WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.28
17 October 2002
(02-5641)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
QUESTIONNAIRE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Submission by Yugoslavia
AddendumG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.28
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Technical assistance requirements:
Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and/or
Soft)Specific concern Other
Rights,
obligations and
practical
operation of the
SPS Agreement:Seminars, workshops of
general understanding of
member's rights and
obligations under the SPS
Agreement.
Introduction to the WTO and
international trading system
and comprehensive
presentation of the SPS
Agreement.
Properly understanding and
adopting the relevant
standards of CAC, OIE and
IPPC.
Other WTO members
experience and/or lessons of
implementing the SPS
Agreement.Workshops and training
programmes/courses in
Yugoslavia or state
member for more
detailed explanations
and discussions ofparticular provisions,
application of risk
analysis, determination
of appropriate level of
protection, recognitionof equivalence and
regionalization.
WTO dispute settlement
procedures.
To make arrangements
for the training of
Yugoslav SPS officials
in WTO Secretariat and
related international
standard-setting bodies.Soft infrastructure
Training courses of technical
and scientific personnel in order
to strengthen human resources
(veterinarians, microbiologists,food, chemists, epidemiologists,
plant pathologists), in the fields
as follows:
- control and inspection
- surveillance
- certification
- laboratory practices
- risk assessment
- didagnosis techniques- HACCP techniques
Hard infrastructureEquipment and supporting
software that can help improve
the capacity building andefficiency operation of national
Yugoslav SPS enquiry point.
Laboratories, testing equipment,
veterinary services, processingand storage facilities, computer
databases, disease information/
monitoring system.- technical
assistance/activities
concerning establishing
"stable to table chain"
- production level needs
- processing level needs- marketing level needs
- regulatory level needs
- the principles of adopting
precautionary measures.G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.28
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Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and/or
Soft)Specific concern Other
Food Safety - introduction to the legal,
administrative ad standard
systems of other members on
food sanitary registration and
labelling management.
- up-dating food control,
laws and regulations;
- developing information and
data handling and analysissystems;
- developing inspection,
sampling and investigation
procedures;
- developing co-operative
industry assistance and
developmental programmes;
- establishing consumer
education programmes.- to organize a variety of
training programmes or
workshops in
Yugoslavia or in the
member states, on food
safety, HACCPcertification, laboratory
management and
specific testing
techniques;
- participants should be
government officials,
scientific institutes
personnel, practice
veterinarians.Soft infrastructure
Software models for food safety
risk assessment, food safety
surveillance and reporting
collecting data.
Hard infrastructureLaboratory testing equipment
Training of laboratory staff.- HACCP system
- GMPG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.28
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Technical assistance requirements:
Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and/or
Soft)Specific concern Other
Animal Health - developing of information
technology of disease
information system
(collecting, processing and
publication of data);
- methods of animal disease
surveillance, diagnosis and
eradication;
- harmonization of the
registration and control of
biological products
(vaccines) and
chemoprophylactic products;
- veterinary drug registration;
- animal feed standards in
actual international trading;
- regional training activities
on epidemiology.- courses on the
administration and
management of
veterinary services;
- courses on surveillance
procedures and risk
assessment;
- courses on laboratory
management, specificdisease tests and
diagnosis techniques;
- courses on integrity of
veterinary control andsurveillance on the level
of primary production
(farm), including usage
of animal feed and
veterinary drugs.Soft infrastructure
- software/models for animal
health risk assessment.
Hard infrastructure- laboratory testing equipment,
testing methods and testing
reagents.- risk assessment
procedures and techniques;
- application of molecular
biological technology in the
animal health field;
- HACCP, GMP on the
level of primary production
(farm).G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.28
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Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and/or
Soft)Specific concern Other
Plant Health Introduction to the work of
IPPC.
Introduction to all documents
related to concept of
appropriate level of planthealth protection:  guidelines,
recommendations and
adopted international
standards.
Evaluation phytosanitary
capabilities and identification
the weaknesses.
Experiences with
Information systems in plant
health matters in other
countries.
Safety evaluation and testing
techniques on genetically
modified plants and theirproducts.To hold training courses
in plant health extension
service matters
(Education of
educators).
To hold training courses
in Yugoslavia for
Yugoslavian officials to
study risk assessments
methods;  preventionand quick reaction
measures on
introduction quarantine
pests, lab management
system and quarantinetreatment techniques.
1Laboratory testing equipmentand testing methods.
2
Providing the equipment and
application software for building
the information system offorecasting and reporting
service
3 and the information
system of issuing the
phytosanitary certificates.4
Safety evaluation andtesting techniques on
GMOs.
                                                     
1 There is an explanation in "Additional information" about these needs.
2 Ibid.
3 Project documentation already exists with data base model and the data description written in Oracle designer.
4 Project documentation exists as a concept, without the details.G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.28
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Technical assistance requirements:
Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and/or
Soft)Specific concern Other
Contact details Mr. Novica Mitic, Chief of Group for Plant Protection, Ministry of Economy and Internal Trade, Belgrade, Yugosla via, Tel:  381-11-600-081,
381-11-311-7317;  Fax:  381-11-311-7317;  E-mail:  lepideki@eunet.yuG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.28
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(Such information could include, inter alia, a more detailed description of the technical assistance
required, any relevant background information on the reasons for the request, the possibility of
using a regional approach to the provision of the requested assistance and the scope for a
coordinated approach among relevant international organisations.)
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