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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SVK/15
22 July 1999
(99-3069)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SLOVAK REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Central Agricultural Inspecting and Testing Institute
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Plants, plant products and items which may become hosts of harmful
organisms
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Decree of the Slovak Ministry of
Agriculture of 27 February 1999, N° 2 785/1998-100 concerning the phytosanitary
conditions for import, export and transfer of plants, plant products and items which may
become hosts of harmful organisms (82 pages available in Slovak language, English
translation is being prepared).
5. Description of content:  The above-given Decree contains conditions for import, export
and transfer of plants, plant products and the items concerned.  These conditions are
obligatory for importers, exporters, transport companies and manufacturers.  The Decree
has 14 annexes which are directly related to the subject.
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 [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The measures are in conformity with the
Council Directives 77/93/EC, 95/41/EC, 95/4/EC, the Commission Directive 93/50/EEC,
etc. (see footnotes in the Decree).
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
(a) This Decree substitutes previous Notices of the Slovak Ministry of Agriculture
N° 63/64, 62/64, 54/77 and 13/98, respectively.
(b) The importers, manufacturers and exporters were acquainted with the Decree in
lectures held in the individual regions.
9. Proposed date of adoption:           
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 1999G/SPS/N/SVK/15
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11. Final date for comments:  Non applicable
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:  Central Agricultural Inspecting and Testing Institute, Hanulova
9/A, 844 29 Bratislava, Slovak Republic;  Tel:  +(421 7) 6446 2087;  Fax:  +(421 7) 64462084
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           