Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest


WTO code G/SPS/N/EU/694
Date notice 16/11/2023
Notice type Regular
Title Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest
Summary

The Commission proposal consists of the targeted amendments of the plant health Regulation: (i) clarification concerning the measures against pests which are provisionally qualifying as quarantine pests but have not been fully assessed yet, (ii) amendment of the requirements regarding the declarations on the phytosanitary certificate for regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs), (iii) the reporting of noncompliances with the RNQP rules in the electronic notification system (Information Management System for Official Controls – IMSOC), (iv) the introduction of an empowerment for a Commission act to adopt with autonomous acts, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and temporary special import requirements for commodities that have been removed from the list of highrisk plants, plant products and other objects but for which the pest risk has not been fully assessed, (v) The introduction of an empowerment for a Commission act to adopt procedural rules for the submission and examination of third countries' requests for temporary derogations from import prohibitions or from import requirements, (vi) the introduction of an empowerment for a Delegated act to adopt procedures for identifying and listing of high-risk plants, (vii) the clarification of the legal basis for setting out requirements for third countries' equivalence, in order to refer not only to internal movement, requirements but also to existing import requirements, (viii) the introduction of an empowerment for a Commission act, to rationalise the obligation to attach a plant passport to certain plants, (ix) the alignment of the possibility to accept alternative official attestations issued by third countries with the international state of play, (x) rationalisation of certain reporting obligations 

Product Plants, plant products and other objects (HS Chapters: 06 (live plants), 07 (vegetables), 08 (fruits), 10 (cereals), 12 (seeds), 14 (pollen), 44 (wood), 84 (machinery), 87 (vehicles))
Country European Union

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NEU694.pdf

Orther Notice:


