Notifications for United Kingdom (158 notifications)

G/SPS/N/GBR/7 of 7 April , notified the introduction of measures for Neocerambyx raddei. Chinese Taipei provided additional evidence that Neocerambyx raddei was not present within their territory. Following review of this evidence, the decision has been made to remove Chinese Taipei from the list of countries to whom the measures apply with effect from 2 March 2022.The amended regulation can be found by following this link - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/114/made

G/SPS/N/GBR/11 of 13 September 2021 notified amendments to pest measures. The Regulation introducing these measures has now been published https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/114/made. The entry into force date of 1 March 2022 has changed and will now be 2 March 2022. The original notification included the introduction of pest measures for Leek yellow stripe virus and Heterodera fici. Following further consideration, it has been decided that the proposed measures for Leek yellow stripe virus are not required. The measures for Heterodera fici had already been included in other legislation that has been notified previously in G/SPS/N/GBR/8/Add.1, therefore the duplication has been removed.

This measure extends the end date of Retained Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 from 31 December 2021 until 1 July 2022.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1491/contents/made Retained Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 can be found at:  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/en/eur/2020/466

G/SPS/N/GBR/12 distributed on 22 September 2021, notified the requirement to pre-notify goods detailed in Article 73 ("Article 73 goods") of the retained Plant Health Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/2031), entering England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain). Such a requirement will apply to 1% of imports of Article 73 goods, selected for phytosanitary import checks, from all countries.The publication date has been amended from 8 February 2022 to the new date of 31 May 2022. The measures will still enter into force in July 2022 as previously communicated.

This instrument will introduce a risk-targeted approach to plant health import inspections in Great Britain. The proposed scheme notified in G/SPS/N/GBR/9 is being revised following feedback from stakeholders. Instead, a broad inspection regime will be introduced, applicable to a wider range of goods of phytosanitary relevance, based on the risk associated with a particular commodity and origin.The notified document lays out the intended approach in Great Britain to setting the frequency of physical and identity import checks. The proposed baseline frequency of inspections included in the notified document provides a harmonized starting point for inspections of selected goods from all trading partners. Following a follow-up consultation, which may result in changes to the policy, inspection frequencies will be applied from 1 July 2022. Inspection will allow monitoring of risk and collection of data to inform decisions and potentially adjust inspection frequencies.

This instrument uses a power in the retained Regulation (EU) 2017/625 ("the Official Controls Regulation") to make regulations requiring the pre-notification of goods detailed in Article 73 ("Article 73 goods") of the retained Plant Health Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/2031), entering England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain). Such a requirement will apply to 1% of imports of Article 73 goods, selected for phytosanitary import checks, from all countries. Please see section 3 for a link to the list of Article 73 goods. This measure will provide information on the movement of these goods, which will allow for better targeting of inspections, to determine whether they present a biosecurity risk. All other regulated plant and plant product commodities need to be pre-notified before arriving in Great Britain. The notified document ("Article 73 pre-notification") sets out the legal basis for implementing this measure in GB legislation. As a draft of the legislation is not yet available, we are using this document to notify WTO Members of our intention.

This instrument amends the retained Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 ("the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation") pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. It will introduce measures on pests Scolytus morawitzi and Polygraphus proximus in England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain) against the import of host plants and other relevant regulated goods Imports of these high-risk plant goods will only be permitted under certain conditions. It will also modify existing measures against certain pests, firstly Liriomyza huidobrensis and Liriomyza tifolii, by adding an additional option for host plants destined for final users, and Cronartium species, by excluding pest free countries from the requirements. In addition, it regulates Thaumetopoea processionea as a pest known to occur across Great Britain and adds the leek as a host plant of Leek yellow stripe virus. This instrument will also alter the regulatory status of other pests:Aonidiella orientalis (a provisional quarantine pest), Diaporthe caulivora (a regulated non-quarantine pest "RNQP") and Heterodera fici (a RNQP) will be deregulated;·         The GB provisional quarantine pests Eotetranychus sexmaculatus and Platypus apicalis will be listed instead as GB quarantine pests (under official control);Pseudomonas avellanae, Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne javanica, and Xiphinema index (GB RNQPs) will be added to the GB provisional quarantine pest list (action taken on a provisional basis);·         Unregulated pests Meloidogyne enterolobii, Agrilus horni, Chilli veinal mottle virus, Chrysobothris femorata and Lycorma delicatula will be added to the GB provisional quarantine pest list.

G/SPS/N/GBR/7, distributed on 7 April 2021, notified the introduction of measures against pests Agrilus bilineatus and Neocerambyx raddei and the re-instating in-effect of a derogation, as referenced in the Commission Decision (EU) 2002/499/EC, in respect to bonsai plants from the Republic of Korea. The measures entered into force on 22 June 2021.A further amendment is being made that clarifies the application of the measures notified in G/SPS/N/GBR/7 concerning the import of bonsai plants from the Republic of Korea, limiting this to between 01 November and 31 March of every year, as was originally intended. The full text of the measure is provided as an attachment with an explanatory footnote on page 8 indicating the amendment that is to be made. This change will be introduced via the legislation notified in G/SPS/N/GBR/8 (PH/026 Pest Measures) which will be adopted on 21 October 2021.

Additional measures are proposed for the notification G/SPS/N/GBR/8 to deregulate pests (Apricot latent virus, Aucuba mosaic agent and blackcurrant yellows agent, Epidiaspis leperiiHeterodera ficiPseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi). These measures should enable trade as the import requirements associated with these pests will no longer need to be met.G/SPS/N/GBR/8 originally introduced measures against Prodiplosis longifilaAgrilus fleischeriThekopsora minima and Agrilus planipennis and a prohibition on the import of Polymnia sonchifolia plants from entering Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). This notification was distributed on 2 June 2021.

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/GBR/6 (15 March 2021) has now been adopted by GB MRL Decision Number GB MRL 2021/003.  The decision was formally adopted on 5 July 2021. The new MRLs will apply from 5 January 2022.The dates are different to those notified, which were originally 3 June 2021 and 3 December 2021 respectively. Link to text: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pesticides/mrls/mrl-reviews.htm (See 'Published MRL reviews list').

Temporary measures to contain the risks to human, animal and plant health, and animal welfare during serious disruptions of control systems due to the coronavirus disease, providing options to allow control authorities to authorise, within strict parameters, natural persons to undertake official controls and official activities under their instruction by any available means of communication; checks on electronically submitted documents; documentary checks to take place at or away from the border; and meetings with operators to be conducted by remote communication. The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/78/made, amended the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 ("the EU Regulation"), which became retained direct EU law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("the Act"), to allow easements to the system of official controls in Great Britain to continue beyond the end date of 1 February 2021 to 1 July 2021. It also reinstated a provision, previously in the EU Regulation, permitting appropriately authorised persons to carry out checks under the supervision of the competent authority. The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 was originally notified by the European Union under reference G/SPS/N/EU/380 on 1 April 2020.  The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021, https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/681/made, amends the end date of the application of the EU Regulation, as last amended by the Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, to 31 December 2021.

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/GBR/7 has been adopted and published by the Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/641/made), laid before Parliament on 27 May 2021, amending the retained Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 to introduce measures against pests Agrilus bilineatus and Neocerambyx raddei The Regulations will come into force from 22 June 2021 in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) instead of 17 June 2021 as previously notified by G/SPS/N/GBR/7.

