Notification of Ministry of Agriculture a nd Cooperatives Re · Act B.E. 2507, rev ised by the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542, the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives,

G/SPS/N/THA/152/Rev. 1

Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plants and carriers from certain sources as

prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 5) B.E. 2550

By virtue of Article 6 of the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507, revised by the

Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542, the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, through the recommendation of the Plant Quarantine Committee, hereby issue the following notification.

Item 1. The following Ministerial Notifications shall be repealed:

1.1 Notification of Ministry of ARe: Specification of plants, plant pests or carriers from certain sources as prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act, B.E. 2507 dated 19 November B.E. 2507;

1.2 Notification of Ministry of ARe: Specification of plants, plant pests or carriers from certain sources as prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 dated 26 April B.E. 2514;

1.3 Notification of Ministry of Agricultureand(No. 14) Re: Specification of plants, plant pests or carriers as prohibited articles under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 dated 15 December B.E. 2521;

1.4 Notification of Ministry of AgricultureandRe: Specification of plants, plant pests or carriers from certain sources as prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 1) B.E. 2533 dated 11 December B.E. 2533;

1.5 Notification of Ministry of AgricultureandRe: Specification of plants, plant pests or carriers from certain sources as prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 3) B.E. 2538 dated 4 December 2538;

1.6 Notification of Ministry of AgricultureandRe: Specification of plants, plant pests or carriers from certain sources as prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the

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of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 5) B.E. 2539 dated 11 October 2539.

Item 2. In this notification:

2.1 “Preserve food” means food derived from any plant part in a state still considered as a plant and had passed the process that could destroy plant pests and diseases;

2.2 “Organic fertilizer” means fertilizer derived from or made of organic materials which are produced through methodologies such as moistening, chopping, fermenting, grinding, filtering, extracting or other methods but not chemical fertilizer and bio- fertilizer.

Item 3. Plants and carriers from any source listed with this notification are considered as prohibited articles.

Item 4. Exceptions or conditions:

4.1 Preserve food;

4.2 Organic fertilizers from carcasses, bones and

bloods of animals; 4.3 Fresh fruits of plants that are prohibited

articles as mentioned in Item 3 which are frozen under temperature lower than -17.8

0 C (O

0 F) by stating the specified frozen

temperature at the time of export on the Phytosanitary Certificate and has to be re-confirmed by the officer while it passes the process of import plant quarantine clearance;

4.4 Prohibited articles as per Item 3 that had passed the process of pest risk analysis in accordance with the criteria, methods and conditions set by the Director- General of the Department of Agriculture, whereby such prohibition has already been withdrawn from the list as proclaimed in the Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, however, has to comply with the criteria, methods and conditions set by the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture;

4.5 Plants or carriers that are complied with conditions specified by the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture before import;

4.5.1 Organic fertilizers from plants or bat manures;

4.5.2 Soil used for industrial purposes.

Transitory provisions

1. The prohibited articles attached to this notification that has been imported into the Kingdom in the form of trade prior to the enforcement of this notification are subjected to exemption and allowed to be imported until such time that the pest risk analysis for

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NPPO of exporting countries must submit technical information of prohibited articles concerned for the pest risk analysis within 120 days after the end of application period for import exemption.

Once the specified period mentioned in paragraph 1 has passed, however, if necessary, the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture who has the power to grant permission shall require the exporting country to request for import permission on a case to case basis, however, has to be undertaken for a period within 60 days.

2. This notification does not include plants that their importation have been granted on trade obligations by government sectors before this notification enter into force, except that there is reliable scientific information about the outbreak of new plant pests or the detection of new plant pests in the imported commodities, that are threat to the country’s agriculture.

This notification shall enter into force 60 days after the date of its proclamation in the Royal Gazette, and shall remain valid henceforth.

Given on 26 April B.E. 2550 Thira Sutabutra

(Professor Thira Sutabutra) Minister


List of plants and carriers attached to the Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plants and

carriers from certain sources as prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 5)

B.E. 2550

1. Fresh fruits of the following plants;

Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. (bael fruit)

Anacardium occidentale L. (cashew nut)

Areca catechu L. (betelnut palm)

Averrhoa carambola L. (carambola)

Casimiroa edulis Llave & Lex. (casimiroa)

Chrysobalanus icaco L. (icaco pulm)

Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels (wampi)

Cydonia oblonga Miller (quince)

Dimocarpus longan Loureiro (longan)

Dovyalis caffra (Hook. f. & Harvey)

Hook. f. (kei apple) Eriobotrya japonica

(Thunb.) Lindl. (loquat)

Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg) O. Berg (Feijoa fruit)

Inga edulis C. Martius (ice-cream bean)

Litchi chinensis Sonn. (lychee)

Malpighia glabra L. (acerola)

Mammea americana L. (mamey apple)

Mangifera indica L. (mango)

Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Martius)

Console (red pitaya) Nephelium lappaceum

L. (rambutan)

Olea europaea L. (olive)

Persea americana Mill, (avocado)

Phoenix dactylifera L. (date palm)

Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels (star gooseberry)

Physalis peruviana L. (cape gooseberry)

Punica granatum L. (pomegranate)


Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran (yellow pitaya)

Fresh fruits of the following plants in genus;

Actinidia spp.

Annona spp.

Artocarpus spp.

Chrysophyllum spp.

Diospyros spp.

Eugenia spp.

Ficus spp.

Flacourtia spp.

Fragaria spp.

Garcinia spp.

Juglans spp.

Malus spp.

Manilkara spp.

Morus spp.

Passiflora spp.

Pouteria spp.

Primus spp.

Psidium spp.

Pyrus spp.

Rollinia spp.

Rubus spp.

Spondias spp.

Syzygium spp.

Vitis spp.

Ziziphus spp.

Fresh fruits of the following plants in family;

Cactaceae e.g.

Acanthocereus spp.


Cereus spp.

Echinocereus spp.

Escontria spp.

Hylocereus spp.

Stenocereus spp.

Cucurbitaceae

4. Any part of the following plants;

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. (pineapple)

Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (tea) (excluding dried tea

leave)

Carica papaya L. (papaya)

Cocos nucifera L. (coconut)

Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (oil palm)

Manihot esculenta Crantz (cassava)

Theobroma cacao L. (cocoa)

Zea mays L. (corn) (excluding pop corn imported for

consumption)

5. Any part of the following plants in genus;

Citrus spp.

Coffea spp. (excluding fresh coffee bean)

Fortunella spp.

Gossypium spp. (excluding cotton lint)

Hevea spp. and carriers i.e. fresh latex, cup lump,

slab and scrap Jatropha spp.

Musa spp.

Oryza spp. and carriers i.e. rice bran (excluding white

rice, broken rice and parboil rice)

Poncirus spp.

Saccharum spp.


6. Any part of the following plants in family;

Solanaceae (excluding cigarette, tobacco and cigar)

7. Soil

8. Organic fertilizer 9. Agricultural micro-organisms, animalpests of plant, earthworms, insects, mites,

nematodes, snails, slugs, weeds, parasites and predators.

• The Royal Gazette, Vol. 124, Special Part 66 D, Page 1, Dated 1 June B.E. 2550 (2007) • This is an unofficial English translation. In case of any different

in meaning between the Thai text and the English translation, the Thai text shall be applied.

G/SPS/N/THA/151/Rev. 1

Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plant pests as prohibited articles under the Plant

Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 6) B.E. 2550

By virtue of Article 6 of the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507, revised by the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542, the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, through the recommendation of the Plant Quarantine Committee, hereby issue the following notification.

Item 1. Notification of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plant pests as prohibited articles B.E. 2507 (No. 3) B.E. 2546 dated 14 October B.E. 2546 shall be repealed.

Item 2. Plant pests from any source listed with this notification are considered as prohibited articles because they are quarantine pests.


Given on 26 April B.E. 2550 Thira Sutabutra



List of plant pests attached to the Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re :

Specification of plant pests as prohibited articles, under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 6)

B.E. 2550

Fungi 1. Ascochyta gossypii (Woronichin) Syd.

2. Asperisporium caricae (Speg.) Maubl.

3. Balansia oryzae-sativae Hashioka

4. Botryotinia allii (Sawada) W.Yamam

5. Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel

6. Botryotinia porri (J.F.H. Beyma) Whetzel

7. Botrytis aclada Fresen.

8. Cephalosporium maydis Samra, Sabet & Hingorani

9. Cercospora elaeidis Steyaert

10. Cercospora zeae-maydis Tehon & E.Y. Daniels

11. Chalara elegans Nag Raj & W.B. Kendr.

12. Claviceps gigantea S.F. Fuentes, Isla, Ullstrup & Rodriquez

13. Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.

14. Claviceps sorghi B.G.P. Kulk., Seshadri & Hegde

15. Colletotrichum circinans (Berk.) Voglino

16. Colletotrichum kahawae J.M. Waller & Bridge

17. Crinipellis perniciosa (Stahel) Singer

18. Diaporthe phaseolorum var. meridionalis F.A. Fern.

19. Diaporthe vexans Gratz

20. Elsinoe australis Bitancourt & Jenkins

21. Elsinoe theae Bitancourt & Jenkins

22. Fusarium graminearum Schwabe

23. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. elaeidis Toovey

24. Gibberella xylarioides R. Heim & Saccas

25. Guignardia camelliae (Cooke) E.J.Butler

26. Haplobasidion musae M.B.Ellis


27. Helminthosporium allii Campanile

28. Microcyclus ulei (Henn.) Arx

29. Moniliophthora roreri (Cif.) H.C. Evans et al.

30. Mycena citricolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc.

31. Mycosphaerella citri Whiteside

32. Nectria rigicliuscula Berk. & Broome

33. Phaeoramularia angolensis (T. Carvalho & 0. Mendes) P.M. Kirk

34. Phakopsora jatrophicola (Arthur) Cummins

35. Phellinus noxius (Corner) G. Cunn.

36. Phoma foveata Foister

37. Phoma theiocola Petch

38. Phoma tracheiphila (Petri) Kantachveli & Gikachvili

39. Phomopsis longicolla Hobbs

40. Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (Duggar) Hennebert

41. Phytophthora boehmeriae Sawada

42. Phytophthora capsici Leonian

43. Phytophthora citricola Sawada

44. Phytophthora cryptogea Pethybr. & Laff.

45. Phytophthora hibernalis Carne

46. Phytophthora katsurae W.H. Ko & H.S. Chang

47. Phytophthora megakarya Brasier & M.J. Griffin

48. Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler

49. Phytophthora porri Foister

50. Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin

51. Pseudocercospora jatrophae (G.F. Atk.) A.K. Das & Chattopadh.

52. Pyricidaria setariae Y.Nisik.

53. Rosellinia bunodes (Berk. & Broome) Sacc.

54. Rosellinia pepo Pat.

55. Sclerospora graminicola (Sacc.) J. Schrot.

56. Sclerophthora macrospora (Sacc.) Thirum., C.G. Shaw & Naras

57. Sclerotium cepivorum Berk.

58. Septoria limonum Pass.


59. Sphaceloma manihoticola Bitanc.& Jenkins

60. Sphacelotheca cruenta (J.G. Kiihn) A.A. Potter.

61. Sphacelotheca reiliana (J.G. Kiihn) Clinton

62. Stenocarpella macrospora (Earle) B.Sutton

63. Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Percival

64. Spongospora subterranea f.sp. subterranea J.A. Toml.

65. Thecaphora solani (Thirum & M.J. O'Brien) Mordue

66. Uromyces musae Henn.

67. Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold

68. Verticillium dahliae Kleb.

Bacteria

69. Candidatus Liberibacter africanus (Jagoueix et al.)

70. Candidatus Liberibacter americanus (Teixeira et al.)

71. Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Smith

) Davis et al.

72. Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis (Vidaver

& Mandel)

Davis et al.

73. Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicum

(Spieckermann &

Kotthoff) Davis et al.

74. Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.

75. Pantoea agglomerans (Beijerinck) Gavini et al.

76.. Pantoeaananatis Corring (Serrano) Mergaert et al.

77. Pantoea citrea Kageyama et al.

78. Pseudomonas cichorii (Swingle) Stapp.

79. Pseudomonas corrugata (ex Scarlett et al.) Roberts &

Scarlett

80. Pseudomonas fuscovaginae (ex Tanii et al.) Miyajima

et al.

81. Pseudomonas glumae Kurita & Tabei

82. Pseudomonas rubrisubalbicans (Christopher &

Edgerton) Krasil’nikov


87. Pseudomonas viridiflava (Burkholder) Dowson

88. Xanthomonas arboricola pv. celebensis

(Gaumann) Vauterin et al.

89. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citrumelo (Gabriel et

al.) Vauterin et al.

90. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorum (Cobb)

Vauterin et al.

91 Xanthomonas campestris pv. armoraciae

(McCulloch) Dye

92. Xanthomonas campestris pv. cassavae (Wiehe &

Dowson)

Maraite & Weyns

93. Xanthomonas campestris pv. theicola Uehara, Arai,

Nonaka & Sano

Virus 98. African cassava mosaic

virus 99. African cotton mosaic

virus 100. Alfalfa mosaic virus

101. Andean potato latent virus

102. Andean potato mottle virus

103. Banana bract mosaic virus

104. Barley stripe mosaic virus

105. Cassava American latent virus

106. Cassava brown streak virus

107. Cassava common mosaic virus

108. Cassava green mottle virus

109. Cassava Ivorian bacilliform virus

110. Cassava vein mosaic virus

111. Cassava virus X

112. Citrus leaf rugose virus

113. Citrus leprosis virus

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114.

Citrus ringspot virus (=Citrus psorosis virus complex A,B)

115.

Citrus rubbery wood virus

116.

Citrus tatter leaf virus

117.

Citrus variegation virus

118.

Citrus vein enation virus

119.

Cacao red mottle virus

120.

Cacao swollen shoot virus

121.

Cacao vein-clearing virus

122.

Cacao yellow mosaic virus

123.

Cacao yellow vein banding virus

124.

Cocoa necrosis virus

125.

Coconut foliar decay virus

126.

Coconut wilt disease

127.

Coffee ringspot virus

128.

Cotton anthocyanosis virus

129.

Cotton leaf crumple virus

130.

Cotton leaf mosaic virus

131.

Cotton leaf mottle virus

132.

Cotton stenosis virus

133.

Cotton terminal stunt virus

134.

Cowpea mild mottle virus

135.

Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus

136.

East African cassava mosaic virus

137.

High plains virus

138.

Indian cassava mosaic virus

139.

Lettuce necrotic yellow virus

140.

Maize rayado fino virus

141.

Maize chlorotic dwarf virus

142.

Maize dwarf mosaic virus A

143.

Maize mosaic virus

144.

Papaya leaf curl virus

145.

Papaya mosaic virus


146.

Papaya waialua virus

147.

Potato black ringspot virus

148.

Potato deforming mosaic virus

149.

Potato mop-top virus

150.

Potato yellow dwarf virus

151.

Potato yellow virus

152.

Potato yellow vein virus

153.

Rice dwarf virus

154.

Rice hoja blanca virus

155.

Rice stripe virus

156.

Rice yellow mottle virus

157.

Satsuma dwarf virus

158.

Sorghum mosaic virus

159.

Squash mosaic virus

160.

Sugarcane bacilliform virus

161.

Sugarcane streak virus

162.

Tobacco rattle virus

163.

Tobacco streak virus

164.

Tomato aspermy virus

165.

Tomato black ring virus

166.

Tomato bushy stunt virus

167.

Tomato ringspot virus

168.

Tomato spotted wilt virus

Rickettsia

169. Papaya bunchy top {Rickettsia sp.)

(Davis et al.) Viroid

170. Avocado sunblotch viroid

171. Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle

viroid

172. Chrysanthemum stunt viroid


174.

Citrus exocortis viroid 175.

Coconut cadang-cadang viroid

176.

Coconut tinangaja viroid

177.

Columnea latent viroid

178.

Hop stunt viroid

179.

Mexican papita viroid

180.

Peach latent mosaic viroid

181.

Potato spindle tuber viroid

182.

Tomato apical stunt viroid

183.

Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid

184.

Tomato planta macho viroid

Mycoplasma

185. Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al.

186. Spiroplasma kunkelii Whitcomb et

al.

Phytoplasma

187. Banana marbling disease

188. Cassava frog skin phytoplasma

189. Cassava Witches 'Broom

190. Coconut lethal yellows phytoplasma

191. Grapevine flavescence doree

phytoplasma

192. Lime Witches’Broom

193. Sugarcane Ramu stunt disease

phytoplasma

Insect

194. Acrobasis pyrivorella (Matsumura)

195. Adoxophyes orana (Fischer von

Roslerstamm)

196. Anarsia lineatella Zeller


200.

Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart)

201.

Anastrepha serpentina (Wiedemann)

202.

Anastrepha striata Schiner

203.

Anastrepha suspensa (Loew)

204.

Anthonomus grandis Boheman

205.

Anthonomus vestitus Boheman

206.

Bactrocera aquilonis (May)

207.

Bactrocera caryeae (Kapoor)

208.

Bactrocera cucumis (French)

209.

Bactrocera frauenfeldi (Schiner)

210.

Bactrocera jarvisi (Tryon)

211.

Bactrocera kandiensis Drew & Hancock

212.

Bactrocera kirki (Froggatt)

213.

Bactrocera melanotus (Coquillett)

214.

Bactrocera minax (Enderlein)

215.

Bactrocera musae (Tryon)

216.

Bactrocera neohumeralis (Hardy)

217.

Bactrocera occipitalis (Bezzi)

218.

Bactrocera passiflorae (Froggatt)

219.

Bactrocera philippinensis Drew & Hancock

220.

Bactrocera psidii (Froggatt)

221.

Bactrocera trilineola Drew

222.

Bactrocera trivialis (Drew)

223.

Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt)

224.

Bactrocera tsuneonis (Miyake)

225.

Bactrocera xanthodes (Broun)

226.

Cacoecimorpha pronubana Hiibner

227.

Carpomya pardalina Bigot

228.

Carposina sasakii Matsumura

229.

Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)

230.

Ceratitis cosyra (Walker)

231.

