G/SPS/N/GBR/50  
21 December 2023  
(23-8778) Page: 1/3 
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):  All plants, plant products and other objects : 
− Plants, including cut branches of Acer, Aesculus , Arbutus menziesii , Betula , Carpinus , 
Carya illinoinensis , Ceanothus , Cercis , Cercocarpus montanus , Cornus , Corylus , 
Crataegus , Eriobotrya japonica , Fagus sylvatica , Ficus carica , Frangula californica , 
Heteromeles arbutifolia , Juglans , Juglans regia , Malus , Ostrya virginiana , 
Pickeringia  montana , Platanus , Platanus occidentalis , Populus , Prunus , Pyrus , 
Pyrus  communis , Quercus , Ribes , Rosa, Salix, Sorbus aucuparia , Tilia, Ulmus , 
Vaccinium , Vaccinium darrowii . Does not cover the seeds, tissue cultures and pollen of 
the plants lis ted above ; 
− Wood of Acer, Aesculus , Betula , Carpinus , Carya illinoinensis , Corylus, Crataegus , 
Fagus sylvatica , Juglans , Juglans regia , Malus , Platanus , Platanus occidentalis , 
Populus , Prunus , Pyrus , Pyrus communis , Quercus, Salix , Sorbus aucuparia , Tilia, 
Ulmus ; 
− Seed of Solanum sisymbriifolium . 
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:  Amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2072 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/GBR/23_14818_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The following amendments are being made to England, Scotland 
and Wales (Great Britain) retained legislation (Commission Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2072):  
A. The addition of new GB Quarantine Pests (QPs) which have been assessed as meeting 
the criteria to be a QP:  
− Chrysobothris femorata – with specific import requirements on host plants and 
wood from Canada and the United States ; 
− Chrysobothris mali  – with specific import requirements on host plants and wood 
from Canada and the United States ; 
− Chilli veinal mottle virus – no specific import requirements ; 
− Lycorma delicatula  – no specific import requirements . 
B. The additio n of new GB Provisional Quarantine Pests (PQPs) which have been assessed 
as meeting the criteria to be a QP based on a provisional assessment:  
− Agrilus mali ; 
− Lonsdalea populi ; 
− Orgyia leucostigma . G/SPS/N/GBR/50  
 
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  C. The addition of Solanum sisymbriifolium seed as a new known host to the existing 
Regulated Non -Quarantine Pest (RNQP) Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd), as the 
pest-host combination has been assessed as meeting the criteria of a RNQP.  
D. Providing a specific import requirement for the introduction of spruce ( Picea spp.) 
Christmas trees, not intended to be placed on the market, from Norway for short term 
display only.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] 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 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 02 - Framework for pest risk analysis  
− ISPM 11 - Pest risk analysis for qu arantine pests  
− ISPM 16 - Regulated non -quarantine pests: concept and application  
− ISPM 20 - Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system  
− ISPM 21 - Pest risk analysis for regulated non quarantine pests  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation confor m 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) : 9 May 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 9 May 2024  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 31 May 2024  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 February 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
UK WTO SPS National Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
WTO Policy Team  
EU and International Trade Directorate  
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs  
2 Marsham St, London SW1P 4DF  
E-mail: uksps@defra.gov.uk  
Website:  https://www.gov.uk/government/o rganisations/department -for-environment -
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  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:   
UK WTO SPS National Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
WTO Policy Team  
EU and International Trade Directorate  
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs  
2 Marsham St, London SW1P 4DF  
E-mail: uksps@defra.gov.uk  
Website:  https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/departm ent-for-environment -
food-rural-affairs