WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/ENQ/8
2 July 1999
(99-2738)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NATIONAL ENQUIRY POINTS
Note by the Secretariat
The present document contains a list of names, addresses, telephone and telefax numbers of
the enquiry point foreseen in Paragraph 3 of Annex B of the Agreement, and any additional
information provided by delegations concerning its operation, as submitted to the Secretariat as of
30 June 1999.  Members able to provide an electronic (E-mail) address as well are requested to
communicate these to the Secretariat (Gretchen.Stanton@wto.org).
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Antigua and Barbuda
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Trade
P.O. Box 1550
Redcliffe Street
St. John's
Telephone: + (809) 462 16 26/28
462 15 42
Telefax: + (809) 462 16 25
Argentina
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación
Dirección Nacional de Mercados Agroalimentarios
Paseo Colón 922, Oficina 40
1063 Buenos Aires
Telephone: + (541) 349 22 42/349 22 43
Telefax: + (541) 349 22 44G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Australia
Policy and International Division
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
GPO Box 858Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: + (612) 6272 4146
Telefax: + (612) 6272 3678
E-mail/Internet: sps.contact@aqis.gov.au
Website:  http://www.aqis.gov.au
Bangladesh
Mr. Ghulam Rahman
Joint SecretaryMinistry of Commerce
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka
Telephone: + (8802) 83 46 65
Telefax: + (8802) 86 57 41
Belize
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Belmopan
Telephone: + (5018) 22 330
Telefax: + (5018) 22 409
Bolivia
Dirección Nacional de Producción y Protección Agrícola
Av. Camacho n° 1471, Piso 5
La Paz
Telephone: + (5912) 37 42 68/37 42 70 interno 126
Telefax: + (5912) 35 75 35G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Botswana
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Private bag 003Gaborone
Telephone: + (267) 35 05 00/35 06 03
Telefax: + (267) 35 60 27
Brazil
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária (SDA)
Ministério da Agricultura e da Reforma Agrária (MAARA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios
Bloco 'B', Anexo 'B', sala 406Brasilia - DF - 70.170
Telephone: + (5561) 218 23 14/218 23 15
Telefax: + (5561) 224 39 95
E-mail/Internet: cenagri@ibict.br
Brunei Darussalam
International Relations and Trade and Development Division
Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
Telephone: + (6732) 38 28 22
Telefax: + (6732) 38 28 46/38 38 11
Bulgaria
Phytosanitary Measures:
Mr. Stefan Uzunov, Responsible for WTO SPS Enquiries
National Service for Plant Protection, Quarantine and Agrochemistry
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Land Reform55, "Hristo Botev" Blvd.
1040-Sofia
Telephone: + (3592) 981 2734/981 0106
Telefax: + (3592) 980 8082E-mail/Internet: nsrzka@alpha.acad.bgG/SPS/ENQ/8
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Sanitary Measures:
Dr. Svetla Tchamova, Responsible for WTO SPS Enquiries
National Veterinary Service
15-A, "Pencho Slaveikov" Blvd.
1606-Sofia
Telephone: + (3592) 525 298
Telefax: + (3592) 522 925
Food Safety Measures:
Dr. Snejana Altankova, Responsible for WTO SPS Enquiries
Ministry of Health
5, "Sveta Nedelya" Square
1000-Sofia
Telephone: + (3592) 875 234
Telefax: + (3592) 883 413
Burkina Faso
Direction de la Protection des Végétaux
  et du Conditionnement (DPVC)
BP 5362 Ouagadougou
Telephone: + (226) 30 13 47/30 11 61
Telefax: + (226) 30 11 61
Canada
WTO/NAFTA Enquiry Point
Standards Council of Canada1200-45 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6N7
Telephone: + (1613) 238 32 22
Telefax: + (1613) 569 03 78
E-mail/Internet: info@scc.ca
Chile
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