Ceratitis rosa Karsch

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232. Conotrachelus nenuphar

(Herbst)

233. Cryptophlebia leucotreta

Meyrick

234. Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus)

235. Dacus ciliatus Loew

236. Dacus demerezi (Bezzi)

237. Dacus frontalis Becker

238. Dacus solomonensis Malloch

239. Diatraea saccharalis

(Fabricius)

240. Epichoristodes acerbella

(Walker)

241. Epiphyas postvittana (Walker)

242. Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus)

243. Grapholita funebrana

Treitschke

244. Grapholita molesta (Busck)

245. Grapholita packardi Zeller

246. Grapholita prunivora (Walsh)

247. Leptinotarsa decemlineata

(Say)

248. Leptopharsa heveae Drake &

Poor

249. Liriomyza bryoniae

(Kaltenbach)

250. Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus

Kuschel

251. Nemorimyza maculosa

(Malloch)

252. Opogona sacchari (Bojer)

253. Oryctes boas (Fabricius)

Oryctes monoceros (Olivier)


264. Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh)

265. Rhynchophorus palmarum (Linnaeus)

266. Sacadodes pyralis Dyar

267. Scirtothrips aurantii Faure

268. Scirtothrips citri (Moulton)

269. Sesamia calamistis Hampson

270. Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker

271. Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio)

272. Trirhithrum coffeae Bezzi

Mite

273. Aceria guerreronis Keifer

274. Aculops lycopersici (Massee)

275. Calepitrimerus vitis (Nalepa)

276. Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar)

277. Oligonychus peruvianus (McGregor)

278. Panonychus ulmi (Koch)

279. Petrobia latens (Muller)

280. Tetranychus pacificus McGregor

Nematode

281. Anguina agrostis (Steinbuch) Filipjev

282. Anguina graminis (Hardy) Filipjev

283. Anguina tritici (Steinbuch) Chitwood

284. Aphelenchoides arachidis Bos

285. Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie

286. Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau

287. Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner &

Buhrer) Nickle

288. Cactodera cacti Filipjev & Schuurmans

Stekhoven

289. Ditylenchus destructor Thorne

290. Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuhn) Filipjev


292.

Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens

293.

Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens

294.

Heterodera avenae Wollenweber

295.

Heterodera glycines Ichinohe

296.

Heterodera graminis Stynes

297.

Heterodera oryzae Luc & Berdon Brizuela

298.

Heterodera oryzicola Rao & Jayaprakash

299.

Heterodera punctata (Thorne) Mulvey & Stone

300.

Heterodera schachtii Schmidt

301.

Heterodera sorghi Jain, Sethi, Swarup & Srivastava

302.

Heterodera trifolii Goffart

303.

Hirschmanniella miticausa Bridge, Mortimer & Jackson

304.

Hoplolaimus columbus Sher

305.

Hoplolaimus indicus Sher

306.

Longidorus sylphus Thorne

307.

Meloidogyne brevicauda Loos

308.

Meloidogyne camelliae Golden

309.

Meloidogyne chitwoodi Golden, O'Bannon, Santo & Finley

310.

Meloidogyne coffeicola Lordello & Zamith

311.

Meloidogyne graminis (Sledge & Golden) Whitehead

312.

Nacobbus aberrans (Thorne) Thorne & Allen

313.

Paratrichodorus porosus (Allen) Siddiqi

314.

Pratylenchus goodeyi Sher & Allen

315.

Pratylenchus loosi Loof

316.

Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilus (Cobb) Goodey

317.

Rotylenchulus macrodoratus ( Dasgupta, Raski & Sher)

318.

Scutellonema bradys (Steiner & Le Hew) Andrassy

319.

Trichodorus viruliferus Hooper

320.

Xiphinema americanum Cobb

321.

Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Micoletzky) Thorne


Weed 322. Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

323. Amaranthus albus L.

324. Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats.

325. Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.

326. Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.

327. Avena fatua L.

328. Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.

329. Chenopodium album L.

330. Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq.

331. Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

332. Cirsium vulgare Savi (Ten.)

333. Cuscuta campestris Yuncker

334. Galium aparine L.

335. Heliotropium europaeum L.

336. Hibiscus trionum L.

337. Lolium temulentum L.

338. Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers.

339. Orobanche cernua Loefl.

340. Orobanche crenata Forskal.

341. Orobanche ramosa L.

342. Parthenium hysterophorus L.

343. Phalaris minor Retz.

344 Polygonum aviculare L.

345. Polygonum convolvulus L.

346. Raphanus raphanistrum L.

347. Rumex acetosella L.

348. Rumex obtusifolius L.

349. Salvinia molesta Mitchell

350. Senecio vulgaris L.

351. Setaria faberi Herrm.

352. Solarium carolinense L.


353.

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cavanilles

354.

Spergula arvensis L.

355.

Stellciria media (L.) Vill.

356.

Striga angustifolia (Don) Saldanha

357.

Striga densiflora (Benth.) Benth.

358.

Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth.

359.

Thlaspi arvense L.

360.

Vicia sativa L.

Unknown Etiology 361.

Bristle top (in coconut)

362.

Citrus blight disease

363.

Citrus impietratura disease

364.

Cotton blue disease

365.

Dryout rot

366.

Head drop

367.

Little mottle

368.

Socorro wilt

369.

Tatipaka wilt

The Royal Gazette, Vol. 124, Special Part 66 D, Page 4, Dated 1 June B.E. 2550 (2007) This is an unofficial English translation. In case of any different in meaning between the Thai text and the English translation, the Thai text shall be applied.

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Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plant pests as prohibited articles under the Plant

Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 7) B.E. 2550

By virtue of Article 6 of the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507, revised by the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542, the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, through the recommendation of the Plant Quarantine Committee, hereby issue the following notification.

Plant pests from any source listed with this notification are considered as prohibited articles because they are quarantine pests.


Given on 27 July B.E. 2550

Thira Sutabutra


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List of plant pests attached to the Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plant pests as prohibited articles, under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 7) B.E.

Fungi

1. Ceratobasidium cereale Murray & Burpee

2. Fusarium culmorum (W.G. Sm.) Sacc.

3. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis (Leach &

Currence) Snyder &

Hansen

4. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lilii Imle

5. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. narcissi Snyder & Hansen

6. Kabatiella zeae Narita & Y. Hirats.

7. Monographella nivalis (Schaffnit) E.Mull.

8. Peronospora dianthicola Barthelet

9. Phoma andigena Turkenst.

10. Puccinia asparagi DC.

11. Septoria cucurbitacearum Sacc.

12. Septoria helianthi Ell. & Kellerman

13. Tilletia controversa J. G. Kuhn

14. Urocystis gladiolicola Ainsworth

15. Uromyces gladioli Henn.

Bacteria

16. Burkholderia caryophylli (Burkholder) Yabuuchi et

al.

17. Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens

(Hedges) Collins & Jones

18. Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. oortii (Saaltink & Maas Geest.)

Collins & Jones

19. Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis (Brown) Stevens

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22. Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens (Elliott)

Young et al.

23. Rhizobium vitis (Ophel & Kerr) Young et al.

24. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vitians (Brown)

Vauterin et al.

