DMA/28
WTO/TBT
DM Dominica
  • 12 - Ölsaaten und ölhaltige Früchte; verschiedene Samen und Früchte; Pflanzen zum Gewerbe- oder Heilgebrauch; Stroh und Futter
2021-08-13
2021-06-17

Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing (HS 1209)

International Movement of Growing Media in Association with Plants for Planting (29 page(s), in English)

This standard provides guidance to assist national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) in identifying, assessing and managing the pest risk associated with the international movement of seeds (as a commodity class). 

The standard also provides guidance on procedures to establish phytosanitary import requirements to facilitate the international movement of seeds; on inspection, sampling and testing of seeds; and on the phytosanitary certification of seeds for export and re-export.

Under ISPM 5 (Glossary of phytosanitary terms) seeds (as a commodity class) are intended for planting and not for consumption. Viable seeds, which are a sample of a seed lot, imported for laboratory testing or destructive analysis are also addressed by this standard.

This standard does not apply to grain or vegetative plant parts (e.g. tubers of potatoes).