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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/667 
29 March 2006 
 
 (06-1435) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   French 
 
 
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE APPLICATION 
OF SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES 
 
Information for the Workshop on 31 March 2006  
 
Communication from Chad  
  
 The following communication, received on 28 Marc h 2006, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Chad. 
 
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 1.  In preparation for the workshop on the impl ementation of the SPS Agreement, members were 
asked to submit information on their experien ces with respect to the issues to be discussed. 
 
Item 1
  concerning Chad's participation in the meetings of the SPS Committee: 
 
• Participation in meetings of the SPS Committee: 
 
 - Ambassador of the Republic of Chad in Geneva  
• Information regarding meetings of the SPS Committee: 
 
 - None of the State and parastatal struct ures concerned receive any information/records 
of the proceedings. 
 
Item 2
   concerning the SPS national committee: 
 
• Existence of an SPS national committee: 
 
 - Chad has not yet set up an SPS national committee; 
  - In the framework of the Economic Pa rtnership Agreement between the Central 
African Economic and Monetary Community /Sao Tome and Principe (CEMAC/STP) 
and the European Union, the Ministry of Commerce and Handicrafts is conducting and coordinating the work of the National Negotiating Committee which is in charge, 
among other things, of identifying national pr iorities, and of preparing and following 
up in the negotiations and participa ting in them at the regional level; 
  - There are plans to launch a technological assistance programme at the CEMAC level.  
Programme for the introduction of a CEMAC "quality" system, 
accreditation/certification, standardization,  quality promotion and SPS in order to G/SPS/GEN/667 
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  encourage progressive alignment and compliance with international standards in 
general, and those of the European Union in particular.  In this context there are plans 
to set up an authority for food safety in Central Africa (ASPAC); 
  - At the level of  the Permanent Inter-Sta te Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel 
(CILSS), a memorandum of un derstanding has been signed between the Sahelien 
Pesticides Committee and the inter-professional association Liaison Committee Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (COLEA CP) calling for intervention by the 
Pesticides Initiatives Programme.  The purpo se of this memorandum is to build up the 
capacity of the Sahelien Pesticides Committee (CSP) with a view to assisting it in its 
task of officially approving pesticides at the regional level and participating 
effectively in the efforts to bring the exports of the countries of the subregion into conformity with European food quality and traceability regulations; 
  - Pan African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE). 
 
 The information exchange mechanisms to be  set up within these different structures and 
programmes should makes it possible to ensure at the national level that the stakeholders are informed 
in a timely manner of the new SPS requirements and to identify domestic and foreign partners.   
Item 3
  concerning modalities for implem enting the SPS Agreement in Chad: 
 
 - The modalities for implementing the SPS Agreement are examined and planned 
within the regional structures and programmes mentioned above.  They can be adapted to domestic realities. 
 
Item 4
  concerning technical assistance: 
 
 - Technical assistance needs are also identified in the framework of the above-
mentioned regional programmes.  The same a pplies to the identification of priority 
areas. 
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