Avenida Bulnes 140
Santiago
Telephone: + (562) 672 36 35/698 22 44/698 25 41
Telefax: + (562) 671 74 19
E-mail/Internet: rrii@sag.minagri.gob.clG/SPS/ENQ/8
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China, People's Republic of1
Administration of Animal and Plant Quarantine
  of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
12 Yi Nong Zhan Guan BeiluChaoyang District
Beijing 100026
Telephone: + (8610) 64 19 40 40/64 19 40 31
Telefax: + (8610) 65 02 52 73
Colombia
Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico
División de Normalización y Calidad
Carrera 13 No. 28-01 Piso 8Santafé de Bogota
Telephone: + (571) 338 06 41
Telefax: + (571) 245 72 56
Costa Rica
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Dirección de Servicios de Protección Fitosanitaria
Dirección de Salud AnimalCentro de Información Fitosanitaria y Zoosanitaria para el Comercio
Apartado 10094-1000
San José
Telephone: + (506) 260 61 90/260 08 45/260 82 91
Telefax: + (506) 260 83 01
E-mail/Internet: protagro@sol.racsa.co.cr
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire Normalisation (CODINORM)
Immeuble le Général – 5ème étageAngle Botreau Roussel
Rue du Commerce
01 BP 1872 Abidjan 01
Telephone: + (225) 21 55 12/22 83 29
Telefax: + (225) 21 25 60
                                                     
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Cuba
Plant health:
Sr. Jorge Opies Díaz
DirectorCalle 110 Esquina 5ta. B y eta. F, Playa
Habana
Telephone: + (537) 29 61 89/22 25 16
Telefax: + (537) 33 50 86
Veterinary medicine:
Dr. Emerio Serrano Ramírez
Director
Calle 12 n° 355 entre 15 y 17 Playa
Habana
Telephone: + (537) 30 66 15/30 35 35/
37 07 77/30 34 47
Telefax: + (537) 33 50 86
Cyprus
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources  and Environment
1412 Nicosia
Telephone: + (357-2) 30 22 47
Telefax: + (357-2) 78 11 56
Czech Republic
Ing. Miluška Vrlová
Director
Department of International Trade Cooperation - 4010Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
Těšnov 17
117 05 Praha 1
Telephone: + (4202) 218 124 48
Telefax: + (4202) 248 106 52
E-mail/Internet: kantorova@mze.czG/SPS/ENQ/8
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Djibouti
Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie
Service du Contrôle de la qualité et des Normes
Djibouti
Telephone: + (253) 35 25 40
Telefax: + (253) 35 49 09
E-mail/Internet: commerce@internet.dji
Dominica
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment
Government Headquarters
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Telephone: + (767) 448 2401 Ext 3282
Telefax: + (767) 448 7999
Dominican Republic
Zoosanitary analyses:
Atención:  Dr. Rafael Jáquez
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal
- Departamento de Recursos Pesqueros
Sanitary control of fruits and vegetables:
Atençión:  Dr. Pedro Jorge
- Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal
Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura
Dirección General de Ganadería
Urbanización Jardines del Norte
Santo Domingo
Telephone: + (1809) 547 38 88
Telefax: + (1809) 227 12 68
Drugs and food additives:
Atención:  Lusitania Acosta
División de Drogas y Farmacias
Secretaría de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (SESPAS)
Ave. San Cristóbal, esq. Tiradentes
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: + (1809) 541 84 03/541 31 21
Telefax: + (1809) 547 28 43G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Ecuador
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SESA)
Ministerio de Agricultura y GanaderíaAvenida Eloy Alfaro y Av. Amazonas
Edificio MAG noveno piso
Quito
Telephone: + (5932) 56 72 32/54 33 19
Telefax: + (5932) 22 84 48
E-mail/Internet: http:/ /www.iica.sa ninet.net
Egypt
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Economic Affairs7 Nady El-Said St.
