 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JOR/7 
19 March 2004 
 (04-1243) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JORDAN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Live ruminants and their products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
Mongolia  
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No.(01) of 
19 February 2004 of the animal health committe e (SPS) "Banning the importation of live 
ruminants and their products" 
6. Description of content:  Following the confirmation of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in 
Mongolia the Ministry of Agriculture has impo sed a ban on imports of live animals, meat 
(chilled, frozen), meat products, from Mongolia 
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest  or disease, [ X ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:   To keep Jordan free from 
FMD.  Last case of Foot and Mouth Dise ase (FMD) reported in Jordan was in 1999. 
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   The World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE) recommend a ban on the use of meat meal, blood meat, bone meal, meat and bone 
meal and mammalian offal meal in foodstuffs for ruminants within the strategies for the prevention of the transmission of diseases. 
10. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Arabic 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   19 February 2004 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   G/SPS/N/JOR/7 
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 13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Trade Agreement Units/SPS Enquiries 
Ministry of Agriculture Amman – Jordan 
Tel: +962 6 568 6151 Ext. 269 
Fax: +962 6 568 6310 E-mail:  sps@moa.gov.jo 
 