. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/6
21 May 2002
(02-2802)
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)
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):   Cosmetics
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
BSE-infected countries and regions
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:   Notice of
Implementing the Public Notice of the Ministry of Health and the General Administration
of Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine (Available in Chinese, 2 pages)
6. Description of content:   For cosmetics imported from BSE-infected countries or regions,
importers must provide quarantine certificates  issued by competent authorities of the
exporting countries or regions to prove that the products being imported do not contain such
animal origin contents as bovine and ovine brains, nerve tissue, bowels, placenta and blood
(including related extract) etc.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] 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 protect consumers
from being affected by BSE.
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 the
General Administration of Quality Supervis ion, Inspection and Quarantine, available in
Chinese.
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   5 March 2002G/SPS/N/CHN/6
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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: