. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SVN/9
26 April 2002
(02-2414)
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:   SLOVENIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
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:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 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):   Seeds, plants, parts of
plants and all plant material, intended for th e propagation and production of agricultural and
horticultural plant species (falling in HS codes 0601.10, 0602, 0701.10, 0712.90, 0714,1002,
1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1201, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207 and 1209, ICS 65.020.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   S e e d s  a n d
Propagative Material Act (53 pages, in Slovene)
6. Description of content:   The Act regulates the production, processing, import and placing
on the market of seed and propagating material of agricultural and horticultural plantspecies, prescribes conditions for carrying out activities of a supplier, responsibilities of a
supplier, quality requirements and other conditions, which seeds and propagating materials
shall meet, official checking of suppliers and official certification of seeds and propagating
material, entering the varieties in the national catalogue of varieties, maintenance of
varieties, supervision over carrying out the Act, prescribes official tasks and authorizations
of responsible official bodies, prescribes measures that shall be taken by responsible official
bodies, establishes an information system and regulates the exchange of data andinformation in the field seeds and propagating materials, regulates infringements ant
penalties, transitional an final provisions.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Plant protection
8. Relevant documents:   Act is prepared on the basis of:
- EU Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC , 66/402/EEC, 66/403 /EEC, 68/193/EEC,
69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC, 70/458/EEC, 92/33/EEC , 92/34/EEC, 98/56/EC
regulating the marketing of seeds or reproducing and planting materials of certain
species of agricultural and horticultural plantsG/TBT/N/SVN/9
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- OECD schemes for seed certification, EPPO certification schemes
- ISTA rules for seed testing.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 June 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   15 June 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           