G/SPS/N/GEO/29  
8 May 2023  
(23-3250) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  GEORGIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia 
(MEPA)  
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):  Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code(s): 07); 
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS c ode(s): 08); Coffee, tea, maté and 
spices (HS code(s): 09); Cereals (HS code(s): 10); Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; 
Miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; Industrial or medicinal plants; Straw and fodder 
(HS code(s): 12); Vegetable saps and extracts; pe ctic substances, pectinates and 
pectates; agar -agar and other mucilages and thickeners derived from vegetable products, 
whether or not modified, (HS code(s): 1302); Vegetable products, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 
1404); Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bak ers' wares, whether or not containing 
cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, 
sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (HS code(s): 1905); Preparations of 
vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS  code(s): 20); Sauce and preparations 
therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal, whether or 
not prepared, and mustard (HS code(s): 2103); Food preparations, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 
2106); Residues and waste from the food industrie s; Prepared animal fodder (HS code(s): 
23) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  On the approval of the border control rule for the safety 
of food of non -animal origin/animal feed . Language(s):  Georgian . Number of pages:  42 
https://www.matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/5783525?publication=0  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/GEO/23_09500_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this rule is to : 
− determine compliance with the safety requirements of food of non -animal 
origin/animal feed intended for import ; 
− determine the appropriate conditions and mandatory procedures ; 
− define  the type of prohibited food (dry bean with following HS codes : 07133500, 
07133900 , 07139000) from Nigeri a; 
o define the model of CHED  (Common Health Entry Document ), and official certificate 
for import into Georgia (see  annex  No. 7); 
− also define parameters on wh ich samples can be taken in the custom.  
Also: 
− cargo, which is defined in annex N o. 2, must be accompanied with the results of 
laboratory analyses and official certificate for import into Georgia (annex N o. 7); 
− lab analyses must be done on the parameters referred in annex N o. 2. G/SPS/N/GEO/29  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does th is proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
This rule is elaborated under DCFTA agreement according to Regulation (EU) 2019/1793  
(available in Georgian, certificate in Georgian and English) . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 13 April 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 18 April 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2023  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 May 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
availa ble) of other body:   
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia  
6, Marshal Gelovani Ave  
Tel: +(995) 322 37 80 09  
E-mail: info@mepa.gov.ge  
Website: http://www.mepa.gov.ge  
Ms Maia BERUASHVILI - SPS Focal Point in WTO  
Head of Food Safety Division  
Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Department  
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia  
6, Marshal Gelovani Ave  
Tel: +(995) 322 37 66 48  
Cell phone: +(995) 595 53 01 94  
E-mail: maia.beruashvili@mepa.gov.ge  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: