G/SPS/N/GBR/9/Rev.1  
 
6 December 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED KINGDOM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs  
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):  Commodities listed in Part A of Annex XI to Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2072 (as retained)  
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1527/schedule/10/data.pdf  
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:  Revision of GB approach for risk targeted plant health 
import inspections . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/GBR/21_7561_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This instrument will introduce a risk -targeted approach to plant  
health import inspections in Great Britain. The proposed scheme notified in 
G/SPS/N/GBR/9 is being revised following feedback from stakeholders. Instead, a broad 
inspection regime will be introduced, applicable to a wider range of goods of phytosanitary 
relevance, based on the risk associated with a particular commodity and origin.  
The notified document lays out the intended approach in Great Britain to setting the 
frequency of physical and identity import checks. The proposed baseline frequency of 
inspect ions included in the notified document provides a harmonized starting point for 
inspections of selected goods from all trading partners. Following a follow -up consultation, 
which may result in changes to the policy, inspection frequencies will be applied f rom 
1 July 2022. Inspection will allow monitoring of risk and collection of data to inform 
decisions and potentially adjust inspection frequencies.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans fr om 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) :  G/SPS/N/GBR/9/Rev.1  
 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM No. 32 
Categorization of commodities according to their pest risk  
[ ] 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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 31 May 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 31 May 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 February 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
UK SPS Contact Point, Defra, Nobel House, London SW1P 3JR  
E-mail: UKSPS@defra.gov.uk  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
UK SPS Contact Point, Defra, Nobel House, London SW1P 3JR  
E-mail: UKSPS@defra.gov.uk