G/SPS/N/PHL/451  
 
24 January 2020  
(20-0599) Page: 1/3 
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):  Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products Including Poultry Meat, 
Day-old Chicks, Eggs and Semen Originating from Poland  
4. Regions or countries lik ely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Poland  
5. Title of the notified document:  Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 5 
Series of 2020  Temporary Ban on the Importat ion of Domestic and Wild Birds and their 
Products Including Poultry Meat, Day -old Chicks, Eggs and Semen Originating from 
Poland . Language(s): English . Number of pages: 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/PHL/20_0605_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Order bans the importation of domestic and wild birds and 
their product, including poultry meat, day -old chicks and semen from Poland and 
immediately suspends the proessing, evaluation of application and issuance of Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary import clearance of the aforementioned goods.  All shipments of the 
said c ommodities into the country, with the exception of heat -treated products, shall be 
stopped and confiscated by DA Veterinary Quarantine Officers/Inspectors at all major 
ports of entry.  Frozen poultry meat with slaughter/process date of 21 days prior to the 
HPAI outbreaks are  allowed to enter the country subject to veterinary quarantine rules 
and regulations.  Importation of meat products of poultry is subject to the conditions 
provided in Article s 10.4.19, 10.4.20 and 10.4.26 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Hea lth 
Codce (2019).  
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.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reas on for urgent action:  Based on the official 
report submitted by Dr. Brogdan Konopka, Chief Veterinary Officer, General Veterinary 
Inspectorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Development, Warsaw, Poland to the World 
Organisation for Animal Health on 2 January  2020, there was one (1) outbreak of H5N8 
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Uscimow, Lubarstowki, Lubelskie Region 
affecting turkeys on December 30, 2019, as confirmed by the National Veterinary 
Research Institute in Pulawy, Poland.  G/SPS/N/PHL/451  
 
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  9. 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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Article s 10.4.19, 10.4.20 and 10.4.26 
of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Heath Code (2019)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant internatio nal 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):  
21 January 2020  
[ ] 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 ava ilable) 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   
Website: http://spsissuances.da.gov.ph/   
or 
National Veterinary Quarantine Services  
Bureau of Animal Industry  
Visayas Avenue, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 920 0815  
Fax: +(632) 920 0916  
E-mail: nvqs_bai@yahoo.com  
quara ntine_bai@yahoo.com  G/SPS/N/PHL/451  
 
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  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   
Website: http://spsissuances.da.gov.ph/   
or  
National Veterinary Quarantine Services  
Bureau of Animal Industry  
Visayas Avenue, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 920 0815  
Fax: +(632) 920 0916  
E-mail: nvqs_bai@yahoo.com  
quarantine_bai@yahoo.com