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Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending

Official title

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests and rules on the introduction into, and movement within, the Union territory of plants, plant products and other objects

The European Union issued an addendum on 17 April 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/EU/900. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 8 December 2025. The comment period closed on 6 February 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Plants, plant products and other objects (HS chapters: 01 (beehives), 06 (live plants), 07 (vegetables), 08 (fruits), 09 (Spices), 12 (seeds), 14 (vegetable products), 44 (wood), 46 (beehives), 84 (machinery), 87 (vehicles), 94 (prefabricated buildings of wood))

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 01 LIVE ANIMALS
  • 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
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 07 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 08 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS
  • 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
    • 09 COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER
  • 14 · Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
    • 14
  • 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
    • 44
All 12 codes
  • 46 · Manufactures of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
    • 46 MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 84 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF
  • 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
    • 87 VEHICLES OTHER THAN RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROLLING STOCK, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
  • 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
    • 94 FURNITURE; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, MATTRESS SUPPORTS, CUSHIONS AND SIMILAR STUFFED FURNISHINGS; LUMINAIRES AND LIGHTING FITTINGS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR…
Notifying member
European Union
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Plant protection
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/EU/900Latest notice: G/SPS/N/EU/900/Add.1
Keywords
Plant health, Pests, Territory protection, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

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Comment deadline
Closed on 6 February 2026
Proposed adoption
March-April 2026
Proposed entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and certain measures shall apply six months after publicatio

How to comment

The comment period closed on 6 February 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/EU/900/Add.1; it can take them up with the European Union.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/EU/900/Add.1⁩, 17 April 2026)

Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests and rules on the introduction into, and movement within, the Union territory of plants, plant products and other objects

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/900 (8 December 2025) is now adopted: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/826 of 14 April 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests and rules on the introduction into, and movement within, the Union territory of plants, plant products and other objects.

Implementing Regulation 2019/2072 contains the list of Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs). Furthermore, it lays down phytosanitary import and internal movement requirements for plants, plant products and other objects that may pose a phytosanitary risk to the European Union. The draft amendment of Implementing Regulation 2019/2072 stipulates: Addition of new pests in the list of Union quarantine pests (Agrilus bilineatus (Weber), Gymnandrosoma aurantianum Lima and Naupactus xanthographus (Germar)); Removal of certain Tephritidae species from the list of Union quarantine pests; Deletions and revisions of the Protection Zones for Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; Addition of new import and internal movement requirements; Revision of existing import and internal movement requirements; Addition/Revision in CN codes.

Notices on this measure

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

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/EU/900/Add.1

    Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests and rules on the introduction into, and movement within, the Union territory of plants, plant products and other objects

    The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/900 (8 December 2025) is now adopted: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/826 of 14 April 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests and rules on the introduction into, and movement within, the Union territory of plants, plant products and other objects.

    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 (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/EU/900

    Comment deadline: Closed on 6 February 2026

    Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests and rules on the introduction into, and movement within, the Union territory of plants, plant products and other objects

    Implementing Regulation 2019/2072 contains the list of Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs). Furthermore, it lays down phytosanitary import and internal movement requirements for plants, plant products and other objects that may pose a phytosanitary risk to the European Union. The draft amendment of Implementing Regulation 2019/2072 stipulates: Addition of new pests in the list of Union quarantine pests (Agrilus bilineatus (Weber), Gymnandrosoma aurantianum Lima and Naupactus xanthographus (Germar)); Removal of certain Tephritidae species from the list of Union quarantine pests; Deletions and revisions of the Protection Zones for Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; Addition of new import and internal movement requirements; Revision of existing import and internal movement requirements; Addition/Revision in CN codes.

    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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