G/SPS/N/GBR/26  
 
9 February 2023  
(23-0953) 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):  Seed potatoes  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  European Union; Liechtenstein; Switzerland  
5. Title of the notified document:  Details of Planned Amendments to Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 to correct the table of threshold tolerances for 
the presence o f Regulated Non -Quarantine Pests (RNQPs) on the growing plants for seed 
potatoes entering and moving within Great Britain . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/GBR/23_1000_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Amendments are being made to England, Scotland and Wales 
(Great Britain) retained legislation (Commission Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2072).  
The amendments to retained Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 will 
correct the second table in Annex 5, Part F which provides threshold tolerances for the 
presence of Regulated Non -Quarantine Pests (RNQPs) on the growing plants of seed 
potatoes entering and moving within Great Britain. Please see the attachment in section 5 
above which contains the proposed table.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food sa fety, [  ] 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 C ommission (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 16 – 
Regulated non -quarantine pests: concept and application  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/GBR/26  
 
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  [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:  
More information on the specific changes to the legislation are included in the attachment 
to this notification.  
A link to the legislation that introduced t he original table in Annex 5 is available below:  
The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 
(legislation.gov.uk)  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 2 May 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 2 May 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 24 May 2023  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 April 2023  
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