WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ITA/1
23 December 2002
(02-7080)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ITALY
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
General Directorate of Veterinary Public Health, Food and Nutrition
Piazza Marconi, 25 – 00144 – Roma
Dr. Giulia Ippolito- III office –
Tel: +39 06 5994 6296  -
Fax: +39 06 5994 3555
E-mail: g.ippolito@sanita.it
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Leather ,furs, leather
goods and clothes originating from dogs ( canis familiaris)  and cats ( felis catus)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ordinance :
Protective measures on dogs ( canis familiaris)  and cats ( felis catus) . Available in Italian
(unofficial summary available in English)
6. Description of content:   Ordinance concerning the ban on imports into Italy of leather,
furs, leather goods and clothes made with raw materials originating from dogs ( canis
familiaris)  and cats( felis catus)
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Within the frame of animal welfare the Ministry of Health, General Directorate of
Veterinary Public Health, Food and Nutrition, has issued the notified text in order to protect
dogs and cats from being used as fur animals.
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   17 December 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  See box 2