Dokki
Telephone: + (202) 337 48 73
Telefax: + (202) 337 48 73E-mail/Internet: capi@idsc.gov.eg
El Salvador
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Dirección de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal (DGSVA)
Cantón El Matazano de Soyapango
San Salvador
Telephone: + (503) 227 39 24
Telefax: + (503) 227 25 94
Estonia
2
Sanitary measures:
Mr. Toivo Nõvandi
Ministry of Agriculture
Lai 39/41
Tallinn EE0100
Telephone: + (372) 6256 142
Telefax: + (372) 6313 600
                                                     
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Mr. Ago Pärtel
State Veterinary Department
Väike Paala 3
Tallinn EE0014
Telephone: + (372) 6380 079
Telefax: + (372) 638 0210
Phytosanitary measures:
Mr. Toomas Kevvai
Ministry of Agriculture
Lai 39/41
Tallinn  EE0100
Telephone: + (372) 6256 139
Telefax: + (372) 6313 200
Mr. Ülo Saamere
Estonian State Plant Quarantine Inspection
Lai 11Tallinn EE0001
Telephone: + (372) 6411 620
Telefax: + (372) 6411 618
European Union
Mr. Marco Castellina
86 rue de la Loi
Office 7/81049 Brussels
Telephone: + (322) 295 81 82
Telefax: + (322) 296 27 92
E-mail/Internet: marco.castellina@dg6.cec.beG/SPS/ENQ/8
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Member State Contact Points:
Austria
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Angelenheiten
  (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs)
Abteilung II/11 (Division II/11)
Stubenring 1
A-1011 Wien
Telephone: + (431) 711 00/ext. 5452
Telefax: + (431) 715 96 51E-mail/Internet: gabriela.habermayer@bmwa.bmwa.ada.at
E-mail/X400: G=Gabriela;  S=HABERMAYER
O=BMWA;  P=BMWA;  A=ADA;
C=AT
Belgium
Institut belge de Normalisation (IBN)
(Belgian Standards Institute)Avenue de la Brabançonne 29
B-1040 Bruxelles
Telephone: + (322) 734 92 05
Telefax: + (322) 733 42 64
Denmark
Landsbrugs - og Fiskeriministeriets (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries)
Holbergsgade 2
1057 Copenhagen K
Telephone: + (45) 33 92 33 01
Telefax: + (45) 33 14 50 42
E-mail/Internet: 1fm@lfm.dk OR era@lfm.dk
E-mail/X400: C=DK; A=DK400; P=LFM;  S=LFMG/SPS/ENQ/8
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Finland
Eha Rantanen
Finnish Standards Association (SFS)
P.O. Box 11600241 Helsinki
Telephone: + (358 9) 149 34 37
Telefax: + (358 9) 146 49 14
E-mail/Internet: eha.rantanen@sfs.fi
E-mail/X400: C=FI; A=MAILNET; P=INET;
O=SFS;  S=HIETANIEMI; G=KATJA
Website: http://www.sfs.fi
France
Monsieur le Chef de la Mission de Coordination Sanitaire Internationale
Direction générale de l'alimentation
Ministère de l'agricuture et de la pêche
251 rue de Vaugirard
75732 Paris Cedex 15
Telephone: + (33) 1 49 55 81 20 or 49 55 84 86
Telefax: + (33) 1 49 55 83 14 or 49 55 44 62
E-mail/Internet: mcsi@wanadoo.fr or
alain.dehove@agriculture.gouv.fr
Germany
Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten
Referat 716
Postfach 14 02 7053107 Bonn
Telephone: + (49228)  529 37 97
Telefax: + (49228)  529 44 10
E-mail/Internet: tka3472@bml.bund400.deE-mail/X400: S=TKA3472; P=BML;
A=BUND400; C=DE
Attention:  Mr. Peter Witt (tel:  (49228) 529 37 97) or
Ms Christine Rabenschlag (tel:  529 34 72)G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Greece
Ministry of Agriculture
Directorate of Agricultural Policy
  and DocumentationDivision of EU, International Relations
  and Trade Policy
5 Acharnon Street
Athens 10176
Telephone: + (301) 529 1461
Telefax: + (301) 524 8584
Ireland
Mr. Ray McGlynn
EU Trade Division
Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Agriculture House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Telephone: + (353 1) 607 2000
Telefax: + (353 1) 661 4515
Italy
Ministero della Sanità
Dipartimento degli Alimenti, Nutrizione e della Sanità Publica Veterinaria
Ufficio III:  Rapporti Internazionali
Director:  Dr. Piergiuseppe Facelli
Piazzale Marconi 2500144 EUR Roma
Telephone: + (3906) 59 94 36 13
Telefax: + (3906) 59 94 35 55
E-mail/Internet: danspv@IZS.IT
Luxembourg
Ministère de l'agriculture, de la viticulture et du développement rural
SPS - Point de contact
L-2913 Luxembourg
Telephone: + (352) 478 25 27
Telefax: + (352) 46 40 27G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Netherlands
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Central Service Imports and Exports
Section EEC/WTO-NotificationsP.O. Box 30003
9700 RD Groningen
Telephone: + (3150) 523 91 11
Telefax: + (3150) 526 06 98
E-mail/X400: C=NL; A=400NET;
P=CDIU; S=NOTIF;OU1=CDIU
Portugal
Prof. Doutor Francisco Cordovil
Gabinete de Planeamento e Política Agro-Alimentar
Rua Padre António Vieira 1
1099-073 Lisboa
Spain
Dirección General de Comercio Exterior
(Subdirección General de Control, Inspección y Normalización del Comercio
Exterior)Punto de Informacion del Comité de Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias/SPS
Paseo de la Castellana 162 - planta 6a
28046 Madrid
Telephone: + (341) 349 37 64
Telefax: + (341) 349 37 40
Sweden
Kommerskollegium (National Board of Trade)
WTO-SPS Enquiry PointBox 6803
11386 Stockholm
Telephone: + (468) 690 48 00
Telefax: + (468) 30 67 59E-mail/Internet:  sps@kommers.se
E-mail/X400: C=SE; ADM=400NET;
O=KOMKOLL; S=NAT NOT POINTG/SPS/ENQ/8
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United Kingdom
Ms H. C. Blake
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Trade Policy and Tropical Foods Division, Branch A10 Whitehall Place (East Block)
