Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The  following  amendments  are  being  made  to  England, Scotland, and Wales (Great Britain) assimilated law Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072:
1.   Moving Agrilus horni and Heterobasidion occidentale to the list of GB Quarantine Pests from the provisional Quarantine Pest list;
2.   Moving Toumeyella parvicornis to the list of GB Quarantine Pests from the provisional Quarantine Pest list, including the need to meet the specific import requirements;
3.   The removal of the pest Helicoverpa armigera from the GB Quarantine Pest list and the withdrawal of its specific import requirements;
4.   The removal of two bark beetle species, Dendroctonus micans and Ips cembrae, from the list of Pest Free Area Quarantine Pests. Previously there were Pest Free Areas for these pests in the West of Scotland;
5.   The addition of Homona magnanima as a GB provisional Quarantine Pest;
6.   An  update  to  the  geographical  extent  of  import  requirements  for  Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, to reflect expansion of pest presence to Armenia;
7.   An update to correct a misplaced asterisk in point 2 of part B of Annex VII requirement for  Xylella  fastidiosa,  to  clarify  the  requirement  to  provide  Pest  Free  Area  details  (if used) on the phytosanitary certificate;
8.   A  change  to  the  name  of  provisional  Quarantine  Pest  from  Ennomos  subsignarius  to Ennomos subsignaria.
More  information  on  the  measures  can  be  found  in  the  Q&A  Document  linked  to  this notification.