WTO notification · SPS
NorwayProposed measure, not in force yet
Draft Regulations Amending the Regulation on Plants
Official title
Draft Regulations Amending the Regulation on Plants and Measures Against Pests and the Regulation on the Prohibition of Imports of Animals and Infectious Articles
Norway notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 14 July 2026. The comment period closed on 1 October 2026.
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At a glance
- Products
Plants and plant products (HS chapters: 06 (live plants), 07 (vegetables), 08 (fruits), 12 (seeds), 10 (cereals), 44 (wood), 94 (Prefabricated buildings of wood), soil and organic growing media, mulch and soil improvers, used agricultural machinery, equipment and vehicles)
- 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
- 10 · Cereals
- 10
- 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
- 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
- 44
- 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…
- 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
- Notifying member
- Norway
- Status
- Proposed measure, not in force yet
- Objectives
- Plant protection
- Protect territory from other damage from pests
- Area
- SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
- Notification type
- Regular notification
- Document symbol
- G/SPS/N/NOR/41
- Keywords
- Plant health, Territory protection
Key dates
- Distributed by the WTO
- Comment deadline
- Closed on 1 October 2026
- Proposed adoption
- Anticipated late 2026.
- Proposed entry into force
- Anticipated early 2027.
How to comment
The comment period closed on 1 October 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/NOR/41; it can take them up with Norway.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)What the notification says
Amendments to Regulations of 1 December 2000 No. 1333 relating to plants and measures against pests, including: New definition of certain terms (§ 3 Definitions); Amendments to the current lists of regulated pests: divisions of the lists in the current Annex 1 and Annex 2 into the categories Quarantine pests and Regulated non-quarantine pests. Deregulation of certain pests. Establishment of new Annex 1 Quarantine Pests and Annex 2 Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests. Repeal of current Annex 6 Pests for which there can be laid down provisions for control in specific restricted areas; Repeal of current Annex 4. Establishment of a new Annex 4B Specific requirements for domestic production and marketing of certain plants, plant products and other objects, in order to prevent the spread of quarantine pests; Establishment of a new Annex 4C Specific requirements for certain plants for planting, whether imported or produced domestically, in order to prevent the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests; Amendments to Annex 3 Plants, plant products and other objects which are prohibited to import if they originate in the following areas; Re-organization and amendments to current Annex 4A Specific requirements for the import of certain plants, plant products and other objects. Repeal of Regulations 17 March 2003 No. 341 on measures against Phytophthora ramorum (Werres et al., 2001) and Regulations 14 May 1996 No. 498: Forskrift om tiltak mot mørk ringråte i potet (Regulations on measures…
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