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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SVK/18
18 May 2001
(01-2543)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SLOVAK REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, State Veterinary Administration
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). Live domestic and wild bi-ungulates, animal semen, embryos and ova of bi-
ungulates, meat and meat prod ucts of bi-ungulates, milk and milk products from bi-
ungulates, hides and skins, bones and othe r commercial commodities from bi-ungulates,
other goods and items which may carry the germs of FMD virus.
The following are excluded from the ban:  meat cans which were treated by sterilisation
effect with a minimum Fc value of 3,00;  m eat products treated at a minimum temperature
of 700C for a period of 30 minutes;  milk and cream which have undergone a pasteurisation
process and milk products manufactured from heat-treated milk;  products which were heat-treated or disinfected in such a way that the FMD agent is destroyed;  casings which were
treated in the prescribed way;  hides and skins which were treated in the prescribed way;
wool treated in the prescribed way  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the
extent relevant or practicable:   Great Britain, the Netherlands and other countries with
FMD occurrence
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Emergency veterinary measures of
the State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic No. 2767/01-220 dated4 May 2001 issued according to Article 54 of Act No. 337/1998 Coll. on veterinary care (4
pages)
5. Description of content:  Protective measures taken in order to avoid the introduction and
spreading of  foot-and-mouth disease – the disease listed on OIE list A into the territory of
the Slovak Republic in connection with  the occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease in Great
Britain and the Netherlands.
This new document is a substitute for previously notified document - Emergency veterinary
measures of the State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic No. 2053/01-220
dated 9 April 2001 (notified as G/SPS/N/SVK/17).
6. Objective and rationale:  [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  The necessary action to prevent the introduction of foot–
and-mouth disease into the Slovak Republic.G/SPS/N/SVK/18
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8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE International Animal Health Code:
Chapter 2.1.1.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Emergency
veterinary measures of the State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic
No. 2767/01-220 dated 4 May 2001 (Available in Slovak language only)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  4 May 2001
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: