. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ROU/18 
6 October 2006 
 (06-4795) 
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):  Fresh poultry meat – 1601, 1602  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries exporting the products concerned to Romania.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Order no. 156/2006 on 
modification and completion of Order 95/2006 for approval of sanitary veterinary norm 
regarding health conditions of animals and m odels of veterinary certificates for import of 
fresh poultry meat from third countries, with further amendments (Available in Romanian, 
5 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Order no. 156/2006 approves sanitary veterinary norm on 
health conditions of animal and models of ve terinary certificates for import of fresh poultry 
meat from third countries.  Annex 4 of this order contains the new model of veterinary 
certificate (Model C) for transit and storage.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,
[   ] 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:        G/SPS/N/ROU/18 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Order no. 156/2006 
published in Monitorul Oficial al României (t he Official Journal of Romania) Part I 
no. 622/19 July 2006 and Commission Decision 94/984/EC, modified by corrigendum to corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/436/EC pub lished in Official Journal European 
Communities no. L 189, 27 April 2004.  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  21 July 2006  
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 Tel.:  +40-21-3078567 Fax:  +40-21-3078683 
E-mail:  office@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 Tel.:  +40-21-3078567 
Fax:  +40-21-3078683 
E-mail:  office@ansv.ro