. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BHR/21 
10 February 2009 
 (09-0622) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BAHRAIN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Food Control Section, Ministry of Health 
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):  HS Codes 2005, ICS Code 67.080 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Kingdom of Bahrain - Apricots  Language:  Arabic and 
English  Number of pages:   10 pages in Arabic and 8 pages in English 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2009/sps/BHR/09_0381_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/BHR/09_0381_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft applies to apricots of verities (cultivars) grown from 
prunus armeniaca L. to be supplied fresh to the c onsumer, apricots for industrial 
processing being excluded.  Definitions, require ments, sampling, methods of testing and 
examination, packing, transportation, storage, labelling. 
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 stan dard?  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 N°)     
[   ] None G/SPS/N/BHR/21 
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   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 standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
− UN/ECE Standard FFV – 02 "APRICOTS" publis hed in 1961.  Last revised in 1992. 
− GSO 123 "General Requirements for Fr esh Fruits and Vegetables"   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined.  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  11 April 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Mr. Abdulla Baqer 
Act. Chief, Food Control Section Ministry of Health P.O . Box 12 . Manama 
Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel:  +(973) 1727 3683 Fax:  +(973) 1727 9253 Website:  www.moh.gov.bh
 
E-mail:  webmaster@health.gov.bh 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Mr. Abdulla Baqer  
Act. Chief, Food Control Section Ministry of Health P.O . Box 12 . Manama Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel:  +(973) 1727 3683 
Fax:  +(973) 1727 9253 Website:  www.moh.gov.bh
 
E-mail:  webmaster@health.gov.bh