G/SPS/N/MMR/5  
21 July 2020  
(20-5022) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  MYANMAR  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Fisheries, 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):  Fisher y products  
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:  Directive No. 9/2014 on documents requirements for 
imported Fishery Products . Language(s):  Burmese . Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Under (Directive No. 9/2014), it is required to obtain the 
Certificate of Origin, Sanitary Certificate/ Health Certificate, Original Sale Contract and 
Original Invoice for imported fishery products.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal  health, [  ] 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems -Joint FAO/WHO Food 
Standards Programme. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION (COMBINED TEXT)  
• Principles for Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification 
CAC/GL  20-1995. 
• Guideline for the Design, Operation, Assessment an Accreditation of Food Import  
and Export Inspection and Certification System CAC/GL 26 -1997. 
• Guideline for the Development of Equivalence Agreements Regardi ng Food Import  
and Export Inspection and Certification System CAC/GL 34 -1999. 
• Guideline for General Official Certificate Formats and the Production and Issuance 
of Certificates CAC/GL 38 -2001. 
• Guideline for food import control systems CAC/GL 47 -2003. 
• Guideline on the Judgement of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures associated with 
Food Inspection and Certification Systems CAC/GL  53-2003. G/SPS/N/MMR/5  
 
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  [ ] 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 stan dard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
- ASEAN Guideline for Food Import Control System - English version  
- ASEAN Guidelines for the Design, Operation, Assessment and Accreditation of Food 
 Import and Export Inspection and Certification System.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 29 October 2014  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 29 October 2014  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Myanmar's SPS Enquiry Point  
Plant Protection Division, Department of Agriculture,  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of the Republic of the Union o f Myanmar  
Bayint Naung Road, West Gyogone, Insein Township, P.O.11011, Yangon, Myanmar.  
Tel: +(95 1) - 64 4214, Fax: +(95 1) 64 4019  
E-mail: spsepoffice@ppdmyanmar.org  
Website: www.ppdmyanmar.org, https://ppdmyanmar.org/sps -ep/ 
 
Department of Fisheries,  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation  
Republic of the Union of Myanmar  
Address: Office No.36, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.  
Website: http://www.dof.gov.mm/  
Tel: +(95 67) 340 8473  
E-mail: icudof7@gmail.com