G/SPS/N/CHN/1223/Add.2  
 
26 November 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 24 November 2021, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of China . 
 
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Announcement of the General Administration of Customs on the Prevention of the Introduction of 
Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus  with Seeds of the Solanum Lycopersicum  and Capsicum  spp. 
([2021] No. 91)  
G/SPS/N/CHN/1223, notified on 16 July 2021, and G/SPS/N/CHN/1223/Add.1, notified on 21 October 
2021, have been approved as "Announcement of the General Administration of Customs on the 
Prevention of the Introduction of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus  with Seeds of  Solanum 
Lycopersicum  and Capsicum  spp. ([2021] No. 91)" on 12 November 2021.  
The announcement shall take effect on 1 January 2022 and Regions or countries likely to be affected 
are "Countries or regions exporting seeds of the Solanum lycopersicum  and Capsicum  spp. to China".  
The details are as follows:  
Seeds of Solanum lycopersicum  and Capsicum spp. exported to China shall meet the following 
phytosanitary requirements for source control:  
I. If the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus  (ToBRFV ) does not occur in the country or area of origin, 
the competent phytosanitary authority shall state it in the additional declaration on the 
Phytosanitary Certificate:  "This consignment of seeds is originated from___  (country  or area), 
where  is free of ToBRFV."  
II. If the ToBRFV occurs in the country or area of origin, but the seeds come from a pest free area 
for ToBRFV in accordance with the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 4, 
Requirements for the Establishment of Pest Free Areas  (ISPM No. 4), the c ompetent 
phytosanitary authority shall state it in the additional declaration on the Phytosanitary 
Certificate:  "This consignment  of seeds is originated from  pest free  area for ToBRFV."  
III. If the ToBRFV occurs in the country or area of origin and the pest fre e area has not been 
established, the competent phytosanitary authority shall carry out a field survey to confirm that 
no ToBRFV has occurred in the growth period in the planting areas, and take at least 3,000 
(at least 10% for the seeds in small batches) r epresentative samples of the seeds in the batch 
for testing by RT -PCR or Real -time PCR to confirm that no ToBRFV is present before export. 
The competent  phytosanitary authority shall state in the additional declaration on the 
phytosanitary certificate: "Fi eld survey  was carried  out during  the growth  period  of this 
consignment  of seeds, no  ToBRFV occurred in  the planting  area. Prior to export, 
this consignment  of seeds has been tested by RT -PCR (or real-time RT-PCR) and found free of 
ToBRFV."  
Seeds harvested before 1 January 2022 may be exempted from the field survey requirement, 
which shall be stated in the additional declaration on the Phytosanitary certificate:  
"This consignment of seeds  was harvested before  1 January 2022, tested  by RT-PCR (or 
real-time RT -PCR) prior to  export,  and found free of ToBRFV."  
IV. Seeds of the Solanum lycopersicum  and Capsicum  spp. exported to China via a third country or 
area shall be accompanied by an original Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the competent G/SPS/N/CHN/1223/Add.2  
 
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  phytos anitary authority of the country or area of origin with corresponding additional 
declarations, or a copy confirmed by the competent phytosanitary authority of a third country 
or area, in accordance with the requirements of the International Standards for P hytosanitary 
Measures No. 12 Guidellines for  Phytosanitary Certificates  (ISPM No.  12), and at the same time:  
(i) If the seeds are only stored or assembled with other goods in a third country or area and 
are not contaminated by pests, the competent phytosanitary authority of the third country 
or area shall issue a Phytosanitary Certificate for re -export ; 
(ii) If the seeds in this consignment are contaminated by pests, the competent phytosanitary 
authority of the third country or area shall carry out pre-export testing and issue a 
Phytosanitary Certificate and state it in the additional declaration:  "Prior to export, this  
consignment  of seeds has been tested  by RT-PCR (or real-time RT-PCR), and found free of 
ToBRFV."  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHN/21_7317_00_x.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry i nto force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the Pe ople's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642  
E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
WTO/SPS N ational Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642  
E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn  
 
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