G/SPS/N/EU/852 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/752 of 16 April 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of L-tyrosine as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 101/2014 (Text with EEA relevance)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1345 - Proposed revision of Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives
G/SPS/N/TUR/94/Add.1 - The Communiqué on the Amendment of the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Aromatised Wine, Aromatised Wine-Based Drinks and Aromatised Wine-Product Cocktails
G/SPS/N/EU/851 - Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests
G/SPS/N/JPN/1336 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1337 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1338 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1339 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1340 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1341 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1342 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1343 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1344 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
G/SPS/N/KOR/822 - Proposed Revision of the "Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control"
G/SPS/N/RUS/315 - Draft Decision of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendments to the Common Veterinary (Sanitary and Veterinary) Requirements for Goods Subject to Veterinary Control (Surveillance) and Draft Decision of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendments to the Veterinary Certificate for Honey Bees, Bumblebees, Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Cocoons, Crickets, and Entomophagous Insects Exported to the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (Form 18)
G/SPS/N/USA/3273/Add.1 - Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Galdieria Extract Blue; Final amendment; Order
G/SPS/N/USA/3370/Add.1 - Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Calcium Phosphate; Final Amendment; Order
G/SPS/N/USA/3448/Add.1 - Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Butterfly Pea Flower Extract; Final amendment; Order
G/SPS/N/BDI/53/Rev.1, G/SPS/N/KEN/209/Rev.1, G/SPS/N/RWA/46/Rev.1, G/SPS/N/TZA/275/Rev.1, G/SPS/N/UGA/250/Rev.1 - DEAS 173:2023, Draft East African Standards for Pasta Products
G/SPS/N/BDI/99/Rev.1, G/SPS/N/KEN/274/Rev.1, G/SPS/N/RWA/92/Rev.1, G/SPS/N/TZA/348/Rev.1, G/SPS/N/UGA/326/Rev.1 - DEAS 282:2024, Wheat semolina - Specification, Second Edition
G/SPS/N/BDI/100/Rev.1 G/SPS/N/KEN/275/Rev.1 G/SPS/N/RWA/93/Rev.1 G/SPS/N/TZA/349/Rev.1 G/SPS/N/UGA/327/Rev.1 - DEAS 44: 2024, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition.
G/SPS/N/UKR/241 - The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 540 "On Amendments to the Clause 2 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1229 of 25 October 2024" of 9 May 2025
G/SPS/N/UKR/234/Add.1 - Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Procedure for Classifying Drinking Water as Natural Mineral Water"
G/SPS/N/UKR/238/Add.1 - Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine No. 159 of 26 March 2018"
G/SPS/N/AUS/502/Add.20 - Notification of emergency measures for Khapra beetle
G/SPS/N/BDI/132, G/SPS/N/KEN/335, G/SPS/N/RWA/125, G/SPS/N/TZA/453, G/SPS/N/UGA/442 - DEAS 1265: 2025, Pea seed — Requirements for certification, First Edition
G/SPS/N/EU/849 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/757 of 16 April 2025 concerning the authorisation of sepiolite as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance).
G/SPS/N/EU/850 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/714 of 10 April 2025 concerning the authorisation of indigo carmine as a feed additive for cats, dogs and ornamental fish (Text with EEA relevance)
G/SPS/N/BDI/130, G/SPS/N/KEN/333, G/SPS/N/RWA/123, G/SPS/N/TZA/450, G/SPS/N/UGA/440 - DEAS 1263:2025, Sweet potato seed — Requirements for certification, First Edition
G/SPS/N/BDI/131, G/SPS/N/KEN/334, G/SPS/N/RWA/124, G/SPS/N/TZA/452, G/SPS/N/UGA/441 - DEAS 1264:2025, Vegetable seed — Requirements for certification: Part 1 — Cucurbit, First Edition
G/SPS/N/TZA/451 - TBS/ AFDC 13 (3649) DTZS, Spirits not covered by specific standards – Specification, First Edition
G/SPS/N/URY/97 - Proyecto de Resolución GMC No 01/25 - Modificación de las Resoluciones GMC No 50/97, 53/98, 51/00, 08/06 y 09/07 sobre Aditivos Alimentarios (Draft Resolution No. 01/25 - Amendment to Common Market Group (GMC) Resolutions Nos. 50/97, 53/98, 51/00, 08/06 and 09/07 on food additives)
G/SPS/N/GBR/93 - Proposed GB MRLs for thiabendazole amending the GB MRL Statutory Register
G/SPS/N/GBR/94 - Proposed GB MRLs for emamectin amending the GB MRL Statutory Register.
G/SPS/N/GBR/91 - GBHC691 v1.2 Model health certificate for day-old chicks other than ratites
G/SPS/N/GBR/92 - Model Health Certificate GBHC093X for raw petfood from non-EU countries; Model Health Certificate GBHC434 for raw or treated raw collagen or gelatine materials for transit or storage; Model Health Certificate GBHC440 for composite products; Model Health Certificate GBHC501 for blood products from Equidae.
G/SPS/N/TPKM/646 - Draft Amendment on the Regulations of Inspection of Imported Foods and Related Products
G/SPS/N/BRA/2404 - Draft Resolution 1324, 17 April 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2405 - Draft Resolution 1327, 23 April 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2406 - Draft Resolution 1328, 23 April 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2407 - Draft Resolution 1329, 25 April 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2408 - Draft - Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of cumin seeds from any origin
G/SPS/N/BRA/2409 - Draft - Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of propagative material (Category 4) of Elaeis spp. from any origin
G/SPS/N/DOM/73 - Etiquetado Frontal de Advertencia Nutricional (EFAN) de la República Dominicana (Front-of-pack nutrition labelling (EFAN) for the Dominican Republic)
G/SPS/N/GBR/89 - A new GB MRL for fluopicolide amending the GB MRL Statutory Register
G/SPS/N/GBR/90 - New GB MRLs for propamocarb amending the GB MRL Statutory Register
G/SPS/N/FRA/21 - Arrêté du 15 avril 2025 portant suspension d'importation, d'introduction et de mise sur le marché à titre gratuit ou onéreux en France de compléments alimentaires contenant la plante Garcinia cambogia Desr. et toutes préparations issues de partie de cette plante (Order of 15 April 2025 suspending the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant)
G/SPS/N/EU/848 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/636 of 25 March 2025 amending Annexes III and V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 as regards model animal health certificates, model official certificates, model animal health/official certificates and private attestation, for the entry into the Union or transit through the Union to a third country of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance)
G/SPS/N/TZA/448 - CD-ARS 1816:2025, Chocolate and Chocolate Products - Specification, First Edition
G/SPS/N/TZA/449 - CD-ARS 2171:2025, Iced Tea - Specification, First Edition.