G/SPS/N/NGA/13  
 
23 September 2015  
(15-4915)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: NIGERIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control 
(NAFDAC) 
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): Any chemical substance or mixture of substances 
intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating the effect of any pests of 
plants and animal and shall include: herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, 
molluscides, nematocides, repellants, attractants, insect growth regulators used in agriculture, public health, horticulture, food storage or a chemical substance used for 
similar purpose; HS Code: 3808. 
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: Pesticide Registration Regulations 2005  
Language(s): English  Number of pages: 7  
6. Description of content: The regulation stipulates that no pesticide shall be 
manufactured, formulated, imported, exported, advertised, sold or distributed in Nigeria 
unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of these regulations. The regulation sets out procedures for application for the registration, submission of 
application, issuance of certificate of registration and penalties. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st 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  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)    
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/NGA/13 
 
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  international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation has been adopted. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation has already been 
published. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation entered into force in 2005. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
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:  
NAFDAC National enquiry point  
Ms Flora Mari 
Assistant Chief Laboratory Technologist 
Directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition NAFDAC 
E-mail: spsenquirypoint@nafdac.gov.ng 
Website: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/  
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:   
NAFDAC National enquiry point  
Ms Flora Mari 
Assistant Chief Laboratory Technologist 
Directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition NAFDAC 
E-mail: spsenquirypoint@nafdac.gov.ng 
Website: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/