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16 May 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives  
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):  Maize ( Zea mays ) seeds for sowing (HS code: 12.09, ICS code: 
65.020.20)  
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:  Draft Notification of Department of Agriculture Re: 
Conditions for Import of Maize Seeds B.E. .... (….) . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/THA/24_03153_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Department of Agriculture (DOA) is proposing to revise the 
DOA notification concerning the phytosanitary import requirements of Maize ( Zea mays ) 
seeds for sowing from all countries as follows:  
1. The Notification of Department of A griculture, Re: Conditions for import of Maize Seeds 
B.E. 2563 (2020), dated 30 November 2020 and the Notification of Department of 
Agriculture, Re: Conditions for import of Maize Seeds (No.2) B.E.  2564 (2021), dated 
5 March 2021,  are repealed and replaced  by this (Draft) DOA notification ; 
2. Maize seed lots are required to fulfil one of the following phytosanitary import 
conditions, and/or a combination of the two conditions addressing each of twenty -one 
quarantine pests i.e. Clavibacter nebraskensis , Pantoea  stewartii subsp.  stewartii , 
Pseudomonas syringae pv. lapsa , Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae , Xanthomonas 
vasicola pv. vasculorum , High plains virus , Wheat streak mosaic virus , Bipolaris maydis 
race T , Fusarium culmorum , Harpophora maydis , Peronosclerospora heteropogoni , 
Peronosclerospora philippinensis , Sclerophthora macrospora , Sclerophthora rayssiae 
var. zeae, Sclerospora graminicola , Sporisorium reilianum , Stenocarpella macrospora , 
Striga angustifolia , Striga aspera , Striga densiflora and Striga hermonthica ; 
Maize seeds were produced in a country where the quarantine pests are not known to 
occur ;  
OR 
Maize seeds were derived from parent plants that were inspected and tested during the 
growing season and found free from the quarantine pest s;  
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  Maize seeds were officially tested and found free from the quarantine pests.  
3. Maize seeds must be dressed with appropriate fungicides. Information on fungicide 
treatment (fungicide common name and percent active ingredient) must be indicated 
in the a ppropriate sections of a phytosanitary certificate or a phytosanitary certificate 
for re -export ; 
4. In case, import of maize seeds from the Union of Myanmar must comply with the 
additional conditions as the Annex 2. of this notification.  
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 standard? If so, identify th e 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 number) : 
ISPM No. 38: International movement of seeds  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and w hy it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 60 days after being notified under the Official Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulatio n of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900  
Thailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4204  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 https://spsthailand.acfs.go.th/th/main  G/SPS/N/THA/289/Rev.1  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 https://spsthailand.acfs.go.th/th/main  
 