25. Xanthomonas campestris pv. zantedeschiae (Joubert

& Truter) Dye

Virus 28. Arab is mosaic nepovirus

29. Asparagus virus-1

30. Asparagus virus-2

31. Celery mosaic virus

32. Grapevine virus A

33. Grapevine virus B

34. Hibiscus chlorotic ring spot virus

35. Impatiens necrotic spot virus

36. Impatiens necrotic virus

37. Maize chlorotic mottle virus

38. Pelargonium chlorotic ring pattern virus

39. Pelargonium line pattern carmovirus

40. Pelargonium ring spot virus

41. Pelargonium vein clearing virus

42. Pelargonium zonate spot virus

43. Pepino mosaic virus

44. Potato virus S

45. Tulip breaking virus

46. Zantedeschia mosaic virus

47. Zucchini yellow mosaic virus

Phytoplasma

48. Grapevine yellows phytoplasmas

Seemuller et al. Insect

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49. Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (Signoret)

50. Adoxophyes honmai (Yasuda)

51. Adoxophyes privatana (Walker)

52. Archips machlopis Meyrick

53. Archips podana (Scopoli)

54. Archips xylosteanus (Linnaeus)

55. Aspidiotus nerii (Bouche)

56. Carulaspis minima Borchsenius

57. Cryptophlebia illepida (Butler)

58. Cydia fabivora (Meyrick)

59. Cydia leucostoma (Meyrick)

60. Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret

61. Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni)

62. Fiorinia theae Green

63. Frankliniella tritici (Fitch)

64. Grapholita delineana Walker

65. Grapholita funebrana Treitschke

66. Grapholita inopinata Heinrich

67. Lopholeucaspis cockerelli (Grandpre & Charmoy)

68. Parlatoria theae Cocekrell

69. Proeulia auraria (Clarke)

70. Proeulia chrysopteris (Butler)

71. Pseudodendrothrips mori (Niwa)

72. Retithrips syriacus (Mayet)

73. Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan)

74. Tetramoera schistaceana (Snellen)

75. Thrips fiiscipennis Haliday

76. Thrips simplex (Morison)

Mite

77. Amphitetetranychus viennensis (Zacher)

78. Bryobia graminum (Schrank)

79. Bryobia lagodechiana Reck

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80. Bryobia praetiosa Koch

81. Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten)

82. Caloglyphus mycophagus (Megnin)

83. Eutetranychus banksi (McGregor)

84. Eotetranychus carpini (Oudemans)

85. Eotetranychus lewisi (McGregor)

86. Eotetranychus uncatus Garman

87. Mononychellus planki (McGregor)

88. Oligonychus gossypii (Zacher)

89. Oligonychus grypus Baker & Pritchard

90. Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor)

91. Oligonychus indicus (Hirst)

92. Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor)

93. Rhizoglyphus setosus Manson

94. Tetranychus desertorum Banks

95. Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard

96. Tetranychus Iambi Pritchard & Baker

97. Tetranychus lombardinii Baker & Pritchard

98. Tetranychus mexicanus (McGregor)

99. Tyrophagus dimidiatus (Hermann)

100.

Tyrophagus similis Volgin

Nematode

101. Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner and

Buhrer

102. Ditylenchus destructor (Thorne)

Hoplolaimus galeatus (Cobb) Thorne

• The Royal Gazette, Vol. 124, Special Part 109 D, Page 6, Dated 5 September B.E. 2550 (2007)

• This is an unofficial English translation. In case of any different in meaning between the Thai text and the English translation, the Thai text shall be applied.

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT B.E. 2507 AMENDED BY PLANT

QUARANTINE ACT (NO. 2) B.E. 2542 AND PLANT

QUARANTINE ACT (NO. 3) B.E. 2551

BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, REX Given on the 13th

day of March,

B.E. 2507.

Being the 19lh

Year of the Present Reign.

His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been

graciously pleased to

proclaim that:

Whereas it is expedient to have a law on plant quarantine;

Be it, therefore, enacted by the King, by and with the

advice and consent of the Constituent Assembly acting as the

National Assembly, as follows:

Section 1 This Act shall be called the “Plant Quarantine

2507”. Section 2 This Act shall come into force after the

expiration of ninety days from the date of its publication in the

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Section 3 The Plant Diseases and Plant Pests Prevention

Act, B.E. 2495 shall be repealed.

Section 4 In this Act,

“plant” means all species of plants including terrestrial,

aquatic, and other kinds of plants, including any parts thereof such

as the stems, buds, stocks, shoots, offshoots, branches, leaves,

roots, rhizomes, bulbs, flowers, fruits, seeds, and cultures and

spores of mushrooms, be they propagable or dead; including

predators, parasites, silkworms, silkworm-eggs, silk-cocoons, bees,

bee-hives, and microorganisms;

“controlled plant” means plants declared by the Minister in the Government Gazette as controlled plant;

("specific controlled plant ” shall be incorporated herein by Section 3 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551.)

“specific controlled plant” means plants declared by the Minister in the Government Gazette. It shall require protective

measures and inspection on microorganisms or other articles that

are harmful to human health, in compliance with the importing

country requirements prior to exportation.

“plant gemiplasm” means a group of cells with diverse inheritable genes that form pieces of plants which are alive and

propagable, be they in a form of seeds, tissues, or any part of

plants, including genetic materials that may inherit any

characteristics controlled by them, herein specific only to those

useful for breeding purposes;

“soil” means soil with organic matters or with livable

conditions for

“plant pest” means those which are harmful to plants,

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“carrier” means planting materials, soil, sand,

containers or other materials in which plants are packed, organic

fertilizers or others which may serve as media for the plant pests;

“prohibited article” means plants, plant pests and carriers declared by the Minister in the Government Gazette as

prohibited article;

“restricted article” means plants, plant pests and carriers declared by the Minister in the Government Gazette as

restricted article;

“unprohibited article” means other plants which are not prohibited or restricted articles;

“owner” includes agent of the owner, person in possession of the articles and person in charge of the conveyance

transporting the articles;

("pest risk analysis” shall be incorporated herein by Section 4 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551.)

“pest risk analysis” means the process of evaluating biological or other scientific and economic evidence to determine

whether a pest should be regulated and the strength of any

phytosanitary measures to be taken against it;

“importation” means bringing or ordering into the Kingdom by any means whatsoever;

("bring in transit ” shall be repealed by Section 5 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 and shall be replaced by the following definition.)

