G/SPS/N/PHL/501  
 
17 November 2021  
(21-8664) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  PHILIPPINES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department 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):  Live cattle and meat, and meat products, and bovine processed 
animal proteins  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Germany  
5. Title of the notified document:  Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 68 
Series of 2021, Temporary Ban on the Importation of Live Cattle and M eat and Meat 
Products and Bovine Processed Animal Proteins Derived from Cattle from Germany . 
Language(s): English . Number of pages: 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/PHL/21_7191_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Order signed on 12 November 2021 institutes the following 
measures for the importation of meat and meat by -products derived from cattle from 
Germany:  
1) Temporary suspension of the processing, evaluation of the application and issuance of 
the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Import Clearance of meat and meat by-products 
derived from cattle including live cattle importation;  
2) All shipments IN TRANSIT/LOADED/ACCEPTED UNTO PORT before the official 
communication of this Order to the German authorities shall be allowed provided the 
slaughter and production date is o n or before 25 September 2021;  
3) All previously approved SPS Import Clearances which were not yet 
IN TRANSIT/LOADED/ACCEPTED UNTO PORT after the official communication of this 
Order to the German authorities are hereby REVOKED;  
4) Shipments with ship out date a fter the communication of this Order to the German 
authorities shall be dealt with per DA Administrative Order 9 series of 2010, Section 
VILD;  
5) More rigorous and tight inspections on all arrivals of meat and meat by -products 
derived from cattle including li ve animals and bovine processed animal proteins by 
DA Veterinary Quarantine Officers assigned at ports of entry.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/PHL/501  
 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The veterinary 
authorities of Germany reported to the World Organisaton for Animal Health (OIE) an 
outbreak of Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the municipality of 
Kraiburg, Germany last 13 October 2021. The recent cases of Atypical BSE or Mad Cow 
Disease in Germany as reported to the OIE may pose a risk to consumers due to BSE's 
assumed link with the variant Creutzfeldt -Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Code x Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 11.4 of the OIE Terrestrial 
Code 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
Immediately /To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Office of the Director  
Policy Research Service  
Department of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@gmail.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Office of the Director  
Policy Research Service  
Department of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@gmail.com