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|                                                  | *G/SPS/N/PHL/71** |
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|                                                  | 3 June 2004       |
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|                                                  | (04-2351)         |
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| **Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary        | Original: English |
| Measures**                                       |                   |
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**NOTIFICATION**

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| ** | **Member to Agreement notifying:** [PHILIPPINES]{.underline}    |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** | If applicable, name of local government involved:               |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:** Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI),         |
| 2. | Department of Agriculture (DA)                                  |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified  |
| 3. | in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers       |
| ** | should be provided in addition, where applicable):** Coniferous |
|    | and non-coniferous wood packaging material such as pallets,     |
|    | dunnage, crating, packing blocks, drums, cases, load boards,    |
|    | pallet collars, and skids                                       |
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| ** | **Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent     |
| 4. | relevant or practicable:** All countries                        |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Title, language and number of pages of the notified           |
| 5. | document:** Implementing Guidelines for Regulating Wood         |
| ** | Packaging Material in International Trade (Draft)               |
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| ** | **Description of content:** All wood packaging material         |
| 6. | entering the Philippines shall comply with the requirements of  |
| ** | the \"Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in      |
|    | International Trade (ISPM 15)\", approved by the Interim        |
|    | Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (ICPM).                    |
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| ** | **Objective and rationale: \[   \] food safety, \[   \] animal  |
| 7. | health, \[ X \] plant protection, \[   \] protect humans from   |
| ** | animal/plant pest or disease, \[   \] protect territory from    |
|    | other damage from pests**                                       |
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| ** | **International standard, guideline or recommendation:**        |
| 8. |                                                                 |
| ** | **\[**   **\] Codex Alimentarius Commission, \[   \] World      |
|    | Organization for Animal Health (OIE), \[ X \] International     |
|    | Plant Protection Convention, \[   \] None**                     |
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|    | **If an international standard, guideline or recommendation     |
|    | exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify     |
|    | deviations:**                                                   |
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| ** | **Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are         |
| 9. | available:** English                                            |
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| *  | **Proposed date of adoption:** 1 June 2004                      |
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| *  | **Proposed date of entry into force:** 1 June 2004              |
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| *  | **Final date for comments:** 31 May 2004                        |
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| 2. | **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:**                                     |
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| *  | **Texts available from: \[ X \] National notification           |
| *1 | authority, \[ X \] National enquiry point, or address, fax      |
| 3. | number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:**       |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | Philippine National SPS Enquiry Point                           |
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|    | Office of the Director                                          |
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|    | Policy Analysis Service                                         |
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|    | Department of Agriculture                                       |
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|    | 3^rd^ Floor, DA Building, Elliptical Road                       |
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|    | Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines                               |
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|    | Tel: (632) 926 7439                                             |
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|    | Fax: (632) 928 0590                                             |
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|    | E-mail: <epad.polreser@eudoramail.com>                          |
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|    | Copy of this document can be accessed from                      |
|    | [www.spsis.da.gov.ph](http://www.spsis.da.gov.ph/)              |
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