G/SPS/N/EU/499  
 
30 July 2021  
(21-6003) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
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):  Plants, plant pro ducts and other objects (HS Chapters: 06 (live 
plants), 07 (vegetables), 08 (fruits), 09 (certain seeds or plants for planting), 10 (cereals), 
12 (miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit), 14 (vegetable material), 44 (wood), 94 
(prefabricated buildings of wo od)) 
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:  Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests, prohibitions and 
requirements for the introduction into, and movement within, the Union of plants, plant 
products and other objects, and repealing Decisions 98/109/EC and 2002/757/EC and 
Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/885 and (EU) 2020/1292 . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  9+126 (Annex)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_4995_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_4995_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Implementing Regulation 2019/2072 contains the list of Union 
Quarantine pests, Protected Zone Quarantine Pests and Regulated Non -Quarantine Pests 
(RNQPs). Furthermore, it lays down phytosanitary import and internal movement 
requirements for plants, plant products and other objects that may pose a phytosanitary 
risk to the European Union.  
The draft amendment of Implementing Regulation 2019/2072 stipulates:  
− Addition of new pests in the list of Union quarantine pests (Annex II);  
− Revision of the pests that are currently regulated as groups of pests (Annex II);  
− Changes in sc ientific names of pests (Annex II);  
− Addition of new pests in the list of RNQPs (Annex IV);  
− Revisions of the prohibited commodities (Annex VI);  
− Addition of new import requirements (Annexes V and VII);  
− Revision of existing import requirements (Annexes V, VII and X);  
− Addition/Revision of CN codes (Annexes VI, VII, X and XI);  
− Revision of regulated commodities (Annexes XI and XII);  
− Repeal of Decisions 98/109/EC and 2002/757/EC and Implementing Regulations (EU) 
2020/885 and (EU) 2020/1292.  
In addit ion, the draft Regulation contains additions/revisions of internal movement 
requirements of regulated commodities in the European Union. These revisions are 
provided for information and clarity purposes.  G/SPS/N/EU/499  
 
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  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. 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) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
− ISPM No.4: "Requirements for the establishment of pest free areas"  
− ISPM No.10: "Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of 
production and pest free production sites"  
− ISPM No.11: "Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests"  
− ISPM No.14: "The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest 
risk managem ent" 
− ISPM No.16: "Regulated non -quarantine pests: concept and application"  
− ISPM No.19: "Guidelines on lists of regulated pests"  
− ISPM No.21: "Pest risk analysis for regulated non quarantine pests"  
− ISPM No.31: "Methodologies for sampling of consignments"  
− ISPM No.42: "Requirements for the use of temperature treatments as 
phytosanitary measures"  
− ISPM No.44: "Requirements for the use of modified atmosphere treatments as 
phytosanitary measures"  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant intern ational 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:   
− Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants, available 
in all the official languages of the European Union  
− Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions 
for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament  and 
the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (consolidated version), available in all the official 
languages of  the European Union   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : October 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : The twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Union.  
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 September 2021  
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) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
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  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brusse ls 
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu