G/SPS/N/GBR/11  
 
13 September 2021  
(21-6723) 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):   
− Plants: 06 02 20, 06 02 90, 06 04 20, 06 02 10, 12 09 91, 06 01 20, 07 04 10, 07 04 
90, 07 05 11, 07 05 19, 07 05 21, 07 05 29, 07 06 90, 07 09 40, 07 09 99, 09 10 99  
− Wood: 44 01 11, 44 01 21, 44 03 11, 44 03 21, 44 03 22, 44 03 23, 44 03 24, 44 03 
25, 44 03 26, 44 04 10, 44 06 11, 44 06 91, 44 07 11, 44 07 12, 44 07 19, 44 08 10, 
44 16 00, 94 06 10, 44 01 40, 14 04 90  
4. Regions or cou ntries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  PH/036 Pest Measures . Language(s):  English . Number 
of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/GBR/21_5690_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This instrument amends the retained Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2072 ("the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation") pursuant to the European 
Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.  
It will introduce measures on pests Scolytus morawitzi  and Polygraphus proximus  in 
England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain) against the import of host plants and other 
relevant regulated goods . Imports of these high -risk plant goods will only be permitted 
under certain conditions.  
It will also modify existing measures against cert ain pests, firstly Liriomyza huidobrensis  
and Liriomyza tifolii , by adding an additional option for host plants destined for final users, 
and Cronartium species, by excluding pest free countries from the requirements. In 
addition, it regulates Thaumetopoea  processionea  as a pest known to occur across Great 
Britain and adds the leek as a host plant of Leek yellow stripe virus.  
This instrument will also alter the regulatory status of other pests:  
− Aonidiella orientalis  (a provisional quarantine pest), Diaporth e caulivora  (a regulated 
non-quarantine pest "RNQP") and Heterodera fici  (a RNQP) will be deregulated;  
− The GB provisional quarantine pests Eotetranychus sexmaculatus  and Platypus apicalis  
will be listed instead as GB quarantine pests (under official contro l); 
− Pseudomonas avellanae, Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne javanica , and Xiphinema 
index  (GB RNQPs) will be added to the GB provisional quarantine pest list (action taken 
on a provisional basis);  
− Unregulated pests Meloidogyne enterolobii, Agrilus horni , Chilli veinal mottle virus, 
Chrysobothris femorata  and Lycorma delicatula  will be added to the GB provisional 
quarantine pest list.  G/SPS/N/GBR/11  
 
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  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) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM 4 on 
the requirements for establishment of pest free ar eas 
[ ] 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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 8 February 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 8 February 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/y y):  
− 1 March  2022 for Thaumetopoea processionea , Scolytus morawitzi  and Polygraphus 
proximus measures, the changes to existing import requirements for certain Liriomyza  
and Cronartium species and the deregulation of Aonidiella orientalis , Diaporthe 
caulivora  and Heterodera fici . 
− 8 August  2022 for the remaining pest measures (on Leek yellow stripe virus, 
Eotetranychus sexmaculatus , Platypus apicalis , Pseudomonas avellanae, Meloidogyne 
arenaria, Meloidogyne javanica , Xiphinema index,  Meloidog yne enterolobii, Agrilus 
horni, Chilli veinal mottle virus, Chrysobothris femorata  and Lycorma delicatula ). 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 November 2021  
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 3J R 
E-mail: UKSPS@defra.gov.uk