G/SPS/N/GBR/12  
 
22 September 2021  
(21-7047) 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):  Goods subject to Article 73 of the retained Plant Health Regulation 
(Regulation (EU) 2016/2031) and detailed in Annex 11, Part B of the r etained 
Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/2072):  
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1527/schedule/10/made  
4. Regions or countries likely to be af fected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Pre-notification of Goods detailed in Article 73 of the 
retained Plant Health Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/2031) . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/GBR/21_5918_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This instrument uses a power in the retained Regulation 
(EU) 2017/625 ("the Official Controls Regulation") to make regulations requiring the 
pre-notification of goods detailed in Article 73 ("Article 73 goods") of the retained Plant 
Health Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/2031), entering England, Scotland and Wales 
(Great Britain). Such a requirement will apply to 1% of imports of Article 73 goods, 
selected for  phytosanitary import checks, from all countries. Please see section 3 for a link 
to the list of Article 73 goods.  
This measure will provide information on the movement of these goods, which will allow 
for better targeting of inspections, to determine whet her they present a biosecurity risk. 
All other regulated plant and plant product commodities need to be pre -notified before 
arriving in Great Britain.  
The notified document ("Article 73 pre -notification") sets out the legal basis for 
implementing this meas ure in GB legislation. As a draft of the legislation is not yet 
available, we are using this document to notify WTO Members of our intention.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from ani mal/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) :  G/SPS/N/GBR/12  
 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[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) : 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/yy) : 1 July 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 21 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 3JR  
E-mail: UKSPS@defra.gov.uk