. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NPL/6 
4 April 2008  
 (08-1519) 
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. Animal Health & Livestock Services Act,  1998 (available in English, 9 pages) 
b. Animal Health & Livestock Services Regulation, 1999 (available in English, 
24 pages) 
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 
9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:    
a. Animal Health & Livestock Services Act,  1998 (available in English, 9 pages) 
b. Animal Health & Livestock Services Regulation, 1999 (available in English, 
24 pages) G/SPS/N/NPL/6 
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  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