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 Issue 2 - Apr/May/Jun 2024
 

Publication of List of Products Requiring Sanitary and Phytosanitary Certification Before Importation and Exportation

On 15 May 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce issued Decision on the List of Products Requiring the Certification of Sanitary and Phytosanitary-SPS Before Importation and Exportation No. 0781/MOIC ("Decision"). The Decision sets out the list of products requiring sanitary and phytosanitary ("SPS") certification before importation and exportation.


Examples of products requiring SPS certification before importation include food, food products and supplements, beverages that contain alcohol, animal food, and veterinary medicine. Products requiring SPS certification before exportation must comply with the relevant regulations of destination counties and the treaties to which Laos PDR is a party.


Importers and exporters of the list of products specified in the table of the Decision must, prior to the importation and exportation of such products, submit to the relevant sector the appropriate application form and complete the documents required by such sector. 



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