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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/IND/7
11 April 2000
(00-1458)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying),
Government of India
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s)  as specified in national schedules deposited
with the WTO; ICS numbers may be pr ovided in addition, where applicable). Live cattle,
buffalo, sheep and goat;  bovine, ovine and caprine;  embryo/ova/semen;  fresh meat, meatproducts/tissue/organs, meat and bone meal of ruminant origin (Complete list of items, with tariffnumbers in the Annex)  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Countries where TSE group of diseases have been reported.
4. Title and number of pages of  the notified document:  Notification No. 50–31/98–LDT(AQ), dated
6 August 1999, of Ministry of Agriculture (1 page)
5. Description of content:  Prohibits the import into India of live cattle, buffalo;  sheep and goat;
bovine, ovine and caprine;  embryo/ova/semen;  fr esh meat, meat products/tissue/organs, meat and
bone meal of ruminant origin from countries where TSE group of diseases have been reported.
6. 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           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  For prevention of risk of introduction of the disease, Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), into the country, as India is free from this disease.
8. An international standard, guideline or recomme ndation does not exist [  X ].
If an international st andard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate reference
and briefly identify deviations:  Even though no international standard/guideline or
recommendation exists, certain periods and definitions with regard to Bovine SpongiformEncephalopathy are not clear and are still under study by the OIE (International Animal Health Code– Chapter 3.2.13)
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Gazette of India, No.33,
Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) (Available in both English and Hindi)
10. Date of entry into fo rce/period of applicat ion (as applicable):  6 August 1999
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[ X ] National notifica tion authority, [     ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and
E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying,
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001;  Fax:  91 113386674;  E-mail:  krishnan@aphind.delhi.nic.inG/SPS/N/IND/7
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ANNEX
01021000 Bulls, adult pure bred
breedingRestricted Import permitted against a
licence on recommendationof the Department of
Animal Husbandry &
Dairying, Ministry of
Agriculture, Govt. of India
01021002 Cows adult pure bred
breeding
01021003 Buffaloes adult & calves,
pure bred breeding
01021009 Other pure bred breeding
bovine animal
01041000 Sheep
01041001 Live sheep & lamb or
breeding purpose
01042000 Goats
05111000 Bovine semen
05119909.10 Frozen semen other than
bovine, bovine embryo
050690.10 Bone meal
02.01 Meat of bovine animals
fresh or chilled
2.04 Meat of sheep or goats
fresh or chilled
02061000 Edible offal of bovine
animals fresh or chilled
02062100 Tongue
02062200 Liver
02062200 Others
02068001 Edible offal of sheep/goats
fresh/chilled
02069001 Edible offal of sheep/goat
frozen
05040001 Guts of cattle for natural
food
05040002 Guts of sheep & goats for
natural food