G/SPS/N/FRA/9  
16 April 2015  
(15-2040)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: French  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member: FRANCE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la forêt –  
Direction générale de l'alimentation  (Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifoods and Forestry – 
Directorate-General of Food and Nutrition) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS nu mbers should be provided in addition 
where applicable): HS codes 060210, 0602 20, 0602 90, which correspond to the 
following definition: "any plant for planting, other than seeds, of the genus or species listed in the annex to the Order". 
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: Arrêté du 2 avril 2015 relatif à la prévention de 
l'introduction de Xylella fastidiosa (Well and Raju)  (Order of 2 April 2015 on the prevention 
of the entry of Xylella fastidiosa  (Well and Raju)) Language(s): French Number of 
pages: 4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/FRA/15_1622_00_f.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes measures to prevent Xylella 
fastidiosa  from entering the country via imported items, while awaiting the introduction of 
enhanced European measures in this regard. 
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: Introduction of 
specific measures to protect against the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa , which has never been 
reported in France. The measures are based on the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) phytosanitary risk analysis, made public on 6 January 2015. 
9. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) ISPM No.  1: 
Principles of plant quarantine as related to international trade. G/SPS/N/FRA/9 
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  [ ] 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: EFSA 
phytosanitary risk analysis: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/f r/efsajournal/doc/3989.pdf  (in 
English) 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/p eriod of application (as applicable): 
3 April 2015. The notified Order establishes provisional measures that will apply until 
measures are adopted by the European Commission. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to ha ndle comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body: 
Commission européenne  
Direction Générale de la santé et sécurité alimentaire 
Unité G-6-Relations multilatérales internationales 
Rue Froissart 101B-1049 Bruxelles Tel.: +(32 2) 295 4263 Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090 
Email: sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Commission européenne  
Direction Générale de la santé et sécurité alimentaire 
Unité G-6-Relations multilatérales internationales 
Rue Froissart 101B-1049 Bruxelles Tel.: +(32 2) 295 4263 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090 
Email: sps@ec.europa.eu