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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ROU/71 
2 November 2005 
 (05-5137) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ROMANIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority  
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):  All products of animal origin and live animals  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Order No. 52/20 
September 2005 for approval of Sanitary vete rinary norm regarding the list of third 
countries/areas and conditions for veterinary certification, animal and public health for 
import into Romania of certain live animals and fresh meat (Available in Romanian, 136 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This sanitary veterinary norm establishes the sanitary conditions 
for import in Romania of live animals (excluding equidae) and fresh non-processed meat (including equidae). 
Wild animals used for entertainment, exhib itions, circus shows as well as those wild 
animals intended for scientific research, includi ng preservation of species are not subject to 
this norm. 
The import of live animals and fresh meat subject  to the present norm have also to observe 
all relevant regulation, in force, related to food safety legislation.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:   
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        
                                                      
1 As from 3 December 2004, all documents that previously used the country code "ROM" in the 
document symbol will use the new code for Romania, "ROU". G/SPS/N/ROU/7 
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 10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
Order no. 53 published in the Official Gazette no. 848/20.09.2005 
Commission Decision 79/542/CEE (with the last amendment Decision 2004/234/CE) 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  20 December 2005  
12. 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 Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority 
Negustori, 1B, sector 2, Bucharest, cod 023951, Romania 
Telephone:  +40-21-3078567 Fax:  +40-21-3078683 E-mail: office@ansv.ro  dana@ansv.ro 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority 
Negustori, 1B, sector 2, Bucharest, cod 023951, Romania Telephone:  +40-21-3078567 Fax:  +40-21-3078683 E-mail: office@ansv.ro  dana@ansv.ro