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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/334 
15 October 2008  
 (08-4929) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
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 E – Safety of the Food Chain 
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):  Specified host plants to c itrus longhorned beetle [ Anoplophora chinensis  
(Forster)] 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Third 
countries exporting the plants concerned to the EC and the Member States of the European 
Communities (EC)  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Commission Decision 
on emergency measures to prevent the introduc tion into and spread within the Community 
of Anoplophora chinensis  (Forster) available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/EEC/08_3220_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Emergency measures against the introduction into and spread 
within the European Communities of Anoplophora chinensis  (Forster) through the import, 
production, movement and control of specified plants in the European Communities. 
Specified plants for planting, other than seeds of Acer  spp., Aesculus hippocastanum , Alnus  
spp., Betula  spp., Carpinus  spp., Citrus  spp., Corylus  spp., Cotoneaster  spp., Fagus  spp., 
Lagerstroemia  spp., Malus  spp., Platanus  spp., Populus  spp., Prunus  spp., Pyrus  spp., 
Salix  spp., and Ulmus  spp. 
The measures will be reviewed after one year. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ X ] protect territory from other 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Consignments of 
imported host plants of Anoplophora chinensis  (Forster) were repetitively found infested 
from this organism.  Recent outbreaks in the EC  territory indicate that citrus longhorned 
beetle has the potential to establish within the EC.  Therefore, specific measures to protect 
the host plants from attack of this harmful orga nism are urgently needed within the EC.  A 
survey to check for the presen ce and for the evidence of in festation by the specified 
organism will be carried out on host plants in the EC Member States.  The measures will be 
reviewed after one year. 
9. 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 notification complies with 
the International Standard on Phytosanitary Measures No.13 "Guidelines for the notification of non-compliance and emerge ncy action".  Moreover, the European 
Communities follows International Standard for Phytosanitary M easures No.4 for the 
establishment of pest-free areas. 
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   More information 
on EC plant health regime for the control of harmful organisms within the European 
Communities is available at the link indicated below: 
http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/organisms/emergency/index_en.htm  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  31 October 2008 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu  
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