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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SVN/4
22 December 1999
(99-5508)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SLOVENIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food;  Plant Protection
Division
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:  Plants and plant material of Prunus  L. intended for planting, except seeds
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Decree on the Implementation of
Systematic Surveys, and Measures for the Prevention of the Spread and for the Control of
Plum pox Potyvirus (Sharka) (3 pages) (Availab le in Slovene language, English translation
is being prepared).
5. Description of content:  Decree on Sharka will:
− Provide legal basis for pest-free production sites of plants and planting material of
Prunus spp. in Slovenia;
− Introduce systematic surveys on Prunus spp. (sampling in nurseries, orchards and
monitoring points, laboratory testing) in order to determine the presence, to prevent
the occurrence and spread, to establish the location and extent of spread, and to
control, with the aim of eradication.
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:  Decree is prepared on the basis of international
standards:  ISPM 1, ISPM 6, ISPM 9 and ISPM  10 draft (Pest-free places of production and
pest-free production sites) – Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention,
FAO
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To de determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/SVN/4
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11. Final date for comments:  25 January 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Plant Prot ection Division, Dunajska 56-58, 1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia;  Fax:  386 61 178 90 21;  E-mail:  simona.perme@gov.si