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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/LVA/2
26 May 1999
(99-2103)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture
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:  The
regulation lays down the hygiene requirement s for live bivalve molluscs (Echinodermata),
echinoderms (Gastropoda), tunicate (Tunicata) for human consumption.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  "Regulations on Hygiene
Requirements for Live Molluscs Placing on the Ma rket" – project of the regulations of the
Cabinet of Ministers (3 pages)
5. Description of content:  The regulation sets the hygiene requirements for marketing of live
bivalve molluscs, including the basic hygien e principles for packaging, storage and
transportation, and detailed batch marking description of live bivalve molluscs.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease , [  ]  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:  Council Directive 91/492 EEC of 15 July 1991
lays down the health conditions for production and marketing of live bivalve molluscs.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Will be published in
the Official Journal of the Republic of La tvia when adopted (available in Latvian).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 June 1999
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 1999
11. Final date for comments:   Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [  ] National notification authority,
[  ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:   Ministry of Agriculture, Republic S q. 2, Riga, Latvia, LV 1981, Fax:  +(371) 702
7205G/SPS/N/LVA/2
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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: Ministry of
Agriculture, Republic Sq. 2, Riga, Latvia, LV 1981, Fax:  +(371) 702 7205