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Notifying Member
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Myanmar
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Title of new
legislation/procedure
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Notification No. 20/2024: The Law Amending the National Food Law (2024)
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Date of Publication
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20 March
2024
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Date of entry into force
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20 March
2024
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Website link/Official
publication of the new regulation/procedure
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https://www.fda.gov.mm
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Have you attached a copy of the
regulation (PDF) to the Secretariat
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Yes [X]
No [ ]
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Type of notification
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[ ] (a) New licensing regulation/procedure[2];
(please answer question 8 to 14)
[x] (b)Changes to a regulation/procedure which
has been previously notified in document: _G/LIC/N/2/MMR/1
and _G/LIC/N/2/MMR/11
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8
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List of products subject to
licensing
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9
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Nature of licensing
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Automatic:
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Non-Automatic:
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10
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Administrative purpose/measure
being implemented
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(a)
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Protect
public morals;
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(b)
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Protect
human, animal or plant life or health;
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(c)
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Collect
trade statistics or market surveillance;
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(d)
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Protection
of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and the prevention of deceptive
practices;
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(e)
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Pursue
obligations under the UN Charter and other international treaties (i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions
etc.)
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(f)
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Quota
(including TRQ) administration;
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(g)
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Regulate
imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable materials and safeguard national
security;
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(h)
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Other:
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11
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Administrative body(ies) for submission
of applications
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Ministry/authority and Department:
Website:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
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Contact point for information
on eligibility
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Ministry/authority and Department:
Address:
Website:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
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13
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Expected duration of licensing
procedure
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14
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A
summary of the notification in one of the WTO official languages
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15
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In
the case of 7(b), please indicate the type of new change(s)
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(a)
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Termination
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(b)
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Suspension
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(c)
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Modification of specific
details in existing
procedures:
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Product coverage;
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Administrative purpose;
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Automatic or Non-automatic;
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Duration of licensing;
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Change the nature of quantity/value
restriction;
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Eligibility of applicants;
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Contact information on eligibility;
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Administrative body(ies) for submission of
application;
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Documentation requirements (including
application form);
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Period for Application;
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Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;
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Processing time for issuing licence;
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Licence fee/administrative charge;
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Deposit/advance payment and relevant
conditions;
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Appeal regulations/procedures;
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Validity of licence;
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Other conditions of licence (extension,
transferability, penalty of non-use etc.);
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Foreign exchange requirements;
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Other: Violation of National Food Law
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Please
elaborate the changes in detail (in one of the official WTO languages)
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Available
in English
This Notification is to inform WTO Members
that the
National Food Law was amended as follows:
Section 28 of the National Food Law shall be substituted
as follows:
"28. Whoever violates any provision of section 22
shall, on conviction:
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if it is an offence relating to food in subsection (a),
subsection (b), subsection (c), subsection (d), subsection (e), subsection
(f) or subsection (g), be punished with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to 10 years and may also be liable to fine which may extend from a
minimum of three hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of 3 million kyats;
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if it is an offence relating to food in subsection (h)
or subsection (i), be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend
to one year or with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand kyats or
with both;
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the court shall pass an order to destroy or dispose of
the exhibits involved in the offence, in accordance with the stipulations.
Section 29 of the National Food Law shall be substituted
as follows:
"29. Whoever violates the provision of section 23
shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to ten years and may also be liable to fine which may extend from a
minimum of one million kyats to a maximum of five million kyats. In addition,
the court shall pass an order to destroy or dispose of the exhibits involved
in the offence, in accordance with the stipulations."
30. The expression "with fine which may extend from
a minimum of one hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of three hundred
thousand kyats" and "In addition, the exhibits involved in the offence
shall also be liable to be confiscated." in section 30 of the National
Food Law shall be substituted by the expressions "with fine which may
extend from a minimum of three hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of three
million kyats" and "In addition, the court shall pass an order to
destroy or dispose of the exhibits involved in the offence, in accordance
with the stipulations."
31. The expression "shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which
may extend from a minimum of one hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of three
hundred thousand kyats or with both" in section 31 of the National Food
Law shall be substituted by the expression "shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and may also be liable
to fine which may extend from a minimum of three hundred thousand kyats to a
maximum of three million kyats.
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