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G/SPS/R/101/Corr.1  
 
31 May 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures    
 
 
SUMMARY OF THE MEETING OF 25-26 MARCH 2021  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Corrigendum* 
Please note that paragraph 3.131. and paragraph s 6 and 11 of Annex B of document G/SPS/R /101 
should read as follows:  
3.2.26   Indonesia's food safety measures affecting horticultural products and animal 
products ( STC 414) - Concerns of the Philippines  
3.131.   The Philippines reiterated its concern about Indonesia's food safety measures affecting 
horticultural and animal products , without regard to the o bjective of minimizing negative trade 
effects in Article 5.4, the requirement in Article 5.6 not to introduce SPS measures that are more 
trade -restrictive than necessary, transparency obligations under Article 7 and Annex B, and the 
obligation to undertake  approval procedures without undue delay in Article 8 and Annex C of the 
SPS Agreement. The Philippines noted that additional requirements, such as a GAP certificate, and 
a license to operate prior to the issuance of permits to importers of shallots, had not been notified 
to the WTO and that, currently, no permits had been issued to allow the Philippines to export shallots 
to Indonesia. The Philippines add ed that undue delays, lack of transparency, the piecemeal and 
unpredictable approach, and discriminatory requirements without scientific justification were also 
issues with respect to Indonesia's approval measures for the import of meat and meat products. 
The Philippines urged Indonesia to be transparent and timely in its approval measures, and refrain 
from its piecemeal approach of introducing requirements that were cumbersome, costly, and 
restrictive of trade. The Philippines hoped that bilateral consulta tions would lead to the resolution of 
this concern.  
 
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat 's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
* In English only.  G/SPS/R/101/Corr.1  
 
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  ANNEX B  
SPS COMMITTEE THEMATIC SESSION ON AFRICAN SWINE FEVER  
23 MARCH  2021 
CHAIR PERSON'S  SUMMARY  
6.  Representatives from the European Commission, Belgium and Germany presented on 
EU regionalization and special ASF control measures adopted to ensure safe trade. Preparedness, 
research, regionalization measures based on science and in line with  international standards, public 
awareness, international cooperation, and the availability of transparent information to trading 
partners were underlined as vital to ensure safe trade. The successful eradication of ASF in Belgium 
was presented as an examp le of the effective implementation of the strategy in place. Germany 
provided the perspective of trade in pork from a Member where ASF is present in wildlife, explaining 
the steps taken to secure trading based on OIE specifications and emphasizing the impo rtance of 
biosecurity measures to sustain compartmentalization efforts.1 
11.  Presentations from all sessions of the thematic session will be made available on the 
SPS Gateway .2 
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1 It was subsequently brought to the Secretariat's attention that the sentence should correctly refer to 
the importance of biosecurity measures to sustain regionalization  efforts.  
2 The programme and the presentations of the Thematic Session are available in the website: 
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/sps_e/sps_thematic_session_230321_e.htm .