Amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072

Regular notification 2023-12-21
G/SPS/N/GBR/50

Description

The following amendments are being made to England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain) retained legislation (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072):A. The addition of new GB Quarantine Pests (QPs) which have been assessed as meeting the criteria to be a QP:Chrysobothris femorata – with specific import requirements on host plants and wood from Canada and the United States;Chrysobothris mali – with specific import requirements on host plants and wood from Canada and the United States;Chilli veinal mottle virus – no specific import requirementsLycorma delicatula – no specific import requirements. B. The addition of new GB Provisional Quarantine Pests (PQPs) which have been assessed as meeting the criteria to be a QP based on a provisional assessment:Agrilus maliLonsdalea populi;Orgyia leucostigmaC. The addition of Solanum sisymbriifolium seed as a new known host to the existing Regulated Non-Quarantine Pest (RNQP) Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd), as the pest-host combination has been assessed as meeting the criteria of a RNQP.D. Providing a specific import requirement for the introduction of spruce (Picea spp.) Christmas trees, not intended to be placed on the market, from Norway for short term display only.

Keywords

Plant health; Pests; Territory protection