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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/LVA/13
13 October 2003
(03-5404)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Meat and edible meat
offal (HS Heading 02);  fish and crustacean s, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
(HS Heading 03);  dairy produce, birds' eggs , natural honey, edible products of animal
origin (HS Heading 04);  products of animal origin (HS Heading 05);  edible vegetables and
certain roots and tubers (HS Heading 07);  edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit or
melons (HS Heading 08);  coffee, tea, mate  and spices (HS Heading 09);  cereals
(HS Heading 10);  products of the milling industry, malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten
(HS Heading 11);  Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit;  miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit;
industrial and medical plants;  straw and fodd er (HS Heading 12), Soya beans, whether or
not broken (HS 1201), Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled
or broken (HS 1202), Copra (HS 1203), Linseed, whether or not broken (HS 1204), Rape or
colza seeds, whether or not broken (HS 1205), Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken
(HS 1206), Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits , whether or not broken (HS 1207), Flours
and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard (HS 1208), Hop
cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets;  lupulin
(HS 1210), Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh,chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground;  fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable
products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a
kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included (HS 1212);
Gum Arabic (HS 1301 20 000), Vegetable saps and extracts;  pectic substances, pectinates
and pectates;  agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified,derived from vegetable products (HS 1302);  animal or vegetable fats and oils and their
cleavage products;  prepared edible fats;  animal or vegetable waxes (HS Heading 15);
sugars and sugar confectionery (HS Heading 17);  cocoa and cocoa preparations
(HS Heading 18);  preparations of cereals,  flour, starch, or milk (HS Heading 19);
preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS Heading 20);miscellaneous edible preparations (HS Heading 21);  Waters, including natural or artificial
mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
nor flavoured;  ice and snow (HS 2201);  Waters, including mineral waters and aerated
waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and otherG/TBT/N/LVA/13
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non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 2009 (HS 2202),
Beer made from malt, in containers holding 10 litres or less (HS 2203), Undenatured ethyl
alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol or higher;  ethyl alcohol and other
spirits, denatured, of any strength (HS 2207), undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic
strength by volume of less than 80% vol;  spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages(HS 2208), Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid, Wine vinegar, in
containers holding (HS 2209);  Salt suitable for human consumption (HS 2501 00 910).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The requirements for
the import, export and transit of food products, control procedures on borders, free zones, in
free warehouses and in custom warehouses and the list of products subject to control
(6 pages, in Latvian).
6. Description of content:   The regulation determines the requirements of import, export and
transit of foodstuffs in the country as well as lays down the principles of the control of food
products for the Sanitary Border Inspection of Food and Veterinary Service on the bordercontrol points, free zones, free warehouses and custom warehouse.  There is also a list of the
food products subjected to the control in these regulations.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To legally protect the border control certificate, diminish trade barriers and protect the
safety of consumers.
8. Relevant documents:   Council Regulations No 339/93, 1262/84
9. Proposed date of adoption:  16 December 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2004
10. Final date for comments:   1 December 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  Ministry of
Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Departme nt, Food Division, 2 Republikas laukums, R īga,
LV-1981, Latvia, Tel: +371 7027092, Fax:  +371 7027205,  e-mail:
Silvija.Ziedina@zm.gov.lv