London SW1A 2HH
Telephone: + (44171)  270 82 38
Telefax: + (44171)  270 84 15
E-mail/Internet: h.blake@tptf.maff.gov.uk
Fiji
The Permanent Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests and ALTA
Private Mail BagRaiwaqa
Suva
Telephone: + (679) 38 42 33
Telefax: + (679) 38 50 48
Gabon
M. Eyi Metou Martin
Inspection générale de l'Agriculture
Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et du
  Développement rural
B.P. 189
Libreville
Telephone: + (241) 76 38 36
Telefax: + (241) 72 82 75
Georgia
Coordinator:  Levan Chiteishvili
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Room 328
41 Kostava St.
Tbilisi
Telephone: + (995 32) 33 48 37
Fax: + (995 32) 33 48 37
E-mail/Internet: sps_levan@access.sanet.geG/SPS/ENQ/8
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Ghana
The Director
Plant Protection & Regulatory Services
Ministry of Food & AgricultureP.O. Box M.37
Accra
Telephone: + (23321)  66 58 84
Telefax: + (23321)  66 82 45
Grenada
Mr. Paul Graham
Agricultural Officer
Pest Management UnitBotanical Gardens
St Georges's
Telephone: + (1 473) 440 00 19
Fax: + (1 473) 440 88 66E-mail/Internet:  PMU@Caribsurf.com
Guatemala
Dirección Técnica de Sanidad Vegetal
Dependencia de la Dirección General de Servicios Agrícolas - DIGESA -
7a. Avenida 3-87 Zona 13
Guatemala ciudad
Telephone: + (5022) 72 04 93
Dirección Técnica de Sanidad Animal
Dependencia de la Dirección General de Servicios Pecuarios - DIGESEPE -
Bárcenas, Carretera a Amatitlan, km. 22.5
Guatemala ciudad
Telephone: + (5022) 31 20 12/31 20 18G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Guyana
Food safety standards and policy:
Director
Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department
Ministry of HealthMudlot, Kingston
PO Box 1019
Georgetown
Telephone: + (592 2) 56 482
Telefax: + (592 2) 54 259
Plant protection and livestock health:
Chief Crops and Livestock Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Regent and Vlissengen Roads
Georgetown
Telephone: + (592 2) 56 281
Telefax: + (592 2) 56 281
Honduras
Secretaría de Agricultura
Unidad de Planeamiento y Evaluación de Gestión (UPEG)
Boulevard Miraflores, Av. La FaoTegucigalpa, M.D.C.
Telephone: + (504) 239 01 15
Telefax: + (504) 231 00 51
Hong Kong, China
Trade Department
the Government of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
17/F, Trade Department Tower700 Nathan Road
Hong Kong
Telephone: + (852) 2398 5398
Telefax: + (852) 2789 2491G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Hungary
Ministry of Agriculture
Department for International and Economic Affairs
1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11
Telephone: + (361) 131 35 78
Telefax: + (361) 132 67 96
Iceland
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Halldór Runólfsson, Chief Veterinary Officer
Sölvhólsgata 7
150 Reykjavík
Telephone: + (354) 560 97 50/560 97 75 (direct)
Telefax: + (354) 552 11 60
E-mail/Internet: halldor.runolfsson@lan.stjr.is
India
The Joint Secretary
Plant Protection Division
Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture & Cooperation)Krishi Bhavan, Rafi Marg,
New Delhi - 110001
Telephone: + (9111) 338 37 44
Telefax: + (9111) 338 82 57
Indonesia
Centre for Agricultural Quarantine (Enquiry Point)
Jalan Pemuda n° 64, Kav. 16-17
Jakarta
Telephone: + (6221) 489 48 77/489 20 20
Telefax: + (6221) 489 48 77
E-mail/Internet: caqsps@indo.net.idG/SPS/ENQ/8
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Israel
Mr. Eldad Landshut
Director
Plant Protection and Inspection ServicesMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development
P.O. Box 78
Beit Dagan 50250
Telephone: + (972 3)  968 1500
Telefax: + (972 3)  968 1507
E-mail/Internet: ppis@netvision.net.il
Prof. A. Shimshony
Director
Veterinary Services & Animal HealthMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development
P.O. Box 12
Beit Dagan 50250
Telephone: + (9723) 968 16 06/12
Telefax: + (9723) 968 16 41
E-mail/Internet: vsahshim@netvision.net.il
Jamaica
Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector
Ministry of Agriculture
Hope Gardens
Kingston 6
Telephone: + (1809) 927 35 14
Telefax: + (1809) 927 17 01/927 19 04
Japan
Standards Information Service
First International Organizations Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2-2-1Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Telephone: + (813) 3580 3311
