Commission Directive 93/51/EEC establishing rules for movements of certain plants, plant products or other objects through a protected zone, and for movements of such plants, plant products or other objects originating in and moving within such a protected zone.

Member States shall ensure that when plants, plant products or other originating outside a protected zone established for the said plants, are moved through such zone for final destination outside the zone, and without a plant passport valid for that zone: (a) the packaging used or, where appropriate, the vehicles transporting the plants, shall be clean and free from the relevant organisms and of such a nature as to ensure that there is no risk of harmful organisms spreading; (b) immediately after packaging, the packaging or, the vehicles transporting the said plants, plant products or other objects shall be secured according to stringent plant health standards to ensure that there is no risk of harmful organisms spreading in the relevant protected zone and that the identity will remain unchanged and to the satisfaction of the responsible official bodies, (c) the plants, plant products or other, shall be accompanied by a document which is normally used for trade purposes. (4 articles)