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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CUB/2
26 November 2002
(02-6529)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF CUBA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, National Centre for Plant Health
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, whereapplicable):
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots a nd the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Edible fruits and nuts; peel of fresh citrus fruits or melons
Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Cereals
Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat glutenOil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seed and fruit; industrial or medicinal
plants; straw and fodder
Vegetable plaiting materials and vegetable products
Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Preparations of cereals, flour, st arch or milk; pastrycooks' products
Residues and waste from the food i ndustries; prepared animal fodder
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Applicable to all countries where cases of pests which are quarantine objects in Cuba have
been reported.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No. 441/96
(3 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Resolution implements the list of plant quarantine objects of
the Republic of Cuba.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
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8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [    ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  This Resolution implements  Article VII, Point
2(i) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution No.
441/96  (available in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not indicated.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not indicated
12. Final date for comments:  Not indicated.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
National Centre for Plant Health
Ayuntamiento #231 e/ San Pedro y Lombillo
Plaza de la Revolución
Havana, CubaTel.: 537 881-5089
537 870-0925
Fax: 537 870-3277
E-mail: internacionales@sanidadvegetal.cu
estadistica@sanidadvegetal.cu
barrios@sanidadvegetal.cu