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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BGR/4
8 December 2000
(00-5336)
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:  National Veterinary Service
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:
− Day-old chickens (HS 0105);
− Hatching eggs (HS 0407).
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft veterinary sanitary
requirements and certification for the importation of day-old chickens and hatching egs
LIST
of draft Veterinary Health Certificates for day-old chickens and hatching eggs, intended for
dispatch to the Republic of Bulgaria:
1. Veterinary Health Certificate for day-old chickens, intended for dispatch to the
Republic of Bulgaria (3 pages)
2. Veterinary Health Certificate for hatching eggs, intended for dispatch to the
Republic of Bulgaria (3 pages)
5. Description of content: Veterinary sanitary requirements for import of day-old chickens
and hatching eggs intended for dispatch to the Republic of Bulgaria
Identification of the day-old chickens and the hatching eggs
Origin of the day-old chickens and the hatching eggsDestination of the day-old chickens and the hatching eggs
Health attestation of the day-old chickens and the hatching eggs:
Requirement that the hatching material comes from a country free from:
− avian influenza for the last 12 months;
− Newcastle disease for the last 6 months in the farm of origin and a region
within a 30 km radius.
Requirements that during vaccination and revaccination against Newcastle diseaselive lentogenic or inactivated vaccines were used and the strain is mentioned in the
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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. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Order No. RD-09-
733 dated 5 July 2000 of the Minister of Agriculture and Forests, published in State Gazette
No. 86/2000 (Available in Bulgarian and English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  5 July 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2001
11. Final date for comments:  15 December 2000
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
15-A, Pencho Slavei kov Blvd., Floor 3
1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel/fax:  +(359 2) 52 52 98/51 33 43
E-mail:  svetlavet@mobikom.com;  gvk.dept.@mobikom.com
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: