WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.20/Rev.1
20 August 2002
(02-4501)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  French
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE – RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE
Submission by Senegal
RevisionG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.20/Rev.1
Page 2Technical assistance requirements:
Information Training Infrast ructure: (Hard and/or Soft) Specific concern Other
Rights,
obligations andpractical
operation of the
SPS Agreement:Organization of a
national informationseminar on the
implementation of the
SPS Agreement and theapplication of its rulesand principles and thevarious measures.Training for
governmentpersonnel concerned
(Trade, Agriculture
and Livestock,Health) onprocedures for thenotification of SPSmeasures.IT equipment (PC and Internet
connexion) for the Secretariat of theNational Committee for International
Trade Negotiations, so that it can
serve as an enquiry point.Technical and financial assistance to
strengthen existing food safety andanimal and plant health protection
systems.
Food safety Information and
awareness-raising
seminar forgovernment personneland the private sectoron SPS measures andthe various aspects of
food safety.Technical capacity
building for staff
responsible forimported food safetycontrol (in particularfood additives andmicrobiological
contaminants).Upgrading of the Trade Ministry and
Food Technology Institute (ITA)
analysis laboratories and of theanalysis and testing laboratory of theEcole Supérieure Polytechnique in
Dakar.To strengthen systems for assessing
food conformity with international
standards.  To ensure participation bySenegalese experts in FAO/WHOCodex Alimentarius Commissionmeetings.Environmental labelling;
HACCP assessment.
Animal health Information and
awareness-raisingseminar forgovernment personneland the private sectoron SPS measures and
the various aspects of
animal health.Technical capacity
building for staff incharge of healthcontrol andepidemiologicalsurveillance and of
control and/or
certificationlaboratories.Institutional support for bodies (ITA,
Senegalese Agricultural ResearchInstitute (ISRA), Inter-State Schoolfor Veterinary Sciences and Medicine(EISMV)) and departments in chargeof control;  strengthening of analysis,
testing and surveillance
infrastructure.To ensure participation by Senegalese
experts in meetings of the OfficeInternational des Epizooties (OIE) inParis.HACCP assessment.
Plant health Information and
awareness-raisingseminar forgovernment personnel
and the private sector
on SPS measures andthe various aspects ofplant protection againstpests, diseases andpathogens.Technical capacity
building forlaboratory personnelresponsible for
analysing pesticide
residues.  Training inthe development ofplant protectionsystems.Establishment of a centre to provide
information on pesticides andregulations in force.  Collection andcentralization of data on MRLs for
pesticides; drawing up of a list of
authorized pesticides for marketgardening and fruit farming.To ensure participation by Senegalese
experts in IPPC (International PlantProtection Convention) meetings inRome.  Certification of the
CERES/Locustox Foundation's
pesticide residue laboratories;accreditation of the Ecole Supérieure
Polytechnique 's analysis and testing
laboratory .Training in pesticide use for
horticultural producers.G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.20/Rev.1
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Information Training Infrast ructure: (Hard and/or Soft) Specific concern Other
Contact details Mr. Magatte NDOYE, Rapporteur, Sub-Committee on Trade in Agricultural Products, Directorate of Foreign Trade.  E -mail: magatndoye@hotmail.com.
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