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Notifying
Member: KENYA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Kenya Bureau of
Standards
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Products
covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited
with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code(s):
08); Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit;
industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code(s): 12); Other
standards related to farming and forestry (ICS code(s): 65.020.99)
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or countries:
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Title of
the notified document: DKS
2958-2:2024, Nuts and Oil Crops industry - Code of practice Part 2 Annual
nuts and oilseed crops. Language(s):
English. Number of
pages: 54
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/KEN/24_07845_00_e.pdf
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Description
of content: This draft Kenya Code
of Practice for the Nuts and Oil Crops industry specifies the requirements
essential for legal compliance, the responsible and safe production of annual
nuts and oilseed crops. The code also guides the procurement of inputs and
marketing of annual nuts and oilseed crops products. It applies to all
industry players in their respective and relevant value chain node including
but not limited to; seed merchants, nursery operators, growers, marketing
agents, aggregators, transporters, manufacturers, shippers, and cargo
handlers.
The code also provides the basis for
licensing and/or certification of industry players.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[X] Codex
Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial
number of Codex standard or related text):
1.
CXS 106, General standard for irradiated foods
2.
CXS 192, General standard for food additives
3. CXS 193,
General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international
standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
1._ Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, Cap. 387
2._ International Union of the Protection of new Varieties of plants
(UPOV)
3._ KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods - General requirements
4._ Labour institutions act, 2007
5._ Labour Relations Act, 2007
6._ Plant protection Act, Cap. 324
7._ Pest Control Products Act, Cap. 346
8._
Seeds and Plant
Varieties Act, Cap. 326
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 30 June 2025
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 30 June 2025
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
To be determined.
[X] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 21 January 2025
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Kenya Bureau
of Standards
WTO/TBT
National Enquiry Point
P.O. Box:
54974-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +(254) 020 605490
+(254) 020 605506/6948258
Fax: +(254) 020
609660/609665
E-mail: info@kebs.org
Website:
http://www.kebs.org
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Kenya Bureau of Standards
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point
P.O. Box: 54974-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +(254) 020 605490
+(254) 020 605506/6948258
Fax: +(254) 020 609660/609665
E-mail: info@kebs.org
Website: http://www.kebs.org
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