G/SPS/N/LAO/5  
5 February 2024  
(24-0865) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
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):  Live animals (wild animals under Appendices I and III of the 
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Fl ora, 
"CITES")  
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:  Certificate From Originating Country Requirement - 
Imports of Wild Flora Type II and III of CITES . Language(s):  Laotian . Number of 
pages:  15 
https://laotradeportal.gov.la/upload/files/Legal_1574320765lo_LA.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/LAO/24_00377_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  It requires an import permit , such as a CITES MA certificate, 
granted by the management authority of the exporting country before the trade occurs to 
ensure that specimens of wild animals and plants do not threaten the survival of the 
species included in Appendices I, II, and III und er the Convention on International Trade 
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territo ry 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) : General Standard For Food Additives 
(CODEX  STAN  192-1995)  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/LAO/5  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora , signed 
at Washington, D.C. on 3 March 1973 , amended at Bonn on 22 June 1979 , and a mended 
at Gaborone on 30 April 1983  
https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/disc/CITES -Convention -EN.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/LAO/ 24_00377_01_e.pdf  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 2 February 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 2 February 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 2 February 2019  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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:   
Department of Planning  
Division of Agriculture and Forestry  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
P.O. Box 811 
Tel: +(856) 21 415 363  
Fax: +(856) 21 412 343  
E-mail: spsenquiries@laotradeportal.gov.la  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Department of Planning  
Division of Agriculture and Forestry  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
P.O. Box 811  
Tel: +(856) 21 415 363  
Fax: +(856) 21 412 343  
E-mail: spsenquiries@laotradeportal.gov.la