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WT/TPR/S/ 405/Corr.1  
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Trade Policy Review Body   
 
  
TRADE POLICY REVIEW  
REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT  
MYANMAR  
Corrigendum  
Page 60, paragraph 3.86 should read:  
 
The Plant Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture (DOA), the Department of Fisheries 
(DOF), and the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department ( LBVD ) of the MOALI are 
responsible for SPS measures, and the Department of FDA of the Ministry of Health and Sports is 
responsible for food safety. SPS -related standards follow those of Codex, the International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC), ASEAN, and the OIE. Myanmar adopted Codex maximum residue 
limits (MRLs) and ASEAN MRLs, as interim measures, according to the FDA. To date, seven SPS 
standards have been adopted based on Codex Alimentarius standards.52 The Plant Protection 
Division under the DOA is the WTO SPS National Enquiry Point. During the review period, Myanmar  
notified its SPS measures to the WTO.53   
 
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52 These standards relate to: (i) quick frozen finfish, un -eviscerated and eviscerated; (ii) quick frozen 
fish fillets; and (iii) frozen shrimp or prawns.  
53 WTO documents G/SPS/N/MMR/1, 12 March 2020; G/SPS/N/MMR/2, 6 July 2020; G/SPS/N/MMR/3, 
9 July 2020, G/SPS/N/MMR/4, 21 July 2020; G/SPS/N/MMR/5, 21 July 2020; G/SPS/N/MMR/6, 21 July 2020; 
and G/SPS/N/MMR/7, 18 September 2020.  