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NamibiaProposed measure, not in force yet

Seed and Seed Varieties Act, 2018 (Act No. 23 of 2018)

Namibia notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 22 May 2026.

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At a glance

Products

All seeds: Buckwheat, millet, canary seed and other cereals (excl. wheat and meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice and grain sorghum); Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken; Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken.; Other oil seeds and ol

HS codes
  • 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
    • 0909 Seeds of anis, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 1008 Buckwheat, millet, canary seed and other cereals (excl. wheat and meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice and grain sorghum)
All 9 codes
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 1205 Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken
    • 1206 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken.
    • 1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds and…
    • 120910 Sugar beet seed, for sowing
    • 120930 Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated mainly for flowers, for sowing
    • 12099 Other:
    • 1211 Plants and parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes…
Notifying member
Namibia
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Plant protection
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
  • Protect territory from other damage from pests
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/NAM/2
Keywords
Plant diseases, Plant health, Territory protection

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
The Act was promulgated on 31 December 2018.
Proposed entry into force
Pending gazetting of the regulations.

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/NAM/2; it forwards comments to Namibia.

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What the notification says

To provide for the appointment of the Registrar of seed and seed varieties and the registration of producers, processors and dealers of seed and control over imports and exports of seed; to provide for the establishment of the Namibia Seed Council and the Seed Varieties Committee and their powers and functions; to provide for the establishment of a national seed varieties register; to provide for the establishment of the Seed Certification Service and its powers and functions; and to provide for incidental matters.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from Namibia

  1. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Metrology Act, 2022 (Act No. 5 of 2022)

    To provide for the administration and supervision of metrology; to designate the Namibian Standards Council as the governance board for metrology; to provide for the functions of the Namibian Standards Institution and the appointment of the head of metrology and other professionals in metrology…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/NAM/12

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