1 
 Summary of the Draft Amendment of the "Quarantine 
Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products"  
 
Part B  
Paragraph 1  
 The regulated plant parts or infected areas of subparagraph s 37, 38, and  39 are revised 
(underlined) as follows:  
Subparagraph 
number  Draft amendment  
Plants or Plant Products  Countries or Districts of 
Origin  
37. Plants and plant parts:  
 
……  
II. 
Following seeds for propagative 
use: 
………  
(8) Pisum sativum  
(9) Sorghum bicolo r 
(10) Triticum aestivum  
(11) Vicia  spp. 
(12) Vigna  spp. 
  
38. Following living plants for 
propagative use (excluding 
seeds)： 
……  
(30) Lagerstroemia  indica  
(31) Lathyrus  spp. 
(32) Liquidambar  styraciflua  
(33) Lolium  multiflorum  
(34) Lonicera  japonica   
(35) Magnolia  grandiflora   
(36) Mentha  spp.  
(37) Morus  alba  
(38) Nerium  oleander   
(39) Olea  europaea   
(40) Parthenocissus  quinquefolia  Asia and Pacific Region  
(1) Iran  
(2) Turkey  
Europe  
(3) Italy  
(4) Spain  
North America  
(5) United States of America  
(6) Canada  
Central and South 
America  
(7) Argentina  
(8) Brazil  
(9) Costa Rica  
(10) Paraguay  2 
 (41) Pelargonium  hortorum   
(42) Pittosporum  crassifolium  
(43) Platanus  occidentalis   
(44) Persea  americana   
(45) Poncirus  spp.  
(46) Prunus  spp.  
(47) Quercus  spp.  
(48) Rosa  californica   
(49) Rosmarinus  officinalis   
(50) Rubus  spp.  
(51) Sambucus  canadensis   
(52) Sorghum  vulgare   
(53) Syringa  vulgaris   
(54) Trifolium  spp.  
(55) Ulmus  spp.  
(56) Umbellularia  californica   
(57) Vaccinium spp.  
(58) Vicia  faba  
(59) Vinca  major   
(60) Vitis spp. (11) Venezuela  
39. Following living plants for 
propagative use (excluding 
seeds)： 
(1) Apium  graveolens   
(2) Armoracia  rusticana  
(3) Beta vulgaris   
(4) Cucumis  sativus   
(5) Chenopodium giganteum =  C. 
album  subsp. amaranticolor   
(6) Chenopodium quinoa  
(7) Daucus carota  
(8) Dianthus caryophyllus  
(9) Fabaceae  
(10) Forsythia  suspense   
(11) Fragaria  × ananassa   
(12) Gladiolus  hybridus  
(13) Humulus  lupulus   
(14) Lactuca  sativa   Asia and Pacific Region  
(1) Australia  
(2) Japan   
(3) India   
(4) Iran  
(5) Kazakhstan  
(6) Lebanon  
(7) New Zealand  
(8) Syrian   
(9) Russian Federation  
(10) Turkey  
(11) Ukraine  
Africa  
(12) Egypt  
(13) South Africa   
Europe  
(14) Austria  
(15) Belgium  3 
 (15) Lilium  spp.  
(16) Olea  europaea   
(17) Narcissus  spp.  
(18) Petunia spp. 
(19) Phaseolus vulgaris  
(20) Prunus avium  
(21) Prunus armeniaca   
(22) Prunus cerasus   
(23) Prunus domestica   
(24) Prunus dulcis   
(25) Prunus laurocerasus  
(26) Prunus persica  
(27) Rheum palmatum   
(28) Rosa  spp.  
(29) Rubus idaeus   
(30) Sambucus nigra  
(31) Trifolium repens   
(32) Verbena  spp. 
(33) Vitis vinifera  
 (16) Bulgaria  
(17) Belarus  
(18) Czech  
(19) Denmark  
(20) France  
(21) Germany  
(22) Norway  
(23) Croatia  
(24) Hungary  
(25) Ireland  
(26) Italy  
(27) Luxembourg  
(28) Latvia  
(29) Moldavia  
(30) Netherlands  
(31) Poland  
(32) Romania  
(33) Serbia  
(34) Yugoslavia  
(35) Slovenia  
(36) Spain  
(37) Sweden  
(38) Switzerland  
(39) Finland  
(40) United Kingdom  
(41) Ukraine  
North America  
(42) Canada  
(43) Mexico   
(44) United States of 
America  
 
Central and South 
America  
(45) Chile  
 
 
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Quarantine requirements for host plants or plant products of  Fig mosaic virus , Impatiens necrotic 
spot virus , Orchid fleck virus , from infected areas  are listed as draft amendment of subparagraph s 
50 to 52 as follows:  
 
