G/SPS/N/EU/634  
4 May 2023  
(23-3168) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
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):  Xylella fastidiosa  host plants: the list of Annex I of Regulation 
2020/1201, is updated with the inclusion of the following species:  Anthyllis barba -jovis L.; 
Arbutus unedo L.; Argyranthemum frutescens (L.) Sch.Bip. ; Berberis thunbergii DC.; 
Calocephalus brownii (Cass.) F.Muell. ; Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck ; Citrus paradisi Macfad .; 
Citrus reticulata Blanco ; Clematis vitalba L.; Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult.f.) 
Asch.  & Graebn. ; Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter ; Elaeagnus angustifolia  L.; Elaeagnus x 
submacrophylla Servett .; Erica cinerea L.; Eriocephalus africanus L.; Ficus carica L.; 
Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn .; Genista hirsuta Vahl.; Hypericum androsaemum L.; 
Hypericum perforatum L.; Jacobaea maritima (L.) Pelser & Meijden ; Magnolia x 
soulangeana Soul.-Bod.; Myoporum laetum G. Forst. ; Myrtus communis L.; Olea europaea 
subsp . sylvestris (Mill.) Rouy; Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér. ; Phlomis italica L.; 
Retama  monosperma (L.) Boiss. ; Ruta graveolens L.; Salvia apiana Jeps.; 
Scabiosa  atropurpurea var. maritima L.; Strelitzia reginae Aiton; Syringa vulgaris L.; 
Thymus vulgaris  L.; Ulex europaeus L.; Viburnu m tinus L.; Vitex agnus -castus L. 
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:  Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1201 as regards the list of host plants known to be 
susceptible to Xylella fastidiosa . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 (text + 
annex)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_09385_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_09385_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  On 9 January 2023, the European Food Safety Authority updated 
the database of host plants susceptible to Xylella fastidiosa  (Wells et al.). Annexes I and II 
to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1201 are therefore amended accordingly.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] 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) :  G/SPS/N/EU/634  
 
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  [ ] 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 Nos. 4, 8, 10 and 31  
[ ] 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) : July 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined . 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its 
publication in the Official Journal  of the European Union . 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 July 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
availa ble) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu