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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/12
8 July 2002
(02-3775)
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 (AQSIQ), 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):   Swine, wild boar and their products.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   France
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Joint Public Notice of
General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine and Ministry
of Agriculture No.200.  (2 pages, available in Chinese)
6. Description of content:   Due to the recent outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in
France, to prevent CSF from being introduced into China an emergency interim sanitary
measure shall be taken to suspend the importation of swine, wild boar and their products
originating in France.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] 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 CSF 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 Supervision and In spection 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):   28 May 2002G/SPS/N/CHN/12
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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: