1 
 Draft Amendment of Part B of the “Quarantine Requirements for the Importati on of Plants or 
Plant Products”  
 
Quarantine requirements for host plant  seeds  of Melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV)  from infected 
areas are added to Part B, which require a statement of pre -export laboratory testing to assure  the 
disease -free status of this virus on the phytosanitary certificate. Consignments fail to meet the 
abovementioned condition shall be res hipped or destroyed.  
 
Proposed Quarantine Requirements for Melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV)  
Plants or Plant Products  Countries or 
Districts of 
Origin  Diseases or 
Pests  Quarantine Requirements  
The seeds of the 
following plants (except 
used as foods and 
feeds):  
(1) Citrullus lanatus  
(2) Cucumis melo  
(3) Cucumis sativ us Asia and Pacific 
Region  
(1) Australia  
(2) China  
(3) India  
(4) Iran 
(5) Israel  
(6) Japan  
(7) Lebanon  
(8) South Korea  
(9) Turkey  
(10) Syria  
Africa  
(11) Egypt  
(12) Tunisia  
Europe  
(13) France 
(14) Greece  
(15) Italy 
(16) Netherlands  
(17) Norway  
(18) Spain  Melon necrotic 
spot virus  
(MNSV)  The importing of the plants 
and plant parts shall be 
accompanied by the 
phytosanitary certificate 
issued by the plant quarantine 
authority of the exporting 
country, stating that the plants 
or plant parts have been 
thoroughly inspected and 
tested in a  labor atory  to be free 
from Melon necrotic spot 
virus  before  export . 
Otherwise, the plants or plant 
parts will be destroyed or 
reshipped.  2 
 (19) Sweden  
(20) Slovenia  
(21) United 
Kingdom  
North America  
(22) Canada  
(23) Mexico  
(24) United States  
of America  
Central and South 
America  
(25) Brazil  
(26) Chile  
(27) Guatemala  
(28) Honduras  
(29) Panama  
(30) Peru 
(31) Uruguay  
 3 
 The Amended  draft  of “Quarantine  Requi rements  for the Importation  of Wood”  
(In case of any discrepancy  between  the Chinese  text and the English  translation  thereof,  the Chinese  
text shall  govern.)  
 
Article  5.2 is added  as “Debarked  wood  mentioned  in Article  5.1 refers  to wood  from  
which  the bark has been  removed,  with individual  pieces  of bark remnants  having  a 
width  not exceeding  3 centimeters,  or a width  exceeding  3 centimeters  with a total 
surface  area of less than 50 square  centimeters ”.  
 
Current  Article  5.2 is moved  to Article  5.3, and is amended  as “Logs  from  countries  
where  the Asian  longhorn  beetle  is present,  debarked  sawn  timbers  from  regions  or 
countries  where  the Asian  longhorn  beetle  is present,  and barks  and woods  with bark 
from  countries  affected  by sudden  oak death,  shall  have  the species  name and origin  
specified  on the phytosanitary  certificate  issued  by the exporting  country , or shall  
undergo  appropriate  quarantine  treatment  prior  to export ”. 
 
The Article  7 is amended  as “Importer  or their agents  shall,  in accordance  with the 
instructions  of the personnel  of the plant  quarantine  authority,  provide  assistance  for 
the movement,  extraction,  flipping,  lifting,  cutting  for sampling , and other  related  
tasks  of the inspected  wood ”.