G/SPS/N/THA/227
13 February 2015
(15-0914)  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: National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards, 
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 
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): Litopenaeus vannamei nauplii (ICS Code: 0306.17.20) 
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 Thai Agricultural Standard entitled "Good 
Aquaculture Practices For Hatchery of Disease Free Pacific White Shrimp ( Litopenaeus 
vannamei )"  Language(s): Thai and English  Number of pages: 6 and 4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/THA/15_0773_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/THA/15_0773_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard establishes requirements on good aquaculture 
practices for Litopenaeus vannamei nauplius production, covering from broodstock 
receiving up until shrimp nauplii ready to be moved from the hatching pond or other 
hatching containers, in order to obtain Litopenaeus vannamei nauplii free from target 
diseases. 
Also, the following requirements for Pacifi c white shrimp hatchery are specified: 
1. Requirements (Production principles, Personnel, Selection of disease free Pacific 
white shrimp broodstock, General management, Feed management for Pacific white shrimp broodstock, Pacific white shrimp health management and Records); 
2. Annex A Target Diseases (White spot dise ase, Yellow head disease, Taura Syndrome, 
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus disease, Infectious 
Myonecrosis, Early Mortality Syndrome or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease).
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Chapter 4.2 Application of 
compartmentalisation (2014 OIE-Aquatic Animal Health Code)  G/SPS/N/THA/227 
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] 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: None   
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) : 14 April 2015 
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:  
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards 
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 
50 Paholyothin Rd., Ladyao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Tel: +(662) 561 2277 ext. 1430 Fax: +(662) 561 3357 
 +(662) 561 3373 
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com    vic_vic_i@hotmail.com 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation 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  
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 50 Paholyothin Rd., Ladyao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Tel: +(662) 561 2277 ext. 1430 
Fax: +(662) 561 3357 
 +(662) 561 3373 E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com   
 vic_vic_i@hotmail.com 
English version is available: http://www.acfs.go.th/cm_vannamei/add_comEN.php