G/SPS/N/JOR/36  
 
27 October 2015  
(15-5666)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member:  JORDAN 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture 
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): Onions 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: The Netherlands  
5. Title of the notified document: Ministry of Agriculture Decision dated 10 September 
2015 number 4/4/26247 entitled "Measures recommended by the Plant Health Committee" No. 16 of dated 26 August 2015  Language(s): Arabic  Number of pages: 
1 
6. Description of content: The Ministry of Agriculture decided to impose a temporary ban 
on the importation of onions from the Netherlands. The new decision is based on 
phytosanitary measures concerning the imports of onions to prevent the introduction of 
the following quarantine pests: 
 Frankliniella occidentalis  (western flower thrips); 
 Aphelenchoides fragariae  (strawberry crimp nematode); 
 Ditylenchus destructor  (potato tuber nematode); 
 Meloidogyne hapla  (root knot nematode); 
 Pratylenchus penetrans  (nematode, northern root lesion); 
 Botryotinia fuckeliana  (grey mould-rot); 
 Erwinia carotovora  subsp. atroseptica  (potato blackleg disease); 
 Erwinia chrysanthemi  (bacterial wilt of dahlia); 
 Pseudomonas marginalis  pv. marginalis  (lettuce marginal leaf blight); 
 Pseudomonas syringae  pv. syringae  (bacterial canker or blast (stone and pom); 
 Tobacco rattle virus (spraing of potato); 
 Tomato black ring virus ( ring spot of beet). 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: This measure is 
applied to avoid the introduction of quarantine pests into the territory of Jordan. G/SPS/N/JOR/36 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) 
ISPM No. 11 
[ ] 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 langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
Ministry of Agriculture Decision dated 10 September 2015 (available in Arabic) 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
10 September 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Eng. Hazim Al Smadi: Director of Intern ational Cooperation and Trade Agreements 
Department  
Eng. Nada Al-Frihat: Head of SPS Notification and Enquiry division 
International Cooperation and Trade Agreements Department 
Ministry of Agriculture - P.O. Box 961043-2099- Amman-Jordan Tel: +(962 6) 568 6151 ext. 287 
Fax: +(962 6) 566 9308 
E-mail: sps@moa.gov.jo 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (if available)  of other body:  
Eng. Hazim Al-Smadi: Director of Intern ational Cooperation and Trade Agreements 
Department 
Eng. Nada Al-Frihat: Head of SPS Notification and Enquiry division. 
International Cooperation and Trade Agreements Department Ministry of Agriculture - P.O. Box 961043-2099- Amman-Jordan 
Tel: +(962 6) 568 6151 ext. 287 
Fax: + (962 6) 566 9308 E-mail: sps@moa.gov.jo