. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MAC/9 
20 March 2006 
 (06-1228) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MACAO, CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau  
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):  Bovine meat  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  US 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Abrogation of the 
temporary suspension on the importation of bovine meat and other derivatives from said animals from United States of America. 
Decision of Chief Executive no. 10/2006 (1 page)  
6. Description of content:   
With reference to Despacho do Chefe do Executivo n.o 318/2003 (Decision of Chief 
Executive no. 318/2003), the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region had, 
with immediate effect on 26 December 2003, imposed a temporary suspension on the 
importation of US bovine meat and other de rivatives from said animals which suffered from 
or were suspected to suffer from B ovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). 
As of 17 January 2006, the Government of  Macao Special Administrative Region has 
abrogated the temporary suspension on the impor tation of bovine meat and other derivatives 
of said animals from the United States of America to Macao (Despacho do Chefe do 
Executivo n.o 10/2006; Decision of Chief Executive no. 10/2006).  Importation of US 
bovine meat and other derivatives from said animals to Macao, with immediate effect on 17 January 2006, must conform to the sanitary re quirements of Macao Special Administrative 
Region and relevant regul ation (Law no. 7/2003).  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,
[   ] 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:  Emergency measure to 
prevent the entry of BSE. G/SPS/N/MAC/9 
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  9. 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:        
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Macao Special 
Administrative Region Bulletin no. 4 dated 23 January 2006, available in Chinese and 
Portuguese  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  17 January 2006  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority,  [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
SPS Enquiry Point: 
Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau 
Avenida Almeida Ribeiro 163 
Macao 
Tel. No.:  + (853) 51 59 52 Fax:  + (853) 51 93 03 E-mail/Internet:  shung@iacm.gov.mo
 
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