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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/177
9 October 2002
(02-5438)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-
General, Directorate E - Food Safety: plant health, animal health and welfare, international
questions
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
applicable):  Plants and wood susceptible to Phytophthora ramorum
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  EC
member States and countries where Phytophthora ramorum  is present.
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Commission Decision
2002/757/EC of 19 September 2002 on provisional emergency phytosanitary measures toprevent the introduction into and th e spread within the Community of Phytophthora
ramorum  Werres, De Cock &Man in ’t Veld sp. nov. (OJ L252, 20.9.2002, pp. 37-39)
6. Description of content:  The measures laid down in Decision 2002/757/EC apply to the
introduction or the spread of Phytophthora ramorum , the production and movement of
known host plants of Phytophthora ramorum  within the Community, the control of
Phytophthora ramorum  and to a more general surveillance for the presence or continued
absence of Phytophthora ramorum  in the member States.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Phytophthora ramorum
is currently not listed in Annex I or II to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective
measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants orplant products and against their spread within the Community.  However, a preliminary
pest risk analysis based on available scientific information has demonstrated that the
pathogen and its damaging effects could be of significant plant health concern to the
Community, in particular the non-European isolates (only present in the United States) for
the oak trees in the Community and the European isolates for ornamental plants such asRhododendron  spp. and Viburnum  spp.G/SPS/N/EEC/177
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9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Commission
Decision 2002/757/EC of 19 September 2002 on provisional emergency phytosanitary
measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of
Phytophthora ramorum  Werres, De Cock &Man in ’t Veld sp. nov. (OJ L252, 20.9.2002,
pp. 37-39), available in the 11 official languages of the European Communities.
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  1 November 2002
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] EC enquiry point,  or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  The European
Commission web site at http://eu ropa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html