G/SPS/N/MNE/40  
 
5 June 2018 
(18-3385) 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): Quick -frozen foodstuffs  
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 Ordinance for quick -frozen foods intended for 
human consumption . Language(s): Montenegrin.  Number of pages:  
6. Description of content: This Draft Ordinance provides  detail s on the rules for quick -
frozen foodstuffs for human consumption.  Quick -frozen foodstuffs  means foodstuffs which 
have undergone a suitable freezing process whereby the zone of maximum crystallization 
is crossed as rapidly as possible, depending on the type of product, and the resulting 
temperature of the product (after thermal stabilization) i s continuous ly maintained at a 
level of -18°C or lower at all points, and which are marketed in such a way as to indicate 
that they possess this characteristic. Also this Draft Ordinance lays down  the rules for 
sampling procedures for quick -frozen foodstuf fs, the procedures for monitoring their 
temperature and for monitoring temperatures in the means of transport and warehousing 
and storage.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] 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 internationa l standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/MNE/40  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Council  Directive 89/108/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the a pproximation of the laws of 
the Member States relating to quick -frozen foodstuffs for human consumption.   
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 desi gnated 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/ .