G/SPS/N/MNE/37  
 
5 June 2018 
(18-3389) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: MONTENEGRO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
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 animals  
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: Draft Amendments to the Ordinance on monitoring  and 
reporting  of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria.  Language(s): 
Montenegrin.  Number of pages:  
6. Description of content: These Draft Amendments modify  some rules in monitoring and 
reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria  (technical 
requirements for sampling framewor k and collection of isolates, isolates of Salmonella  spp. 
obtained by food business operators, analysis by national reference laboratories, 
assessment and reporting) . 
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  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 this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/MNE/37  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
2013/652/EU: Commission Imple menting Decision of 12 November 2013 on the 
monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria 
(notified under document C(2013) 7145) (Text with EEA relevance)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 August  2018 
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:  
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:   
The text is available at the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development of Montenegro: http://www.minpolj.gov.me/rubrike/STO_WTO/ .