“bringing in transit” means bringing or sending through the Kingdom with or without transshipment;

“exportation” means bringing or sending out of the

“plant quarantine station”

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“post-entry quarantine station” means a place declared

by the Minister in the Government Gazette as a place for holding

plants, prohibited articles, restricted articles, and plant germplasms

for observation and research;

“plant pest controlled area” means a locality declared by the Director- General in the Government Gazette as area for

prevention or eradication of plant pests;

(“phytosanitary certificate” shall be incorporated herein by Section 6 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551.)

“phytosanitary certificate” means an official document

issued by the competent authority of exporting country to verify

that plant, plant germplasm or carrier is free from pests, in

compliance with the importing country requirements;

(“phytosanitary certificate for re-export” shall be incorporated herein by Section 6 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551.)

“phytosanitary certificate for re-export” means an official document issued by the competent authority of exporting

country to verify that plant, plant germplasm or carrier brought or

sent into and transshipped out of the Kingdom to other countries is

free from pests of re-exporting country, in compliance with the

importing country requirements;

(“health certificate" shall be incorporated herein by Section 6 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551.)

“health certificate” means an official document issued by the competent authority of exporting country to verify that a

specific controlled plant is free from microorganisms or other

articles which are harmful to human health, in compliance with the

importing country requirements;

“Committee” means the Plant Quarantine Committee;“Director General” means the Director

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“plant quarantine official” means the Director-General

and a person appointed by the Minister for the execution of this

Act;

“Minister” means the Minister in charge of the execution of this Act.

Section 5 The plant quarantine official shall bear an

identification card in the form prescribed in the Ministerial

Regulation, and in the execution of this Act, upon request, shall

provide the said identification card to the person concerned.

(Provisions of Section 5bis shall be incorporated herein by Section 4 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 5bis There shall be a Committee called “The Plant Quarantine Committee,” comprising the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives as the chairman,

Director-General of the Department of Fisheries or representative,

Director-General of the Department of Livestock or representative,

Director-General of the Royal Forestry Department or

representative, Director-General of the Department of Agriculture

or representative, Director-General of the Custom Department or

representative, Director-General of the Department of Agricultural

Extension or representative, Secretary - General of the Office of

the Narcotics Control Board or representative, Director-General of

the Port Authority of Thailand or representative, Managing

Director of the Airport Authority of Thailand or representative,

President of the Communications Authority of Thailand or

representative, Director of the National Center for Genetic

Engineering and Biotechnology or representative, Representatives

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The Department of Agriculture, for the Committee,

shall be charged with the duties on technical, administrative, and

procedural under the decision of the Committee.

(Provisions of Section 5ter shall be incorporated herein by Section 4 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 5ter The Expert Committee shall be in office

for a two- year-term, nevertheless may be reappointed.

In case there is any reason for the Expert Committee to

leave the office before the end of the term or in case the Minister

appoints additional Expert Committee during the office term of the

Committee, the substituted Expert Committee shall be in the office

for as long as the term left for the earlier appointed Expert

Committee.

(Provisions of Section 5tetra shall be incorporated herein by Section 4 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 5tetra Notwithstanding the end of office term

under Section 5ter, the Expert Committee appointed by the

Minister shall leave the office in case of:

(1) death;

(2) resignation;

(3) removed by the Minister;

(4) become incompetent or quasi-incompetent person;

(5) imprisoned by the final judgement to a term of

imprisonment, except for an offence committed through negligence

or a petty offence.

(Provisions of Section 5penta shall be incorporated herein by Section 4 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 5penta In a meeting of the Committee, the

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required to constitute the quorum. In case where the chairman is

not present or is unable to perform the duty, the members of the

Committee present shall elect a member among themselves to

preside over the meeting as a chairman.

A decision of the meeting shall be met by a majority

vote. Each member of the Committee shall have one vote. In case

of equality of the votes, the presiding chairman shall have an

additional vote as the final vote.

(Provisions of Section 5hexa shall be repealed by Section 7 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 5hexa The Committee shall have the authority

as follows:

(1) provide recommendations to the Minister for the

determination on name of plants, plant pests, or carriers to be

prohibited or restricted articles, and of plant germplasms that shall

be controlled, and of controlled plants and specific controlled

plants;


determination on plant quarantine station and post-entry quarantine

station;

(3) providerecommendations to the

Director-General for the

determination on type of business enterprises that are eligible to

import or bring in transit of prohibited articles under Section 8 (2)

as well as the determination on criteria, procedures and conditions

for the importation or bringing in transit of prohibited articles

through commercial channel or other business enterprises under

Section 8 (2);

(4) providerecommendations to the

including criteria, procedures and conditions on the request and

issuance of health certificate under Section 15hexa;


promulgation of the Ministerial Regulations under this Act;

(7) make recommendations to the Minister or Director-

General for the amendment of this Act, Ministerial Regulations,

rules, notifications or guidelines related to plant quarantine under

this Act or other laws elsewhere, that cause adverse effect to the

plant quarantine implementation;

(8) perform other actions stipulated by this Act or other

laws to be the duties of the Committee.

(Provisions of Section 5hepta shall be incorporated herein by Section 4 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 5hepta The Committee shall have the authority

to appoint one or more Sub-Committee(s) to perform any duties

charged by the Committee.

The provisions of Section 5penta shall be applied to the

meeting of the Sub-Committee mutatis mutandis.

(Provisions of Section 6 paragraph 1 shall be repealed by Section 8 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) 2551 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 6 In case, where it is necessary to prevent the

spread or outbreak from introduction of any kind of plant pests into

the Kingdom or where it is advantageous to protect possibly

adverse effect on environment or human health, the Minister by the

recommendation of the Committee shall have the authority to

declare, where appropriate, in the Government Gazette the name of

plants, plant pests or carriers to be prohibited or restricted articles

under this Act, as the case may be. Under the said declaration,

name of any plants, plant pests or carriers from any sources may be

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travelling from the place where there is the occurrence of that

particular plant pest, report to the plant quarantine official with the

form specified by the Director- General.

When it is no longer necessary, the prohibited and

restricted articles mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be revoked by

declaration in the Government Gazette.


Section 6bis For the purpose of controlling and

prevention of the introduction of plant pests, the Minister by the

recommendation of the Committee shall have the authority to

declare the name of plant germplasms that shall be controlled in

the Government Gazette.

(Provisions of Section 6bis paragraph 2 shall be repealed by Section 9 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 and the following shall be implemented.)

