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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ROU/9 
15 February 2006 
 (06-0644) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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):  Fish and fishery products (HS 0303)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Order 49/19 April 2005 
regarding the modification and completion of the Order of President of NSVFSA no. 100/2004 for approval of sanitary ve terinary norm that establish supplementary 
conditions regarding the sanitary veterinary  control of fishery products, crustaceans, 
mollusks, gastropods and batrachia ns, intended for direct selling to the final consumer  or 
processing in food for human consumption (Available in English, 1 page)  
6. Description of content:  The whole fish, where parasites in viscera have been found and 
could be totally removed, is sent to processing,  under sanitary veterinary surveillance, in an 
establishment sanitary veterinary approved, that  have facilities for efficiently remove the 
parts with parasites and where the hygiene conditions for avoiding the contamination are 
fulfilled; the fish where parasites have been  found in muscle or in muscle and viscera is 
declared unfit for human consumption and will not be acceptable for putting on the market, 
in accordance with the national sanitary  veterinary legislation in force.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] 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,  [   ] 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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   G/SPS/N/ROU/9 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   
12. Final date for comments:   
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: 0040021 3078567 
Fax: 0040213078683 E-mail: office@ansv.ro
 
 dana@ansv.ro  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication 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: 0040021 3078567 
Fax: 0040213078683 
E-mail: office@ansv.ro
 
 dana@ansv.ro