G/SPS/N/MNE/42  
 
5 June 2018 
(18-3372) 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): Food 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practic able: 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Ordinance on the establishment of a system for 
the development and allocation of unique identifiers for GMOs . Language(s): 
Montenegrin.  Number of pages:  
6. Description of content: This Draft Ordinance shall apply to genetically modified 
organisms, "GMOs", authorised for the placing on the market in accordance with Law, and 
applications for placing on the market under such legislation. Ap plications for the placing 
on the market of GMOs shall include a unique identifier for each GMO concerned. 
Applicants shall, in accordance with the formats set out in the Annex, develop a unique  
identifier for each GMO concerned, following consultation of the OECD BioTrack product 
database, and the Biosafety clearing house, to determine whether or not a unique 
identifier has already been developed for that GMO in accordance with these formats.  
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 prop osed 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/42  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Commi ssion Regulation (EC) No 65/2004 of 14 January 2004 establishing a system for the 
development and assignment of unique identifiers for genetically modified organisms   
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 ci rculation 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 
Developmen t of Montenegro: http://www.minpolj.gov.me/rubrike/STO_WTO/ .