G/SPS/N/EU/272/Add.3  
 
10 January 2019  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 8 January 2019 , is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Union . 
 
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Procedures to Carry Out the Risk Assessment o f Plants Listed as High Risk Plants  
The European Union notified with G/SPS/N/EU/272/Add.2 the adoption of the Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 establishing a provisional list of high risk plants, plant 
products or other objects, within the meaning of Article 42 of Regulatio n (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.  
The European Union would now like to inform WTO Members about the adoption of Commission 
Implementing Regulation 2018/2018 detailing the procedures and the information required to carry 
out the risk assessment  when a demand for import of high risk plants exists (OJ 323, 
19 December  2018, p. 7 -9). 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.323.01.0007.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2018:323:TO  
This Regulation shall apply from 14 Decemb er 2019, but dossiers can be submitted from the date of 
publication of this text.  
The demand for import of plants listed as high risk plants accompanied by the technical dossier with 
all the elements needed to carry out the risk assessment, as indicated in  Regulation (EU) 2018/2018, 
should be sent to the plant health contact point of the European Commission, Directorate General for 
Health and Food Safety:  SANTE -G1-PLANT -HEALTH@ec.europa.eu . 
As of 14 December 2019, the import into the EU territory of the plants listed under points 1 and 2 of 
Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2018/2019, listing high risk plants, will be prohibited until a risk 
assessment has been carried out.  
SPECIFIC PROCEDURE TO EXPORT FRUITS OF MOMORDICA AND WOOD OF ULMUS  
The Commission invites  the countries exporting these commodities to the European Union to 
communicate prior to 14 December 2019, the following information in relation to fruits of 
Momordica  L. and wood of Ulmus  L.: 
a) For the import of fruits of Momordica  L.: 
 official statement by  the national plant protection organisation of the country that the fruits 
originate in a country, or area within the country, recognised as being free from Thrips palmi  
Karny in accordance with relevant International Stand ards for Phytosanitary Measures;  or 
 data on phytosanitary mitigation measures, as indicated in section 5 of the EFSA Technical Report 
"Information required for dossiers to support demands for import of high risk plants, plant 
products and other objects as foreseen in Article 42 of Regulat ion (EU) 2016/2031" 
(http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supporting/pub/en -1492). 
b) For the import of wood of Ulmus  L.: G/SPS/N/EU/272/Add.3  
 
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   official statement by the national plant protection organisation of the country that the wood 
originates in a country, or area within the country, recognised as being free from Saperda 
tridentata Olivier in accordance with relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures.  
The requested information should be s ent to the plant health contact point of the European 
Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety:  SANTE -G1-PLANT -
HEALTH@ec.europa.eu . 
As of 14 December 2019, the import into the EU territory of the following commodities will not be 
allowed,  if that information is not provided:  
• Fruits of Momordica  L.; 
• Wood of Ulmus  L. 
WEBINAR  
The European Union  would also like to announce that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will 
organise a webinar on 12 February 2019 explaining the information that  non-EU countries have to 
provide in the dossiers accompanying the demand for import of high risk plants, plant products and 
other objects as foreseen in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 for the risk assessment to be 
carried out. The registration de tails to the webinar will be available shortly before the date of the 
webinar in the website of EFSA ( http://www.efsa.europa.eu/ ). 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_0164_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_0164_00_ f.pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_0164_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date o f entry into force  
[X] Other: 1) Information of the publication of Regulation (EU) 2018/2018 laying down 
specific rules concerning the procedure to be followed in order to carry out the risk 
assessment of high risk plants, plant products and other objects  within the meaning 
of Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the Europea n Parliament and of the 
Council;  2) specific procedures to export fruits of Momordica  L. and wood of Ulmus  L.; 
and 3) information about webinar organised by EFSA to explain the information that 
third countries have to provide in the dossiers for the risk assessment to be carried 
out. 
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified me asure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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 Froissart 101, B -1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 426 3 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  G/SPS/N/EU/272/Add.3  
 
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  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  
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