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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PHL/66 
26 February 2004 
 (04-0822) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PHILIPPINES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Agriculture and Fish eries Product Standards (BAFPS), 
Department of Agriculture (DA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Bulb Onion 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Philippine National 
Standards on Bulb Onion (7 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This standard establishes a system of grading and classifying 
common onion ( Allium cepa  L. cv. Group Common Onion) and shallot ( Allium cepa  L. cv. 
Group Aggregatum ). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  English 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   15 February 2003 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   15 March 2004 G/SPS/N/PHL/66 
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 12. Final date for comments:  14 March 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Philippine National SPS Enquiry Point 
 Office of the Director 
 Policy Research Service  Department of Agriculture  3
rd Floor, DA Building, Elliptical Road 
 Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines  Tel:  (632) 926 7439 
 Fax:  (632) 928 0590 
 E-mail:  epad.polre ser@eudoramail.com  
 
 