G/SPS/N/MMR/2  
 
6 July 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  MYANMAR  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, 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 addition, 
where applicable):   
− 0103 - Live swine;  
− 0203 - Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen;  
− 020630 - Edible offal of swine;  
− 0209 - Pig fat, free of lean meat;  
− 0210.11 - Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone;  
− 0210.12 - Bellies (streaky) and cut s thereof;  
− 0210.19 -30 - Bacon as boneless hams;  
− 05-02 - Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof;  
− 15-01 - Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat;  
− 16-02-39-00 90 - Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood (of 
swine);  
− 16-02-41 - Hams and cuts thereof.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  African Swine Fever infected countries  
5. Title of the notified document:  Emergency Measures for Pork and Pork Products 
Importation . Language(s): Burmese . Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Myanmar 
has already notified that the African Swine Fever was one of the listed (A) Contagious 
diseases by Animal Health and Development Law (1993). Due to the outbreaks reported 
globally and regional ly, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department allows the 
importation of live pigs and pig products such as fresh, chilled or frozen pork, ham, 
sausages and other pig products only from ASF Disease free countries by notifications of 
disease outbreak in WAHIS portal of OIE.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) an d reason for urgent action:  This emergency 
measure is to protect the domestic livestock industry.  G/SPS/N/MMR/2  
 
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  9. 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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 15.1 of the Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code  
[ ] 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:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Animal  Health and Development Law Article 33(b) and Article 14   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):   
(From 1 7/06/2020 to 15/09/2020 ) 
The period minimum of ninety days (90 days) is starting from the date notified to OIE 
until the cases resolved have been reported to OIE by the affected countries.     
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. 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:   
Plant Protection Division  
Department of Agriculture  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation  
Bayint Naung Road, Wes t Gyogone, Insein Township  
P.O. 11011, Yangon, Myanmar  
Tel: +(95 1) 644  214 
Fax: +(95 1) 644  019 
E-mail: spsepoffice@ppdmyanmar.org      
Website s: http://www.ppdmyanmar.org/   
https://ppdmyanmar.org/sps -ep/ 
Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation  
Office No.  36, Nay Pyi Taw , Myanmar  
Fax: +(95) 6740 8436  
E-mail: ir.lbvd@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.moali.gov.mm  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mails: spsepoffice@ppdmyanmar.org  
ir.lbvd@gmail.com  
Website s: http://www.ppdmyanmar.org/  
https://ppdmyanmar.org/sps -ep/ 
http://www.moali.gov.mm