G/SPS/N/SVN/22
5 May 2015 
(15-2403)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member:  SLOVENIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  A d m i n i s t r a t i o n  o f  t h e  R e p u b l i c  o f  S l o v e n i a  f o r  F o o d  S a f e t y ,  
Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection 
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): Hop plants Humulus lupulus  L. (HS Codes: 0601, 0602, 
0603, 0604, 1210) 
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: Decision on emergency measures against the 
introduction and spread of viroid hop stunt diseases  Language(s): English and 
Slovenian  Number of pages: 7 and 5 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/SVN/15_1883_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/SVN/15_1883_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: Emergency phytosanitary measures have been adopted to 
prevent the introduction and spread of hop st unt disease caused by the Hop Stunt Viroid 
(HSVd) and the severe hop stunt disease caused by the Citrus Bark Cracking Viroid 
(CBCVd) in hop plants Humulus lupulus  L. The introduction and spread of HSVd and 
CBCVd on hop plants shall be prohibited. Eradication measures, obligations of hop growers and requirements for the establishm ent of pest free hop production sites are 
defined. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: HSVd and CBCVd 
are new harmful organisms to hop plants in Europe. They were found in very limited 
areas in Slovenia, where eradication measures have been in place since first outbreak of 
HSVd in 2011. In 2015 eradication measures have been extended to CBCVd, as CBCVd was identified by next-generation sequencing to be a new pathogen to hop plants, 
causing severe hop stunt disease and plant death in the same outbreak area. Therefore 
the introduction and spread of HSVd and CB CVd on hop plants have been prohibited. 
The main objective of official measures is to  prevent the spread of the hop stunt disease 
caused by the HSVd and the severe hop stunt disease caused by CBCVd from infected 
zones. CBCVd is very damaging to hop plants: severe symptoms are developed 
four months to one year after infection. The incubation period for the development of hop stunt disease caused by HSVd is 3-5 years.  Disease is spread by plants for planting, 
hop debris and within a hop field rapidly in a direction of handling with machinery and 
tools. HASVd and CBCVd can cause high economic losses in hop production area. G/SPS/N/SVN/22 
 
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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) ISPM 1, 
ISPM 9, ISPM 10, ISPM 36 
[ ] 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:      
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
28 March 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 G6-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 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (if available)  of other body:  
European Commission 
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit G6-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