread of more none-native plants the EU are
considering introducing "Plant Passports". It will be
necessary for all plant movements into and across the EU to
be subject to inspection and a certificate must be produced
declaring all plants are free of pests and diseases and
that they will not be allowed to escape into the wild!

People such as me who live in France will need to have
"Plant Passports" certified by DEFRA saying that any plants
I bring over to the UK are approved for transfer. Have the
EU bureaucrats gone mad?
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