No one shall import or export any plant germplasms

declared in paragraph 1 by the Minister, unless otherwise

permitted by the Director-General, and the importation of which

shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.

The request for permission and the permission under

paragraph 2 shall be performed under the criteria, procedures, and

conditions stipulated by the Director-General.


Section 6ter The plant quarantine official shall have the

authority to enter the planting areas, place of collection or

preservation of plant germplasms declared by the Minister under

Section 6bis paragraph 1, during sunrise and sunset of the day or

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fact or request for the permit, or related evidence from the owner

or the possessor of the planting area or the said place.

(Provisions of Section 7 shall be repealed by Section 7 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 7 The Minister under the recommendation of

the Committee shall have the authority to declare any port, airport

or place with certain limit as plant quarantine station or post -entry

quarantine station, as the case may be, in the Government Gazette.

(Provisions of Section 8 shall be repealed by Section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 255land the following shall be implemented.)

Section 8 Any person importing or bringing in transit

prohibited articles shall receive permission from the Director-

General and comply with the following rules.

(1) The importation or bringing in transit of prohibited

articles for research purpose shall be accompanied with a

phytosanitary certificate, or in case where the importation or

bringing in transit of prohibited plant pest or carrier which is not

plant, a certification letter from the authorized agency of the

exporting country shall be required to accompany with such

prohibited articles.

(2) The importation or bringing in transit for

commerce or other purposes which shall be declared by the

Director-General under the recommendation of the Committee,

shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, subjected to

pest risk analysis and complied with the criteria, procedures and

conditions stipulated by the Director-General under the

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Section 9. No one shall import or bring in transit any

restricted articles unless the said restricted articles are

accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.


Section 10. The importation or bringing in transit of

prohibited or restricted articles shall be made through the plant

quarantine station for inspection by the plant quarantine official,

and shall be complied with criteria, procedures and conditions

stipulated by the Director-General under the recommendation of

the Committee and published in the Government Gazette.


Section 11 Any person importing or bringing in transit

unprohibited articles shall attach with a phytosanitary certificate

and shall declare to the plant quarantine official in a format form

specified by the Director-General.


Section 12 In the execution of this Act, the plant

quarantine official shall have the authority as follows;

(1) search any warehouse, conveyance, package as well

as any person within the jurisdiction of plant quarantine station or

plant pest controlled area when there is reasonable ground to

suspect that plants, prohibited articles, restricted articles or

unprohibited articles have been imported or brought in transit in

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is reasonable ground to suspect that plants, prohibited articles,

restricted articles or unprohibited articles under possession are

plant pests or harbor plant pests that may cause very serious

damage and in case where there is reasonable ground to suspect

that if the search warrant shall take longer time to be issued, such

unlawful articles or any wrongdoings shall be removed, hidden,

destroyed or changed from the original appearances, and in case

where the search can not be carried out in time, it is allowable to

continue until the search is completed;

(3) collect or draw sample in an adequate amount of

plants, prohibited articles, restricted articles or unprohibited

articles or other related articles for inspection or analysis, in case

where there is reasonable ground to suspect that such articles are

plant pests or harbor plant pests that may cause very serious

damage;

(4) confiscate or hold plants or prohibited articles,

restricted articles or unprohibited articles or other related articles

in due time, where necessary, in case where there is reasonable

ground to suspect that such articles are plant pests or harbor plant

pests that may cause very serious damage.


Section 13 To prevent the introduction of plant pests

into the Kingdom, the plant quarantine official shall have the

authority to deal with plants or prohibited articles, restricted

articles, unprohibited articles or plant germplasms imported or

brought in transit as follows;

necessary at the owner’s expenses;

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(3) order the importer to send the plants, prohibited

articles, restricted articles, unprohibited articles or plant

germplasms infected or infested with plant pests out of the

Kingdom;

(4) destroy them, where necessary, when there is

reasonable ground to suspect that such plant pests may cause very

serious damage and there is no alternative remedial measures under

subparagraph (1).

(Provisions of Section 13/1 shall be incorporated herein by Section 16 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551.)

Section 13/1 All articles that are collected, confiscated

or held under Section 12 (3) and (4) and Section 13 (2), shall fall

into the possessions of the Department of Agriculture, in case if

there is no claim from the owners, or in case where the case is

withdrew by the public prosecutor, or the final judgement is not to

confiscate the articles, and the owner does not claim within ninety

days counting from the date of confiscation or hold, or the date of

public prosecutor withdrawal or the date of the final judgement not

to confiscate the articles, wherever the cases shall be.

If the articles collected, confiscated or held under

paragraph 1 are perishable, or if the articles shall be at risk to be

damaged from storage or the expenses to keep the articles exceed

their values, the Director-General shall have the authority to order

destroying or any other means of disposal, where appropriate.


Section 14 No one shall remove any plants, prohibited

articles, restricted articles or plant germplasms from any plant

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(Provisions of Section 15 shall be repealed by Section 17 of the Plant Quarantine

Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 15 Any person who would like to apply for a

phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export

shall pay inspection and treatment fees at the rates specified by the

Director-General under the recommendation by the Committee and

shall be published in the Government Gazette.

The plant quarantine official has the authority to issue a

phytosanitary certificate and phytosanitary certificate for re-export

to the applicant under paragraph 1 and the plant quarantine official

shall collect fees for the issuance of a phytosanitary certificate or

phytosanitary certificate for re-export, where applicable to the

rates prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation.

The request for and issuance of a phytosanitary

certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export shall be

complied with the criteria, procedures, and conditions stipulated by

the Director-General under the recommendation by the Committee

and shall be published in the Government Gazette.


Section 15bis To prevent the spread of the plant pests

out of the Kingdom, the Minister under the recommendation of the

Committee shall have the authority to declare the name of plants to

be considered as controlled plant in the Government Gazette.

(Provisions of Section 15bis, paragraph 2 shall be repealed by Section 18 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 and the following shall be implemented.)

Any person who would like to export controlled plant

under paragraph 1 shall have a phytosanitary certificate

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(Provisions of Section 15ter shall be repealed by Section 19 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 15ter In case of loss or damage in the essential

matters of the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate

for re-export, the holder of the said phytosanitary certificate

requiring a substitution shall request for such subst ituted

phytosanitary certificate from the plant quarantine official.

The request for and issuance of the substitution of the

phytosanitary certificate shall be complied with the criteria,

procedures, and conditions stipulated by the Director-General.

