. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CUB/10  
26 January  2005 
 (05-0320) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF CUBA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture  
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, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals, swine sheep, cured, cooked 
and salted meat products, and dair y products and their derivatives.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Countries with which Cuba maintains trade re lations, subject to the sanitary certification 
provided for in the regulations of the Institute  of Veterinary Medicine and compliance with 
veterinary health requirements for imports.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendment to 
Resolution No. 20/2001 on imports, issued on 22 August 2001 (available in Spanish, 
4 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Institute of Veterinary Medicine of the Ministry of 
Agriculture of Cuba authorizes imports from FMD-free zones where vaccination is not 
practised in an FMD-free country where vaccination is practised, and from FMD-free 
countries where vaccination is practised  of fresh, chilled and frozen meat which has 
undergone maturation, de-boning and testing to ensure that the pH level is less than 6, 
cured, and cooked and cured meat products, and dairy products and their derivatives, 
subject to sanitary certification conducted by an  expert from the Official Veterinary Service 
of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, who will check and supervise the goods at source at 
least twice a year to ensure compliance with ve terinary health requirements for imports into 
Cuba.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        G/SPS/N/CUB/10 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution 
No. 2/2004 issued on 12 January 2004 (available in Spanish, 3 pages).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:        
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Dirección de Organismos Internacionales, Calle Infanta 
N° 16 esquina 23, Ciudad de la Habana, Muni cipio Plaza de la Revolución, República de 
Cuba, Fax:  (537) 542266, E- mail:  rebeca.gonzalez@mincex.cu 
Instituto de Medicina Veterinaria 
Dirección Nacional, Calle 12 N° 355 entre 15 y 17, Ciudad Habana, Municipio Plaza de la 
Revolución, República de Cuba.  Fax:  ( 537) 303537.  E-mail:  dnimv@infomed.sld.cu