NOTIFICATION
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Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION If applicable, name of local government involved: |
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Agency responsible: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General |
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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Plants (HS Chapters: 06 (live plants) |
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: [X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: |
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Title of the notified document: Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards exemptions from the measures to prevent the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests on specific plants for planting. Language(s): English.Number of pages: 7 https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2026/SPS/EEC/26_01448_00_e.pdf |
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Description of content: The draft legal act amends Article 6(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 and adds a new Article 6a, in view of clarifying the cases of plants for planting, -either imported into the European Union or moved within the European Union-, where exemptions from the rules of Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests (RNQPs) are possible. Certain conditions are put in place under which those exemptions should be applied. In this context:
The clarification of the exemptions from the rules for RNQPs, has as objective to facilitate trade while the envisaged conditions ensure plant protection. |
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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests. |
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard: [ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text): [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number): [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? [X] Yes [ ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard: |
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants: |
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): June 2026 Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): June 2026 |
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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): This Regulation shall enter into force and become immediately applicable on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. [X] Trade facilitating measure |
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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Thirty days from the date of circulation of the notification. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: European Commission DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu |
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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: European Commission DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu |
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