G/SPS/N/JOR/26
24 October 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
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): Apples 
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: Ministry of Agriculture Decision No. 4/10/5/26689 
dated 18 September 2014 entitled Measures Recommended by the Plant Health Committee No. (15) dated 24 August 2014.   Language(s): Arabic  Number of 
pages: 2  
6. Description of content: Ministry of Agriculture Decision No. 4/10/5/26689 dated 
18 September 2014 entitled Measures Recommended by the Plant Health Committee 
No. (15) dated 24 August 2014. The new decision is based on phytosanitary measures 
concerning the imports of apples to prevent the introduction of the following quarantine 
pests: fruit flies (Bactrocera sp, Anastrepha sp), Grapholita molesta, Hyphantria cunea  
Frankliniella occidentalis, Icerya aegyptica, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, Pseudococcus 
longispinus, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, Pseudomonas cichorii.  
In order to protect our plant wealth, prevent the entrance of quarantine pests and to 
prevent disruption to international trade, the measure is needed to facilitate importation 
from any country infested with the pests mentioned above on the following basis: 
1. To prove in the additional declaration of phytosanitary certificates that the 
consignments are free from the pests mentioned above. 
2. If the country is infested by Grapholita molesta, Hyphantria cunea, the consignment 
should be subjected to a cold treatment at (1 ± 0.5°)C for 40 days at origin, if not, 
this treatment will be done in one of our facilities after calculating the time and 
degrees it has spent through transfer.   
3. If the country is infested by fruit flies (Bactrocera sp, Anastrepha sp) the 
consignment should be subjected to a cold treatment at (1.5 ± 0.5°) C for 40 days 
at origin, if not, this treatment will be done in one of our facilities after calculating 
the time and degrees it has spent through transfer. 
4. If consignment came from a re-export county, it will be subjected to a cold treatment 
in one of our facilities. G/SPS/N/JOR/26 
 
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  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. 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)   
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Adopted. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Published on 18 September 2014. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :   
[ ] 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: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
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:   
Eng. Hazim Al Smadi: Director of International 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