. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ISR/7 
18 May 2009  
 (09-2408) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Plant Protection and Inspection Service, Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural Development, State of Israel 
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):  Import of plants, plant products, pests and regulated articles 
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:  Regulations Concerning Plant Protection (Import of 
Plants, Plant Products, Pests and Regulated Articles) – 2009  Language:  Hebrew and 
English  Number of pages:  237 
6. Description of content:  The new regulations consist of  20 regulations (including a 
regulation for wood packaging material) and 8 annexes: 
1. Phytosanitary treatments; 
2. List of quarantine pests; 
3. Goods exempt from import permit and phyto sanitary certificate (requiring a certificate 
of origin); 
4. Goods exempt from import permit but re quiring a phytosanitary certificate: 
• Fruit and vegetables 
• Cut flowers and branches 
• Potted plants 
• Propagation material (other than seeds) 
• Seeds 
• Miscellaneous 
5. Model phytosanitary certificate; 
6. Model phytosanitary certificate for re-export; 
7. Prohibited goods;  and 
8. Fees. G/SPS/N/ISR/7 
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  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. 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 N°)   International 
Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (I SPM) of International Plant Protection 
Convention.  There are no substantive deviations from the ISPMs.  
[   ] 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:  The detailed 
text of the provisions of this regulation may be seen in the order, which is placed on the 
website http://www.ppis.moag.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/BFAAC1EB-EBBC-430D-BD31-
D92401EA691B/0/PlantImportRegula tions2009UnofficialTranslation.pdf  (available in 
Hebrew and English – unofficial translation). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  February 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  23 June 2009 
[   ] 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 handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ms. Yael Armitage, Plant Protection and Inspection Services (PPIS), Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development, PO Box 78, Bet Degan 50250, Israel 
Fax:  +(972) 3 968 1507 E-mail:  andiyael@moag.gov.il 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Available on internet http://www.ppis.moag.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/BFAAC1EB-EBBC-
430D-BD31-D92401EA691B/0/PlantImportRe gulations2009UnofficialTranslation.pdf