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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/P/981
18 April 2002
(02-2168)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection
and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
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).  Sweet cherry  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  United States of America
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice of quarantine requirement
for imported sweet cherry from the Stated of Washington in the United States of America.
5. Description of content:   According to the Pest Risk Analysis (PRA), sweet cherry from the
State of Washington in the United States of America, which had met with quarantine
demands, can be exported to China.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] 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:  Notice of quarantine
requirement for importing sweet cherry from the State of Washington in the United Statesof America, DONG ZHI JIAN ZHI ZI [1997] No.21, available in Chinese.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable
11. Final date for comments:  Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  State General Administration for
Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China[    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
                                                     
1 Notification submitted pursuant to Section 14 of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of
China (document WT/L/432).G/SPS/N/CHN/P/98
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12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
SPS Enquiry Point of China
SRRC, AQSIQ
No.15 Fang Cao Di West Street, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100020
Phone:  +86-10-65952460
Fax:  +86-10-65068143
E-mail:  srrc@aqsiq.gov.cn