G/TBT/N/ESP/49  
19 July 2023 
(23-4910) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : SPAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio  de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación  (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and 
Food)  
Dirección General de Producciones y Mercados Agrarios  (Directorate -General of 
Agricultural Production and Markets)  
Tel.: (+34) 913476606  
Fax: (+34) 913475883  
dgpma@mapa.es  
www.mapa.gob.es/es  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Bulbs, 
tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excluding those used for 
food, in addition to plants including young plant s and chicory roots) (HS code : 060110)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) 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 Comercializ ación de Plantones de Hortalizas y 
Material de Multiplicación de Hortalizas distinto de las semillas  (Order modifying the Order 
of 28 October 1 994 approving the Technical Regulations for the control of the production 
and marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed) (11 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : There is a need to establish legal requirements to promote the 
quality of saffron seedlings and the official control to ensure compliance 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 saffron . The text of 
these Regulation s is being updated at the same time.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  
Regulate the control of the production and marketing of plant material used to propagate 
saffron, so that it meets the necessary quality and health requirements . Protection of 
animal or plant life or health ; Quality requirements.  G/TBT/N/ESP/49  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Before the end of 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force : 20 days after publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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 5 9 
mpayoevv@mapa.es  
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