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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/POL/22
26 July 1999
(99-3127)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF POLAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Zinc-bacitracin, spiromicin, virginiamicin, tylosin phosphate.  All countries
exporting to Poland feedingstuff containing these antibiotics, or only these antibiotics as
feed additives.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Regulation of the Minister of
Agriculture and Food Economy amending the Regulation on detailed veterinary conditions,
required for commercial manufacturing, trading or storage of inedible raw material of
animal origin, feedingstuff and feed additives (1 page)
5. Description of content:  This regulation contains names of 4 antibiotics, which are
prohibited in Poland as components of feedingstuff.  Thus, import of these antibiotics as
feed additives and feedingstuff containing these antibiotics are banned.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    The text of the
Regulation is not published yet.  It is available at the National Enquiry Point (Item 12).
This Regulation is based on Article 16, paragraph 1 of the Law of 24 April 1997 on controlof animal infectious diseases, inspection of animals for slaughter and meat and on
veterinary inspection (Journal of Laws N° 60, item 369 and N° 106, item 668) (Available in
English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/POL/22
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11. Final date for comments:  31 August 1999
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:
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Poland SPS Enquiry Point:
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy
Attn. Cezary Organioeciak
Wspólna str. 30
00-930 Warsaw
Tel:  (22) 623 22 66
Fax:  (22) 623 21 05