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6 December  2019 
(19-8423) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  ESWATINI  
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 should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Veterinary drugs and medicinal substances  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific r egions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Animal Disease Act (Regulation and Control of 
Veterina ry Drugs and Medicinal Substances) Regulations, 2012 . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/SWZ/19_6395_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The overall regulation and control of importation, distribution 
and use of veterinary drugs and medicinal substances.  
The regulations shall protect animals from substandard veterinary medicinal products and 
humans from veterinary drugs residues in food of animal origin.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Section 6 of the Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international  standard:   G/SPS/N/SWZ/4  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Animal Disease Act 7, 1965  
− Eswatini Government Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 February  2020 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if av ailable) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
 