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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/67
29 August 2001
(01-4157)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Livestock Developmen t, Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives
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).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Animal husbandry and breeding, HS Chapter 0106, ICS:  65.020.30
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Ministerial Regulation on the
Additional Animal Epidemic B.E. (2 pages, available in Thai language)
5. Description of content:  This Ministerial Regulation prescribes as follows:
(1) The Ministerial Regulation No. 10 B. E.2507(1964), No. 14 B.E.2520 (1977), No. 15
B.E.2520(1977), No. 35 B.E.2537(1994), No. 38 B.E.2541(1998) and No. 45
B.E.2542(1999) issued under the Animal Epidemics Act B.E.2499(1956) arewithdrawn.
(2) The following diseases are included as epidemic disease:
- Duck Plague or Duck Virus Enteritis - Contagious Equine Metritis
- African Horse Sickness - Horse Mange
- Equine Influenza (Virus type A) - Leptospirosis
- Equine Piroplasmosis - Equine Infectious Anaemia
- Salmonellosis - Tuberculosis- Dourine - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Trichinosis - Nipah Encephalitis
- Newcastle Disease - Equine Encephalomyelitis
- Brucellosis - Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
- Vesicular Stomatitis - Japanese Encephalitis- Horse Pox - Infectious Arteritis of Horse
- Equine Rhinopneumonitis - Avian Influenza
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[ X ] 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:           G/SPS/N/THA/67
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Publication in which
the notification is published when adopted:  Government Gazette
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
11. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date
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:           
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           