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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MUS/10
4 April 2003
(03-0820)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology & Natural Resources,
Division of Veterinary Services
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):  Livestock feed
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Madagascar
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Protocol of Veterinary
Agreement for Exportation of Animal Feed  to Republic of Madagascar (2 pages)
6. Description of content:  The objective of this agreement is to ensure the export of safe
animal feed from the Republic of Mauritius to the Republic of Madagascar.  To
exclude/eliminate the risk of transmission of prions of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
through animal feed, no meat meal or bone meal  would be used as raw ingredients in the
preparation of feeds;  only fish  meal or marine invertebrate meal would be authorized for
inclusion during manufact ure of animal feeds.
The competent authorities which, for the purpose of  this agreement, have been designated to
be the Principal Veterinary Officer of the Mi nistry of Agriculture, Food Techology & Natural
Resources of the Republic of Mauritius and th e Director of Veterinary Services of the
Ministry of Livestock of the Republic of Mada gascar, would co-operate in the prevention of
animal diseases and would mutually abide by the conditions laid down in the InternationalAnimal Health Code of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) and the SPS Agreement
as described by the World Trade Organization (WTO), to prevent the entry and spread of
infectious agents into Madagascar through the exportation of animal feeds from the Republic
of Mauritius.
The competent authorities would also co-operate by exchanging information on animal
diseases in their respective countries, documents specifying the relevant legislation,
guidelines and procedures presently in force and, where applicable, information on measures
for the control of animal diseases.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from
other damage from pestsG/SPS/N/MUS/10
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8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] 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:  English
10. Proposed date of adoption:   16 January 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  16 January 2003
12. Final date for comments:
Agency or authority designated to handle 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:
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology & Natural Resources
Plant Pathology & Quarantine Division
Reduit, Mauritius
Tel: +(230) 464 4872
Fax: +(230) 465 9591
E-mail: plpath@intnet.mu