Telefax: + (813) 3503 3136G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Kenya
Human Health:
The Director of Medical Services
P.O. Box 30016
Nairobi
Telephone: + (2542) 71 70 77
Telefax: + (2542) 71 52 39
Plant Health:
The Director of Agriculture
P.O. Box 30028
Nairobi
Telephone: + (2542) 71 88 70
Telefax: + (2542) 72 57 74
Animal Health:
The Director of Veterinary Services
P.O. Box Kabete
Nairobi
Telephone: + (2542) 63 22 31
Telefax: + (2542) 63 12 73
Korea
Animal or plant health or zoonoses (excluding aquatic animals):
Bilateral Cooperation Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
1, Choongang-dong, Kwachon
Kyunggi-do, 427-760
Telephone: + (822) 503 72 94
Telefax: + (822) 507 20 95
E-mail/Internet: bcd@maf.go.krG/SPS/ENQ/8
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Food safety relating to food additives, veterinary drug and pesticide residues, contaminants,
methods of analysis and sampling, and codes and guidelines of hygienic practice:
Food and Drug Industry Division
Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW)
1, Choongang-dong, KwachonKyunggi-do, 427-760
Telephone: + (822) 503 75 45
Telefax: + (822) 503 75 46
E-mail/Internet: foodkor@chollian.net
Aquatic animal health and sanitation:
Trade Promotion Division
Fisheries Policy Bureau
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
826-14 Yoksam-dong, Kangnam-guSeoul 135-080
Telephone: + (822) 567 27 29
Telefax: + (822) 566 78 17
Kyrgyz Republic
Information Centre of the State Inspectorate
  on Standardization and Metrology (Kyrgyzstandard)
Latvia
WTO Information Division
Department of Quality Manageme nt and Structure Development
Ministry of Economy55 Brivibas Street
Riga LV-1519
Telephone: + (371) 7 01 31 97/7 01 32 36
Fax: + (371) 7 28 08 82
Liechtenstein
Office for Foreign Affairs
Heiligkreuz 14
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: + (4175) 236 60 52
Telefax: + (4175) 236 60 59G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Macau
"Leal Senado"
Avenida Almeida Ribeiro
Edificio Leal Senado
Telephone: + (853) 38 73 33/38 39 93
Telefax: + (853) 34 18 90
Malawi
Animal health:
The Director
Department of Animal Health
P.O. Box 2096
Lilongwe
Telephone: + (265) 74 39 94/74 43 90
Telefax: + (265) 74 39 94
Plant protection:
Head of Plant Protection Services
Ministry of Agriculture
Bvumbwe Research Station
P.O. Box 5748
Limbe
Telephone: + (265) 47 15 03
Telefax: + (265) 47 13 23
Food safety including testing and analysing of additives and contaminants:
The Director General
Malawi Bureau of StandardsP.O. Box 946
Blantyre
Telephone: + (265) 67 04 88
Telefax: + (265) 67 07 56
Malaysia
Secretary General
Ministry of Agriculture
Macro and Strategic Planning Division
Wisma Tani
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin
50624 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: + (603) 298 69 68
Telefax: + (603) 291 56 42
Website: http://agrolink.moa.my/G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Animals and animal products:
Director-General
Department of Veterinary Services
9th floor, Wisma Chase Perdana
Off Jalan Semantan, Bukit Damansara50630 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: + (603) 254 00 77
Telefax: + (603) 254 00 92
E-mail/Internet: krishnan@jph.gov.my
Website: http://agrolink.moa.my/jph/
Malta
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and FisheriesBarriera Wharf
Valletta
Telephone: + (356) 22 52 36
Telefax: + (356) 23 12 94
Mauritius
Mr. M. Chinappen
Ag. Principal Research and Development Officer
Plant Pathology Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Cooperatives
Réduit
Telephone: + (230) 464 48 72
Telefax: + (230) 464 87 49E-mail/Internet: plpath@intnet.mu
Mexico
Centro de Información de la Dirección General de Normas
SECOFI
Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco n° 6
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco
Naucalpan, 53950 Edo. de México
Telephone: + (525) 729 94 85
Telefax: + (525) 729 94 84G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Mongolia
Mr. Khorloobaatar (responsible for WTO SPS enquiries)
State Agricultural Inspection Agency
Peace Avenue 16Ulaanbaatar 49
Telephone: + (976 1) 45 47 42
Fax: + (976 1) 45 47 42
Morocco
Sanitary measures:
Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Mise
    en Valeur agricole
Direction de l'ElevageQuartier Administratif
Chellah-Rabat
Telephone: + (2127) 76 50 77/76 51 47
Telefax: + (2127) 76 44 04
Phytosanitary measures:
Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Mise
  en Valeur agricoleDirection de la Protection des Végétaux des Contrôles
  techniques et de la Répression des Fraudes
Avenue de la Victoire - B.P. 1308
Rabat
Telephone: + (2127) 77 10 78
Telefax: + (2127) 77 25 53
Myanmar
Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA)
Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development
653-691 Merchant Street
Yangon
Telephone: + (951) 822 07/720 52/752 29
Telefax: + (951) 821 01G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Namibia
Phytosanitary issues:
Mr. G.B. Rhodes
Division Law EnforcementDirectorate of Extension and Engineering
Private Bag 13184
Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Rural Development
Windhoek
Telephone: + (264 61) 202 21 35/208 71 11
Telefax: + (264 61) 23 56 72E-mail/Internet: agrlaw@iafrica.com.na
Zoosanitary issues:
Dr. Schmidt-Dummont
Directorate of Veterinary ServicesPrivate Bag 13184
Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Rural Development
Windhoek
Telephone: + (264 61) 208 75 05
Telefax: + (264 61) 208 77 79
E-mail/Internet: smithg@gov.na
New Zealand
Andrew Matheson
Regulatory Authority
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
ASB Bank House
101 The Terrace
P.O. Box 2526Wellington
Telephone: + (64) 4 474 41 00
Telefax: + (64) 4 474 41 33
E-mail/Internet:  sps@maf.govt.nz
Nicaragua
Ing. Danilo Cortés
Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Kilometro 8 1/2, Carretera a Masaya
Managua
Telephone: + (5052) 783 412
Telefax: + (5052) 785 864G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Norway
Ministry of Agriculture
Att:  WTO-SPS
Post Office Box 8007 Dep.0030 Oslo
Telephone: + (47) 22 24 92 69
Telefax: + (47) 22 24 95 56
E-mail/Internet: firmapost@ld.dep telemax.no
Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Shafi
First Plant Protection Advisor
Jinnah AvenueMalir Halt
Karachi
Telephone: + (9221) 457 73 82/48 20 11
Telefax: + (9221) 457 43 73
Panama
Ministry of Agricultural Development:
Dirección Nacional de Salud Animal
Rio Tapia Tocumen Panamá
Apartado postal:  5390 Zona 5 Panamá
Telephone: + (507) 266 18 12
Telefax: + (507) 266 29 43/220 79 81
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal
Rio Tapia Tocumen PanamáApartado postal:  5390 Zona 5 Panamá
Telephone/ + (507) 220 79 79/220 07 33
Telefax:
Dirección Ejecutiva de Cuarentena Agropecuaria
Alto de Curundu River Road Panamá Edificio 576
Apartado postal:  5390 Zona 5 Panamá
Telephone: + (507) 232 53 40
Telefax: + (507) 232 59 06G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Ministry of Health:
División de Control de Alimentos y Vigilancia Veterinaria
Edificio 265 Ancón PanamáApartado postal:  2048 Panamá, 1 Panamá
Telephone: + (507) 262 19 02/212 03 97
Telefax: + (507) 262 02 77/262 66 21
División de Farmacia y Drogas
Edificio 265 Ancón Panamá
Apartado postal:  2048 Panamá, 1 Panamá
Telephone: + (507) 262 60 25
Telefax: + (507) 212 05 62
Papua New Guinea
Director-General
Multilateral Operations
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
P.O. Box 422Waigani
Telephone: + (675) 27 13 20
Telefax: + (675) 25 44 67
Paraguay
For information on plant health:
-Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Dirección de Defensa Vegetal
Ayolas y Benjamin ConstantEdificio Mercurio, 6° Piso
Asunción
Telephone: + (59521) 44 03 07/44 52 01/49 37 64
Telefax: + (59521) 44 03 07G/SPS/ENQ/8
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For information on animal health:
-Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Subsecretaría de Estado de Ganadería
Alberdi n° 611 y General Díaz
Asunción
Telephone: + (59521) 44 94 04/44 13 94/44 06 32
Telefax: + (59521) 44 72 50
-Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENACSA)
Ruta Mcal. Estigarribia, Km 10 y 1/2San Lorenzo
Telephone: + (59521) 50 57 27/50 13 74/50 78 62
Telefax: + (59521) 50 78 63
Peru
In the field of human health:
National Health Institute (INS)
Head:  Dr. Carlos Carrillo
Tizón y Bueno 268, Jesús María
Lima 21
Telephone: + (51-1) 463 38 33/460 0310/460
