G/SPS/N/ESP/11  
19 July 2023 
(23-4922) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : SPAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación  (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)  
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) : HS code : 0601 10 90  
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 : Orden por la que se modifica la Orden de 28 de octubre 
de 1994 por la que se aprueba el Reglamento Técnico de Control de la Producción y 
Comercialización de Plantones de Hortalizas y Material de Multiplicación de Hortalizas 
distinto de las semillas  (Order amending  the Order of 2 8 October 1 994 approving the 
Technical Regulations for the control of the production and marketing of vegetable 
propagating and planting material, other than seed) Language(s) : Spanish . Number of 
pages : 11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/ESP/23_11129_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : There is a need to establish legal requirements to promote the 
quality of saffron and the official control to ensure compl iance with such requirements . As 
a result, the Order of 2 8 October 1 994 approving the Technical Regulations for the control 
of the production and marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other 
than seed, needs to be amended to include saff ron. The text is being updated at the same 
time. 
It is vital to r egulate the control of the production and marketing of plant material used to 
propagate saffron, so that it meets the necessary quality and health requirements . To that 
end, the current Technical Regulations for the control of the production and marketing of 
vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, need to be amended to 
include this species.  
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.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or seria l number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : G/SPS/N/ESP/11  
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] 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) : Before the end of 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Before the end of 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 September 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Subdirección General de Medios de Producción Agrícola y Oficina Española de Variedades 
Vegetales  (Subdirectorate -General for Means of Agricultural Production and Spanish Office 
of Plant Varieties)  
C/ Almagro 33, 28010 Madrid (Spain)  
Tel.: +34 91 347 66 59  
Email: mpayoevv@mapa.es