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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SEN/2
23 October 2000
(00-4388)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  French
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SENEGAL
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Senegalese Standards Institute/Ministry of Mining, Crafts and
Industry.
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Peanut paste.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Senegalese Draft Standard
PNS 03-053, peanut paste (5 pages, French).
5. Description of content:  This Standard establishes specifications concerning general
chemical, physical and microbiological characteristics, hygiene, processing, packaging and
labelling of peanut paste for human consumption.  It applies to the product prepared from
healthy, roasted, skinned, sorted and crushed nuts.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] 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:  Senegalese Draft
Standard PNS 03-053, peanut paste (available in French).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  January 2001G/SPS/N/SEN/2
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11. Final date for comments:  18 December 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Direction du commerce extérieur
Ministère du commerce
Rue Leblanc x Emile Zola
B.P. 4057
Dakar, Sénégal
Tel:  (221) 821 57 25
Fax:  (221) 822 09 32
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Institut sénégalais de Normalisation (ISN)
Immeuble Mara Center
57 Avenue Georges Pompidou
B.P. 4037
Dakar, SénégalTel:  (221) 823 25 86
Fax:  (221) 823 25 87