In response to the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, there was a need to develop a risk targeted phytosanitary import inspection regime for Great Britain (GB). This would allow reduced levels of identity and physical checks on lower risk regulated material of plant health relevance. Most consignments of regulated plants, plant products or other objects for import should, in principle, be subject to documentary, identity and physical checks before being permitted entry. However, during the time that the United Kingdom was a member of the European Union, its Plant Health Services applied a regime of reduced frequency plant health checks. This was to make efficient use of inspection resources. Consignments of some plant products or other objects, with a good history of compliance with phytosanitary requirements, were allowed a reduced frequency of plant health checks, provided they met certain eligibility criteria. Following the end of the Transition Period, GB Plant Health Services have developed their own risk targeted inspection system to allow for lower levels of checks of regulated plant health goods. Under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, the United Kingdom has retained the EU Official Controls Regulation which requires such a system to be developed. The GB risk targeted inspection system, which will be targeted at pests that present a risk of becoming established in Great Britain, as opposed to all pests regulated under the previous EU regime, will allow for continued efficiency at the GB border, as fewer checks will be made on the lowest risk material. Justification for developing a system of lower-level checks is supported by the fact that there are no records of regulated pests becoming established in Great Britain as a result of infestation on regulated imports of low risk plant produce. The attached document (Reduced phytosanitary checks outline method) sets out the method by which the level of checks will be determined, which will be laid down in legislation. As a draft of the legislation is not yet available, we are using the method document to notify WTO of our intention.

This instrument amends the retained Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 ("the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation") pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and European Union (Withdrawal Agreement Act 2020). It will introduce measures in England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain) against the import of host plants and other relevant regulated goods for certain pests (Prodiplosis longifilaAgrilus fleischeriThekopsora minima and Agrilus planipennis). Imports of these high-risk plant goods will only be permitted under certain conditions e.g. the goods being grown in a pest free area, treated with heat. It will also introduce a prohibition on the import of Polymnia sonchifolia plants from entering Great Britain. Pest Risk Analyses (PRAs), conducted by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), have recommended Prodiplosis longifilaAgrilus fleischeri, and Thekopsora minima for regulation and suggested the approach that Great Britain are introducing to tackle these risks to biosecurity. Based on these PRAs, these pests were added in January 2021 as provisional quarantine pests (PQPs) in GB legislation (The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020). No objections were raised by WTO Members to the PQP listing of these pests. This PQP listing means there is already an obligation to ensure freedom from these pests, but with no specific requirements about how this must be achieved or a mechanism to monitor compliance through declarations on the phytosanitary certificate. The measures being notified define the requirements, to provide clarity to National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) and industry and set in place the process by which we can be assured that pest freedom will be achieved. The EPPO PRA on Agrilus planipennis concluded that the likelihood of this pest establishing in the EPPO region, including Great Britain, was high and would cause serious damage to ash trees. The assessed risk of Agrilus planipennis and Polymnia sonchifolia imports has significantly changed following new developments; the distribution of Agrilus planipennis has expanded to St Petersburg and GB quarantine pests were intercepted on samples of Polymnia sonchifolia. The measures being notified will extend the existing measures for Agrilus planipennis and take precautionary action against the new threat Polymnia sonchifolia A failure to implement the legislation as soon as possible extends the period that Great Britain is exposed to the serious biosecurity threat presented by these pests. For these reasons, the measures will come into force six weeks after it has been laid following the closure of the 60 day comment period. This will limit the period in which specific requirements are not in place, and therefore provide biosecurity assurances for the United Kingdom.

This measure corrects an amendment enacted by provisions in the Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/136) relating to measures against the import of host plants of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.). The notification was distributed on 19 February 2021. The original notified text is again provided as an attachment with an explanatory footnote on page 7 indicating the amendment that is to be made. Erroneous wording implied the exclusion of olive and almond plants grown in vitro from the import requirements, in contradiction to the requirements themselves, which correctly set out the conditions applicable to such plants grown in vitro. Deleting this statement removes ambiguity and ensures that these imports can occur, on the condition that they meet the relevant requirements.

