Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

Further to the notification G/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.1 by which the European Union (EU) notified to its trading partners the published Commission Implementing Regulation 2025/2249, the European Union would like to inform trading partners of the document "Minimum wording of the additional declaration for Annex V of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072". This document aims at clarifying the minimum wording that should be included in the Additional Declaration of the phytosanitary certificate in relation to RNQPs, to be acceptable by EU member States. The document is the result of the agreement reached among EU member States at the meeting of the Standing Committee of Plants, Animals Food and Feed – section Plant Health, on 17-18 November 2025. The document will also be available as an attachment to the minutes of that Committee meeting (https://food.ec.europa.eu/horizontal-topics/committees/paff-committees/plant-health_en).