Import of Plants and Plant Materials
This form is used to notify certificate-required import consignments of plants and plant materials, etc.
The notification must be given before the import consignment arrives at the reception site. From October 2025 it needs to be sent before crossing the border. The notification obligation is regulated in the plant health regulation § 23.
To access the notification form, your business must be registered as an importer with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. You do this in the form "New importer of plants and plant materials, etc."
When an import consignment has arrived and been reception controlled, this must be reported to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority according to § 23d. In the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's form service under the menu "Forms" and "My started forms," you will find a new task to report that the import shipment arrived and that it is controlled. The exception to this is import shipments with soil and fertilising products; for these shipments, no notification to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority is required after the reception control is completed.
New importer of plants and plant material, etc.
In this form, you can register as an importer of plants and plant material. The form can also be used if you want to register as a recipient controller.
A receiving inspection body refers to a company that, by agreement with the importer, carries out receiving inspections of plants, plant material or other goods that must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.
Once you have submitted the form, you are registered as an importer or receiving inspection body of plants and plant material with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. You will then have access to the form "Import of plants and plant material, etc.", which you must use to report imports.
If you want to change information about the import business, you can do so in the form "Change information about importer of plants and plant material, etc."
Access the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's form service (Norwegian)