Plants or Plant 
Products  Countries or Districts 
of Origin  Diseases or Pests  Quarantine Requirements  
50. Following living 
plants for 
propagative 
use(excluding 
seeds) : 
(1) Ficus carica  
 Asia and Pacific 
Region  
(1) Australia  
(2) China  
(3) Iran 
(4) Israel  
(5) Japan  
(6) Jordan  
(7) Lebanon  
(8) New Zealand  
(9) Syrian  
(10) Turkey  
Africa  
(11) Algeria  
(12) Tunisia  
Europe  
(13) Croatia  
(14) Greece  
(15) Italy 
(16) Serbia  
(17) Spain  
(18) United Kingdom  
North America  
(19) Canada  
(20) United States of 
America  
Central and South 
America  
(21) Puerto Rico  Fig mosaic virus 
(Emaravirus)  The importing of the plants 
and plant parts shall be 
accompanied by 
phytosanitary certificate s 
issued by the plant 
quarantine authority of the 
exporting country, stating 
that the plants or plant parts 
have been thoroughly 
inspected during growing 
season or laboratory tested 
before export and found 
free from Fig mosaic virus  
(Emaravirus) ; otherwise,  
the plants or plant parts will 
be destroyed or reshipped . 
51. Following living Asia and Pacific Impatiens The importing of the plants 5 
 plants for 
propagative 
use(excluding 
seeds) : 
(1) Aconitum spp. 
(2) Alstroemeria  
spp. 
(3) Anemone  spp. 
(4) Antirrhinum  
spp. 
(5) Arachis 
hypogaea  
(6) Asplenium 
nidus  
(7) Begonia  spp. 
(8) Bouvardia  spp. 
(9) Callistephus  
spp. 
(10) Capsicum spp. 
(11) Cichorium 
endivia  
(12) Chrysanthemum  
spp. = 
Dendranthema  
spp. 
(13) Columnea  spp. 
(14) Cucumis sativus  
(15) Cyclamen 
persicum  
(16) Dahlia  spp. 
(17) Dendrobium 
spp. 
(18) Eustoma  
grandiflorum  
(19) Exacum affine  
(20) Fatsia japonica  
(21) Gladiolus  spp. 
(22) Gerbera  spp. Region  
(1) China  
(2) Iran 
(3) Israel  
(4) Japan  
(5) New Zealand  
Africa 
(6) Uganda  
Europe  
(7) Austria  
(8) Belgium  
(9) Bulgaria  
(10) Czech  
(11) France  
(12) Germany  
(13) Hungary  
(14) Italy 
(15) Macedonia  
(16) Netherlands  
(17) Poland  
(18) Portugal  
(19) Serbia  
(20) Spain  
(21) United Kingdom  
(22) Ukraine  
 
North America  
(23) Canada  
(24) Mexico  
(25) United States of 
America  
Central and South 
America  
(26) Chile 
(27) Costa Rica  necrotic spot 
virus 
(Tospovirus ) and plant parts shall be 
accompanied by 
phytosanitary certificate s 
issued by the plant 
quarantine authority of the 
exporting country, stating 
that the plants or plant parts 
have been th oroughly 
inspected during growing 
season or laboratory tested 
before export and found 
free from Impatiens 
necrotic spot virus 
(Tospovirus) ; otherwise, the 
plants or plant parts will be 
destroyed or reshipped . 6 
 (23) Hymenocallis  
spp. 
(24) Impatiens  spp. 
(25) Lactuca sativa  
(26) Limonium  spp. 
(27) Lobelia  spp. 
(28) Nemesia  spp. 
(29) Nicotiana 
tabacum  
(30) Ocimum 
basilicum  
(31) Phalaenopsis  
spp. 
(32) Physalis 
ixocarpa  
(33) Pittosporum  
spp. 
(34) Primula spp . 
(35) Ranunculus  
spp. 
(36) Rubus spp. 
(37) Sempervivum  
spp. 
(38) Senecio 
cruentus  
(39) Sinningia 
speciosa  = 
Gloxinia 
speciosa  
(40) Solanum 
lycopersicum  = 
Lycopersicum 
esculentum  
(41) Solanum 
tuberosum  
(42) Spathiphyllum  
spp. 
(43) Spinacea 7 
 oleracea  = 
Spinacia    
oleracea  
(44) Valerianella 
olitoria  
(45) Zantedeschia 
aethiopica  
52. Following living 
plants for 
propagative use 
(excluding seeds) : 
(1) Orchidaceae  Asia and Pacific 
Region  
(1) China  
(2) Japan  
(3) Korea, Republic of  
(4) Australia  
Africa  
(5) South Africa  
Europe  
(6) Germany  
(7) Denmark  
North America  
(8) United States of 
America  
Central and South 
America orth America  
(9) Brazil 
(10) Columbia  
(11) Costa Rica  Orchid fleck virus  The importing of the plants 
and plant parts shall be 
accompanied by 
phytosanitary certificate s 
issued by the plant 
quarantine authority of the 
exporting country, stating 
that the plants or plant parts 
have been thoroughly 
inspected during growing 
season or laboratory tested 
before export and found 
free from Orchid fleck 
virus ; otherwise, the plants  
or plant parts will be 
destroyed or reshipped . 
 
 
Paragraph 10  
 
1. 2 insects ( Contarinia maculipennis , Pseudaulacaspis dendrobii ), 2 weeds 
(Muhlenbergia capillaris , M.reverchonii ) were added to the regulated pest list . 
2. “Impatiens necrotic spot virus, Tospovirus ” is removed.  
3. “Didymella  ligulicola” is changed to “Stagonosporopsis  chrysanthemi  
(anamorph ：Didymella  ligulicola )” 
 
  8 
 Summary of the Draft Amendment of the “ Quarantine 
Requirements for Wood Packaging Material used in Imported  
Commodity ” 
 
1. Two wood packaging material  (WPM ) treatment  methods (Dielectric heating  and 
Sulphuryl fluoride  fumigation) in accordance with International Standards for 
Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15) are added.  
2. Example of the specified mark  of the 2 new WPM treatment  methods  are added.