WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SVN/8
26 April 2002
(02-2407)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SLOVENIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Seeds, young plants and
parts of plants of forest tree species a nd artificial hybrids (HS Chapter 0602 and 1209,
ICS 65.020.40)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Act on Forest
Reproductive Material (30 pages, in Slovene and English)
6. Description of content:   This act regulates marketing of forest reproductive material,
conditions for production and use thereof; the obligations of persons involved in production,
marketing and import of reproductive material;  professional tasks and procedures relating
to origin, quality and identity of reproductive material;  acquisition and exchange of data;
seed reserves and gene bank;  costs;  bodies responsible for carrying out this act, and
supervision.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Plant protection
8. Relevant documents:   Act on forests (Official Gazette RS, no. 30/93, 13/98-odl.US in
56/99-ZON):  Slovene, English
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 May 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 June 2002
10. Final date for comments:   15 May 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           