. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NOR/23 
24 July 2007  
 (07-3136) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NORWAY   
If applicable, name of local government involved:  Ministry of Agriculture and Food  
2. Agency responsible:  Norwegian Food Safety Authority 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Wood packaging material that is actually  in use or has been in use in the 
transport of objects of all kinds, including p acking cases and boxes, cr ates, drums and similar 
packing, pallets, box pallets and other load boar ds, pallet collars, as well as wood used to 
wedge or support cargo. Wood and wood packi ng material consisting exclusively of raw 
wood of 6 mm thickness or less and wood and wood packing material consisting exclusively 
of processed wood produced by glue, heat and pressure, or a combination thereof, are not 
included. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries exporting the products concerned to Norway. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Regulations 
amending Regulations of  1 December 2000 no. 1333 relating to  plants and measures against 
pests (available in English, 6 pa ges) (available in Norwegian: Forslag til forskrift om endring 
av forskrift 1. esember 2000 nr. 1333 om pl anter og tiltak mot planteskadegjørere)  
6. Description of content:  The draft regulations amend Re gulations of 1 December 2000 no. 
1333 relating to plants and meas ures against pests, concerni ng import requirements for wood 
packaging material. According to the draft regulations wood packaging material entering 
Norway must have been treated and marked  according to ISPM 15 (FAO International 
Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15 on Guidelines for regulating wood packaging 
material in international trade).  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary 
Measures No 15 on Guidelines for regulating wood  packaging material in international trade G/SPS/N/NOR/23 
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  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Draft Regulations 
amending Regulations of  1 December 2000 no. 1333 relating to  plants and measures against 
pests (available in English)  
Forslag til forskrift om endring av forskrift 1. desember 2000 nr. 1333 om planter og tiltak 
mot planteskadegjørere (available in Norwegian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   December 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2008  
12. Final date for comments:  12 October 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Norwegian Food Safety Authority 
HK. Box. 383, N-2381 Brumunddal, Norway.  E-mail: postmottak@mattilsynet.no  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or 
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of  the draft text(s) can be downloaded from:  
http://www.mattilsynet .no/mattilsynet/multimedia/ar chive/00031/Draft_amendments_to__31
431a.pdf