. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CYP/9 
22 March 2004 
 (04-1252) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CYPRUS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live plants, and products of plant origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   The Phytosanitary 
Checks on Live Plants and Plant Products in Intra-community Trade and Imports from Third 
Countries Law (1 Law and 16 secondary Orders ) (available in Gree k, total 406 pages) 
6. Description of content:   These Law and Orders are laying down the Phytosanitary checks 
on live plants and plant products applying to the trade between Cyprus and EU member 
States and to imports from non-EU  countries;  phytosanitary checks on live plans and plant 
products coming from EU member States are no lo nger carried out at frontiers but at the 
place of destination.  The legislation is ha rmonized with the EU Ph ytosanitary regulations 
and directives. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [  X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/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), [  X ] International Plant Protection 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:  Law N.147 (I) / 2003, 
Official Gazette of the Republic, No. 3758, Pa rt III, 3 October 2003 pages 862-912 (available 
in Greek, Regulations 750/2003, 751/2003, 752/2003, 753/2003, 754/2003, 755/2003, 
756/2003, 757/2003, 760/2003, 764/2003, 765/2003, 766/2003, 767/2003, 768/2003, 
769/2003, 770/2003, Official Gazette of the Republic, No.3758, Part III, 3 October 2003. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   19 September 2003 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   3 October 2003 and for some of these 1 May 2004 G/SPS/N/CYP/9 
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 12. Final date for comments:  Does not apply 
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:    
Dr. Antonis Constantinou, Director Depa rtment of Agriculture, 1412 Lefkosia,  
Fax:  (+357 22 781425, Tel:  (+357) 22 4 08516, E-mail:  doagrg@cytanet.com.cy 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number an d E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Dr. Antonis Constantinou, Director Depa rtment of Agriculture, 1412 Lefkosia, 
Fax:  (+357 22 781425, Tel:  (+357) 22 4 08516, E-mail:  doagrg@cytanet.com.cy