. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JOR/15 
24 January 2006 
 (06-0322) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live domestic and wild ruminants, and animal products not treated according 
to Appendix 3.6.2 from the 12th edition of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2003.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Turkey, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Russia. 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Resolution 
no. 5/5/9/2391 dated 19/8/2004 and resolution no.  10/2005 dated 15/12/2005.  "Banning the 
importation of live ruminants and their pr oducts except those treated according to 
Appendix 3.6.2 of the OIE Terrestri al Animal Health Code 2003". 
6. Description of content:  Following the reported cases of FMD in Turkey, Djibouti, 
Ethiopia and Russia, these countries are consider ed to be infected with FMD according to 
articles 2.1.1.6 and 2.1.1.7 from OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2003.  It was deemed 
necessary for Jordan to ban the imports of liv e animals and their products to prevent the 
entrance of the disease.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] 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 reasons for urgent action:  FMD has not been 
reported in Jordan since 2001.  It is a local st rategy to prevent the entrance of the FMD virus 
to Jordan, by putting a ban on live animals and their products that could be considered as 
being hazardous for spreading the virus and the disease. 
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Appendix 3.6.2 from the 12th edition of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2003, enfo rced special condition for the importation of 
certain animal products to assure the destru ction of FMD virus, when importing from FMD 
infected country or zone.  G/SPS/N/JOR/15 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution 
no. 5/5/9/2391 dated 19/8/2004 and resolutio n no. 10/2005 dated 15/12/2005 in Arabic.  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  15 December 2005 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Trade Agreement Unit / SPS Enquiries 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Amman – Jordan 
Tel:  + 962 6 568 6151 Ext. 269 Fax:  + 962 6 568 6310 Email:  sps@moa.gov.jo