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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PHL/45
27 November 2002
(02-6548)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PHILIPPINES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau Animal Industry (BAI),  Department of Agriculture (DA)
3. 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):   Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products including Poultry Meat, Day-Old
Chicks, Eggs and Semen (HS 0105, 0207, 0407, 0408).
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
State of California, USA
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:   DA Memorandum
Order (MO) No.10, Series of 2002, Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic andWild Birds and their Products including Poultry Meat, Day-Old Chicks, Eggs and Semen
Originating from the State of California, USA.
6. Description of content:   The US Department of Agriculture, based on a report submitted to
the Office International des Ep izooties (OIE) last 3 October 2002, has confirmed an outbreak
of Newcastle Disease (ND) in California, US A.  The Philippines imports poultry and poultry
products from the USA.  There is a need to pr event the entry of virulent Newcastle disease
virus to protect the health of the local poultry industry.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:   Restrictions imposed on
the importation of domestic and wild birds, their products including poultry meat, day-old
chicks, eggs and semen to prevent the entry a nd spread of Newcastle disease in the country.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
10. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   English
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   18 October 2002G/SPS/N/PHL/45
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12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Philippine National SPS Enquiry Point
Office of the Director
Policy Research ServiceDepartment of Agriculture
3
rd Floor, DA Building, Elliptical Road
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Tel: (632) 9267439
Fax: (632) 9280590
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   Same as above.