This instrument amends the retained Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 ("the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation") pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and European Union (Withdrawal Agreement Act 2020). It will introduce measures in England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain) for certain pests (Neocerambyx raddei and Agrilus bilineatus) against the import of host plants and other relevant regulated goods of QuercusCastanea, and Castaniopsis from certain countries. Pest Risk Analyses (PRAs), conducted by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), have recommended both pests for regulation and suggested the approach that Great Britain are introducing to tackle these risks to biosecurity. Based on these PRAs, these pests were added in January 2021 as provisional quarantine pests (PQPs) in GB legislation (The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020). No objections were raised by the countries concerned. This PQP listing means there is already an obligation to ensure freedom from these pests, but no specific requirements about how this must be achieved or a mechanism to monitor compliance through declarations on the phytosanitary certificate. The measures being notified define the requirements, to provide clarity to National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) and industry and set in place the process by which we can be assured that pest freedom will be achieved. Further, a failure to implement the legislation as soon as possible extends the period that Great Britain is exposed to the serious biosecurity threat presented by these two pests as set out in the EPPO PRAs.For these reasons, the measures will be laid following closure of the comment period and will come in to force 21 days later. This will limit the period in which specific requirements are not in place, and therefore provide biosecurity assurances for the United Kingdom. In addition, this instrument amends the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation to make provision that in effect re-instates a derogation as referenced in the Commission Decision (EU) 2002/499/EC, that expired on 31 December 2020, in respect to bonsai plants from the Republic of Korea.

The document outlines the proposed MRLs for dimethoate and omethoate following the non-approval decision of dimethoate adopted in Great Britain and the withdrawal of all plant protection product authorisations. Proposed decision made under Article 14 of retained Regulation (EC) 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in food and feed of plant and animal origin (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/396/contents) as it applies in Great Britain, pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. Great Britain ("GB") refers to England, Scotland and Wales. The non-approval decision for dimethoate, which came into force while the United Kingdom was still subject to EU legislation and was therefore retained in Great Britain, is available here:EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1090 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX:02019R1090-20190627 The non-approval TBT notification can be found here:TBT notification for dimethoatehttp://tbtims.wto.org/en/Notifications/Search?ProductsCoveredHSCodes=&ProductsCoveredICSCodes=&DoSearch=True&ExpandSearchMoreFields=False&NotifyingMember=&DocumentSymbol=&DistributionDateFrom=&DistributionDateTo=&SearchTerm=dimethoate&ProductsCovered=&DescriptionOfContent=&CommentPeriod=&FinalDateForCommentsFrom=&FinalDateForCommentsTo=&ProposedDateOfAdoptionFrom=&ProposedDateOfAdoptionTo=&ProposedDateOfEntryIntoForceFrom=&ProposedDateOfEntryIntoForceTo= Omethoate is a non-approved active in Great Britain. The residue definition for compliance with MRLs requires dimethoate and omethoate to be determined separately. All MRLs are being lowered to the limit of quantification as a public health concern cannot be excluded. The basis of the assessment was delivered and implemented prior to 1 January 2021 and therefore the risk assessment delivered by the European Food Safety Authority is being referenced. The risk assessment can be seen here: Peer review of the risk assessment of the active substance dimethoatehttps://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5454).

Part 3 of the Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021 introduces amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, to include additional measures to prevent the establishment or spread of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) in Great Britain. The aim of these measures is to protect GB biosecurity generally, i.e. plant/trees growing in the wider environment, and protect GB businesses which trade in Xylella host plants from the impact of restrictions which would be imposed following an outbreak of Xylella Under the new measures, imports of the highest risk host plants (Polygala and Coffea) are only allowed from countries where Xylella is known not to occur.The existing requirements applying to the import of other host plants (olive, almond, lavender, rosemary and Nerium oleander from countries where Xylella is known to occur have been strengthened. Imports will only be permitted under certain conditions, including inspections of the place of production and the surrounding area, testing, pre-export inspections and a one-year quarantine period prior to import. The existing requirements for plants from countries where Xylella is not known to occur, which include annual official inspection, with sampling and testing of the plants, are to be maintained.