Guidance on Plant Passports for Forestry Products

Forestry Professional Operators must register with the Department to be authorised to issue Plant Passports. Plant Passports are needed when transporting certain plants and wood products.

The following species of wood, wood products and isolated bark require a plant passport:

• All conifer wood that is not free of bark
• Castanea species with bark
• Platanus species with or without bark

Certain activities of professional operators require that they register with the department. These activities include:

• introducing or moving within the European Union plants, plant products and other objects for which a phytosanitary certificate or a plant passport is required
• issuing plant passports
• requesting phytosanitary certificates for export
• marking or repairing ISPM 15 standard wood packaging material

For further details and guidance, read the document below: