G/SPS/N/EU/196/Add.2  
 
17 November 2017  
(17-6260) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 14 November 2017, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the European Union . 
 
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New phytosanitary import requirements to the European Union  
The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/196 (13 February 2017) was adopted as Commission 
Implementing Directive (EU) 2017/1279 of 14 July 2017 amending Annexes I to V to Council 
Directive 2000/29/EC on p rotective measures against the introduction into the Community of 
organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community 
[OJ L 184].  
An addendum to this notification was published on 4 August 2017, in which the European  Union 
informed about the adoption of the above measures. In addition, the European Union reminded 
trading partners the obligation to submit certain information t o the European Union prior to 
1 January 2018. In case the information is not provided by this date, the import into the EU 
territory of certain commodities will not be allowed.  
In G/SPS/N/EU/196/Add.1, Prunus persica  (L.) Batsch was accidentally not mentioned in the 
6th indent on page 1, amongst those commodities that would not be allowed to be imp orted into 
the EU territory if the requested information was not provided. Therefore, the text of notification 
G/SPS/N/EU/196/Add.1 should be amended and it should read as follows:  
NEW PROCEDURE:  
The European Commission invites non -EU trading countries to communicate prior to 
1 January  2018, the date of the application of the above mentioned Directive, the following 
information:  
 for the import requirements for the bacterial causative agent of the citrus canker disease, 
whether the country is free from the h armful organism or the pest free areas of the country 
recognized in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary 
Measures. In the case of the export of fruits subjected to a treatment, the details of the 
treatment applied need to be communicated and its efficacy documented (see the new point 
(16.2) and point (18.4) of Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC regarding 
the import requirements for Xanthomonas citri  pv. citri and Xanthomonas citri  pv. aurantifolii) ; 
 for the import requirements for Cercospora angolensis, whether the country is free from the 
harmful organism or the pest free areas of the country recognized in accordance with the 
relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (see the new po int (16.3) of 
Annex IV Part A Section I of Council Directive  2000/29/EC);  
 for the import requirements for citrus black spot, whether the country is free from the harmful 
organism or the pest free areas of the country recognized in accordance with the relev ant 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (see the new point (16.4) of Annex IV Part 
A Section I of Council Directive 2000/29/EC of Phyllosticta citricarpa) ; 
 for the import requirements for false codling moth, the treatment applied to the frui ts. In 
addition, the effectiveness of the mentioned treatment needs to be documented (see the new 
point (16.6) of Annex IV Part A Section I of  Thaumatotibia leucotreta).  G/SPS/N/EU/196/Add.2  
 
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  The requested information should be sent to the plant health contact point of the Euro pean 
Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety:  
SANTE -G1-PLANT -HEALTH@ec.europa.eu . 
As of 1 January 2018, the import into the EU territory of the following commodities will not be 
allowed, if that information is not provided.  
 Fruits of Citrus L., Fortunella  Swingle, Poncirus  Raf., Microcitrus Swingle,  Naringi Adans.,  
Swinglea Merr., and their hybrids originating in all non -EU countries;  
 Fruits of Capsicum  (L.), Prunus persica (L.) Batsch , Punica  granatum  L. originating in countries 
of the A frican continent, Cabo Verde, Saint Helena, Madagascar, La Réunion, Mauritius and 
Israel;  
 Plants of Microcitrus  Swingle, Naringi  Adans. and Swinglea  Merr., other than fruits and seeds 
originating in all non -EU countries.  
The received information will be shared by the Commission with the competent authorities of the 
member States of the European Union. In addition, an overview of the submitted information will 
be uploaded  in the Commission  web site  
(https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_health_biosecurity_en ). 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_5102_00_e. pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_5102_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_5102_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of  adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into fo rce 
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure 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 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
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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