G/SPS/N/CHN/1193  
 
18 December 2020  
(20-9197) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  General Administration of Customs, Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural Affairs, P. R. China  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where appl icable):  Plants and plant products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 
and the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China on 
Supplementing the List of Quarantine Pests of China (Draft) . Language(s):  Chinese . 
Number of pages:  1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHN/20_7804_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Based on the pest risk analysis, the entry of Tomato brown 
rugose fruit  virus, Maize dwarf mosaic virus, Candidatus  liberibacter solanacearum, Otala 
lacrea, Euglandina rosea  may bring high risks to Chinese economy, environment and 
society. In accordance w ith China's Law on the Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine 
and its implementing regulations and the relevant ISPM, the above -mentioned five pests 
have been added to the Entry Plant Quarantine Pest List of China.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentariu s Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number ): 
ISPM N° 19 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/CHN/1193  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 February 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notificatio n 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: