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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BGR/12
8 September 2003
(03-4670)
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):  Fresh  meat for human consumption
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. 7 of
19 March 2002 Laying Down the Veterinary Requirements to Animals, Intended forSlaughter, to the Production and Placing on the Market of Fresh Meat (promulgated in
State Gazette No. 34 of 3 April 2002;  35 pa ges, available in Bulgarian and English)
6. Description of content:  The ordinance lays down:
1. General and specific veterinary and sanitary requirements to:
(a) slaughterhouses for bovine animals and small ruminants, including the Bubalus
Bubalis species (bulls) and Bison bison (bison), swine and domestic solipeds;
(b) cutting plants for fresh meat;
(c) cold stores for fresh meat.
2. Veterinary and sanitary requirements for production and placing on the market of
fresh meat from the species referred to in point 1(a).
3. Conditions and procedures for carrying out veterinary and sanitary control in
establishments, in which fresh meat is produced.
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
64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on Health Conditions for the Production and Marketing of
Fresh Meat (available in English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   3 April 2002G/SPS/N/BGR/12
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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 13 of Article 4, and paragraph 11 of Article 8 shall enter
into force on 1 January 2005.
2. Provisions of paragraph 1(a) of Article 4, and paragraph 1(a) of Article 8 have
entered into force on 1 March 2003.
3. Provisions of paragraph 1(b) of Article 4, regarding the rounded wall to floor
junctions, paragraph 1(d) of Article 4, and paragraph 1(d) of Article 8 shall enter
into force on 1 January 2004.
4. Provisions of paragraphs 1(6), 4(3) and 4( 4) of Article 5, paragraph 2 of Article 6,
and paragraph 2 of Article 7 shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.
5. Provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 42, shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.
6. Provisions of Article 80 and Article 81 have entered into force on 1 January 2003.
12. Final date for comments:
1. for the provisions which shall enter into force on 1 January 2005 – final date 30.09.04
2. for the provisions which shall enter into force on 1 January 2004 – final date 30.09.03
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 1345fax: +359 2 954 9593
E-mail:  Galia.Kostadinova@nvms.government.bg