. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/GTM/35 
26 May 2005 
 (05-2155) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  GUATEMALA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food  
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):  Not applicable  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners of Guatemala  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decision 
No. 1989-2004 Repealing Ministerial Decision No . 025-95 of 8 March 1995, Issued by the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, and Amendments Thereto.  
6. Description of content:  Repeals Ministerial Decision No. 025-95 of 8 March 1995, issued 
by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livest ock and Food, and amendments thereto.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
 Ministerial Decision No. 1029-99, issued on 17 November 1999, contains the 
Animal Health Standard Governing the Im portation of Animals and Products and By-
Products of Avian Origin, which provides th at, to enter national territory, all poultry 
products and by-products listed in  this Decision must be accompanied by an official animal 
health certificate issued by the animal health authority of the exporting country and certifying compliance with the requirements laid  down for each case in this Decision. In this 
respect, Ministerial Decision No. 1029-99 covers the risk of the introduction of avian influenza into national territory. 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] 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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decision 
No. 1989-2004 of 6 December 2004 (available in  Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Guatemala,  14 December 2004 G/SPS/N/GTM/35 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Guatemala,  15 December 2004  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación 
Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica 
Área de Información 5ª. Avenida 8-06, Zona 9 Ciudad de Guatemala Tel.: (502) 2361-7786, 2334-1048 Fax: (502) 2361-7783 
E-mail: informacion.upie@maga.gob.gt
 
Enquiry Point :  
Contact person :  Gustavo Adolfo Hernández Arreaga 
E-mail:  ghernandez@maga.gob.gt  
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 Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación 
Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones 
Oficina de Normas y Procedimientos 7ª. Avenida 12-90, Zona 13, Anexo Edificio Monja Blanca Ciudad de Guatemala Fax: (502) 2475-3058, 2457-3068, 2475-3074 
E-mail: correo@unr.gob.gt