0316/ 471 3254
Telefax: + (51-1) 463 9617
Functions: To promote, plan, implement and evaluate research on health and the development of
appropriate technologies in the field of contagious disease control, environmental sanitation and
nutrition;  as well as the production, registration and quality control of reagents, diagnostic inputs,
medicinal products and organic health foods.  It administers the public laboratories of nationalstanding and supports those of regional standing.  It also prepares standards within its area of
jurisdiction and proposes policies and standards, within its area of jurisdiction, to the Higher
Directorate of the Ministry of Health, for implementation at national level.
In the field of agrarian health:
National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA)
Head:  Dr. Elsa Corbonell Torres
Psje Francisco de Zela s/n, piso 10Lima 21
Telefax: + (51-1) 433 8048/433 7802
Functions: To develop and promote private sector participation in the implementation of plans
and programmes for the prevention, control and eradication of pests and diseases which have a
significant socio-economic impact on agricultural activity.  At the same time, it is the body
responsible for the sanitary protection of national agriculture.  It has the task of proposing standards of
national and regional scope to the Minister of Agriculture, in connection with monitoring, inspection,G/SPS/ENQ/8
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registration, control, supervision and sanitary assessm ent activities in the agricultural field.  It also
establishes sanitary rules for the import, export, marketing and internal transit of animals, plants and
agricultural products and inputs.
Philippines
Policy Analysis Service
Department of Agriculture
Elliptical Road, Diliman
Quezon City
Telephone: (632) 920 40 84/929 82 47
Telefax: (632) 928 08 50
E-mail/Internet: policy@skyinet.net
Poland
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy
Departament Rynku i Gield
ul. Wspólna 3000-930 Warszawa
Telephone: + (4822) 623-22-66, 621 57 54
Telefax: + (4822) 623 21 05
Qatar
The Ministry of Public Health
P.O Box 42
Doha
Telephone: + (974) 41 71 11
Telefax: + (974) 42 95 65
Romania
National Sanitary - Veterinary Agency
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
B-dul Carol I, no. 24, sector 3
70033 Bucharest
Telephone: + (401) 615 78 75/614 40 20
Telefax: + (401) 312 49 67G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Saint Lucia
Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Forestry
Manoel Street
Castries
Telephone: + (758) 452 25 26
Telefax: + (758) 453 63 14
Senegal
Ministère du Commerce, de l'Artisanat et de l'Industrialisation
Direction du Commerce Extérieur
Rue Passage Le Blanc
Angle Emile Zola
ThiaroyeDakar
Telephone: +(221) 21 57 25
Telefax: +(221) 22 09 32
Singapore
 Director of Primary Production
Primary Production Department5 Maxwell Road #03-00
National Development Building
Singapore (0106)
Telephone: + (65) 325 76 90
Telefax: + (65) 220 60 68
E-mail/Internet: PPD_Email@PPD.gov.sg
Area of competence:(a) Food safety relating to food additives, veterinary drug and pesticide residues,
contaminants methods of analysis and sampling, and codes and guidelines ofhygienic practice concerning internationa l movements of meat and meat products
(including canned meat), fish and fishery products, vegetables and fruits;
(b) Animal, health and zoonoses, the standards and guidelines and recommendations
developed under the auspices of the International Office of Epizootics (OIE)especially concerning the international movements of animals and birds, and their
products including bones and bone meal, hides and skins, hoofs, horns, hoof meal,
horn meal, offal and any other product of animal origin;  semen, fodder, litter, dung
or any animals or birds;  veterinary biologics for use on animals or birds;  and simple
and compounded feedstuffs for animal consumption;
(c) Plant health including phytosanitary certifications;(d) Fish health including certifications for ornamental fish and fishery products;G/SPS/ENQ/8
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(e) International movements and certifications of endangered species of fauna and flora
under agreements of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
(CITES).
