G/SPS/N/JOR/35/Add.1  
18 January 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 10 January 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Jordan . 
 
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Measures Recommended by the Plant Health Committee No. 18/2023 dated 7 December 2023  
Lifting the ban on importing seedlings of fruit trees and ornamental plants of non -host plants of 
X. fastidiosa , listed in the European Union and EFSA lists, under the following phytosanitary 
conditions:  
1. It must be proven in the additional declaration of the phytosanitary certificate that the imported 
seedlings were produced in pests' free areas of the bacteria X. fastidiosa  and these areas must 
be authorized by the NPPO of Italy;  
2. Attach the result of the laboratory examination for each seedling species included in the 
consignment exported from Italy to Jordan, proving that all seedlings species in the consignments 
are free from the bacteria X. fastidiosa , provided that the date of the examination is no mor e 
than 15 days before the date of shipment of the consignment, according to the examination 
methods approved for this purpose;  
3. The imported seedlings must be treated with a systemic insecticide in the country of origin, and 
must be mentioned in the treatme nt section of the phytosanitary certificate;  
4. A label must be attached to the seedlings contained in the imported consignment indicating the 
type of plant and its scientific name.  
The decision will be evaluated after 31  March 2024. 
This addendum concerns a : 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[X] Other: Lifting the ban on importing seedlings of fruit trees and ornamental plants of 
non-host plants of X. fastidiosa , listed in the European Union and EFSA lists.  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstan ces, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  G/SPS/N/JOR/35/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Mohammed Hiary  
Directorate of Agreements and International Cooperation Departmen t 
Ministry of Agriculture  
Agreements and Notifications Division  
Agreements and International Cooperation Department  
Ministry of Agriculture  
Queen Rania Street, P.O. Box 2099  
Tel: +(962 6) 568 6151, ext. 287  
Fax: +(962 6) 566 9308  
E-mail: m.hiary@moa.gov.jo  
 agreements@moa.gov.jo  
 intcopmoa@moa.gov.j o 
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Directorate of Agreements and International Cooperation Department  
Ministry of Agriculture  
Agreements and Notifications Division  
Agreements and International Cooperation Department  
Ministry of Agriculture  
Jordan Street, P.O.  Box 2099  
Tel: +(962 6) 568 6151 , ext. 135  
Fax: +(962 6) 566 9308  
E-mail: m.hiary@moa.gov.jo  
 agreements@moa.gov.jo  
 intcopmoa@moa.gov.jo  
 
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