G/SPS/N/CHN/632  
 
29 November 2013  
(13-6524)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and 
Quarantine P.R.C, State Forestry Administration P.R.C 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Fraxinus  L.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Czech 
Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Belarus, Slovak Republic, Romania, 
Austria, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Switzerland, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Croatia, Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Ukraine where Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus  presents.  
5. Title of the notified document: Announcement Of Preventing The Ash Dieback From 
Spreading Into China (Joint Public Notice of General Administration of Quality 
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and State Forestry Administration 
No.[2013]156).  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/SPS/CHN/13_4702_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: It prohibits the importation of logs and timbers of Fraxinus  L. 
from the countries and regions where Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus  presents. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: Ash Dieback is a 
destructive fungal disease on ash trees, caused by Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus . 
Based on pest risk assessment, the likelihood of entry establishment of Hymenoscyphus 
pseudoalbidus  is high, due to the hosts, Fraxinus  L., being distributed widely in China. If 
Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus  entered into China, it will pose a serious threat to the 
forest resources and ecological safety. In accordance with the Law of the People's 
Republic of China on the Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine and its implementing regulations, the international rules of plant quarantine, China adopted an emergency measure to prohibit the importation of Fraxinus  L. logs and timbers from the 
countries and regions where Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus  presents. G/SPS/N/CHN/632 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? 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)   
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  o 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of applicat ion (as applicable): 19 
November 2013  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if availabl e) of other body: