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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/13
23 July 2002
(02-4068)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
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 and Inspection and
Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture
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):  Birds and their products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  The
State of Victoria, Australia
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Public Notice of the
State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine and
Ministry of Agriculture, [2002] No.201 (2 pages, available in Chinese)
6. Description of content:  In view of the recent outbreaks of Newcastle Disease (ND) in the
State of Victoria of Australia, an emergency sanitary measure shall be taken to suspend theimportation of birds and their products originatin g in the State of Victoria of Australia, to
prevent ND from being introduced into China.
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  To prevent ND from
being introduced into China.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] 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:
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Gazette of General
Administration of Quality Supe rvision and Inspection and Quarantine, and/or Gazette of
Ministry of Agriculture, and/or Gazette of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation (Available in Chinese)
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  10 June 2002G/SPS/N/CHN/13
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12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: