. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KEN/29 
21 December 2009  
 (09-6650) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  KENYA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Livestock 
Development 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All live sheep and goats 
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:  Prohibition legislation  Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  1   
6. Description of content:  The legislation seeks to prohibit the importation into Kenya of 
live sheep and goats from countries reporting scr apie, caprine arthritis/encephalitis (CAE) 
and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [X] 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)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
 (a) Scrapie- Terrestrial Code Article 14.9.3  
 (b) CAE- Terrestrial Code Article 14.2.2  (c) BSE- Terrestrial Code Chapter 2.3.13 
The three references provide for risk manage ment measures but not prohibition as proposed 
in this notification. Scrapie, CAE and BSE have never been reported in Kenya and the 
country therefore requires commensurate level of protection. 
 [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/KEN/29 
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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:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  October 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  April 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  19 February 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministry of Trade 
Nairobi 
E-mail:  annekamau621@hotmail.com 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Director of Veterinary Services  
Department of Veterinary Services Private Bag 00625 Kangemi Nairobi 
Tel:  +(254) 20 270 0575 
Fax:  +(254) 20 202 6212 E-mail:  cvfokabete@yahoo.c om and dkkarugu@yahoo.com