Seeds, plants and vegetables

Yes. Plants, plant products and other objects, listed in Annex VI of Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 are prohibited from being introduced into the EU. 

Other plants and plant products that form part of passengers' baggage must always be accompanied by an Official Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin, except for those products that are exempt from presenting it (coconuts, dates, durian, bananas and pineapples).

It is compulsory to declare to the Spanish Customs at the traveller's destination the existence of: 

• Live plants
  Including bonsais, propagation material (cuttings, grafts, scions, etc.), even if it is for personal use and regardless of the quantity the traveller intends to bring in. In any case, they must be free of soil

• Potatoes and other tubers

  In this case it will always be necessary to declare it to Customs, regardless of the weight.

  The entry of live plants, potatoes and other tubers may only be carried out through Border Control Posts, after the phytosanitary inspection carried out by the Plant Health Inspection Service.

The regulations for this Autonomous Community do not contemplate the possibility of introducing plants, plant products and other objects included in Annex III of the Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of 12 March 1987. Likewise, without being previously inspected at the Customs office of destination, the entry of goods included in Annex V of the said Order shall not be authorised, even if they are for own use.

Consequently, all products listed in Annex V above must be declared at the Customs office of destination and the goods must be accompanied by the corresponding Official Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin, as well as being completely free of soil.

Fruit and vegetables that are for own use and cannot be considered as a commercial consignment do not need to be declared. In the event that they subsequently wish to move to the Spanish mainland, the Balearic or Canary Islands, the provisions indicated for each destination shall apply.

Products exceeding the permitted quantities must be declared to Customs and in any case, except for cases not subject to declaration, the intervention and approval of the Phytosanitary Services operating at the Customs office of entry is required before the plants or plant products to be introduced are allowed to leave the premises. The measures taken by these services in relation to these products must also be observed.

For further information, you may contact the centres reporting to the Phytosanitary Inspection Service of the Territorial and Provincial Directorates of the Government Delegations, which are responsible for this area of competence.