G/SPS/N/EU/272  
 
26 September 2018  
(18-5942) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -
General  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Numerous positions under chapters 6 (Live trees and other plan ts), 
7 (Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers), 8 (Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus 
fruits or melons), 44 (Wood and articles of wood)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partn ers  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Commission Implementing Regulation establishing a 
provisional list of high risk plants, plant products or other objects, within the meaning of 
Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and a list of plants for which phytosanitary 
certificates are not required for introduction into the Union, within the meaning of 
Article  73 of that Regulation . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/EEC/18_5078_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/EEC/18_5078_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This text contains the list of high -risk plants, plant products or 
other objects within the meaning of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and the list 
of plants that are exempted from carrying a phytosanitary certificate within the meaning 
of Article 73 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.  
The introduction into the European Union of plants, plant products or other objects listed 
as high -risk plants within the mean ing of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 will be 
prohibited pending a complete risk assessment.  
The list of high -risk plants, plant products and other objects contains:  
 34 genera and one species of plants for planting ( Acacia  sp., Acer sp., Albizia  sp., 
Alnus  sp., Annona  sp., Bauhinia  sp., Berberis  sp., Betula  sp., Caesalpinia  sp., 
Cassia  sp., Castanea  sp., Cornus  sp., Corylus  sp., Crataegus  sp., Diospyros  sp., 
Fagus  sp., Ficus carica , Fraxinus  sp., Hamamelis  sp., Jasminum  sp., Juglans  sp., 
Ligustru m sp., Lonicera  sp., Malus  sp., Nerium  sp., Persea  sp., Populus  sp., 
Prunus  sp., Quercus  sp., Robinia  sp., Salix sp., Sorbus  sp., Taxus  sp., Tilia sp., 
Ulmus),  
 one plant ( Ullucus tuberosus),  
 one fruit ( Momordica genus), and  
 one wood (wood of Ulmus  genus).  G/SPS/N/EU/272  
 
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  The list of plants that are exempted from carrying a phytosanitary certificate within the 
meaning of Article 73 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 contains 5 fruits: Ananas comosus , 
Cocos nucifera , Durio zibethinus , Musa sp., Phoenix dactilifera . 
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. Is there a relevant international standard? 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 Conve ntion (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
 ISPM No. 1 "Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the 
application of phytosanitary measures in international trade"  
[ ] 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of  
26 October  2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, available at: 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016R2031   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : January 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Jour nal of the 
European Union; applicable from 14 December 2019.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 November 2018  
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 Froissa rt 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  G/SPS/N/EU/272  
 
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  13. 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