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WTO notification · SPS

European UnionProposed measure, open for comments

Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing

Official title

Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards measures to prevent the entry into the Union territory, and the spread within it, of Aleurocanthus spiniferus, Agrilus planipennis, Chloridea virescens, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4, Hirschmanniella spp., Meloidogyne enterolobii, Raspberry leaf curl virus, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Spodoptera praefica, Strawberry leaf curl virus, Thaumatotibia leucotreta, Toumeyella parvicornis and X

The European Union notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 30 October 2026. Comments are open until 29 December 2026.

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Products

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

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
  • 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
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 84 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF
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  • 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
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Plant protection
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/EU/987
Keywords
Pests, Plant health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 29 December 2026
Proposed adoption
February 2027
Proposed entry into force
Entry into force 20 days after publication.

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 29 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/EU/987 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to the European Union.

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What the notification says

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 requirements for import and internal movement of plants, plant products and other objects that may pose a phytosanitary risk to the European Union. This draft amendment of Implementing Regulation 2019/2072: Delists Aleurocanthus spiniferus, Raspberry leaf curl virus, and Strawberry leaf curl virus as quarantine pests and repeals measures associated with these pests. Lists the following species as quarantine pests and sets, where applicable, measures to avoid their entry and spread in the Union territory: Chloridea virescens, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Spodoptera praefica, and Xanthomonas citri pv. viticola. Please note that Chloridea virescens and Spodoptera ornithogalli were already listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1941 as species that are not to be introduced into, moved within, held, multiplied or released in the Union territory. Updates requirements for import and internal movement, including addition/revision of the respective CN codes, for Agrilus planipennis, Hirschmanniella spp., Meloidogyne enterolobii, and Thaumatotibia leucotreta. Lists Toumeyella parvicornis as regulated non-quarantine pest and sets measure to avoid its spread in the Union. Introduces changes to the protected zones in relation to…

Sources

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