G/SPS/N/MMR/1  
 
12 March 2020  
(20-1931) 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:  Plant Protection Division, Department of Agriculture, 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 additi on, 
where applicable):  Plants and plant products (HS Codes: 06.01, 06.02, 06.03, 
06.04,07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.12, 
07.13, 07.14, 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11, 
08.13, 0 8.14, 09.01, 09.02, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09, 09.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 
10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07, 10.08, 11.01, 11.02, 11.03, 11.04, 11.05, 11.06, 11.07, 
11.08, 11.09, 12.01, 12.02, 12.03, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 
12.11, 12.12 , 12.13, 12.14, 13.01, 13.02, 14.01, 14.04, 15.07, 15.08, 15.09, 15.11, 
15.12, 15.13, 15.14, 15.15, 15.16, 20.01, 20.02, 20.03, 20.04, 20.05, 20.06, 20.07, 
20.08, 23.02, 23.04, 23.05, 23.06, 23.08, 24.01, 40.01, 40.17)  
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:  The Plant Pest Quarantine Law . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  9 
6. Description of content:  The Plant Pest Quarantine Law has the chapters on the title and 
definition, objectives, import and export, inspection camps, the duties and powers of 
managing director, prohibition and penalty, appeal and miscellaneous.  
Under the Chapter 3, Para 4 (a)of t he law, plant, plant product, pest, beneficial organism 
or soil shall be imported by a person on application for an import certificate from the 
Myanmar Agriculture Service before obtaining license or permit from the department or 
organization concerned. Th e objectives of this measure are to protect human life and 
health and to protect the natural environment.  
Inspection Requirement is also needed when on arrival by importing or when brought 
personally shall be subject to inspection by the Myanmar Agricultur e Service.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/MMR/1  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
ISPM No. 20  
[ ] 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 
inter national standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 16 June 1993  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 16 June 1993  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[X] 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, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
(1) Daw Than Than Htay, Assistant Director,Plant Protection Division  
(2) Daw Kyi Kyi Thein, Deputy Staff Officer, Plant Prote ction Division  
Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation  
Address: Bayintnaung Road, West Gyogone, Insein Township,  
P.O.11011,Yangon, Myanmar  
Website: http://ppdmyanmar.or g/ 
https://ppdmyanmar.org/sps -ep/ 
Tel: +(951) 644 214  
Fax: +(951) 644 019  
E-Mail: spsepoffice@ppdmyanmar.org   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
(1) Daw Than Than Htay, Assistant Director,Plant Protection Division  
(2) Daw Kyi Kyi  Thein, Deputy Staff Officer, Plant Protection Division  
Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation  
Address: Bayintnaung Road, West Gyogone, Insein Township,  
P.O.11011,Yangon, Myanmar  
Website: http://ppdmyanmar.org/  
https://ppdmyanmar.org/sps -ep/ 
Tel: +(951) 644 214  
Fax: +(951) 644 019  
E-Mail: spsepoffice@ppdmyanmar.o rg