. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PHL/150 
1 May 2009 
 (09-2116) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  PHILIPPINES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture (DA), Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) 
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):  Agriculture products that have ge netically engineered counterparts 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Adoption of Codex Principles for the Risk Analysis of 
Foods Derived from Modern Biotechnology an d the Codex Guidelines for the Conduct of 
Food Safety Assessment of Foods De rived from Recombinant-DNA Plants 
Language:  English  Number of pages:   2 (Annex:  3 pages, Annex B:  11 pages)   
6. Description of content:  Adoption of Codex Principles for the Risk Analysis of Foods 
Derived from Modern Biotechnology and the Codex Guidelines for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant-DNA Plants. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] 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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  CAC/GL 44-2003 and CAC/GL 45-2003 
[   ] 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 relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/PHL/150 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  30 days after publication in newspaper of general 
circulation  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  25 January 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  27 March 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  30 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Bureau of Plant Industry 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Philippine National SPS Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Office of the Director Policy Research Service Tel:  +(632) 926 7439 Fax:  +(632) 928 0590 
E-mail:  epad.polreser@lycos.com