G/SPS/N/ FRA/12  
 
6 September 2016  
(16-4747) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  FRANCE   
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:   
Direction générale de l'alimentation  (Directorate -General of Food and Nutrition ) 
Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la forêt  (Ministry of Agriculture, 
Agrifoods and Forestry ) 
251 rue de Vaugirard  
75015 Paris  
E-mail: sps.sdasei.dgal@agriculture.gouv.fr  
3. Products covered (provide tari ff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Plants, plant products and other  objects  subject to 
phytosanitary inspection  
4. Regions or countries likely to be a ffected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Non-members of the European Union  
5. Title of the notified document:  Arrêté du 12 avril 2016 modifiant l'arrêté du 
24 mai 2006 relatif aux exigenc es sanitaires des végétaux, produits végétaux et autres 
objets  (Order of 12 April 2016 amending the Order  of 24 May 2006 on the health  
requirements  for plants, plant products and other objects )   
Language(s):  French   Number of pages:  2  
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/FRA/16_3729_00_F.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Order amends  the health  requirements  governing  
the importatio n of plants, plant products and other related objects . It provides that, in 
the event of post-shipment certification  of the goods , the date of inspection must be  
indicated  under the heading "Additional  declaration ", in accordance with paragraph 4 of 
Intern ational Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 12 , if the exporting 
country is on the  alert list  published by the European Commission .   
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from  animal/plant pest or disease, [ X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/FRA/12  
 
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  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 t ext)  
[ ] World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number)  
International Standards for Phyt osanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 12  
[ ] 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:   
Consolidated text: 
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/telecharger_rtf.do?idTexte=LEGITEXT000019413485&da
teTexte=20160718  
10. Proposed  date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 12 April 2016  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 May 2016  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Measures in force since 11 May 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 November 2016  
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  
Directorate -General for Health and Food Safety  
Unit D2 - Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B -1049 Brussels 
Tel.: (+32 2) 295 -4263 
Fax: (+32 2) 29 9-8090 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. 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  
Directorate -General for Health and Food Safety  
Unit D2 - Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B -1049 Bru ssels 
Tel.: (+32 2) 295 -4263 
Fax: (+32 2) 299 -8090 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu