RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/HRV/21
29July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3002)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFCROATIA
Communication from Croatia
Thefollowing information onthesanitary andphytosanitary regime hasbeenreceived from
theMinistry ofEconomic Affairs oftheRepublic ofCroatia.
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SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGIME
Thebasic Veterinary ActoftheRepublic ofCroatia istheLawonAnimal Health Protection
andVeterinary Medicine (Official Gazette NN52/91).
Inaccordance withthisLaw, alargenumber ofotherlegalprovisions havebeenadopted (rules,
decrees, instructions) especially ontheprevention anderadication ofcertain contagious diseases and
onthecontrol ofanimal breeding andthetrade inanimals andtheproducts ofanimal origin.
TheveterinarylegislationintheRepublicofCroatiaisbeingpermanentlyadjustedtointernational
standards, particularly tothose established bytheInternational Agency forEpizootic Diseases (Paris)
andCodex Alimentarius.
Plant protection inspection services atborder crossings areorganized within aspecial Section
intheDepartmentforagriculture,foodandtobaccoindustriesoftheMinistryofAgricultureandForestry
oftheRepublic ofCroatia. Plantprotection inspection services atborder crossings operate infiveunits,
controlling intotal19plantborder crossings asdetermined bytheMinistry ofAgriculture andForestry
inaccordance withtheLawonPlants Protection, international obligations andbilateral agreements.
Inspection services atborder crossings giveobligatory examinations when plants areimported
ortransported across theterritory oftheRepublic ofCroatia, while theInstitute forPlant Protection
inAgriculture andForestry examines theplants thatareexported. Border crossing inspection services
forplantprotectioncooperatewiththeInstituteinorganizingquarantinerelatedactivitiesandmaintaining
quarantine facilities inthecountry inaccordance withtheregulations ontrade inimported plants and
plant products.