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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BGR/21
3 May 2004
(04-1941)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying: BULGARIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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):
a)live birds (domestic and wild game);
b)eggs for consumption and reproduction;
c)raw materials and products of birds, excluding those subjected to heat
treatment guaranteeing the rendering harmless (decontamination) of the avian
influenza virus;
d)not processed (raw) feed for home pets and feed constituents containing items
of the aforementioned bird species;
e)not processed hunting trophies of all bird species.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: State
of Texas, United States
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Order № RD-09-91 of 
25 February 2004 of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (promulgated in State Gazette
No. 19 of 9 March 2004; available in Bulgarian and English, 1 page).
6. Description of content: Prohibition on the imports and transit from the State of Texas, the
United States, of live birds (domestic and wild game), eggs for consumption and
reproduction, raw materials and products of birds, excluding those subjected to heat
treatment guaranteeing the rendering harmless (decontamination) of the avian influenza
virus, not processed (raw) feed for home pets and feed constituents containing items of the
aforementioned bird species, and not processed hunting trophies of all bird species.
7. Objective and rationale: [ X] 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:
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ ] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE), [ ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:G/SPS/N/BGR/21
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10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable): 9 March 2004
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ X ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
National Veterinary Service
15A Pencho Slaveikov Blvd.
1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 2 952 1345
fax: +359 2 954 9593
E-mail: Galia.Kostadinova@nvms.government.bg
13. Texts available from: [ ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
National Veterinary Service
15A Pencho Slaveikov Blvd.
1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel.: +359 2 952 1345
Fax: +359 2 954 9593
E-mail: Galia.Kostadinova@nvms.government.bg