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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/CPV/10 
25 March 2004 
 (04-1371) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Cape Verde Original:   English 
 
 
  
ACCESSION OF CAPE VERDE 
 
Action Plan On the Implementation of the Agreement on 
 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 The following submission, dated 23 March 2004, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Cape Verde. 
 
 
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 WT/ACC/CPV/10 
Page 2 Agreement On The Implementation 
Of SPS Measures Laws and draft regulations addressing the 
subject matter Timeframe for completion Remarks 
Article 2.2 Measures applied on to the 
extent necessary to protect human, 
animal or plant life Decree-Law 62/89 
Decree-Law 89/92 of 16 July 
Decree/Law 26/97 Legislative-Decree 9/97 
Ministerial Decree No. 55/97 Until the end of 2004 Those laws need to be rationalized 
into a comprehensive law. 
Article 1:  Regulation based on science Upgrading of personnel (human resources) with 
special emphasis on quarantine management, meat 
inspection, veterinary investigation and animal 
disease risk analysis  
Upgrading and strengthening of quality control 
unit, laboratory, quarantine system and field veterinary system 
 
Opening of new quarantine check post and development of pre and post quarantine facilities First quarter of  2006 
 
 
 End of 2005 
 
  
2005 
  Technical assistance required 
 
 
  
Technical assistance required 
  
 
Technical assistance required 
Article 2.3 and Annex c.1 (a) and 
(d): Non-discrimination Interim policy decision on Sanitary and Phyto-
Sanitary Investigation Upon accession  
Article 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4: Harmonization 
with international standards, guidelines and recommendations Development of SPS guidelines and protocols End of 2004 Technical assistance required 
Article 4: Equivalence Above-mentioned law and regulations End of 2005 Technical assistance required 
Articles 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3: Risk 
assessment to ensure that measures are 
based on science and applied only to the extent necessary to protect health Above-mentioned law and regulations 2006 – 2007 Technical assistance required 
Article 6 and Annexes A-6 and A.7: 
Regional conditions Policy decision on Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary 
Investigation 
 
Declaration of pest or disease free areas and areas 
of low pest or disease prevalence Upon accession Technical assistance required 
Article 7 and Annex B: Establishment 
and operation of a single contact point 
for information (enquiry point) 
 Transparency: notification and access to 
documentation Policy decision on the establishment of enquiry 
point 
 
 Acquisition of equipment and training of SPS 
enquiry point personnel See ACC-8 
2007 
 
 2006 The location of enquiry point is the  
Ministry of Agriculture;  
 
 Technical assistance and funding 
required  
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 Page 3Agreement On The Implementation 
Of SPS Measures Laws and draft regulations addressing the 
subject matter Timeframe for completion Remarks 
Article 8 and Annex C: Control, 
inspection and approval procedures for 
the use of additives or establishing tolerance for contaminants in food, 
beverages or feed stuffs comply with the 
agreement Above-mentioned law and regulations 2005 Technical assistance required 
 
 
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