. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ROU/15 
3 August 2006 
 (06-3753) 
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):  Products of animal origin and live animals.  
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 pages of the notified document:  Order 
n° 152/22.06.2006 on the modification and completion of the Order of the president of the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority No. 53/2005 for the approval of the 
sanitary veterinary norm on the list consisting of  third countries or parts of third countries 
and the conditions of veterinary certification, animal and public health for the import into 
the European Community of certain live anim als and fresh meat from thereof and taking 
over of these lists and conditions for import into  Romania, with further modifications and 
completions (Available in Romanian, 6 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Order 152/2006 amends the Order 53/2006, namely the list 
including third countries and parts of third countries and veterinary, animal and public 
certification conditions for the import into the European Community of certain live animals 
and fresh meat thereof and taking over of th ese lists and conditions for the import into 
Romania.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  Not specified  
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/15 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Order no. 152 
published in Monitorul Oficial al României (t he Official Journal of Romania) Part I 
no. 542/23.06.2006 and Commission Decision 200 5/234/EC of 14 March 2005, published in 
Official Journal European Communities no. L 72, 18 March 2005, p.35  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  23 June 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