G/SPS/N/BDI/8  
26 October  2018 
(18-6727) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : BURUNDI  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministère de l'environnement, de l'agriculture et de l'élevage  
(Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Livestock)  
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) : Plants, plant products an d regulated items  
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 : Loi n° 1/23 du 23 novembre 2017 portant  protection 
des végétaux au Burundi  (Law No. 1/23 of 2 3 November 2 017 on plant protection in 
Burundi) Language(s) : French Number of pages : 20 
6. Description of content : The notified Law seeks to:  
 Establish and implement a legal framework of protection measures concerning actions 
to officially control organisms that are harmful to plants, including those from third 
countries, and to prevent the spread of such organisms within the territory;  
 increase agricultural productivity through the application of phytosanitary measures 
in accordance with the International Plant Protection Convention and the Agreement 
on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization ; and 
 establish a national plant protection organization that is the authority r esponsible for 
implementing this Law, in accordance with the International Plant Protection 
Convention.  
This Law establishes health protection for plants, plant products and regulated items 
through:  
 The prevention and official control of pests, in terms of  both the introduction and 
spread thereof throughout the national territory;  
 the dissemination and popularization of plant protection techniques to improve plant 
production ; and 
 the provision of support for exports and imports of plants and plant products.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/BDI/8  
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  8. 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) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
[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. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 Loi no 1/010 du 30 juin 2000 portant Code de l'environnement de la République du 
Burundi ; 
 Loi no 1/10 du 23 mars 2006 portant adhésion par la République du Burundi à la 
Convention internationale pour la protection des végétaux , signed in Rome on 6 
December 1 951 and revised in November 1 997; 
 Loi no 1/08 du 30 juin 2007 portant ratification par la Répu blique du Burundi du Traité 
d'adhésion du Burundi à la Communauté Est africaine ; 
 Loi no 1/05 du 22 avril 2009 portant révision du Code pénal ; 
 Loi no 1/07 du 26 avril 2010 portant Code du commerce amendé par la Loi no 1/01 du 
16 janvier 2017 ; 
 Loi no 1/03 du  4 janvier 2011 portant système national de normalisation, métrologie, 
assurance de la qualité et essais;  
 Loi no 1/17 du 18 septembre 2011 portant commerce de faune et flore sauvage au 
Burundi ; 
 Loi no 1/08 du 23 avril 2012 portant organisation du secteur semencier ; 
 Loi no 1/10 du 3 avril 2013 portant révision de Procédure pénale ; 
 Loi no 1/22 du 25 juillet 2014 portant réglementation de l'action récursoire et directe 
de l'État et des communes contre leurs mandataires et leurs préposées ; 
 Loi no 1/07 du 15 ju illet 2016 portant révision du Code forestier au Burundi ; 
 Décret -Loi no 1/017 du 31 mai 1990 portant ratification de la Convention sur la 
protection des végétaux entre les États membres de la Communauté économique des 
Pays des Grands Lacs , signed in Bukavu  on 25 February 1 990; 
 Décret -Loi No 1/033 du 30 juin 1993 portant protection des végétaux au Burundi . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 23 November 2 017 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 21 December 2 017 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 23 November 2 017 (the Law entered into force as from the date of its 
signature)  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 December 2 018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: