G/SPS/N/MNE/32  
 
5 June 2018 
(18-3394) 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): Plants, plant products and other regulated articles  
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 on the conditions for the necessary 
evidence and criteria for determining the type and degree of reduction of the frequency of 
checks on the health status of plants, plant products and objects under the supervision of 
the objects listed in List V.B . Language(s): Montenegrin.  Number of pages:  
6. Description of content: This draft ordinance prescribes conditions for the necessary 
evidence and criteria for determining the type and degree of reduction of the frequency of 
checks on the health s tatus of plants, plant products and objects under the supervision of 
the objects listed in List V.B. This  ordinance shall apply to the plant health checks as 
regards plants, plant products or other objects listed in Part B of Annex V in a specified 
country , territory or part thereof, with some exception s: plants intended for planting; any 
plant, plant product or other object which is subject to authorisation allowing importation; 
any plant, plant product or other object which is subject to temporary measures.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  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 s o, 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 stand ard:  G/SPS/N/MNE/32  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1756/2004 of 11 October 2004 specifying the detailed 
conditions for the evidence required and the criteria for the type and level of the reductio n 
of the plant health checks of certain plants, plant products or other objects listed in Part B 
of Annex V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC   
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/ .