. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NPL/9 
7 April 2008  
 (08-1527) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEPAL
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Government of Nepal:  Ministry  of Agriculture and Cooperatives, 
Department of Livestock Services 
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):  Animal, animal products & animal production inputs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
country exporting the items in No 3 to Nepal 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   
a. Quarantine Standards for Day Old Chicks (available in Nepali) 
b. Quarantine Standards for Table Egg (available in Nepali) 
c. Quarantine Standards for Fingerl ings (available in Nepali) 
d. Quarantine Standards for Hatchi ng Egg (available in Nepali) 
6. Description of content:   
The Government of Nepal has enforced the above mentioned rules, regulation working 
procedures & Standards:  
• to regulate export of animal, animal products & animal production inputs; 
• to regulate trade of these items within the country;  and 
• to safeguard the health of human being and animals. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code G/SPS/N/NPL/9 
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  9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:    
a. Quarantine Standards for Day Old Chicks (available in Nepali,) 
b. Quarantine Standards for Table Egg (available in Nepali) 
c. Quarantine Standards for Fingerl ings (available in Nepali) 
d. Quarantine Standards for Hatchi ng Egg (available in Nepali) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  5 June 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  5 June 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  31 May 2008 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
National Enquiry Point of SPS 
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control E-mail:  spsnepal@ntc.net.np, dftqc@mail.com.np, dgdftqc@mail.com.np Fax:  +(977) 1422 6337 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The texts will be available from: 
1.  National Enquiry Point of SPS 
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control E-mail:  spsnepal@ntc.net.np, dftqc@mail.com.np Fax:  +(977) 1422 6337  
2.  Joint Secretary & Focal Point 
National Notification Authority of SPS Agribusiness Promotion & Statistics Division  
Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives, Kathmandu Government of Nepal 
E-mail:  srghimire@moac.gov.np 
Fax:  +(977) 1422 5825