Registrierung Unternehmen für die Erzeugung/Lagerung von Speise-/Wirtschaftskartoffeln Entgegennahme

If you want to produce or store ware potatoes as an entrepreneur, you must be entered in an official register. You can find out more here.

Operators who produce ware potatoes or store potatoes in the sense of a common storage or dispatch center for potatoes in the cultivation area are subject to registration in accordance with Art. 65 of the Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.

Business operators do not have to be registered if they

• supply small quantities of plants directly to the end user (with the exception of distance selling)

• supply seeds in small quantities directly to the end user

• transport plants for another entrepreneur

• Transporting items in wooden packaging

Entrepreneurs (commercial activity) can only be entered once in the register of a competent authority. If an operator has several businesses or branches, reference is made to the branches in the official register.

Information on protected areas: In the EU, there are phytosanitary protected zones in which one or more specific pests do not yet occur. Certain goods may only be delivered to these protected areas if they meet special requirements. Ireland, for example, is still free of some pests due to its island location and therefore there are additional requirements for certain goods. In Germany, there are currently no phytosanitary protected zones.

• Site plan: This is required for all companies that have other buildings / areas in addition to their office that are important for phytosanitary activities (e.g. nursery quarters, greenhouses).
• Information on other business premises: Information is required for all companies that have other operating sites (with their own address) in addition to their head office. Pure production areas (e.g. nursery quarters) are not counted as business premises, but must be indicated on the site plan.

• The prerequisite for registration is the existence of the registration obligation and complete application documents.
• Necessary inspections may also be required.
• The contact persons named in the registration application must have appropriate knowledge of plant health in accordance with the activity carried out by the operator and be personally available to the staff of the competent authority if required.

• As an entrepreneur, you submit the registration application to the responsible Chamber of Agriculture.
• The responsible Chamber of Agriculture will check the application documents and carry out any necessary checks.
• If the check is positive, a registration number will be assigned.

• If contact details change, you must submit a request for an update within 30 days.
• Every year by April 30, any changes to the information on the product groups, plant species, genera or families that are produced or traded as well as the location of the cultivation areas and business premises must be updated. If there are no changes, there is no need to submit an application for an update.

Optional additional information on the linked website:

https://pflanzengesundheit.julius-kuehn.de

Registered operators have the following obligations:

The occurrence or suspected occurrence of Union quarantine pests and pests regulated by EU emergency measures within the meaning of Art. 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 must be reported immediately to the competent authority. The operator must take precautionary measures to prevent the establishment and spread of these pests.

In addition, registered potato producers and registered common storage or dispatch centers for potatoes in the cultivation area have the following obligations with regard to the origin marking of packaging for table and ware potatoes:

The registration number issued with the registration must be indicated on the packaging or, in the case of potatoes transported in bulk, on the accompanying document to prove that the ware or ware potatoes have been grown by an officially approved producer or originate from officially approved common storage or dispatch centers in the production area and are free from certain Union quarantine pests.

Appeal (appeal may be excluded depending on state law), administrative court action

• Registration of companies for the production/storage of ware potatoes Reception
• Companies that produce or store ware potatoes are required to register
• Responsible body: Chambers of Agriculture of the respective federal state