. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ISR/9 
20 April 2010  
 (10-2009) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Veterinary Services 
and Animal Health (IVSAH) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  HS Codes:  0102, 0104, 0201, 0202, 0204, 0206, 0210, 0407, 05111000 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Policy Regarding Bovine Spongiform 
Encephalopathy (BSE)  Language:  English  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  Import guidelines regarding BSE.  The guidelines refer to the 
importation into the state of Israel of live ru minants, breeding material, ruminant meat and 
offal, importation of meals and other rumina nt derived proteins, including the minimum 
cattle age for BSE testing.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/ISR/9 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The original 
of the guidelines is available in Hebrew.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 June 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  1 April 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 June 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  15 May 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Dr. Shlomo Garazi 
Chief Import & Export Veterinary Officer Veterinary Services and Animal Health 
P.O. BOX:  12 
Beit Dagan 50250 Tel:  +(972) 3 968 649 Fax:  +(972) 3 960 5194 E-mail:  shlomoga@moag.gov.il 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Dr. Shlomo Garazi  
Chief Import & Export Veterinary Officer 
Veterinary Services and Animal Health P.O. BOX:  12 Beit Dagan 50250 Tel:  +(972) 3 968 649 
Fax:  +(972) 3 960 5194 
E-mail:  shlomoga@moag.gov.il