. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/327 
18 March 2008  
 (08-1213) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities.  Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General, Directorate D – Animal Health and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Numerous position under chapter 06 (Live trees and other plants) as well as 
wood and wood packaging material circula ting under Chapter 44 and Heading 9406.  
ICS:  55 (Packaging and distribution of goods)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Member States of the European Communities (E C) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the EC 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  European Commission 
Document SANCO/3310/2007 Rev. 8.  " Draft Commission Directive amending Annexes I, II, 
IV and V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on prot ective measures against the introduction 
into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products  and against their spread 
within the Community " (available in English, 11 pages) 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/sps/EEC/08_0731_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft Directive concerns the plant materials susceptible to the 
following harmful organisms:  Dendrolimus sibiricus  Tschetverikov; Rhynchophorus 
palmarum  (L.); Agrilus planipennis  Fairmaire; Chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus; 
Scrobipalpopsis solanivora  (Povolny); Stegophora ulmea  (Schweinitz:  Fries) Sydow & 
Sydow; Diabrotica virgifera zeae (Krysan & Smith); Parasaissetia nigra  (Nietner) and 
Paysandisia archon  (Burmeister).  
New updated protective m easures are set for the import  of following plants and plant 
products: 
• plants, wood and isolated bark of Fraxinus, Juglans, Ulmus  and Pterocarya from 
Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of  Korea, Russia, Taiwan and the United 
States; • potato tubers; • plants for planting of Dendranthema  (including Chrysanthemum ) and Lycopersicon 
lycoersicum ;  and 
• plants of the following 11 genera of Palmae:  Brahea, Butia, Chamaerops, Jubaea, 
Livistona, Phoenix, Sabal, Syagrus, Trac hycarpus, Trithrinax, Washingtonia . 
There are also 3 changes, and the most relevant to the external trade is the update of CN Code 
for the wood of Acer saccharum  to ex 4407 93. G/SPS/N/EEC/327 
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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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  This regulatory amendment is consistent with the 
standards, guidelines and recommendations of th e International Plant Pr otection Convention:  
https://www.ippc.int /IPP/En/default.jsp  
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Council 
Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective  measures against the introduction into the 
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within 
the Community. 
See: 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2000:169:0001:0112:EN:PDF  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  May 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after th e date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu