1. To apply for a Phytosanitary Certificate, Applicant shall approach the Plant Protection Directorate. Contact details are listed below under the “office locations and contacts” section.
2. You have to submit a request to the Plant Protection Directorate by Email.
3. The applicant shall send a request along with the necessary information to the Plant Protection Directorate’s Official electronic address. Information is listed below under the “required documents” section.
4. Please make sure you send the request forty-eight (48) hours in advance of scheduled time of export.
5. Once your request is processed, the Plant Protection Directorate schedules an inspection.
6. The inspector reviews the documents and inspects the shipment destined for export.
7. Applicant has to pay the fees in accordance to regulation 19A and Schedule XXVI of S.L. 433.03
8. Once the inspection yields satisfactory results, the inspector issues a Phytosanitary Certificate.

• Tax Registration Number (TRN)
• Commercial invoice
• Sales Contract
• Packing list
• Commodity or scientific name of the commodity;
• Net and gross weight of consignment.

Plant Protection Directorate
110, Annibale Preca Street​
Lija LJA 1915,
MALTA.
Email: plantprotection.mafa@gov.mt​​​​
Tel: 00356 2292 6535
Free phone​: 80072310
Please send your request on : plantquarantine@gov.mt

• Registered exporter

• 7 EURO

The Certificate is valid per shipment or consignment. A new shipment requires a new Phytosanitary Certificate

Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

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Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

• Exporting country
• Address
• Entry and Exit points
• Batch number

Phytosanitary Certificate is used to attest that consignments meet Phytosanitary import requirements.

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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More information which might help people.