. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CUB/14 
24 February 2006 
 (06-0821) 
Committee on Sanitary and  
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF CUBA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture  
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):  Chicken meat (whole chickens and chicken pieces) and its by-products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries or regions trading these pr oducts with the Republic of Cuba.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Requisitos sanitarios- 
veterinarios de la República de Cuba para la importación de carne de pollo entera y 
troceada y sus derivados  (Veterinary health requirements of the Republic of Cuba for 
imports of chicken meat (whole chickens and ch icken pieces) and its by-products) (3 pages, 
in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:        
 The poultry must originate from countries that have been authorized by both the 
animal health authorities of the exporting country  and the Institute of Veterinary Medicine 
of the Republic of Cuba to export chicken meat  (whole chickens and chicken pieces) and its 
by-products to the Republic of Cuba.  Th e exporting establishment must have been 
approved by the Institute of Veterinary Medici ne of the Republic of Cuba.  The farms from 
which the broiler chickens originate must  not use hormones or antibiotics as growth 
stimulators and must be under official vete rinary supervision or the supervision of 
veterinarians approved by the official veterina ry service.  The country of origin of the 
chickens from which the meat is derived must be declared officially free  of the main OIE-
listed diseases that restrict intern ational trade in these products.  (With regard to highly 
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the expo rting country must be declared free not 
only of the disease, but of any form of avian influenza viral activity in the 21 days 
prior to the dispatch of the chickens to  the establishment where they are slaughtered ). 
 All aspects of these requirements must be complied with at the  inspection, 
packaging and transport stages. 
 The official veterinary service of the exporting country must immediately inform 
the Official Veterinary Service of the Republic of Cuba, at any point during the export of 
the goods and up to three months afterwards, of any outbreaks of avian influenza or 
velogenic viscerotropic Newcastle disease  which occur in the exporting country.  G/SPS/N/CUB/14 
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  6. Description of content:  (cont'd) 
 The Institute of Veterinary Me dicine of the Republic of Cuba reserves the right to 
review the country of origin's complian ce with the above-mentioned requirements 
whenever it deems necessary  (sanitary certification process). 
 
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] 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:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Requisitos 
sanitarios-veterinarios de la República de Cuba para la importación de carne de pollo 
entera y troceada y sus derivados  (Veterinary health requirements of the Republic of Cuba 
for imports of chicken meat (whole chicke ns and chicken pieces) and its by-products) 
(3 pages, in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:        
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Dir ección de Organismos Internacionales 
Calle Infanta N° 16 esquina 23, Ciudad de la  Habana, Municipio Plaza de la Revolución 
República de Cuba. 
Fax:  (537) 542266 E-mail:  eva.quintana@mincex.cu  Instituto de Medicina Veterinaria 
Dirección Nacional. Calle 12 N° 355 entre 15 y 17 
Ciudad Habana, Municipio Plaza de la Revolución 
República de Cuba. Fax:  (537) 8303537 E-mail:  dnimv@infomed.sld.cu
, rbescofet2002@hotmail.com , acere2@yahoo.es