. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRB/2 
29 April 2009  
 (09-1750) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BARBADOS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 
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):  All plants and plant products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Plant Protection Act 2007  Language:  English  Number 
of pages:  35 
6. Description of content:  The intent of the Plant Protection Act is to prevent the 
introduction and to control the spread of plant pests, in order to protect plant resources to 
facilitate trade in plants and plant product s and to regulate matters related thereto. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Barbados has recently 
seen a proliferation in the number of pest species, such as the pink mealy bug, as well as 
increases in the number of rare pest species, for example the giant African snail.  The 
legislation is urgently needed to address these problems as these pests are posing severe 
problems to Barbados' agricultural sector through the destruction of crops.  It must also be 
noted that the legislation has been implemente d to safeguard human a nd animal health as 
these foreign pests, the giant African snail fo r example, have been known to pose serious 
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  9. 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 N°)   
 [   ] 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 
international standard:    
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Available in 
English 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
20 December 2007 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments: [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from: [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Officer in charge of Plant Protection Section 
Graeme Hall Christ Church BB 11000 Te:  +(246) 434 5112/14 
Fax:  +(246) 428 7777 
E-mail:  pathology_mar@caribsurf.com