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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/152/Rev.1 
18 April 2007 
 (07-1599) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture (DOA) 
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 prohibited articles of plants and carriers from certain source  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  (Draft) Notification of 
the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives entitled "Specification of plant pests and 
carriers from certain sources as prohibited ar ticles, of exceptions and conditions under the 
Plant Quarantine Act, B.E. 2507 (1964) (No. 5) B.E. 2550 (2007)" (available in English, 
7 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Plant Quarantine Commission has submitted the 
recommendations to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives for issuing the notification under the Plant Quarantine Act to revoke and revise regulated articles as follows:  
The notification provides lists of plants and products thereof from any source as prohibited 
articles with some exemptions and conditions, in  particular for those to be withdrawn from 
prohibited lists must be justified by Pest Risk  Analysis (PRA). Transitional Period is also 
provided for historically imported products over the last 5 (five) years before the effective 
date of this provision whereas the import is gr anted further pending the completion of pest 
risk analysis provided that the NPPO of the concerned countries shall request for import 
permit together with supportive evidence of af ore-mentioned trade within 60 (sixty) days 
after the enter into force of this notificati on.  The products covered under trade obligations 
committed by the government before the effectiv e date of  this provision is granted to 
further import unless there is evidence proved  to be otherwise. NPPO of exporting countries must summit technical information PRA within 120 days after the end of application period for import exemption. 
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  60 days after being notified under the Official Gazette 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after the notification to WTO Members 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] 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:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
Division of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards Policy 3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand Tel:  (662) 629 8979 
Fax:  (662) 629 8978 
Website:  www.acfs.go.th E-mail:  acfspol@acfs.go.th , anutviset@yahoo.com