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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NOR/4
25 August 2000
(00-3383)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NORWAY
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Royal 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:  Plant and plant products
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Regulation relating to plants and
measures against pests (48 pages).
5. Description of content :  The purpose of these regulations is to prevent the introduction and
spread of regulated pests, control or eradicate any outbreaks in Norway and safeguard theproduction and sale of plants of the best possible health and quality.  They are made in
respect of the obligations in the Agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary
measures, and the International Plant Protection Convention, and are principally based on
the regulation regarding plant health in the EEC.
These regulations lay down requirements and provide provisions for:
- inspections and access to carry out controls regarding plant health for plants and other
regulated articles;
- inspections for quality and the labelling of plants for further cultivation;
- measures against regulated pests;
- registration scheme for businesses involved in production, sale, import and export of
plant and plant products;
- the production and sale of plants for further cultivation;
- import and export; phytosanitary certificates according to the International Plant
Protection Convention, inspections so that import and export conditions are complied
with;
- fees; to finance the control system.
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:  International standards for phytosanitary
measures (FAO).
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft Regulation
relating to plants and measures against pests (in Norwegian and English).G/SPS/N/NOR/4
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9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 October 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2001
11. Final date for comments:  10 September 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Royal Ministry of Agriculture
Att: Marianne Smith
P.O. Box 8007 DepN-0030 Oslo
Norway
Tel:  +47 22 24 94 33
Fax: +47 22 24 95 59Email: Marianne.Smith@ld.dep.no
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   As given
above (No.11).