. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/P/1111
19 April 2002
(02-2187)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection
and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Plant propagating materials
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Control measures for quarantine of
entry of plant propagating materials.
5. Description of content:  The Measures are applicable to quarantine control over plant
propagating materials for trading and non-trading purposes that enter China through various
forms.  The "Plant propagating materials" refe rred in the measure is a collective term for
plant seeds, seedlings or other propagating materials, which refer to the complete plant or
part of a cultivated or uncultivated plant used for propagating, such as the plant, nurserystock (including test-tube seedling), fruit, seed, stock, scion, cutting, blade, bud, rhizome,
root, tuber, bulb, corm, pollen, cell culturing material (including genetically modified
organisms [GMO]), etc.  There are six parts in the measure:  General Provisions, Import
Permits for Quarantine, Entry Quarantine, Isolation Quarantine, Quarantine and Supervision
and Supplementary Provisions.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Order of State
General Administration for Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic
of China [1999] No.10, available in Chinese.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable
                                                     
1 Notification submitted pursuant to Section 14 of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of
China (document WT/L/432).G/SPS/N/CHN/P/111
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11. Final date for comments:  Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  State General Administration for
Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
[    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
SPS Enquiry Point of China
SRRC, AQSIQ
No.15 Fang Cao Di West Street, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100020
Phone:  +86-10-65952460
Fax:  +86-10-65068143
E-mail:  srrc@aqsiq.gov.cn