Regulation (EU) 2024/3115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on plant health controls and reporting obligations

EU Act: 

Regulation (EU) 2024/3115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high-risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high-risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates and the use of plant passports, and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pests and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards certain notifications of non-compliance

Date of Notification to Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC): 2 January 2025

Date published in Official Journal of the EU: 16 December 2024

Status: Inquiry completed - view the Committee's report

DSC Decisions: At its meeting of  9 January 2025, the Committee decided to hold an inquiry into the replacement EU act, pursuant to paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act.

Evidence gathering: The DSC gathered evidence on the act when it was at proposal stage, and had not yet been notified to the Committee. You can read this evidence here.

Further information on the Act can be found below:

UK Government Explanatory Memorandum on the proposed EU act - 6 February 2024 (PDF, 6 pages, 148KB)

UK Government Explanatory Memorandum on the published EU act - 9 January 2025 (PDF, 8 pages, 218KB)

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Initial Assessment of Impact [PDF, 34 pages, 514KB]

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Assessment of Impact - 2 January 2025 (PDF, 10 pages, 263KB)

Correspondence published by the House of Lords European Affairs Sub-Committee on the Windsor Framework [PDF, 3 pages, 739KB]

Response from Cabinet Office - 7 November 2024 [PDF, 2 pages, 233KB]

Response from the UK Government - 23 January 2025 [PDF, 2 pages, 234KB]

Response from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – 23 January 2025 [PDF, 2 pages, 176KB]

RaISe – Potential Witness List on the published EU act (PDF, 4 pages, 219KB)

Consultation responses on the published EU act [PDF, 3 pages, 108KB]

Relevant Official Report (Hansard) transcript:

Transcript of Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Thursday, 9 January 2025

Transcript of Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Thursday, 16 January 2025