Slovak Republic
Slovak Institute for Standardization
Information Centre WTO
Karloveská 63
84245 Bratislava
Telephone: + (421) 39 78 86
Telefax: + (421 39 78 86
Slovenia
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Attn:  Ms. Katarina Groznik
Parmova 331000 Ljubljana
Telephone: + (386 61)  322 197/323 643
Telefax: + (386 61)  313 631
South Africa
The Director:  Marketing
Department of Agriculture
Private Bag X791
Pretoria 0001
Telephone: + (2712) 319 65 18
Telefax: + (2712) 326 34 54
Sri Lanka
Director
Department of Animal  Productions and Health
GetambePeradeniya
Telephone: + (948) 884 62/63
Telefax: + (948) 881 95G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Swaziland
Mr. N.M. Nkambule
Principal Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and CooperativesP.O. Box 162
Mbabane
Telephone: + (268) 404 63 61/404 27 46
Telefax: + (268) 404 47 00
Switzerland
Association suisse de normalisation (SNV)
Mühlebachstrasse 54
CH-8008 Zurich
Telephone: + (411) 254 54 54
Telefax: + (411) 254 54 74
E-mail/X400: C=ch/ A=400net/ P=snv/
O=snv/ S=switec
In its capacity as enquiry point, the SNV works under mandate of the Federal Office of
External Economic Affairs.
Chinese Taipei
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
9F, 51 Sec.2, Chung Ching South Road
Taipei, Taiwan 100
Telephone: + (886) 2 2343 1401
Fax: + (886) 2 2343 1400
Tanzania
The Director
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
PO Box 9524
Dar es Salaam
Telephone: + (255) 51 450 298
Telefax: + (255) 51 450 983G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Thailand
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
Ministry of Industry
Rama VI Street, Bangkok  10400
Telephone: + (662) 202 34 01/202 35 07/202 35 10
Telefax: + (662) 247 87 41
Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Winston Rudder
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources
St. Clair Circle
Port of Spain
Telephone: + (809) 622 12 21
Telefax: + (809) 622 42 46
Tunisia
Animal health, zoonoses and plant safety:
Ministère de l'agriculture
30 rue Alain Savary1002 Tunis
Telephone: + (2161) 78 56 33
Telefax: + (2161) 79 94 57
Food safety:
Ministère du Commerce
  (Direction générale de la Concurrence et du Commerce intérieur)
6 rue Venezuela
1002 Tunis
Telephone: + (2161) 78 77 02
Telefax: + (2161) 78 18 47
Turkey
Mr. Yusuf Salcan
Tarim ve Köyisleri Bakanligi
Koruma ve Kontrol Genel Müdürlügü
Akay Cad. No. 3Ankara
Telephone: + (90312) 418 14 68
Telefax: + (90312) 418 80 05G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Uganda
Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Plot M217, Nakawa Industrial Area
P.O. Box 6329Kampala
Telephone: + (25641) 222 369/222 367
United States
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Stop 1027
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
1400 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, D.C. 20250
Telephone: + (202) 720 22 39
Telefax: + (202) 690 06 77
Email/Internet:   wilsonc@fas.usda.gov
Uruguay
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Dirección General de Asuntos Económicos
Avenida 18 de Julio 1205
Montevideo
Telephone: + (5982) 92 06 18
Telefax: + (5982) 92 13 27/92 42 90
Venezuela
Food safety:
Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social
Dirección de Higiene de los Alimentos
Centro Simón Bolívar, Edificio Sur
3er. piso, Oficina 313
Caracas
Telephone: + (582) 482 06 57
Telefax: + (582) 482 06 57G/SPS/ENQ/8
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Animal health and plant protection:
Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
Servicio Autónomo de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SASA)
Parque Central, Torre Este, Piso 12
Caracas 1010
Telephone: + (582) 509 05 05/509 03 79
Telefax: + (582) 509 06 57
Zambia
Mr. F. Siame
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
Lusaka
Telephone: + (2601) 22 14 75
Telefax: + (2601) 22 66 73
Zimbabwe
Secretary for Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture
P/Bag 7701
Causeway Harare
Telephone: + (2634) 706 081
Telefax: + (2634) 734 646
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