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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SVK/21
20 December 2002
(02-7039)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SLOVAK REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic
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):  Plants and plant products
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:   Decree of the Ministry of
Agriculture of the Slovak Republic No. 41/2002 Coll. laying down details concerning theadministration of the Act on Plant Health Care (text +20 annexes, approximately
120 pages, available in English).
6. Description of content: The Decree contains requirements laid down for import, export
and transit of plants, plant products and other matters. This Decree revokes the Decree
No. 2785/1998-100 of 27 February 1999 (notified as G/SPS/N/SVK/15).
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ]  protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] 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 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the
introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
and against their spread within the Community and its amendment
− Commission Directive 2001/33/EC of 8 May 2001 amending certain annexes to
Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into
the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their
spread within the Community
− Commission Directive 92/90/EEC of 3 November 1992 establishing obligations to
which producers and importers of plants, plant products or other objects are subject
and establishing details for their registrationG/SPS/N/SVK/21
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− Commission Directive 92/105/ EEC of 3 December 1992 establishing a degree of
standardization for plant passports to be used for the movement of certain plants,
plant products or other objects within the Community, and establishing the detailed
procedures related to the issuing of such plant passports and the conditions and
detailed procedures for their replacement
− Commission Directive 93/50/EEC of 24 June 1993 specifying certain plants not
listed in Annex V, part A to Council Directive 77/93/EEC, the producers of which,or the warehouses, dispatching centres in the production zones of such plants, shall
be listed in an official register
− Commission Directive 93/51/EEC of 24 June 1993 establishing rules for
movements of certain plants, plant products or other objects through a protected
zone, and for movements of such plants, plant products or other objects originating
in and moving within such a protected zone
− Commission Directive 94/3/EC of 21 January 1994 establishing a procedure for the
notification of interception of a consignment or a harmful organism from third
countries and presenting an imminent phytosanitary danger
− Commission Directive 95/44/EC of 26 July  1995 establishing the conditions under
which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in
Annexes I to V to Council Directive 77/93/EEC may be introduced into or moved
within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific
purposes and for work on varietal selections
− Commission Directive 98/22/EC of 15 April 1998 laying down the minimum
conditions for carrying out plant health checks in the Community, at inspection
posts other than those at the place of destination, of plants, plant products or other
objects coming from third countries
− Commission Directive 2001/32/EC of 8 May 2001 recognising protected zones
exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community and repealing
Directive 92/76/EEC
 The Decree was published in The Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic.
The Decree was notified to EPPO and neighbouring countries.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   17 December 2001
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1st February 2002, apart from Articles 14 (3) (c) and
Articles 15 through 17 which enter into force on the date of accession of the Slovak
Republic to the EU
12. Final date for comments:
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: