The Central Control and Testing Institute in Agriculture in Bratislava, Slovakia (ÚKSÚP) announces that pursuant to Art. 3(33) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities exchange of the Plant Health Officers` stamps were ensured. Plant Health Officers have been formerly known as the Phytoinspectors. Due to this reason, it may occur that the consignments will be accompanied by the official documents (e.g. phytocertificates) stamped either by the formerly used stamp or by the new stamp of the Plant Health Officer.
From September 13^th, 2021 all the official documents are going to be accompanied by the new stamp of the Plant Health Officer, exclusively.

In case of any questions or other inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us via ochrana@uksup.sk.