. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/GTM/25 
15 April 2004 
 (04-1695) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  GUATEMALA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food  
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):  Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus  (01051100), turkeys (01051200), 
other (01051900), fowls of the species Gallus domesticus  weighing not more than 2,000g 
(01059200), fowls of the species Gallus domesticus  weighing more than 2,000g 
(01059300), other (01059900), fe rtile eggs for reproduction (04070010), ostrich eggs 
(04070020), other (04070090), dried (04081100), of turkeys (16023100), of fowls of the species Gallus  domesticus  (16023200).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Countries with which Guatemala has trade relations  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decision 
No. 615-2004.  Standard establishing requireme nts for the registration and operation of 
poultry production units.  (8 pages)  
6. Description of content:  The Decision establishes the technical and administrative 
requirements for the mandatory registration or renewed registration of individuals or legal 
persons operating poultry fattening, egg produc tion, poultry replenishment or reproduction 
establishments and hatcheries.  It also deals with the sanitary measures applicable to this 
type of establishment and to the management of animals, products and by-products;  the 
location of such establishments, the services  of veterinary and/or animal health 
professionals, reporting of poultry diseases, cont rols on the movement and location of 
poultry populations, production and use of installed capacity in each breeding establishment, information registers and prohibitions. 
 Individuals or legal persons interested  in operating poultry production units, poultry 
fattening, replenishment and reproduction establishments and egg farms, where the 
productive unit has sufficient installed capacity to house a poultry population of 5,000 or 
more for purposes of fattening, egg production or  replenishment, 500 or more in the case of 
poultry for breeding, and 500 or more eggs in each hatching cycle in the case of hatcheries, 
are required to register with the Standard s and Regulation unit of the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Food, which manages and implements the poultry health programme.  G/SPS/N/GTM/25 
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7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] 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 :  Ministerial Decision 
No. 615-2004 of 9 January 2004 (8 pages)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Guatemala, 9 January 2004 (published in the Official Journal)  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Guatemala, 13 February 2004  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days  from the date of notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, 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:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food 
Policy and Strategic Information Unit, Information Department 
5a avenida 8-06 zona 9 
Guatemala City 
Tel.:  (502) 361-7786, 334-1048 Fax:  (502) 361-7783 E-mail:  informacion.upie@maga.gob.gt  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food 
Standards and Regulations Unit – Plan t and Animal Health Department 
7
a avenida 12-90, zona 13, anexo edificio monja blanca 
Guatemala City Tel./fax:  (502) 475-3058, (502) 457-3068, (502) 475-3074 
E-mail:  correo@unr.gob.gt and onp@unr.gob.gt