WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/GEO/20
13 October 2003
(03-5408)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   GEORGIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Food
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):  Biological, healing and other chemical / pharmaceutical preparations
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
Georgian trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Approval of the Licence
and Permit Forms in the Agriculture and Food Industry Sector
6. Description of content:  Permit forms mandatory for approval of imports, exports,
re-exports and transit of biological, healing and other chemical / pharmaceutical
preparations used in the veterinary medicine, animals, as well as animal products andanimal feed.
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safet y, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Order is available in
both Georgian and unofficial English translation (Order #2-222).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   8 August 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   13 August 2003
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: