MINISTRY OFAGRICULTURE
No.
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TOWHOMITMAYCONCERN
Subject:SPSnotification onthephytosanitary requirements forimportingvegetableseeds
fromdifferentoriginsNo.(G/SPS/N/JOR/43ADD.l).
Inreference totheWTO Agreement ontheApplication ofSanitary andPhytosanitary
Measures (SPSAgreement) forimplementing transparency obligations (Article 7),theNPPO
ofJordan hereby notifies themembers atearly stage ofthenewly proposed phytosanitary
requirements forvegetable seeds tobeexported toJordan from different origins, asindicated
inthenotification No.(G/SPS/N/JOR/43ADD.l) issued on9January 2024.
Thenotification includes alistofplant viruses, plant pathogenic bacteria andweed seeds
infesting thevegetable seeds. Thevegetable crops andcountries were selected based onthe
available information asregards presence orabsence ofparticular pests inspecific countries.
Thisistoinform youthattheentry intoforce oftheproposed phytosanitary requirements has
been postponed until further notice. Thisshall allow themembers tomake comments and
discuss these comments upon request andtakethecomments andresults ofdiscussions into
account.
Also, theproducers intheexporting member countries canadapt their products andmethods
ofproduction totherequirements oftheNPPO ofJordan induetime. Equally, please be
informed thattheNPPO ofJordan isstillrevising itsrequirements forimported seeds of
vegetable species anditisanticipated thatthelistofrelevant quarantine pests willinclude
other pathogens, ofwhich youwillbedulyinformed induetime.
Yours sincerely,
-Minister ofAgriculture
DirectorofPlant
IProtectlon &PhytosanltaryDirectorate
Eng.ImadAL-Awad
THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OFJORDAN-AMMA
