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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CUB/3
26 November 2002
(02-6526)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF CUBA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, National Centre for Plant Health
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):
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots a nd the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Edible fruits and nuts; peel of fresh citrus fruits or melons
Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Cereals
Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seed and fruit; industrial or medicinal
plants; straw and fodderVegetable plaiting materials and vegetable products
Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Preparations of cereals, flour, st arch or milk; pastrycooks' products
Residues and waste from the food i ndustries; prepared animal fodder
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Applicable to all countries which import ma terials subject to quarantine into Cuba.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No. 435/94
(5 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Resolution regulates the import of materials subject to
quarantine into the Republic of Cuba.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
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8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [    ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
International Plant Protection Convention
Reference standards:
Principles of Plant Quarantine as Related to International Trade
Guidelines for phytosanitary certificates
Code of Conduct for the Import and Release of Exotic Biological Control Agents
This Resolution implements these standards.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution No.
435/94  (five pages, in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not indicated.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not indicated
12. Final date for comments:  Not indicated.
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:
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 Centre for Plant Health
Ayuntamiento #231 e/ San Pedro y Lombillo
Plaza de la Revolución
Havana, CubaTel.: 537 881-5089
537 870-0925
Fax: 537 870-3277
E-mail: internacionales@sanidadvegetal.cu
estadistica@sanidadvegetal.cu
barrios@sanidadvegetal.cu