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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BGR/14
8 September 2003
(03-4668)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BULGARIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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):  Meat products  for human consumption or for the preparation of other
foodstuff, tariff item number/s ubheading  - 0209, 0210, 1501, 1502, 1503, 151610,
151800100, 1601, 1602, 230110.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
All countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Ordinance No. 17 of
10 May 2002 Laying Down the Veterinary Requirements to the Production and Pl acement
on the Market of Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin (promulgated in
State Gazette 49 of 17 May 2002;  21pages, available in Bulgarian and English)
6. Description of content:  The Ordinance lays down the general and specific requirements
for:
• establishments producing meat products and other products of animal origin
intended for human consumption or for the preparation of other foodstuffs;
• production and placing on the market of meat products and other products of
animal origin intended for human consumption or for the preparation of other
foodstuffs.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Council Directive
77/99/EEC on Health Problems Affecting the Production and Marketing of Meat Products
and Certain Other Products of Animal Origin (available in English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   17 May 2002G/SPS/N/BGR/14
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   This Ordinance has entered into force within 10 days
of its publication in State Gazette with the exception of the following:
1. Provisions of paragraph 1, subparagraph 2(a) of Article 3 have entered into force
on 1 January 2003.
2. Provisions of paragraph 1, subparagraph 2(e) of Article 3 shall enter into force on
1 January 2004.
3. Provisions of paragraph 3, subparagraphs 1 and 3 of Article 14 shall enter into
force on 1 January 2004.
4. Provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19 shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.
5. Provisions of Article 55 have entered into force on 1 January 2003.
12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2003 for comments  regarding the provisions which
shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.
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:
National Veterinary Service
15A Pencho Slaveikov Blvd.
1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 2 952 1345
fax: +359 2 954 9593
E-mail:  Galia.Kostadinova@nvms.government.bg
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
National Veterinary Service
15A Pencho Slaveikov Blvd.1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 2 952 1345
fax: +359 2 954 9593
E-mail:  Galia.Kostadinova@nvms.government.bg