Revision of GB approach for risk-targeted plant health import inspections

Addendum to Regular Notification 2022-05-10
G/SPS/N/GBR/9/Rev.1/Add.1

Description

G/SPS/N/GBR/9/Rev.1 of 6 December 2021 notified the introduction of a risk-targeted approach to plant health import inspections in Great Britain, which is applicable to a wide range of goods of phytosanitary relevance based on the risk associated with a particular commodity and origin.Following further consideration, the categories of goods have been refined to facilitate greater differentiation of goods based on risk.This addendum provides an update to the publication and entry into force date for the final legislation which will now be published on 30 June 2022, and will enter into force on 22 July 2022.A copy of the check frequencies is made available here:

Keywords

Pests; Plant diseases; Certification, control and inspection; Plant health; Change in date of adoption/publication/entry into force; Modification of content/scope of regulation; Plant diseases