G/SPS/N/MMR/6  
21 July 2020  
(20-5023) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original : English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  MYANMAR  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and 
Irrigation  
3. 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):  Fish a nd Fishery products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Directive No. 3/2016 on Certification Requirement for 
the exported Fish and fishery products . Language(s):  Burmese . Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Under (Directive No. 3/2016), it is needed to take the Health 
Certificate to ensure the fit for human consumption after verifying the laboratory test 
results.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] prote ct humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard  or related text) :  
Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems -Joint FAO/WHO Food 
Standards Programme. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION (COMBINED TEXT)  
• Principles for Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification CAC/GL 20-1995 
• Guideline for the Design, Operation, Assessment an Accreditation of Food Import  
and Export Inspection and Certification System CAC/GL 26 -1997 
• Guideline for the Development of Equivalence Agreements Regarding Food Import  
and Export Inspection and Certification System CAC/GL 34 -1999 
• Guideline for General Official Certificate Formats and the Production and Issuance 
of Certificates CAC/GL 38 -2001 
• Guideline for food import control systems CAC/GL 47 -2003 
• Guideline on the Judgement of Equivalen ce of Sanitary Measures associated with 
Food Inspection and Certification Systems CAC/GL 53 -2003 G/SPS/N/MMR/6  
 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
ASEAN Guidelines for the Design, Operation, Assessment and Accreditation of Food Import 
and Export Inspection and Certification System  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 21 July 2016  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 21 July 2016  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of oth er body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Myanmar's SPS Enquiry Point  
Plant Protection Division,  
Department of Agriculture,  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar  
Bayint Naung Road, West Gyogone, Insein Township, P.O.11011, Yangon, Myanmar.  
Tel: +(95 1) 64 4214  
Fax: +(95 1) 64 4019  
E-mail: spsepoffice@ppdmyanmar.or g 
Website: www.ppdmyanmar.org, https://ppdmyanmar.org/sps -ep/ 
 
Department of Fisheries,  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation  
Republic of the Union of Myanmar  
Address: Office No.36, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.  
Website: http://www.dof.gov.mm/  
Tel: +(95 67) 340 8473  
E-Mail: icudof7@gmail.com