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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/20
17 June 2003
(03-3197)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ)
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, plant products and other quarantine objects exported to China,
which need to undergo pest risk analysis (PRA).
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   All
countries and regions who export plant or plant products to China
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Regulation on the Pest
Risk Analysis of the plants and plant products for port entry (Chinese, 6 pages).
6. Description of content:  In order to prevent exotic plant quarantine pests from being
introduced into China, as well as to protect the production safety of agriculture, forestry
and Chinese ecological environment, the regulation is developed to regulate the process of
initialization, risk assessment and risk management of PRA for import plants, plantproducts and other quarantine objects, in accordance with IPPC, WTO/SPS principles, and
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine
and its regulations for implementation.
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. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  International Standards for Phytosanitary
Measures No.2, No.11 and No.14.
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Regulation on the
Pest Risk Analysis of the plants and plant products for port entry, available in Chinese.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   31 December 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 February 2003G/SPS/N/CHN/20
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12. Final date for comments:  60 days after being circulated by WTO Secretariat
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:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
No.9 Madian East Rd
Haidian DistrictBeijing, China 100088
Fax:  +861082262449
Email:  SPS@aqsiq.gov.cn