G/SPS/N/THA/286/Rev.1  
16 May 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives  
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):  Capsicum ( C. annuum , C. baccatum , C. chinense , C. frutescens , 
C. pubescens ) seeds for sowing (HS code: 12.09, ICS code:  65.020.20)  
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:  Draft Notification of Department of Agriculture Re: 
Conditions for Import of Capsicum Seeds B.E. .... (….) . Language(s):  English . Number 
of pages:  4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/THA/24_03148_00_e. pdf 
6. Description of content:  The Department of Agriculture (DOA) is proposing to revise the 
DOA notification concerning the phytosanitary import requirements of Capsicum 
(C. annuum , C. baccatum , C. chinense , C. frutescens , C. pubescens ) seeds for sowing 
from all countries as follows:  
1. The Notification of Department of Agriculture, Re: Conditions for import of Capsicum 
Seeds B.E. 2563 (2020), dated 30 November  2020,  is repealed and replaced by this 
(Draft) DOA notification ; 
2. Capsicum seed lots are required to fulfil one of the following phytosanitary import 
conditions, and/or a combination of the two conditions addressing each of five 
quarantine pests , i.e. Clavibacter mi chiganensis , Tomato brown rugose fruit virus , 
Tomato mottle mosaic virus , Columnea latent viroid and Potato spindle tuber viroid . 
Capsicum seeds were produced in a country where the quarantine pests are not known to 
occur ;  
OR 
Capsicum seeds were officiall y tested by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or Real time 
PCR method on a sample size not less than 3,000 seeds were taken from a sampling of lot, 
or in the case of a small seed lot, a sampling of lot as sample not less than 10 percent of 
weight and found f ree from the quarantine pests.  
7. 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.   G/SPS/N/THA/286/Rev.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, chapte r number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : 
ISPM No. 38: International movement of seeds  
[ ] 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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 60 days after being notified under the Official Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2024  
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:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900  
Thailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4204  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 https://spsthailand.acfs.go.th/th/main  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 https://spsthailand.acfs.go.th/th/main