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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SVK/19
23 July 2001
(01-3645)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SLOVAK REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, State Veterinary Administration
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).   Live domestic and wild bi-ungulates, animal semen, embryos and ova of  bi-
ungulates, meat and meat prod ucts of bi-ungulates, milk and milk products from bi-
ungulates, hides and skins, bones and othe r commercial commodities from bi-ungulates,
other goods and items which may carry the germs of FMD virus.
The following products are excluded from  the ban:
Meat cans which were treated by sterilisation effect with a minimum Fc  value of 3,00; meat
products treated at minimum temperature of 700C for the period of 30 minutes; milk and
cream which have undergone the pasteurisation process and milk products manufactured
from heat-treated milk; products which were heat-treated or disinfected in such a way that
FMD agent is destroyed; casings which were treated by the prescribed way; hides and skins
which were treated by the prescribed way; wool treated by the prescribed way
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Great
Britain and other countries with FMD occurrence
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Emergency veterinary measures of
the State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic No. 3999/01-220 dated
10 July 2001 issued according to the Article 54 of the Act No. 337/1998 Coll. on veterinary
care (4 pages)
5. Description of content:  Protective measures in order to avoid the introduction and
spreading of foot-and-mouth disease – the disease listed on the OIE list A into the territory
of the Slovak Republic in connection with the occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease in
Great Britain.
This new document is a substitute for previously notified document – Emergency veterinary
measures of the State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic No.2767/01-220
dated 4 May 2001 (notified as G/SPS/N/SVK/18).  This measure excludes the Netherlands
from the list of affected countries.
6. 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           G/SPS/N/SVK/19
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7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  The necessary action to prevent the introduction of foot
and-mouth disease into the Slovak Republic.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE International Animal Health Code:
Chapter 2.1.1.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Emergency
veterinary measures of the State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic No.
3999/01-220 dated 10 July, 2001 (Available in Slovak language only)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  10 July 2001
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           