. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MKD/1 
20 February 2009  
 (09-0910) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Notifying Member:  FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy - Veterinary 
Administration 
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):  Live domestic and wild ungulates (HS C odes:  0102, 0103, 0104);  semen for 
artificial insemination, ova and embryos, meat  fresh or frozen, products thereof, raw 
materials and offal of domestic and wild ungulates origin (HS Codes:  0201, 0202, 0203, 
0204) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolution amending and appending the Resolution of 
ban on imports into the Republic of Macedoni a or transit through the territory of the 
Republic of Macedonia on live domestic a nd wild ungulates, semen for artificial 
insemination, ova and embryos, meat fresh or frozen, products thereof, raw materials and 
offal of domestic and wild ungulates origin  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  Temporary measures suspending imports and transit of live 
domestic and wild ungulates, semen for artific ial insemination, ova and embryos, meat 
fresh or frozen, products thereof, raw materi als and offal of domestic and wild ungulates 
origin into and through the territo ry of the Republic of Macedonia. 
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Outbreak of food-and-
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  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)   
 [   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Council Decision 79/572/EEC  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Available in 
Macedonian 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
2 December 2008 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from: [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: