G/SPS/N/CHN/881  
 
2 June 2015  
(15-2854)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: CHINA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Agricultural genetically modified organisms 
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: Proposed Amendments to the Implementation 
Regulations on Safety Assessment of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 22 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHN/15_2211_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHN/15_2211_01_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendments specify the requirements of the 
application materials for safety assessment review, the requirements on safety 
administration of GMOs related research and testing, the applicable region of a safety 
certificate and the office term of national biosafety committee (NBC). An application 
procedure for altering an approved field trail location is established, and the upper limit 
on the number of genetically modified lines in one application is increased. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] 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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM 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:   G/SPS/N/CHN/881 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Implementation Regulations on Safety Assessm ent of Agricultural Genetically Modified 
Organisms (GMOs) (available in Chinese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 August 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: