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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SVN/12
17 July 2001
(01-3517)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SLOVENIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Plant Protection Division
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:  Harmful organisms on plants, plant products and other regulated objects
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Regulation on protective measures
on preventing the introduction, spread and suppression of harmful organisms on plants,
plant products and other regulated objects (118 pages)
5. Description of content:  This Regulation regulates lists of harmful organisms, plants, plant
products and other regulated objects;  the manner of inspection at import, export and transit;
conditions for import of plants, plant products and regulated objects which are cultivated or
used in the direct vicinity of the state border or in case of slight contamination with harmfulorganisms;  the form and content of the phytosanitary certificate and the phytosanitary
certificate for re-export;  the content of application and conditions for issuing the
phytosanitary certificate for exported (or re-exported) consignments; measures, detailed
conditions and manner for destruction of plants, plant products and regulated objects.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Regulation is prepared on the basis of Council
Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the European
Communities of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread
within the European Communities and IPPC revised text (1997).
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Text of this
Regulation is available in Slovene and English languages.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  July 2001G/SPS/N/SVN/12
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11. Final date for comments:           
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           