WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/ZMB/3
15 September 2000
(00-3618)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ZAMBIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service (PQPS)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Cassava    Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant
or practicable:  Uganda
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft S1 on the importation,
movement of cassava seedlings and cassava plants
5. Description of content:  Absence of African cassava mosaic virus – Uganda variant in
Zambia
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Plant Regulation
CAP 233
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 October 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2001
11. Final date for comments:  1 October 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:  National PPO, Mt. Makulu Res, St P/B 7, Chilanga, Zambia;
Fax:  260 (1) 278 141
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Allan Sakala,
Coordinator, Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitar y Service (PQPS), Ministry of Agriculture
Food and Fisheries, Mount Makulu, Zambia;  Tel:  260 (1) 278 008/249/655