G/SPS/N/GBR/16  
 
30 May 2022  
(22-4081) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED KINGDOM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs  
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):  All plants, plant products and other objects  
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:  Update to the list of GB quarantine pests . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/GBR/22_3759_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The instrument amends England, Scotland and Wales 
(Great  Britain) retained legislation (Commission Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2072) and will introduce updated pest measures.  
It will revise the list of GB quarantine pests:  
• Move Thekopsora minima (Arthur) Sydow & P. Sydow from the list of GB quarantine 
pests to the list of GB regulated non -quarantine pests ; 
• Add various fungi and oomycetes, insects and mites, viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas 
to the list of provisional GB quarantine pests. A copy of the updated list is made 
available with this notification.  
Other changes include:  
• Extending the requirements concerning plants, plant products and other objects 
originating in third countries which may only be introduced into Great Britain if special 
requirements are met to include EU member states, Liechtenstein a nd Switzerland ; 
• A new additional requirement that the name of the pest free area is to be included on 
phytosanitary certificates for the Agrilus plannipennis  measures ; 
• Clarification of the Xylella fastidiosa  measures, which require pest free areas for lowe r 
risk hosts to be notified in advance and that names of places/sites of production must 
be included on phytosanitary certificates ; 
• Seeds of Pinus  L. and Pseudotsuga menziesii  (Mirbel) Franco will be subject to 
Article  72 checks in GB retained legislation (Commission Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2072);  
• Correcting the name of the genus Chrysanthemum  L., making no changes to the 
existing import requirements.  
A draft of the legislation will be made available in due course.  G/SPS/N/GBR/16  
 
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  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 Alimentarius 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 2 - Framework for pest risk analysis  
− ISPM 11 - Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests  
− ISPM 16 – Regulated non -quarantine pests: concept and application  
− ISPM 21 - Pest risk analysis for re gulated non quarantine pests  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
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:  
The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 25 November 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 3 November 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 25 November 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 July 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry  Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
UK SPS Contact Point, Defra, Nobel House, London SW1P 3JR  
E-mail: UKSPS@defra.gov.uk  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
UK SPS Contact Point, Defra, Nobel House, London SW1P 3JR  
E-mail: UKSPS@defra.gov.uk