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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/14
23 July 2002
(02-4073)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection and
Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture
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):  Wood packing materials in use for transporting, packing, matting, supporting
and reinforcing of commodities, such as cases, pallets, crating, drums, packing blocks,
dunnage, load boards, pallet collars and skids, except for processed wood packing materials
such as plywood and fibreboard
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  EC
member States
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Public Notice of
General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine, State
Forestry Administration, General Administration of Customs and Ministry of Foreign
Trade and Economic Cooperation [2002] No.58 (2 pages, available in Chinese)
6. Description of content:  AQSIQ local authorities have intercepted many times dangerous
forest pests and species such as Cerambycidae, Scolytidae, Bostrychidae, Rhinotermitidea
etc., associated with wood packing materials originating in the European Communities.
Based on the result of pest risk analysis, and in order to protect the resources of forest,
environment and tourism, an emergency interim phytosanitary measure shall be taken withregard to wood packing materials originating in the European Communities.  The measure
requires that the wood packing materials be treated with heat, fumigation or other effective
methods approved by AQSIQ before the shipment.  A Phytosanitary Certificate shall be
issued by official authorities of the exporting county to certify that the above-described
treatment requirements are met.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  To prevent dangerous
forest pests from entering into China.G/SPS/N/CHN/14
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9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
The notified measure is in conformity with the “Guidelines for Regulating Wood Package
Material in International Trade” which was adopted at the fourth ICPM conference (March 
2002 in Rome).
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Gazette of General
Administration of Quality Supe rvision and Inspection and Quarantine, and/or Gazette of
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (Available in Chinese)
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  1 October 2002, duration to
be decided.
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) 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: