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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/YEM/14 
23 May 2006 
 (06-2483) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Yemen Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF YEMEN 
 
Technical Assistance Requirements in the Area of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  
 
 The following submission, dated 12 May 2006, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Yemen.   
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Page 2 Technical Assistance Requirements Based on Questionnaire in G/SPS/W/113  
 Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and Soft) Specific 
concern Other 
 
Rights, 
obligations and 
practical 
operation of the SPS 
Agreemen: - Conferences, seminars, 
workshops on: 
 
 - Introduction to the 
WTO and the multilateral trading 
system; 
 - Importance of the SPS 
Agreement for 
international trade; 
 - Introduction to the 
work of the Codex 
Alimentarius Commission 
(CODEX), Animal 
Health Organization (OIE) and the 
International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC); 
 - Importance of the 
appropriate level of  protection (ALOP), 
non-discriminatory 
trade measures; 
 - Analysis of the Dispute 
Settlement Mechanism 
and the settlement of 
cases relating to 
sanitary and phytosanitary 
measures; 
 - Importance of the work 
of the standard-setting 
bodies. - Training courses/workshops 
on: 
 
 - Application of 
transparency provisions;  
 - Recognition of 
equivalence and 
regionalization;  
 - Harmonization of 
requirements;  
 - Risk analysis  
 - International standards 
related to the SPS-Agreement. 
 
- Participation in SPS related 
international standard-
setting bodies. 
- Participation of specialists in 
international and regional 
conferences, seminars and 
workshops held by international organizations 
in the field of food safety 
and animal and plant health. 
 Soft infrastructure:
 
 -  Training courses for technical and scientific 
personnel to strengthen human resources 
(veterinarians, microbiologists, food safety specialists, chemists, epidemiologists, plant 
pathologists, etc.), in the following areas: 
sampling and inspection, surveillance, 
certification laboratory work, risk assessment, 
diagnosis techniques, HACCP techniques, HACCP auditing,  laboratory management and 
new testing techniques.  
- Consumer awareness programs on sanitary and 
phytosanitary measures. 
 
Hard infrastructure:
 
 
- Equipment and supporting software that can 
help improve the capacity building and operation efficiency of Yemen’s National SPS 
Enquiry Point. 
- Laboratories, testing equipment, plant 
quarantine services, veterinary services, 
processing and storage facilities, computer 
databases, disease information/monitoring systems. 
- Establishment of a database for the notification 
system. Establishment 
of an information 
center on 
sanitary and phytosanitary 
Measures.   
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 Page 3 Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and Soft) Specific 
concern Other 
 
Food 
Safety - Conferences, seminars, 
workshops on: 
 
 - Introduction to the 
work. of the Codex Alimentarius 
Commission 
(CODEX); 
 - CODEX standards on 
unprocessed and semi-
processed products; 
 - Introduction to the 
legal, administrative 
and standardizing systems of other 
members pertaining to 
food registration and the management of 
labelling;  
 - Information of 
producers, farmers, 
industrialists and government officials 
on the SPS Agreement.  
 - Provision of the Yemeni 
Government with scientific 
publications, recommendations and 
directories issued e.g. by 
WHO/FAO pertaining to food safety in terms of the 
SPS Agreement. 
- Development of 
information and data 
handling and analysis 
systems. 
- Workshop on short and 
long term strategies in the 
field of food safety. - Workshops and training on: 
  - Transparency; 
 - Bilateral/multilateral 
recognition of SPS measures; 
 - Harmonization; 
 - Risk analysis;  - Settling of 
Controversies; 
 - Analysis of 
Controversies. 
 
-  Workshop(s) on risk 
analysis, risk assessment 
and management. 
- Workshop(s) on the 
inspection and certification 
bodies accreditation 
procedures. 
- Workshop on random 
sampling and statistics in line with  international 
standards.  
- Workshop on food born 
diseases. 
 Soft infrastructure:
 
 - Software models for food safety risk 
assessment, food safety surveillance and the 
collection and reporting of data. 
- Guidelines in the field of food safety. 
- Up-dating of food control laws and regulations, 
including training of the official control agencies’ staff. 
- Support of local training programs in the field of 
food safety. 
- Periodical assessment of the food control system 
and its processes by experts and determination 
of strengths and weaknesses (gap analysis), including recommendations as to the necessary 
remedies. 
- Inviting experts to train official staff (up to the 
managerial level) "on-the-job" on  inspection, 
sampling and auditing; HACCP. 
- Training courses abroad on GMO-issues. 
 
Hard infrastructure:
 
 
- Laboratory testing equipment. 
- Inspection/sampling equipment. - Field testing equipment. 
- Implementation of HACCPs in all food sectors. 
- Food born disease diagnosis equipment. - Assigning a central food laboratory among the 
existing food laboratories and its supply with the 
necessary equipment. 
    
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concern Other 
 
Animal 
Health - Conferences, seminars, 
workshops on: 
 
 - Introduction to the 
work of the Animal Health Organization 
(OIE); 
 - SPS measures related 
to Animal Health.  
 
- Development of an animal 
disease information system 
(collection, processing and 
publication of data). 
- Development of methods 
for animal disease 
surveillance and diagnosis. 
- Development of a 
veterinary drug registration 
system and harmonization 
of technical requirements 
for the registration of medicinal products. 
- Participation in regional 
training activities on epidemiology, including 
the setup of 
epidemiological monitoring systems. 
- Development of disease 
control/elimination programmes. 
- Evaluation of veterinary 
services and laboratories. - Training courses/workshops 
on: 
 
 - Risk analysis, 
transparency, dispute settlement procedures, 
equivalency and 
regionalization; 
 - Methods for animal 
disease surveillance, 
diagnosis and eradication; 
 - Surveillance procedures 
and risk assessment. 
 
- Training of technical experts 
on: 
 
 - Inspection, sampling, 
and testing methods; 
 - Surveillance, risk 
assessment;  
 - Establishment of 
Disease-Free Areas; 
 - Risk assessment 
procedures and 
techniques. Soft infrastructure:
 
 - Software models for animal health risk 
assessment. 
- Updating of related legislation and regulations. - Training/workshops on: 
 
 - Animal feed standards in international trade;  - Disease diagnosi s and epidemiology; 
 - The administration and management of 
veterinary services; 
 - Veterinary drug registration; 
 - Laboratory management, specific disease 
tests and diagnosis techniques; 
 - Integrity of veterinary control and 
surveillance at the level of primary 
production (farm), including usage of animal feed and veterinary drugs; 
 - Practical courses on the control of veterinary 
drug residues. 
 
Hard infrastructure:
 
 
- Building of veterinary quarantine stations at 
entry points. 
- Supply of laboratory testing equipment, testing 
methods and testing reagents. 
- Application of molecular biological technology 
in the animal health field. 
- Laboratory equipment. 
- Equipment for veterinary drugs residue analysis.    
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concern Other 
 
Plant 
Health - Conferences, seminars, 
workshops on: 
 
 - Introduction to the 
work of the International Plant 
Protection Convention 
(IPPC); 
 - Determination of the 
appropriate level of 
protection; 
 - Non-discriminatory 
trade measures; 
 - Analysis of disputes 
relating to 
phytosanitary 
measures; and 
 - The work of standard-
setting bodies. 
 
 - Updating of information 
on import requirements for plants, plant products and 
other regulated subject 
matter by Members Countries. 
- Information on pest risk 
analysis regarding the importation of  plants, 
plant products and other 
subject matter by Members Countries. 
- Development of pesticides  
registration systems and harmonization of technical 
requirements for the 
registration of pesticides. 
 - Training courses/workshops 
on: 
 
 - Application of 
provisions on transparency; 
 - Recognition of 
equivalence and regionalization; 
 - Harmonization; 
 - Risk assessment;  - International standards 
on phytosanitary 
measures. 
 
- Training of technical experts 
on: 
 
 - Inspection, sampling, 
and testing methods; 
 - Plant pest risk analysis; 
 - Plant quarantine 
treatment and 
fumigation; 
 - Surveillance, survey 
programs and risk 
assessment systems; 
 - Phytosanitary 
procedures (including 
plant quarantine 
harmonization); 
 - Pest-Free Areas; 
 - Low-Pest prevalence 
Areas; 
 - Pest surveillance 
systems. Soft  infrastructure:
 
 - Various SPS related software.  
- Reviewing and updating of plant quarantine 
laws and regulations. 
- Strengthening of the regulatory framework for 
Plant Protection and Quarantine. 
- Training courses/workshops on:  
 - Basic entomology, pathology, nematology 
and stock products; 
 - Principles of phytosanitary measures; 
 - Seeds health testing techniques; 
 - Diagnosis of plant pests;  - Pesticides residue analysis; 
 - Pesticides registration; 
 - Post-entry plant quarantine procedures;  - Safety evaluation and testing techniques 
 - Handling of GMOs. 
 
 Hard infrastructure:
 
 - Building of plant quarantine stations at entry 
points. 
- Installation of post-quarantine centres, 
greenhouses, etc. 
- Supply laboratory testing equipment and testing 
reagents (PCR for virus diseases etc.). 
- Heat Treatment and fumigation facilities. 
- Establishment of plant quarantine laboratories. 
- Laboratory equipment. - Pesticides residue analysis equipment. Establishment 
of a laboratory for 
the testing of 
genetically modified 
organisms 
(GMOs)  
 
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