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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/174
1 October 2002
(02-5269)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Communities. Health & Consumer
Protection Directorate-General, Directorate E – Food Safety: Plant Health, Animal Health
and Welfare, International questions
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):   Live poultry and live ratites and their hatching eggs, fresh meat of poultry,
ratites farmed and wild feathered game and the poultry meat products and meat preparations
consisting of or containing the m eat of the before mentioned species
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communities (EC) and Chile exporting the products
concerned to the European Communities
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  SANCO/10429/2002 -
Rev.2 - Draft Commission Decision am ending Decision 2002/607/EC concerning
protection measures relating to avian influenza in Chile (6 pages) (Available in English)
6. Description of content:   Regionalisation of Chile for avian influenza and as a consequence
lifting the restrictions for importation in to the Community of the products listed in
paragraph 3 originating from the rest of the Chilean territory.
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:  Recent outbreaks of
Avian influenza in specified regions of Chile
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:   See paragraph 5
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   15 October 2002G/SPS/N/EEC/174
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12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] EC enquiry point,  or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: