G/SPS/N/GIN/5
5 December 2014
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: French 
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: GUINEA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministère de l'Élevage / Direction Nationale des Services 
Vétérinaires, DNSV (Ministry of Livestock / National Veterinary Services Directorate) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Live animals, meat and edible meat offal, milk and milk 
products, and other products of animal origin 
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: Loi No. L/95/046/CTRN du 19 août 1995 portant code 
de l'élevage et produits animaux (Law No. L/95/046/CTRN of 19 August 1995 
establishing the Livestock and Animal Products Code)    
Language(s): French  Number of pages: 33 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/GIN/14_5249_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified Law establishes the Livestock and Animal 
Products Code which aggregates all of the provisions on animals, animal products and 
veterinary public health in general.   
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
 - Codex Alimentarius Commission / Recomme nded International Code of Practice 
CAC/RCP 1-1969, Rev. 2003: General Principles of Food Hygiene;  
 -  CAC/RCP 58-2008: Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat. 
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
 Chapters 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 4.3, 5.1 and 5.10 of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/GIN/5 
 
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   [X] 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:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 29 August 1995 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : February 1996 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if availabl e) of other body: 
Ministère de l'Élevage / Direction Nationale des Services Vétérinaires (DNSV) 
Ministère du Commerce  
Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement 
or M. Jean-Luc Faber 
Chef de la Division Gestion des Pesticides et des Agréments Professionnels 
Service National de la Protection des Végétaux et des Denrées Stockées Ministère de l'Agriculture, B.P. 576, Conakry, Guinée 
Tel.:  (+224) 3041-5107 / 6055-3676 / 6428-2153 
E-mail: elsabang@yahoo.fr; snpv-guinee@laposte.net