. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/22
28 August 2003
(03-4489)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ)
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):  Aquatic animals and their products (not  including living aquatic animals and
breeding materials) intended for human consumption.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   A l l
countries and regions that export aquatic an imals and their products (not including living
aquatic animals and breeding materials) intended for human consumption to China.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Inspection and quarantine
administrative measures for entry and exit of aquatic products (available in Chinese,
13 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation was based on the existing relevant laws and
regulations already notified to WTO, including the Law on Import and Export CommodityInspection, the Law on Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine, the Law on Frontier
Health Quarantine, and the Law on Food Sanitation, to harmonize the inspection,
quarantine and supervision on entry and exit aquatic products, to guarantee the safety,
sanitation and quality of import and export aquatic products, to protect the human health
and the safety of fishery production in China.  The regulation stipulates the requirementsfor the importation into China and exportation of aquatic products for consumption.  This
includes the sanitary certification and packaging requirements, the import permit
requirement, the entry ports requirements etc.  The regulation also provides the risk alert
system for entry and exit aquatic products.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease,  [   ]  protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:G/SPS/N/CHN/22
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: Inspection and
quarantine administrative measures for entry and exit of aquatic products (available in
Chinese)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   6 November 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   10 December 2002
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty days after circulation by the Secretariat.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Address: No. 9, Madian East Road, Haid ian District, Beijing, P.R. China
Fax: 0086-10-82262449
E-mail: sps@aqsiq.gov.cn
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Address: No. 9, Madian East Road, Haid ian District, Beijing, P.R. China
Fax: 0086-10-82262449
E-mail: sps@aqsiq.gov.cn