G/SPS/N/THA/286  
8 January 2020  
(20-0080) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  - 
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives  
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):  Capsicum ( C. annuum , C. baccatum , C. chinense , C. frutescens , C. 
pubescens ) seeds for sowing ) (ICS Code: 65.020.20)  
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:  Draft conditions for import of capsicum seeds for 
sowing . Language(s):  Thai and English . Number of pages:  5 and 5  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/THA/20_0042_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/THA/20_0042_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Notification G/SPS/N/THA/265 (dated 8 July 2019) which 
entitled "Draft Conditions for Import of Capsicum Seeds for Sowing" is intended to be 
replaced with this draft specified as follows:  
Draft conditions for import of capsicum seeds for sowing into the Kingdom of Thailand. 
Capsicum seed lots are required to fulfill one of the following phytosanitary import 
conditions, or a combination of the two condit ions addressing each of the four quarantine 
pests.  
1. Capsicum seeds were produced in a country where Clavibacter michiganensis  
michiganensis , Tomato brown rugose fruit virus , Columnea latent viroid  and Potato spindle 
tuber viroid  are not known to occur, o r        
2. Capsicum seeds were officially tested on sample of 3,000 seeds (or at least 10 percent 
of the lot as a small seed lot) using an appropriate genetic method (e.g. Polymerase Chain 
Reaction; PCR, Reverse Transcription -PCR; RT -PCR) and found free f rom Clavibacter 
michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis , Tomato brown rugose fruit virus , Columnea latent 
viroid  and Potato spindle tuber viroid . 
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from anim al/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/THA/286  
 
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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 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. 38: International movement of seeds            
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
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) : 60 days after being not ified under the Official Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 March 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900  
Thailand 
Tel: +(662) 561 4024  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites: http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spsthailand.net/  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites: http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spsthailand.net/