G/SPS/N/GBR/22  
 
5 October 2022  
(22-7518) 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 goods listed in Schedule 6 parts A, B and C; Schedule 7 parts A 
and B and Schedule 9 of the retained Commission Implementing Regulati on 
(EU) 2019/2072  
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:  The Pests of Plants (Authorisations)  (Amendment) 
Regulations 2022 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/GBR/22_6755_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This legislation will amend certain measures in these regulations 
in England, Wales and Scotland (Great Britain) to provide an improved application process 
by refining the operation and streamlining the provision of information for scientific 
authorisations.  
The import requirements will be simplified by remov ing the requirement for the Letter of 
Authority (LoA) to be endorsed by the National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPO's) of 
the country of origin. Changes will also be made to the LoA to simplify these documents 
and streamline the information requireme nts removing the need for certain information to 
be obtained and reducing the administrative burden on authorisation holders and the Great 
Britain NPPO.  
The amendments apply to LoAs issued on or after 1 November 2022. The introductions or 
movements of mate rial under LoAs issued before 1 November 2022 will remain valid until 
31 December 2022.  
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. 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/GBR/22  
 
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  [X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] 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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 3 October 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 3 October 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 November 2022  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from th e date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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 b ody:  
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