(Provisions Section 15tetra shall be incorporated herein by Section 9 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 15tetra To facilitate plant growers for the

purpose of exportation, any person who would like to request the

plant quarantine official to inspect or recommend the means to

control plant pests in nursery or field for exportation, shall request

for registration of the said nursery or field for exportation to the

Department of Agriculture.

The request for registration and the registration shall be

complied with the criteria, procedures, and conditions stipulated by

the Director-General.

(Provisions of Section 15penta shall be incorporated herein by Section 9 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 15penta To regulate plants for exportation, the

Minister under the recommendation of the Committee shall have

the authority to declare a plant to be specific controlled plant by

indicating name, type, species or characteristic aspects of the plant,

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(Provisions of Section 15hexa shall be incorporated herein by Section 9 of the

Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 15hexa Any person who would like to export

specific controlled plant shall have a phytosanitary certificate

accompanying with the consignment and pay inspection fee at the

rates specified by the Director-General under the recommendation

by the Committee and shall be published in the Government

Gazette.

The plant quarantine official shall have the authority to

issue a health certificate to the applicant under paragraph 1 and the

plant quarantine official shall collect fee for the issuance of a

health certificate at the rates prescribed in the Ministerial

Regulation.


Section 16 Any person who would like to request the

plant quarantine official to perform his duties under this Act on

official holidays, after official working hours or outside

Government offices whether during or after official working hours,

shall pay additional fees for performing his duties at the rates

prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation and pay all travel expenses

as necessary and actually paid to the plant quarantine official.

The criteria, procedures, and conditions of the payment

of additional fees and travel expenses under paragraph 1 shall be in

line with the Ministerial Rule.

Section 17 In the event of an outbreak of plant pest

which might bring about serious damages, or where there is proper

reason to place control in respect of plant pest in any locality, the

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notification shall be posted up at the Provincial Government

Office, Amphur Office, Office of Kumnan and Phuyai Ban of such

locality.

Section 18 After a declaration of the plant pest control

area under Section 17 has been made, no one shall take out of or

bring into the plant pest control area any plants, plant pests or

carriers specified in the declaration unless inspected and permitted

in writing by the plant quarantine official.

Section 19 The provisions of Sections 12 and 13 shall

apply mutatis mutandis to the plants, plant pests and carriers stated

in Section 17 which are within the plant pest controlled area or to

be taken out of or brought into the said area.

(Provisions of Section 19 paragraph 2 shall be repealed by Section 11 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 and the following shall be implemented.)

In case there is any plant pest which may cause serious

damage and if it is not destroyed in time, it will cause more severe

damage. The plant quarantine official may order the owner to

destroy the plants, plant pests and carriers, or if necessary the

plant quarantine official may destroy them by himself. In such

case, the Director-General may order the owner to pay all

expenses for such destruction as necessary and actually paid.

Section 20 When the Director-General finds that the

plant pest according to the declaration under Section 17 has all

been destroyed or that necessity no longer exists, such declaration

shall be revoked.

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income under the law of fiscal budget, and shall be used only in

those activities specified by this Act, not for any other purposes

whatsoever.


Section 20ter Any person who does not comply with

Section 6 paragraph 2 or violates Section 6bis paragraph 2, Section

9 or Section 18 shall be fined not exceeding 20,000 Baht.

(Provisions of Section 20tetra shall be incorporated herein by Section 12 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542.)

Section 20tetra Any person who resists or obstructs the

plant quarantine official from performing his duties under Section

6ter shall be fined not exceeding 10,000 Baht.


Section 21 Any person who does not comply with

Section 8, Section 10 and Section 15bis paragraph 2 or Section

15hexa or violates Section 14 shall be imprisoned not exceeding

one year or fined not exceeding 20,000 Baht, or both.


Section 22 Any person who does not comply with

Section 11 shall be fined not exceeding 4,000 Baht.


Section 23. Any person who resists or obstructs the

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does not comply with the order of the plant quarantine official

under Section 13(3) shall be imprisoned not exceeding six months,

or fined not exceeding 10,000 Baht, or both.


Section 24 Any person who disobeys or obstructs the

plant quarantine official from performing his duties under Section

19 paragraph 2 shall be imprisoned not exceeding six months, or

fined not exceeding 10,000 Baht, or both.


Section 25 For all the offences under this Act that are

only punishment by fine, the Director-General or any person

appointed by him shall have the authority to perform administrative

fine.


Section 26 For all plants, plant pests or carriers under

this Act which are not imported through plant quarantine station or

imported or brought in transit in violation of this Act in any

respect, or those which are objects of offences in connection with

the plant pest controlled area as provided in Section 8 Section 9

Section 14 or Section 18 shall be confiscated regardless of whether

any person is convicted by the order of the court. All articles

confiscated by the order of the court shall belong to the Department

of Agriculture to be managed under its discretion.

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quarantine official, to issue Ministerial Regulations fixing

administrative fees not exceeding the rates annexed hereto, to

prescribe fees, to grant exemption of administrative fees and to

prescribe other activities for carrying out this Act.

Such Ministerial Regulations shall become effective

upon their publication in the Government Gazette.

(The List of Administrative Fees shall be repealed by Section 22 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 and the following shall be implemented.)

An import and transit permits of prohibited articles

200 Baht

per

each

An import and export permits of plant germplasms

200 Baht

per

each

A phytosanitary certificate 200 Baht

per

each

A phytosanitary certificate for re-export 200 Baht

per

each

A health certificate 200 Baht

per

each

Substitute certificate of phytosanitary certificate

100 Baht

per

each

Substitute certificate of phytosanitary certificate for

re-export 100 Bath

per

each

Substitute certificate of health certificate 100 Baht

per

each

Countersigned by :

Field Marshal Thanom

Kittikachorn Prime

• Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (1964): The Government Gazette, Vol. 81, Part 27, dated 21 March B.E. 2507 (1964).

• Plant Quarantine Act (No.2) B.E. 2542 (1999): The Government Gazette, Vol. 116, Part 39a, dated 18 May B.E. 2542 (1999).

• Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 (2008): The Government Gazette, Vol. 125, Part 40a, dated 1 March B.E. 2551 (2008).

• UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION • This is an English translation. In case of any difference in

meaning between the Thai text and the English translation, the Thai text shall be applied.

Notification of Ministry of Agriculture a nd Cooperatives Re · Act B.E. 2507, rev ised by the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542, the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives,

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