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European UnionCorrected since it was notified

Trees and other plants – European Union

Official title

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests

The European Union issued a correction on 19 December 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/EU/851. The measure was first notified on 19 May 2025. The comment period closed on 18 July 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Plants (HS chapters: 06 (live plants))

HS codes
  • 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
    • 06 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
Notifying member
European Union
Status
Corrected since it was notified
Objectives
  • Plant protection
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/EU/851Latest notice: G/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.2/Corr.1
Keywords
Plant health, Pests, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg., Human health, Labelling, Food safety, Food additives

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 18 July 2025
Proposed adoption
July-September 2025
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 18 July 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.2/Corr.1; it can take them up with the European Union.

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What the notification says

The draft Regulation amends Annexes IV and V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. Major points to be highlighted: Change in scientific names of pests; Change on the format of Annex V into table for all Parts, in order to allow for third countries to indicate in the phytosanitary certificate the relevant measure applied, in line with Article 71(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/3115; Addition, in Annex V, of the option for the introduction of plants into the Union, not only movement within the Union, for Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. in Part C, Dothistroma pini Hulbary, Dothistroma septosporum (Dorogin) Morelet, Lecanosticta acicola (von Thümen) Sydow and Phytophthora ramorum (EU isolates) Werres, De Cock & Man in 't Veld in Parts C and D, Puccinia horiana P. Hennings, Aculops fuchsiae Keifer, Opogona sacchari Bojer, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier), Impatiens necrotic spot tospovirus and Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus virus in Part C, Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr. in Part D, Fusarium Link (anamorphic genus), other than Fusarium oxysporum sp. albedinis (Kill. & Maire) W.L. Gordon and Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O'Donnell, Helicobasidium brebissoni (Desm.) Donk, Stromatinia cepivora Berk. and Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus in Part H; Addition, in Annex V, of the option of area free for of Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev in Parts A, C, E and H, Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et…

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. CorrigendumG/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.2/Corr.1

    The listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests

    On 24 November 2025, the European Union (EU) informed its trading partners of the document 'Minimum wording of the additional declaration for Annex V of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072' (notification G/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.2), with the aim of 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. This corrigendum corrects an error in this document in relation to the minimum information to be provided in the case of pest free areas. The correct version of this document is provided.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

  2. AddendumG/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.2

    The listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests

    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 (

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

  3. AddendumG/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.1

    The listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests

    The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/851 (19 May 2025) is now adopted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2249 of 10 November 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 6 July 2026.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)

  4. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/EU/851

    Comment deadline: Closed on 18 July 2025

    Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests

    The draft Regulation amends Annexes IV and V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. Major points to be highlighted: Change in scientific names of pests; Change on the format of Annex V into table for all Parts, in order to allow for third countries to indicate in the phytosanitary certificate the relevant measure applied, in line with Article 71(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/3115; Addition, in Annex V, of the option for the introduction of plants into the Union, not only movement within the Union, for Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al. in Part C, Dothistroma pini Hulbary, Dothistroma septosporum (Dorogin) Morelet, Lecanosticta acicola (von Thümen) Sydow and Phytophthora ramorum (EU isolates) Werres, De Cock & Man in 't Veld in Parts C and D, Puccinia horiana P. Hennings, Aculops fuchsiae Keifer, Opogona sacchari Bojer, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier), Impatiens necrotic spot tospovirus and Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus virus in Part C, Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr. in Part D, Fusarium Link (anamorphic genus), other than Fusarium oxysporum sp. albedinis (Kill. & Maire) W.L. Gordon and Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O'Donnell, Helicobasidium brebissoni (Desm.) Donk, Stromatinia cepivora Berk. and Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus in Part H; Addition, in Annex V, of the option of area free for of Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev in Parts A, C, E and H, Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et…

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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