G/SPS/N/CHN/601  
 
27 March 2013  
(13-1653)  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:  Ministry of Agriculture, 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;  ICS 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:  Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, 
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey (United Kingdom), 
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lit huania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, 
Romania, Russian Federation (Kaliningrad), Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, etc. where Chalara fraxinea  presents.  
5. Title of the notified document:  Announcement on Supplement of Chalara fraxinea  T. 
Kowalski into the Entry Plant Quarantine Pest List of P.R. China  Language(s):  Chinese   
Number of pages:  2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/CHN/13_1279_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Chalara fraxinea  T. Kowalski is added to the Entry Plant 
Quarantine Pest List of China. China suspends the importation of Fraxinus  L. seeds, 
seedlings and other plant propagation materials from the countries and regions where 
Chalara fraxinea  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 Chalara fraxinea  T. Kowalski. Based 
on the pest risk assessment, the likelihood of entry of Chalara fraxinea  is high, the 
hosts, Fraxinus  L., are distributed widely in China, and the potential for establishment 
and spread of Chalara fraxinea  are high. If Chalara fraxinea  entered into China, the 
economic, environmental and social impacts would be high. This emergency measure for Chalara fraxinea  is carried out in accordance with the Law of China on the Entry and Exit 
Animal and Plant Quarantine, and the relevant phytosanitary and sanitary laws and 
regulations of China. Chalara fraxinea  T. Kowalski has been added to the Entry Plant 
Quarantine Pest List of China. G/SPS/N/CHN/601 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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:   
Announcement on Supplement of Chalara fraxinea  T. Kowalski into the Entry Plant 
Quarantine Pest List of China (available in Chinese) 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
8 March 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle  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 Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available)  of other body: