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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/GEO/9
22 June 1999
(99-2528)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   GEORGIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Food
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:
Cultured plants, meadow, pasture lands and forest s, fauna and flora and biosphere in general
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Law of Georgia on amendments to
the Law of Georgia on "Plant Protecti on from Harmful Organisms" (3 pages)
5. Description of content: The aim of the law on plant protection from harmful organisms is:
to protect cultured plants, meadow and pasture lands and forests from harmful organisms
(pests, diseases, weeds);  to avoid undesirable results from the use of plant protection meanson human health, fauna and flora and the biosphere in general;  to provide a legal basis for
the measures concerning protection of plants and products of plant origin from harmful
organisms;  to implement international and the Republic's legal acts in the field of plantprotection.
6. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety  [  ] animal health [ X ] plant protection
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease  [ X ]  protect territory from
other damage from pests
7. An international standa rd, guideline or recommendati on does not exist [ X ].
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law is available in
both Georgian and unofficial En glish translation (#1890 – II r)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  2 April 1999
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  16 April 1999
11. Final date for comments:   Non-applicable
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [  ] National notification authority,
[ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:G/SPS/N/GEO/9
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12. Texts available from:  [  ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Georgian SPS Inquiry Point:
Coordinator:  Levan Chiteishvili
Room 328, Ministry of Agriculture and Food
41 Kostava St.Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel/Fax:  (995 32) 33 48 37
E-mail address:  sps_levan@access.sanet.ge