. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MYS/25 
13 August 2010  
 (10-4327) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  MALAYSIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Fisheries Biosecurity Division, Department of Fisheries (DoF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Model and applicability of the new Health Certificate of live fish 
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:  "The notice of the model and applicability of the new 
health certificate of live fish"  Language:  English  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  Fisheries Biosecurity Division under the Department of Fisheries 
is enacting "The notice of the model and appli cability of the new health certificate of live 
fish " (available in English, 3 pages) accord ing to the Section 40(2) on Control of Live 
Fish, Fisheries Act 1985 (Act 317)  stated that: 
"The Director-General may impose such conditi on as he thinks fit in the permit, including 
conditions concerning the state of cleanliness of the fish to be exported, imported or transported and measures to avoid the spread of communicable fish diseases, or to avoid or 
control the release into the natural enviro nment of non-indigenous species of fish." 
The purpose of this notification is to inform all countries of the model and applicability of 
the new health certificate of live fish. 
The main contents of the Announcement are as follows: 1. New model of health certificate of  live fish from Malaysia for export. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    G/SPS/N/MYS/25 
Page 2  
 
  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  To be 
available in the internet homepage of the DoF ( http://www.dof.gov.my ) (available in 
English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  14 August 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Fisheries Biosecurity Division 
Department of Fisheries, Malaysia 3rd Floor, Podium 2, Block 4G2, Wisma Tani, Precint 4,  
Federal Government Administrative Centre,  
62628 Putrajaya, Malaysia Tel:  +(06) 03 8870 4000 Fax:  +(06) 03 8890 3794  E-mail:  fbs@dof.gov.my 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Fisheries Biosecurity Division  
Department of Fisheries, Malaysia 
3rd Floor, Podium 2, Block 4G2, Wisma Tani, Precint 4,  Federal Government Administrative Centre,  62628 Putrajaya, Malaysia Tel:  +(06) 03 8870 4000 
Fax:  +(06) 03 8890 3794  
E-mail:  fbs@dof.gov.my