G/SPS/N/JOR/27
25 November 2014 
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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): Mango and avocado 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Israel  
5. Title of the notified document: Ministry of Agriculture Decision No. 4/10/5/28161 
dated 1 October 2014 entitled Measures Recommended by the Plant Health Committee No. (17) dated 16 September 2014.  Language(s): Arabic  Number of pages: 3  
6. Description of content: Following the EPPO report, dated April 2014, about catches of 
Bactercera Zonata in Israel, the Ministry of Agriculture imposed a temporary ban on the importation of mango and avocado from Israel.  
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: Protect plant 
health  
9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? 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. 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 1 October 2014 (available in Arabic). G/SPS/N/JOR/27 
 
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  11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
1 October 2014 
[ ] 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