G/SPS/N/EU/290/Add.1  
 
12 April 2019  
(19-2461) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 12 April 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the European Union . 
 
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Protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or 
plant products and against their spread within the Community  
The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/290 (19 December 2018) was adopted as Commission 
Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/523 of 21 March 2019 amending Annexes I to V to Council  
Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of 
organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community 
[OJ L 86, 28 March 2019, p. 41].  
This Directive entered into force on 31  March 2019. The application date is 1 September 2019.  
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  
As a follow -up to the new EU import requirements applying from 1 September 2019, the European 
Commission invites all non -EU trading countries to communicate prior to trade, the following 
information:  
− for Tephritidae  (non-European) in relation to fruits of Citrus  L., Fortunella  Swingle, Poncirus  Raf., 
and their hybrids, Mangifera  L. and Prunus  L., whether the country is free from the harmful 
organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, or in case of export of fruits subjected to a 
treatment, the tr eatment method applied. Please note that the information requested above 
relates only to Tephritidae  (non-European) species which are pests of the abovementioned fruits. 
Please see the new point 16.5 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/2 9/EC; 
− for Enarmonia prunivor a Walsh, Grapholita inopinata  Heinrich and Rhagoletis pomonella  (Walsch) 
in relation to fruits of Malus  Mill., whether the country is free from the harmful organism or the 
pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance  with the relevant International Standards 
for Phytosanitary Measures, or in case of export of fruits subjected to a treatment, the treatment 
method applied. Please see point 16.7 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 
2000/29/EC ; 
− for Guignardia  piricola  (Nosa) Yamamoto and Tachypterellus quadrigibbus  Say, in relation to fruits 
of Malus  Mill. and Pyrus  L., whether the country is free from the harmful organism or the pest 
free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for 
Phytosanitary Measures, or in case of export of fruits subjected to a treatment, the tr eatment 
method applied. Please see points 16.8 and 16.9 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 
2000/29/EC ; 
− for Neoleucinodes elegantalis  (Guenée) in relation to fruits of Capsicum annuum  L., Solanum 
aethiopicum  L., Solanum lycopersicum  L. and Solanum melongena  L. whether the country is free 
from the harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with 
the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. Please see point 25.7.3 of 
Annex IV Part A Sectio n I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC.  G/SPS/N/EU/290/Add.1  
 
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  As a follow -up to the new import requirements applying from 1 September 2019, the European 
Commission invites the relevant non -EU trading countries to communicate prior to trade, the following 
information:  
− for Grapholit a packardi  Zeller in relation to plants intended for planting, other than plants in tissue 
culture and seeds, of Crataegus  L., Cydonia  Mill., Malus  Mill., Prunus  L., Pyrus  L. and Vaccinium  
L. originating in Canada, Mexico and the USA (see point 14.2 of Ann ex IV Part A Section I of 
Council Directive 2000/29/EC), the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with 
the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary. For the same pest, in the case of exports 
to the EU of fruits of Malus  Mill., Prunus  L., Pyrus  L. and Vaccinium  L., originating in Canada, 
Mexico and the USA, you are invited to communicate the pest free areas of the country, 
recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary or the 
treatment metho d (see point 16.10 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC) ; 
− for Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick), in relation to fruits of Capsicum  (L.), Citrus  L., other than 
Citrus limon  (L.) Osbeck. and Citrus aurantiifolia  (Christm.) Swingle, Prunus persica  (L.) Batsch 
and Punica granatum  L. originating in countries of the African continent, Cape Verde, Saint 
Helena, Madagascar, La Reunion, Mauritius and Israel, whether the country is free from the 
harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, or in case of export of fruits to the 
EU subjected to a treatment, the treatment method applied together with documentary evidence 
of its effectiveness.  Please see the new point 16.6 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 
2000/29/EC ; 
− for Bactericera cockerelli  (Sulc.) in relation to fruits of Solanaceae  originating in Australia, the 
Americas and New Zealand, whether the country is free from the  harmful organism or the pest 
free areas of the country, recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for 
Phytosanitary Measures. Please see point 25.7.4 of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 
2000/29/EC.  
The requested info rmation should be sent to the plant health contact point of the European 
Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety:  
SANTE -G1-PLANT -HEALTH@ec.europa.eu  
From 1 September 2019, the tra de of the above mentioned commodities will only be allowed, if the 
above information has already been provided to the European Commission.  
https://members.wto. org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_2174_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_2174_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_2174_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of  adoption, publication or entry into 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 fo rce 
[X] Other: Additional information  
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 a t 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: [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 D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B -1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  G/SPS/N/EU/290/Add.1  
 
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  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 D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B -1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
 
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